Porterland vs Columbus, in Columbus

On Saturday, July 7, Porterland travel to Columbus to take on the Crew. The game will be followed by a live performance from Flogging Molly. I'm planning on attending. If anyone else is, we could possibly organize a tailgate.

There are 2.5 former Zips playing for Columbus (Trapp, Barsons, Speas), and 4 former Zips playing for Porterland (Nagbe, Nanchoff, Zemanski, Meves).

Big 10 bans games against FCS opponents, is the MAC next?

The FCS schedule ban starts in 2016. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/...edule-fcs-teams

With the changes for the national championship game being made for a playoff format of conference champs, going undefeated in non-conference games isnt as important.

Which leads me to the question, what's in it for the Big 10 to schedule MAC opponents if the "easy" win wont benefit them for a national championship run? They could replace those games with quality opponents from other conferences that could draw huge tv ratings, increasing their TV revenue.

I'm afraid those big pay days could be a thing of the past for the MAC. Also, should the MAC continue scheduling FCS opponents? Thoughts?

Akron vs WMU

I'll be in lot 9 around 4:30 to start the tailgate. Hope to see a lot of you there.

MAC Tournament

MAC Tournament? Best case scenario is Akron, West Virginia, Western Michigan, Bowling Green.

Team, RPI, Conference Record
Akron, 2, 5-0-0, 12-1-2
West Virginia, 42, 3-1-1, 8-4-2
Western Michigan, 112, 2-1-1, 10-4-2
Bowling Green, 129, 2-2-1, 6-7-3
Northern Illinois, 163, 2-1-1, 4-8-3
Hartwick, 164, 1-3-0, 4-8-2
Buffalo, 166, 1-3-0, 3-10-1
Florida Atlantic, 198, 0-5-0, 2-10-1

Why we don't want Northern Illinois in the tournament:
- Record will have more L's than W's going into the tournament with only 3 games left in their season.


Remaining games:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 2012
Buffalo (3-10-1, 1-3-0 MAC) 7:30 PM Western Michigan (10-4-2, 2-1-1 MAC)
Florida Atlantic (2-10-1, 0-5-0 MAC) 7:00 PM Bowling Green (6-7-3, 2-2-1 MAC)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 2012
Hartwick (4-8-2, 1-3-0 MAC) 3:00 PM 2/2 Akron (12-1-2, 5-0-0 MAC)
Northern Illinois (4-8-3, 2-1-1 MAC) 2:00 PM 26 West Virginia (8-4-2, 3-1-1 MAC)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 2012
Bowling Green (6-7-3, 2-2-1 MAC) 7:00 PM Wright State (3-11-1, 1-3-1 Horizon)
Florida Atlantic (2-10-1, 0-5-0 MAC) 7:00 PM Florida International (7-6-2, 0-5-1 C-USA)
Hartwick (4-8-2, 1-3-0 MAC) 7:00 PM Buffalo (3-10-1, 1-3-0 MAC)
West Virginia (8-4-2, 3-1-1 MAC) 7:00 PM Stony Brook (10-4-1, 4-2-0 Am East)
Western Michigan (10-4-2, 2-1-1 MAC) 1:00 PM Northern Illinois (4-8-3, 2-1-1 MAC)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 2012
Michigan State (7-7-1, 2-2-0 Big Ten) 3:00 PM Akron (12-1-2, 5-0-0 MAC)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 2012
Buffalo (3-10-1, 1-3-0 MAC) 7:00 PM Northern Illinois (4-8-3, 2-1-1 MAC)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 2012
Akron (12-1-2, 5-0-0 MAC) 7:30 PM Western Michigan (10-4-2, 2-1-1 MAC)
Bowling Green (6-7-3, 2-2-1 MAC) 7:00 PM West Virginia (8-4-2, 3-1-1 MAC)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 2012
Florida Atlantic (2-10-1, 0-5-0 MAC) 4:00 PM Hartwick (4-8-2, 1-3-0 MAC)

Akron vs Western Michigan

I know this is early and that we still have the OSU game, but I wanted to start the tailgate plans for this game early. Because Halloween is during the week leading up to the game, we should do a Halloween themed tailgate. We should also start planning a tifo.

Btw, here's something I'll have at the tailgate