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Agreed, I'm torn between Toledo and NIU. Whoever it is is going to blow the shit out of whoever the East sends there, the real MAC daddy is Wed Nov. 14. If I had to pick I think NIU is better than Toledo, and has home field against them. But man is it tight.

Did anyone expect different? Against Northern Illinois???' Let's be real. This is a very good team, better than Ohio IMO.

Jeff Sagarin http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc12.htm You think I go by National (popularity) rankings?

I have to be fair. Ilistened to Joe's show yesterday and it was the most interesting show I have heard in a long long time. I'll definitely be tuning in again. It's not as if there is any competition from the Cleveland stations in that time slot...

At the beginning of the season I thought Ohio was the class of the conference but now (injuries) I think they're actually behind NIU and Toledo. Although Toledo didn't do themselves any favors Saturday.

And put in WHO? The biggest problem with this team is the lack of size and depth. We couldn't field two O lines in the spring game. What the hell would that do for this program? Crimony, even IaDon'tKnow could win one game a year.

Fourth rated conference in college football (behind B12, SEC, Pac12). The 12th ranked MAC wishes they had that kind of "demise".

The police weren't called this week.

I hate that my work shift changed and I can't work with the tam or even go to the games this year. Sounds like they starting out strong.

Hmmm, where have I seen this before?

Akron Airships? Or would it look bad for players to say they were going to AA meetings?

One and the same. He was highly distraught on his last day, I was surprised he finished out his shift. I think he needs more callers.

Agreed. I haven't been so emotionally charged for a sporting event since my son played football. That's been a couple of years ago. I felt like a sports fan again. Alive. A nice change from the quote "football" fed to us by UA and the Browns. All Cleveland sports, actually.

I would have thought Akron should beat BG easily, they were really off. But that tune-up last might have gotten them back on track. Should be a heck of a game. I wish our secondary could grow a couple of inches this week...

Where's that Bobcats lover now? Not so easy to brag when you narrowly escape UfreakinMass...

I'm not impressed by the Big Least anymore. I was more impressed when it had Pitt, WVU, Cincy, Syracuse, Louisville. (I'm not just looking at football and I know not all of those schools have/are leaving). Their new footprint only adds a lot of travel to the teams, and prevents a lot of fans from travelling to the games. Would Houston and SMU really help us recruit in Texas? What did UCF do for the MAC? Who's going on a roadie to Boise or SD to see football? Does it really help all the other Zips teams to travel to New England several times a year? I'm not impressed.

He put himself in that position by burning his timeouts earlier in the half. It seems like every time Dysert had trouble getting an audible called because of the noise, we bailed him out with a TO.

It was a very exciting game, the most excited I have been at a Zips football game in years. I also have not been as frustrated at officials since the MAC basketball tourney a couple years ago. My god this conference needs to do something. And the thing that struck me was, we had no business being in that game. Everybody picked us for 6th place and Miami 2nd. We had no rated recruits on probably the worst team in I-A. Joe Dunn said last year we threw the ball 35 times +/- and completed 7 passes and we lost 35-3 to Miami. But there we were, trading shots with them. They knew we were there today.

Those penalties usually came on third down. Give US 60 yards at key times and it's a whole different game.

How many 15 yarders did they call on us? The refs gained more yardage for Miami than the hippy did.

DOWN TO 2 NOW. Whoda thunkit before the season started? http://sportsdirect.usatoday.com/odds/usatoday/ncaaf.aspx lists five different lines

So, they fire Ken Carman, and then a year later bring this guy in??? With all due respect, he's great at what he does on TV. But a radio show? They should put him on at 10p shift for those with insomnia...

I get it. The retro 1980's indoor soccer look. Kia Zolgharnain would be proud. BTW that Mandgold line still makes me laugh.

It dropped to 3. Wish I would have gotten in when it was 6.5... "For entertainment purposes only" of course.