Akron
Toledo
at Miami(Fla)
Colorado
Michigan State
at Nebraska
at Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
at Purdue
Penn State
at Michigan

That's a brutal road schedule for OSU next year.

Like seeing Colorado on there.
Would like to see only one MAC team on there.

I don't mind seeing two scrubs on the non-conference schedule, but I'm with NCF. I'd prefer them to schedule only one MAC team a year and I'd prefer that team to be from Ohio. Although I know that the Big Ten encouraged schools to fill their 12th game with a MAC school when the schedule expanded a few years ago, that way the money stays in the Midwest.

Those first four conference games are going to be pretty brutal. And there's a bye week in between Illinois and Wisconsin, and a conference championship game after the Michigan not reflected on the schedule posted by the OP.

krambman;569068 wrote:I don't mind seeing two scrubs on the non-conference schedule, but I'm with NCF. I'd prefer them to schedule only one MAC team a year and I'd prefer that team to be from Ohio.

I agree. As a MAC fan I'm glad MAC schools (especially Ohio-based ones) get a chance to play Big 10 competition for the exposure. The MAC can only improve as a result. The MAC will never challenge the Big 10 but it can become better than other mid-major conferences. The only way they'll do that is to attract all the Big 10/Big 12/Big East rejects and maybe even beat a Big 10 school on occasion.

I actually think the upper part of the MAC has improved this year. The worst of the MAC is still the worst of the worst, though. I was reading somewhere on zipsnation and heard there is some conference power rankings and the MAC is actually ranked ahead of the big east and a couple other mid major conferences.

believer;569090 wrote:I agree. As a MAC fan I'm glad MAC schools (especially Ohio-based ones) get a chance to play Big 10 competition for the exposure. The MAC can only improve as a result. The MAC will never challenge the Big 10 but it can become better than other mid-major conferences. The only way they'll do that is to attract all the Big 10/Big 12/Big East rejects and maybe even beat a Big 10 school on occasion.

MAC schools playing Big Ten schools brings money into that conference and helps recruiting in the area because you can tell these kids that they get to play a Big Ten team or two every year. As far as the non-conference goes I'd like to see us play one big name never year (like Miami, Cal, VT, Oklahoma, Texas, USC, etc), one bad or mid-level BCS conference school (like Washington, Colorado, Cincinnati), one Mac school (preferably from Ohio), and one other school from a mid-major outside of the MAC like the games we've played in the past against San Diego State and New Mexico State.

Pick6;569112 wrote:I actually think the upper part of the MAC has improved this year. The worst of the MAC is still the worst of the worst, though. I was reading somewhere on zipsnation and heard there is some conference power rankings and the MAC is actually ranked ahead of the big east and a couple other mid major conferences.

I wouldn't be at all surprised. Frankly I think that has a lot to do with the MAC scheduling Big 10 OOC games. Even "the worst of the worst" in the MAC playing teams like Ohio State (like Eastern Michigan) makes the MAC a little better conference.

I think that the MAC becoming consistently competitive with the C-USA, WAC, MWC, Sun Belt, or - yes - even the Big East is a realistic achievement. Don't laugh Big East fans...Ohio beat Pitt just a couple of short seasons ago so it's possible!

Temple also beat Uconn, they are 3rd in the MAC

newarkcatholicfan;569061 wrote:Like seeing Colorado on there.
Would like to see only one MAC team on there.

Only MAC teams and their ilk can be bought for a half mill to play a game at the Shoe. If you're paying out that kind of money you might as well keep it in the state.

believer;569180 wrote:I wouldn't be at all surprised. Frankly I think that has a lot to do with the MAC scheduling Big 10 OOC games. Even "the worst of the worst" in the MAC playing teams like Ohio State (like Eastern Michigan) makes the MAC a little better conference.

I think that the MAC becoming consistently competitive with the C-USA, WAC, MWC, Sun Belt, or - yes - even the Big East is a realistic achievement. Don't laugh Big East fans...Ohio beat Pitt just a couple of short seasons ago so it's possible!

I personally think that the MAC should set their sights on being better than the big east