kreed5120

Excitement is building...

I would say the fact we're limited to 1 basketball. I wonder if you add up all their FGA and FTA per game how that compares to our team last year. That's even with us playing one of the fastest paces in college basketball last year.

Definitely a lot of flexibility. With a roster like that they can very easily make in game adjustments to play smaller, bigger, or aggressively sub if wanting to play uptempo.

Rules only apply to programs like Akron, not programs like LSU or Michigan.

I would have to think he would already have to be enrolled to be eligible for the fall semester.

Not sure if he is appealing individually.

That's not really a good argument. He was objectively a bad starting QB. All 32 fanbases would be booing him. Not like you're saying they were booing the next Tom Brady.

That was true with the additions of Rutgers and Maryland. Nebraska isn't a major market nor has it ever been. They were brought in with the belief they would be a quality program that could compete with UM, OSU, and Penn State. In hindsight the B1G won't publicly admit it, but Nebraska probably doesn't get into the B1G today as there are other programs out there that are in bigger markets who are on par or better than Nebraska. UCLA only got in the B1G because USC said it was the only way they would join. Oregon was a no brainer because they are a large market, have a history of success, and have NIKE funneling them NIL money. Washington got good at the right time and were a decent travel partner for Oregon. Not to mention decent market. I don't see Pitt getting in over PSU in any situation. It doesn't really matter if Pitt plays in a major city. PSU is clearly the big brother in Pennsylvania. It's why it took Cincinnati so long to get into a P4 conference. Outside of their specific city the rest of the entire state is dominated by OSU. The same is true for Pitt.

If we look back at the last ~15 years the B1G really screwed up with realignment. At least from a competitive stand point. The SEC completely out gained them with the programs they plucked. The only program added that consistently competes at a top level is Oregon. I will say at some point it's likely USC gets their crap together. As for Nebraska, Washington, UCLA, Maryland, and Rutgers they don't make the B1G better. In fact, UCLA, Rutgers, and Maryland have all made the B1G weaker competitively. Nebraska an Washington are probably middle B1G quality programs. Save me the talk about how great Nebraska was in the 90s. Unless we get a time machine to wind the clocks back 30 years we won't see Nebraska have that level of success again in our life times.

For what it's worth I don't think they're going to run the table moving forward. In fact, I think they will lose to Boise State who they play before MAC play even begins. I was just speaking to the hypothetical that someone else proposed.

USC head football coach is also named since it's an endowed position. There are probably others out there as well. Not surprising it's popular with Ivy Leagues since they have such large endowment to begin with.

UM should drop from the poll. Even clock controversy aside the QB play was terrible and many other teams had more impressive week 1 results. They aren't the first team to fall in the rankings despite winning. They won't be the last either. You can maybe make the argument that some won't penalize WMU for the loss, but they're certainly not getting the same treatment as if they won. This is evident by the fact voters still have them behind UM in the AP poll. UM is currently 28th while WMU is 32nd. Without that clock mishap and WMU winning WMU would surely be ahead of UM in today's AP poll (probably #20-#25 since it would be one of the most impressive wins of the young season) and UM would have few to no AP votes.

The premise of your argument was the loss helps their chances. A 13-0 WMU has immensely better odds of making the playoffs than a 12-1 version with a controversial loss. Not saying the 12-1 team couldn't make it, but it would need more help than a 13-0.

WMU in this hypothetical would have 2 wins better than James Madison best win. I think the best team JMU has on their schedule is Liberty. An argument could be made that a 1 loss Memphis would get in over WMU, but at 2 losses that would probably mean they lost to Boise St. who WMU would have beat. WMU actually went out and scheduled a tough OOC to be in a position to have a chance to secure a G6 bid. This isn't a Miami Ohio basketball situation where they went undefeated largely by scheduling programs like Saint Mary's School for the Blind.

Good chance Boise State wins the P12 and 13-0 would imply WMU would have the H2H win.

If JMU could make it at 12-1 with their best win against a 9-4 Louisville in a very weak ACC, WMU would surely make it at 13-0 with a wins over both Michigan and Boise State. Boise State just lost by 1 TD to a top 10 Oregon team and is likely one of the best G6 programs. A 13-0 WMU would have had an incredible resume.

Wasn't sure where to put this, but the Toledo Blade has announced that it will be shutting down at the end of the year if they don't find a new buyer. Given that it's one of the few, and probably the best, media outlet that provides consistent MAC coverage I thought it was worth sharing. https://x.com/toledonews/status/2097315515307889061

In your hypothetical they would otherwise be 13-0 and in irregardless. That doesn't help them.

I don't see that being an issue. Those games are scheduled years in advance and TBH nobody will even be talking about this in 2-3 weeks. Maybe in November it will get more attention again if UM is still in the hunt for a playoff spot as SEC, ACC, Big 12 will want to discredit (rightfully so) UM resume.

I remember a few years ago how some here were talking up the Zippy cookies. I unfortunately not going to be able to attend this, but I thought I'd share for those who might not have seen it.

I don't think Evan is eligible right now. Not sure what's going on with that lawsuit. That said, if he is eligible I would be shocked if the Zips started that proposed starting 5. There just isn't enough shooting to properly space the floor. Evan last year showed he can play bigger than his size. He would almost certainly be starting at the 4 and you would have Buddy competing with the other 2 mentioned to be the starting center.

One has to begin to wonder if Akron is just waiting until the golf outing at this point to release the schedule. Seems weird they haven't announced it by now.

I'm not opposed to eliminating bowl games in favor of an NIT type secondary playoff that is G6 focused. A third D1 league I feel is very much unneeded. If they wanted to do that just go FCS. It already has many of the things they're advocating for with the lower cost to compete and an inclusive playoff system specific to like resourced programs. Any real change financially would have to come from slashing costs. No MAC coach is worth $700K+. G6 programs keep dumping more and more money into football thinking it will help them catch up, but that doesn't work when everyone else is doing the same. You just end up paying more to remain the same status quo.

There is already a subdivision for D1. It's called the FCS.

BS call giving them an extra second.