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Dec 29, 2011 7:45 AM
So far the MAC is 3-1 in its 5 bowl game appearances.

Western Michigan gave Purdue all it could handle....nuff said. ;)

Northern Illinois should beat Arkansas State on January 8th.

This has to be the best post season performance by the MAC in conference history. Anyone disagree?
Dec 29, 2011 7:45am
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Dec 29, 2011 8:23 AM
how can we--the record speaks for itself :thumbup:
Dec 29, 2011 8:23am
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Dec 29, 2011 9:16 AM
The MAC is a decent conference. Its probably better than the Big East.
Dec 29, 2011 9:16am
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Dec 29, 2011 9:45 AM
ccrunner609;1029813 wrote:3-1 vs some better conferences would be impressive but I am sure that if the MAC schools werent playing Sun Belt teams they would be 0-4
They have played 0 Sun Belt teams thus far. Only their last one is against them.
Dec 29, 2011 9:45am
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Dec 29, 2011 9:48 AM
It certainly is their best in recent memory and I would not be surprised if it is their best ever. Here are the results from the past eight years:

2003- 2-0
2004- 2-3
2005- 1-1
2006- 1-3
2007- 0-3
2008- 0-5
2009- 1-4
2010- 2-2
Dec 29, 2011 9:48am
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Dec 29, 2011 9:49 AM
ccrunner609;1029813 wrote:3-1 vs some better conferences would be impressive but I am sure that if the MAC schools werent playing Sun Belt teams they would be 0-4
lol--okay :rolleyes:
Dec 29, 2011 9:49am
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Dec 29, 2011 11:28 AM
ccrunner609;1029813 wrote:3-1 vs some better conferences would be impressive but I am sure that if the MAC schools werent playing Sun Belt teams they would be 0-4
ccrunner609;1029837 wrote:I know it was a example of playing lower tier conferences like the MWC and the WAC. Sure they are a better conference then them but till they get games vs ACC and Big East and win then they are still a mid major
Sigh...so unbelievably full of fail...

I don't think anyone was saying anything like that the MAC was the shit in the USA or that they've earned elite status because they've won three of their first four bowls. Just that they're having as successful of a postseason as they've ever had. Usually we're getting rolled by the WAC, Sun Belt, etc. teams and looking like a minor league conference compared to the other minor league ones. This year, we're looking like an actual competitive conference that's not 20 points inferior to anyone we're playing.
Dec 29, 2011 11:28am
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Dec 29, 2011 11:49 AM
Not as good as about 10 yrs ago. I remember a few years when Marshall and either BG or Toledo were beating some pretty solid teams. Definitely the best year since Marshall left though.
Dec 29, 2011 11:49am
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Dec 29, 2011 11:52 AM
dave;1029959 wrote:Not as good as about 10 yrs ago. I remember a few years when Marshall and either BG or Toledo were beating some pretty solid teams. Definitely the best year since Marshall left though.
It's kind of a quality vs. quantity thing. Back when Marshall was in the league, the teams were definitely better at the top and more dangerous opponents. But there were fewer bowls, so only 2 or maybe 3 would ever play in bowls during any given season. I remember OU had a couple years where they finished second to Marshall in the East with good teams and didn't make bowls. Now, 4-5 teams get the opportunity. They might not be as good as the teams back then, but are getting the opportunities and (FINALLY!) are taking advantage of them.
Dec 29, 2011 11:52am
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Dec 29, 2011 3:07 PM
Good for the MAC. Im tired of people who act like its the worst conference in college football.
Dec 29, 2011 3:07pm
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Dec 29, 2011 3:09 PM
Heretic;1029914 wrote:Sigh...so unbelievably full of fail...

I don't think anyone was saying anything like that the MAC was the shit in the USA or that they've earned elite status because they've won three of their first four bowls. Just that they're having as successful of a postseason as they've ever had. Usually we're getting rolled by the WAC, Sun Belt, etc. teams and looking like a minor league conference compared to the other minor league ones. This year, we're looking like an actual competitive conference that's not 20 points inferior to anyone we're playing.
Precisely.

The MAC is in no way - obviously - an elite conference but this year the conference can easily claim some reps for competing with the MWC, WAC, Sun Belt....and considering how Western Michigan was the worst MAC team to earn a bowl bid, they gave Purdue from the formerly elite BIG a run for their money. The Boilermakers should have waxed WM simply because it was a MAC vs. BIG match-up.

All I'm saying is that for at least THIS season, the MAC isn't the post-season bottom-feeder.
Dec 29, 2011 3:09pm
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Dec 29, 2011 3:49 PM
Pick6;1030168 wrote:Good for the MAC. Im tired of people who act like its the worst conference in college football.
Well in fairness to them, the past couple years you could make that case
Dec 29, 2011 3:49pm
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Dec 29, 2011 3:58 PM
SportsAndLady;1030243 wrote:Well in fairness to them, the past couple years you could make that case

Yeah, from 2007-2010 (roughly) it didn't take much to make a compelling case that they were the worst.

Like believer said, they're not world beaters, but after the past 5 or so years it's a marked improvement.
Dec 29, 2011 3:58pm
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Dec 29, 2011 4:12 PM
Pick6;1030168 wrote:Good for the MAC. Im tired of people who act like its the worst conference in college football.
The only people that believe that are Big East fans.
Dec 29, 2011 4:12pm
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Dec 29, 2011 4:32 PM
SportsAndLady;1030243 wrote:Well in fairness to them, the past couple years you could make that case
Yeah. In Little Danny's post breaking down their bowl record by year, they went 1-12 from 2007-9 before being 2-2 last year. 1-12 over three years is beyond sad to the point where it makes Darby's make-out record look acceptable.
Dec 29, 2011 4:32pm
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Dec 29, 2011 8:22 PM
ccrunner609;1029837 wrote:I know it was a example of playing lower tier conferences like the MWC and the WAC. Sure they are a better conference then them but till they get games vs ACC and Big East and win then they are still a mid major
This post is just dumb.

Hell, beating ACC and Big East opponents might be less impressive than beating MWC and WAC opponents...
Dec 29, 2011 8:22pm
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Dec 29, 2011 8:28 PM
Pick6;1030168 wrote:Good for the MAC. Im tired of people who act like its the worst conference in college football.
Unless you count the Sun Belt, in-which half its teams became D-1 less than 5 years ago, the MAC has been the worst recently. Not only have their top teams not been all that impressive, their bottom feeders have been the absolute pits.

Akron 2011
Akron and Buffalo 2010
Eastern Michigan and Miami 2009
Miami 2008
Northern Illinois 2007

They have had a team go 0-12 or 1-11 in the last 5 years and three out of five years they have had 3 or 4 teams with 10 or more losses.

Akron has 3 wins against FBS opponents in the last 3 years. Right now they are the worst FBS program.
Dec 29, 2011 8:28pm
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Dec 30, 2011 1:20 AM
Azubuike24;1030489 wrote:Akron has 3 wins against FBS opponents in the last 3 years. Right now they are the worst FBS program.
Memphis says hello.

And I don't believe that Akron's beat 3 FBS teams. They have at least 3 wins, but I know one of them was against FCS competition.
Dec 30, 2011 1:20am
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Dec 30, 2011 4:36 PM
Azubuike24;1030483 wrote:This post is just dumb.

Hell, beating ACC and Big East opponents might be less impressive than beating MWC and WAC opponents...
Lol at you calling his post dumb. Who in the WAC is better than anyone in the Big East or ACC? and other than TCU and Boise, who in the MWC could even come close to competing in either conference?
Dec 30, 2011 4:36pm
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Dec 30, 2011 6:08 PM
believer;1029747 wrote:Northern Illinois should beat Arkansas State on January 8th.
I dunno about that one.

Definitely the best showing the MAC has had in bowls that I can remember though, regardless of the opponents.
Dec 30, 2011 6:08pm
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Dec 31, 2011 4:16 PM
Little Danny;1029823 wrote:It certainly is their best in recent memory and I would not be surprised if it is their best ever. Here are the results from the past eight years:

2003- 2-0
2004- 2-3
2005- 1-1
2006- 1-3
2007- 0-3
2008- 0-5
2009- 1-4
2010- 2-2
Those year by year records are actually better than what my guess would have been.
Didn't they lose 11 or 12 consecutive bowl games at one point?

Glad to see the MAC having some success in bowls for once.
Dec 31, 2011 4:16pm
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Dec 31, 2011 4:30 PM
Hulk Smash;1032561 wrote:Those year by year records are actually better than what my guess would have been.
Didn't they lose 11 or 12 consecutive bowl games at one point?

Glad to see the MAC having some success in bowls for once.
I'm pretty sure in 2009 they lost the first 4 before LeFevour scraped out a CMU GMAC bowl win in January, so with 2007-08 included there's your 12
Dec 31, 2011 4:30pm
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Jan 1, 2012 10:17 PM
goosebumps;1031637 wrote:Lol at you calling his post dumb. Who in the WAC is better than anyone in the Big East or ACC? and other than TCU and Boise, who in the MWC could even come close to competing in either conference?
The bottom half of the Big East and the ACC could not win the MWC. They might finish in the top 4. I'll give you the WAC.
Jan 1, 2012 10:17pm
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Jan 1, 2012 10:21 PM
Memphis has 5 wins in 3 years. Akron has 5 wins in 3 years. Akron has beaten Buffalo, Kent State and Eastern Michigan. Their other 2 wins were against FCS teams.

What's worse is, Akron lost to Syracuse in 2009 (last in the Big East), Indiana in 2010 (last in the Big Ten).

You are right about Memphis though, although they actually played some close games this year. Akron got pounded almost every game.
Jan 1, 2012 10:21pm
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Jan 1, 2012 10:22 PM
Azubuike24;1034360 wrote:The bottom half of the Big East and the ACC could not win the MWC. They might finish in the top 4. I'll give you the WAC.
The bottom of the BE is better than the bottom of the ACC. The BE biggest problem is that they're middle heavy.
Jan 1, 2012 10:22pm