The Western Michigan football team held its annual media/photo day with the press conference taking place at the Next Level lobby in the Bill Brown Alumni Football Center with head shots taken in the turf bay of the Seelye Athletic Center. 

Preseason award candidates Alex Carder (Manning, Unitas Golden Arm, Davey O'Brien, Walter Camp Player of the Year), Kevin Galeher (Rimington Trophy) and Johnnie Simon (Jim Thorpe) joined eighth year head coach Bill Cubit at the podium to give their perspective on the upcoming season. 

Below are links to each of their individual portions of Friday's press conference followed by an embedded photo gallery.

Head Coach Bill Cubit (Video)

Senior QB Alex Carder (Video)

Senior C Kevin Galeher (Video)

Junior ROV Johnnie Simon (Video)

The WMU football team held its first practice in full pads on Friday afternoon and will experience their first two-a-day on Saturday.  Visit www.wmubroncos.com for Nathan Palcowski's practice reports.