lance99

The MAC will never have a team that competes for a national championship.The MAC is considered successful in neither football nor basketball. The league has brought in misfits in the past like Central Florida, Buffalo and Temple. Central leaving was a good thing. Replacing them with Temple was a bad thing. I would argue that even NIU is a misfit for the league at this point.Having a league that has the same teams at the top, the same teams in the middle and the same teams at the bottom evey year is terrible for a league. The Big Ten is as bad as it is right now because they have this structure year in and year out.I'm not certain the MAC doesn't have an identity. Identitiy means that something indentifys what you are. For example, a female kangaroo can be identified by a pouch. The identitiy of the mac is that it is a league full of a bunch of schools that underfund their athletics, reside in states that are obsessed with the BCS schools in those states, have little community/alumni support and are ignored by the NCAA (the list could go on, but I'm going to 5:30 mass). The league has been around since 1946. It is just what it is and 60+ years have not changed it. I could care less if it changes. I only want Akron to be the best team in a highly competitive conference. More teams with the same identitiy will not change the league. Fewer teams will create more rivals, more "dislike" for each other and more interest.Contraction crossed my mind when I was writing the orginal post, but that is not the way to go only because the NCAA will put the entire conference to a lower level(1-AA, or whatever it's called now). You almost have to add teams. I am not saing add teams for the sake of adding teams. If a meger happens between conferences, take the upper tier schools and tell the bottom feeder teams to get lost. I want Akron to be the best in a STRONG CONFERENCE, not one where the BCS schools think of Akron, or other schools in the MAC as easy wins.

Going back and reading my own and other members post on tring to fix the Mac. Is the best thing to do is to blow the whole thing up and start over? Meaning start taking teams and making one super conference? I understand that that are issues with this including, but not limited to:-Travel cost and time-Do you take some sports or all sports-SOS concerns-Charther members of other conferences wanting to leave, or wanting to have their rival game every year-How many teams and who-Getting post season selections(i.e. BCS games)-money sharing between schoolsanyone with ideas?

Yes they do have to do that, at least in Basketball. However it seems like the Mac West has no desire to do that. The solutition: Kick them out and/ or merge with another conference to force the NCAA's hand because of the "Super Conference" look. Also I was thinking about it more and more form an marketing standpoint, for the national exposre, you need more and more games on T.V. and radio(not just the Thursday Night game on ESPN2 for Football) AND HAVE SOME TYPE OF SOLGAN TO GO WITH IT!!!)As far as Football, adding Temple was a mistake! There was a reason the Big East got rid of them(dragging everyones SOS down). Do the same as listed avobe with the west. Bring back the Acme-Zip game if you have to, or some other-style promotition conference wide. Play home and homes with top- tier schools every year(have to start forcing hands instead of having our hands out).

Is it totally offical?

Be careful of what you wish for. The College of Charleston basketball team had a 30+ win record a few years back and was a 8 seed if I remember correctly. Can it work, yes The MVC proved that. As far as football, winning helps alot, recurting players locally is not the answer(ask Gerry Foust how that went) going national is the answer and do one hell of a sales job. Nebraska has their radio network and that might be the way to go. For the record, I currently live in a pac-10 city(Phoenix) and they don't draw unless its a Los Angeles school of U of A and their in a major conference. Sometimes it could be just the location, fan support, conference. Everything that is being talked about here now. Going to a larger conference might be the answer, however you have to take Can't State with you for a rival game and they will never leave.

I think that IU knows that it is a dangerous game(with the new stadium). rather do said quote. However some will travel(Can't state's home game against Minnesota a few years ago, I think)

Like the new webpage! I would like to know if it's just for gozips.com. Looking at other MAC webpages (Ohio, Can't State and Bowling Green), the all look the same as the old webpage. Just wondering

Mabye he can go to the new league that is plaing in massillion

Excellent point. Here is what the NCAA should do. 1. Select the 40 best D1A programs over the past 30 years and make them one division.2. They have four conferences that must play each other over an eleven game season meaning 9 conference games.3. Three out of conference games that must be scheduled within this level of football and the NCAA decides who plays whom and the decision is based upon prior season success like the NFL used to do.4. Stop the farce that is the players are amatures and pay them.5. Have a playoff that pays players and coaches extra for advancing.6. You must win your conference to make the playoffs.This scenario would only take two weeks of playoffs. No wild cards or anything else. You either win your conference or you watch the playoffs on TV.heres the problem with that...-they would consider that perimer league soccer-style and would never fly with any conference-the ncaa would not spread that type of money around(the other sports would want their cut)-they would bring back "margin of victory" to football, so you will see florida state beatting up D-II schools for poll rankings-and you should win your conferenceI belive the only way to fix the problem is to get rid of the guarnteed conference bowl bids