kreed5120

I agree most bowl games are meaningless. What do you expect when you match a 7-5 team up against a 6-6 team? OOC means a lot in the current format. Weak OOC scheduling has hindered the B12 in getting teams in the playoffs in the past. The Oklahoma-OSU had huge playoff implications this year. It's why Oklahoma is in and OSU is out. Had the game swung the other way, the story would be flipped flopped. Under a 16 team playoff that game would be irrelevant because both teams would be locks at this stage. College basketball has a 68 playoff field and half the teams have no chance of winning a national championship. The reason being talent disparity. As I've said an 8 team playoff with 1 guaranteed G5 team is fine by me. Expanding anymore is overkill.

16 teams is too many. It would make the entire regular season mean less. Part of what makes college football great is every game matters. The last thing I want to do is watch conference championship games at the end of the season and think well this game is irrelevant, both these teams are already going to make the playoffs. The playoffs shouldn't expand beyond 8 IMO and I'd be fine with the top ranked G5 champ being included. Edit: Also, of note a 16 team playoff would require 15 games. This means it will fill 15 TV slots. The current playoff system only takes up 2. That alone could reduce the demand for postseason teams by 26. Many of those teams would probably be the 6-7 win G5 progams.

I really like having Marshall on the schedule every year. There is history between the two programs and D'Antoni has turned them into an average to above C-USA progrum. It's also a manageable roadie for those who like to travel to away games.

I'm not saying Akron will lose by 27 because they lost by 27 1 1/2 months ago, however, if I was an average Joe just looking to place a bet, this would be the 1st piece of information I'd look at. 21 is probably a few too many points, but Akron should be a heavy underdog heading into this game.

I'm guessing this plays a part. http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400944999

March Madness is the largest moneymaker for the NCAA. The cinderella effect and office pool is what makes it what it is. They aren't going to change the format to exclude mid-majors anytime soon. The reason the MAC hasn't been getting at-large bids is because for the most part they haven't done enough to deserve one. The MAC's last at-large was 1999 and since then you could really only make an argument we "deserved" and at-large 1-2 of those times since. The MAC was getting at-large bids in the 80's and 90's because it had better teams at the top of the conference. Between 1988 and 1999, I'm counting 11 players drafted in the 1st or 2nd round. That breaks our to ~1 per year. Over the last 11 years (same time frame) the MAC has had a whopping 2 players drafted. If the MAC can get back to recruiting and developing talent like it did in the 80s and 90s, the at-large bids will follow.

Last year I believe all Lions season ticket holders received a ticket if I remember correct. I'm not sure if that's the case this year.

I wish they would have lost 1 more game in Cleveland

The WCC and MVC have been leaps and bounds better than the MAC over the last 2 decades. We don't need Kent to be good per say, but a better MAC as a whole would certainly help with recruiting, raising fan interest, providing more quality match-ups, potential at-large opportunities, etc.

"neutral"...I expect a much larger contingent of Rocket fans at the game than I do Akron given their proximity.

Recruiting stars never played a factor for me. WMU had a lot of returning talent, namely on defense, on what was a really great team. Akron started the year with a lot of unknowns.

I'll have the check in the mail sometime this week.

A 62 year old coach going 7-5 playing in the MAC isn't going to be a hot commodity. Even Les Miles, whose accomplished more longer, is having issues finding a position because of his age. If any MAC coach leaves for greener pastures this year my guess would be Jason Candle.

Fine by me.

You get what you pay for. At ~$4 a ticket it amazes me people complain about bleacher seats. To my knowledge there are upper reserved seats available if people want to pony up for them.

Yes, but those aren't 'common fouls'. I'm not asking for the basketball boards to keep track of technical fouls or flagrant.

Yeah, for starters in football a player can't be disqualified from a game for committing a certain number of penalties.

I made a post in the renovation thread after seeing the ribbon boards that provided team stats saying something along the lines of thank god I don't need to check my phone anymore. At the time I didn't realize they took away the individual player stat boards. I assumed if anything they would have expanded individual stats to include rebounds and assists totals. I was wrong and now retract my statement.

Nothing that I can really think of. They have a pretty poor basketball program. Kent, OU, and Buffalo (in that order) I'd say are our biggest basketball rivals.

Any tournament win a MAC team gets will require some amount of luck. Whoever we face in the tournament will pretty much always have the better team on paper. You just have to put yourself in a position that a few bounces here or there your way can swing the game in your favor.

It's the route I went. Unfortunately most 18, 19, 20 year old kids aren't the smartest when it comes to knowing how to manage money. Even worse with money they can "borrow".

Probably more high priced student apartments going in. No better way of fixing the student debt crisis sweeping this nation than charging $3000 a month for a 4 bedroom apartment to students making minimum wage.

I just think your margin of error is smaller in a conference like the B1G where you are competing against the best of the best. Those guys got those jobs by being excellent recruiters and good in game coaches. Most MAC basketball coaches aren't even worthy enough to hold Tom Izzo's jockstrap. I'm appreciative of what Dambrot achieved and Groce will have an uphill battle to just meet what Dambrot achieved. A better comparison who be comparing what Groce achieved at OU vs. what Dambrot achieved at Akron. Dambrot will also have an uphill battle at Duquesne as he'll be competing against higher caliber coaches.

It's an apples to oranges comparison. In the B1G Groce was competing against some of the best basketball minds in all of college basketball. Clearly he bit off more than he can chew. I don't feel it has any indication whether he will succeed or fail in the MAC.

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