A few years ago I thought the transfer portal was going to be the end of really good mid-major programs. Yeah I took some crap over that but in all honesty I had no idea just how bad it was going to be or how far behind Akron is. We still can’t sell football in this region I call “football heaven” where high school programs draw bigger crowds than some D1 colleges.
Taking some (or all) MAC programs to FCS is an idea, but then we lose the pay day games. There’s no easy answers…
My first college football game was at the Rubber Bowl against Austin Peay. That feels like 100 years ago…