Taylor: Broncos are ‘different team’ heading into season

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Western Michigan Football Head Coach Lance Taylor held his first weekly press conference a week before the team opens its season against the Wisconsin Badgers.

Taylor said the Broncos have been putting in the hard work in the off-season to get better in every area.

“I think our team looks like a different team. We got bigger, faster, stronger in the off-season. (We) really attacked our off-season program, and then we added three new coordinators, which has helped bolster where we are from a technique and fundamental standpoint,” he said.

The core group of leaders, Taylor said, came to him in the off-season to help figure out how they could do more and help integrate the new transfers.

“For me, one of the things I’m most proud of this off-season (is) when you return 17 starters, when you return 24 guys on the football team who have started in some way, shape or form for us. (We) didn’t lose a single starter or impact player in the transfer portal. That’s really hard to do in today’s day and age of transfer portals, NIL (name, image and likeness) and the current world that we live in, and so to return all of those guys, I can’t thank them enough for believing and buying in what we’re doing and also believing in each other,” Taylor said.

He said Wisconsin is going to be a good team to kick off the season with. The game starts at 9 p.m. on Aug. 30.

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