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Going to do our best to keep an updated tally going at MAC Report Online on the undrafted free agent signings. We'll update as often as possible. Please feel free to pass on any signings to us that we may miss.MAC Undrafted FA Signings

Our brief synopsis of MAC players taken in this year's draft, including some quotes that we swiped:Six MAC Players Drafted

Correct. The MAC gets a third bowl tie-in with an outside shot at a fourth:News from today's NCAA board meetings. International Bowl gets licensed. 6-6 teams can go bowling:http://www.macreportonline.com/International_Bowl.html

http://www.macreportonline.com/Spring_2006_Recaps.html

EMU's Eric Deslauriers first round selection. Also, Akron's Reid and CMU's Cetoute drafted: MAC CFL Draft Picks

Posted another weekly football update at MAC Report Online, catching up on some of the other football news around the conference:1) NIU's Wolfe named Playboy Preseason All-American2) WMU adds new DB Coach3) UB loses another assistant4) Miami fans can "make the call" at spring game on Saturday.Check it out here: MAC Pigskin Pipeline

Posted an update at MAC Report Online with links to stories on the spring games that have been completed so far. Just go to the homepage and each link is posted.Also, if you get an Active X prompt at our website, bear with us, we are making some changes. Thanks!

Yes, there is still news to report regarding MAC Hoops. Just posted an update at MAC Report Online:1) Ongoing changes at Ball State2) Akron assistant leaves for Clemson3) Can't State loses a recruit to APR penalties4) Jeremy Fears continues to search for a school.Check it out: MAC Hoopla

Just posted a hoops update at MAC Report Online: O'Shea Looking, Ball State Searching, Bowler Hooping

Just posted some more football updates at MAC Report Online listing MAC players on preseason watch lists, preseason all-americans and some coaching and player movements. Link: Football Updates.

Posted some brief capsules for each team consisting of spring dates, new coaches, returning/lost starters, and a couple of "burning questions" for each team heading into spring and beyond. Also included, as best as we could piece them together, the 2006 football schedules.Spring Football Briefs.

Editorial posted at MAC Report Online. The Selection Committe has made Nantz and Packer look foolish, but is should not be seen as vindication:When You Are Right....

It's the last show of the season so be sure to log on Wednesday night at 6:05 pm ET for a full hour of the only broadcast dedicated solely to coverage of the Mid-American Conference. Co-hosts Dave Ruthenberg and Al Fellhauer will be joined by the MAC Director of Basketball Operations, Rick Boyages. To listen live, click here. After the show you can catch the replay or download the podcast.

Just posted something new at MAC Report Online, a Post-Season Wrap focusing on the MAC's three post season teams and a couple of coaches quotes and other stuff.Even though each team's fans and supporters feel a little down after the season-ending losses, remember that there were fans, alumni, etc... of nine other MAC teams that would have been quite happy to make it to postseason play.

After taking a break last week, the MAC Report returns tonight. Our guests are scheduled to be Laing Kennedy, Can't State AD and member of the NCAA Selection Committee and Ray Mernagh of HoopFactor.com who will give us his thoughts on the recent MAC tournament and talk about his upcoming book about MAC hoops.To hear the show live, log on at 6:05 pm ET tonight (Wed) by clicking here. The replay can be heard anytime after the show at MAC Report Online or you can also access a podcast after the show also.Just a note of thanks again to everyone who has listened to the program. We just got our February numbers and it was the highest month yet for listenership

Undaunted by the criticism of our choices last week for POY, Frosh POY and COY, we have made our selections for the MAC's Sixth Man and Defensive POY:MAC Report Online Awards.

Just posted our analysis of the APR numbers/penalties at MAC Report Online: NCAA's APR Takes Toll on MAC Schools..One area that I want to clarify is the general misunderstanding regarding application of the "squad size adjustment." This is an adjustment that is applied by the NCAA to schools based on their formula for such an application (see the article) and was not applied by request of schools, i.e. schools could not request this as an "exemption" to avoid penalties.The MAC's GPA rules also played a large role in the MAC receiving more penalties than most. The MAC's own higher standards, in other words, hurt its own cause when dealing with the APR formula.

Just a reminder...Be sure to login tonight at 6:05 pm ET for a full hour of the only broadcast dedicated solely to coverage of the Mid-American Conference. Join co-hosts Dave Ruthenberg and Al Fellhauer for their take on the leading candidates for post-season honors and a team-by-team review. Mark Heller of the Ann Arbor News will also drop by with other guests to be announced. Click here to listen live! After the show you can download the podcast or catch the replay here.We are hoping to have Can't State coach Jim Christian on but have not been able to confirm that yet.

Our weekly hoops column, MAC Hoopla: Tourney Talk is now posted at MAC Report Online and our focus was discussing the upcoming MAC tourney and any legitimate chances the MAC may or may not have at an at-large NCAA or NIT bid.Also some notes from around the MAC, including four heartbreaking losses, all within a combined 2.2 seconds on Saturday; we also note that some NIU fans have started the FireRobJudson website, current statistical leaders, etc...

Be sure to login Wednesday at 6:05 pm ET for a full hour of the only broadcast dedicated solely to coverage of the Mid-American Conference. Scheduled to join co-hosts Dave Ruthenberg and Al Fellhauer this week is University of Toledo head basketball coach Stan Joplin. Click here to Listen Live!.As always, after the show we will have a podcast and replay link available from our homepage at MAC Report Online.

Just uploaded our weekly survey of RPI rankings and posted our Composite RPI rankings at: MAC Report Online. Only two MAC squads are in the Top 100 this week.With the announcement by the NCAA that they will begin releasing their official RPI rankings on a weekly basis, we may discontinue doing the Composite.

If you want to hear Dambrot's words directly on this subject, we touched briefly on it our show, "The MAC Report." You can access a replay of the show at hour homepage MAC Report Online by clicking on the MAC Report link near the upper left hand portion of the homepage. The interview with Dambrot is in the second half-hour.

Can't believe that another week has already gone by, but that means another edition of the MAC Report is on the air tonight at 6:05 pm ET -- the only place you can get a full hour of MAC talk over the airwaves.Scheduled to join myself and Al Fellhauer tonight are University of Akron head basketball coach Keith Dambrot and Charles Ramsey, first year head basketball coach at Eastern Michigan. Click here to Listen Live!.Also, after the show you can access the podcast and/or the replay at our homepage: MAC Report Online.Thanks to everyone for their input and for listening. We have steadily climbed the listener charts with our program. Our first month we placed 75th, followed the next month by placing 37th and last month we were 28th...that is out of 175 shows carried by Broadcast Monsters.As always, please feel free to email us at sports@macreportonline.com.

As another ousider looking in, but one who has had ample opportunity to speak with the coaches around the MAC, I want to back up what you said Zipper.There is not a coach in the MAC that has more respect among his peers and his honesty is unquestioned.

Our good friend Nick from Vandelay Sports will be one of our guests tonight on the MAC Report. Also scheduled to join us is John Akers, editor of Basketball Times. So, please be sure to log in tonight at 6:05 pm for an hour of live MAC talk with myself and co-host Al Fellhauer. To listen live, click here tonight.Also we will have the podcast available for download and a replay link on our homepage at MAC Report Online.