AkronAlumnus

Why is NIU down 7 guys?

Akron is last in MAC FB for grossing revenue but first in MBB for grossing revenue. Even with this, football still brings in more $$ which is why I say the MAC has more longevity than the A10 or similar conferences. With the sheer amount of money going into football, if I was a university president and I didn't have a FB program, I'd want to wet my universities's beak - especially in today's day & age

I like you - you're intellectual. Do you think the money from MAC football would offset the A10's top down approach? I know they currently don't have a FB program (like Vermont) but, they could assemble a team quickly and likely be a contender. I read part of an article before the paywall prop populated & it said the main reason VCU doesn't have a football program is bc of the start-up cost to only play FCS ball. Basically the ends didn't justify the means but would a change in conference offset this? UMass seems to think so

VCU being in the MAC would benefit them the same way that Gonzaga benefits from being in the West Coast Conference. The WCC is way better than the MAC most years, but in Gonzaga's case , still significantly below their overall prestige. Obviously with the emphasis on $$$ some smaller conferences will go defunct, others will expand. I think the MAC has more longevity than the A10 perhaps just because of football. Take this year as an example, VCU is fourth in the A10. If they jumped to the MAC they would almost certainly be dancing even with a mediocre team by their standards. Switch out VCU for a school like Liberty and the same premise applies.

If we're poaching from the A10 I'd rather have VCU or George Mason than Richmond or Rhode Island. I like the ideas of Temple, WKU, MTSU (again) and maybe even going far east to pick up a Vermont or something.

I love this matchup - always physical & features the two best coaches in the MAC!

dude was cherry picking the whole way

Story of the season

yes immediate impact

Epic fail there at the end

really going down to the wire

EMU!!

Freeman show!

One of the softest plays I've ever seen by Ali on that tie up

only down 10

Dawson showed so much promise as a freshman then got injured then yeah... hopefully he can turn things around because he seems like a good kid and hard-worker

spot on haha

I don't like Toledo's coach. idk something about him screams complacency. I'd hate to have him as a coach

Akron by 3-5 points

I think Akron wins a relatively close one!

tough night for MAC pick'ems - lot of toss-ups tonight!

thoughts on this? @everyone

Need a shooter too

& we didn't even cover. Smh

might have to guard #13