psc2009

This set of rankings has Akron way down at No. 9. That seems low, but the Zips have only beaten a bad I-AA team. Is this fair? Would it be higher with Jacquemain?http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_106

Here are some highlights from each MAC coach from today's teleconference.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_79

Great pics of a great stadium. I loved the shot of the hill especially. That's going to be a selling point for students for a long time.

Great win for the Zips tonight. Sell out crowd and a W over the No. 8 team in the country.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?news&nid=181

Rodgers looked pretty good in his limited action against Morgan State. The problem is that he is a run-first quarterback. There isn't much time for the Zips offense to adjust their game plan...

UA just put out a press release saying that Chris Jacquemain has been suspended indefinitely. Frankly, I'm stunned.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?news&nid=179

Here is The Mac Daily's preview of the game. It's the second straight big football weekend in Akron! And the first ever Big Ten team to visit!http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_101

It's kind of nice that ESPN remembered that the MAC still has basketball teams. I think they forgot that in football.

They're going to look rather funny when a lowly MAC program is lifting a National Championship trophy too.

This is going to be the first real test for the new stadium. Last week was an amazing atmosphere. If the Zips can build on that and get a good crowd for a game at home against a Big Ten team, that will be remarkable. If not, then someone needs to start saying "These are not your old Zips."Or, maybe they should threaten to start playing in the Rubber Bowl again.

Here is a look at what Can't State plans to do this weekend with Iowa State as well as its plans to try and get Jarvis back for next year.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_99His loss sure puts that offense in a hole. Especially if Morgan can't go either.

He'd be a star for the Browns. Or the Lions. While still in the hospital.

I wanted to post this on here today because Coach Brookhart had some really good insights about both the new stadium and what this upcoming weekend means for Northeastern Ohio.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_79

I just wanted to send out an open invite to all the Zips that couldn't make it to InfoCision Stadium today to come talk about the game, the future of UA and the MAC as a whole with TMD.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_93If you couldn't make it to the game today, my advice is to get here soon. It's about the most beautiful football stadium I've ever seen.

Some food for thought when we think of Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Florida, USC, Notre Dame... well, you get the point.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_95

During each of The Mac Daily's Game of the Week's, it runs a live chat. This week it's coming live from InfoCision Stadium during the Zips game. For anyone who can't attend, if you want to chat up the game, I'd love to have you. http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_93If you're at the game, chat with us on your iPhone, Blackberry or Palm Pre.

I wanted to post this on here because I love what Coach Brookhart said about InfoCision Stadium: "It has a real home-field advantage that you want to defend each week." Classic quote.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_79

Just a few weeks ago, I was arguing with Graham Couch (the WMU beat writer) about this. He doesn't even think that LeFevour is the best quarterback on his team.

If you're having audio problems, try listening to it here. If that still doesn't work, you can download it from that page to any media player.http://www.blogtalkradio.com/themacdaily/2...oCision-Stadium

JD Brookhart and Chris Jacquemain came onto The Mac Daily's podcast today to talk about the opener against Morgan State and about the first game at InfoCision Stadium.http://themacdaily.com/1_59_Podcasts.htmlThe most interesting part to me was that Jacquemain is already thinking about being the first player to complete a pass at the new stadium, the first player to score a touchdown, etc. It should be a fun game on Saturday.

No. 24 is the best. In all seriousness, Akron had no chance to win this game. Penn State is just an amazing team. They'd have done the same thing to half of the Big Ten, maybe the entire Big 12 North, the Big East, etc.We'll take the money, look to next week and be happy that this doesn't hurt our MAC record.

I wanted to share a couple of things that The Mac Daily is starting up on Saturday that I hope would be fun for everyone. First, we're going to be hosting a live chat during the WMU/ UM game. We'll be discussing what's going on in the Big House, but also what is happening around the rest of the MAC, so whatever you want to talk about, feel free to chime in.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?p=1_87We're also starting a photo contest. What we're asking is for fans to send in photos from MAC events that they're attending (with your name and the event that you are at). The best photos we'll post on the web site and the BEST OF THE BEST WITH HONORS SIR photo each month earn its sender a free The Mac Daily hat (also courtesy of New Era) in the MAC school colors of your choice. If you want to send in photos, please send them to tmdphotos@gmail.com.

Here is a link to the official press release. The new logo is on the home page.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?news&nid=145Considering, this could have been worse. It's no worse than the Papajohns.com Bowl so we got lucky there.

It looks like tomorrow morning Little Caesar's will officially become the primary sponsor of the MCB. Apparently, you can sell a lot more $5 pizzas than $30,000 cars.http://themacdaily.com/index.php?news&nid=142Oddly enough, the announcement will be at Comerica Park instead of at Ford Field.

As long as Jacquemain can complete 55-60 percent of his passes (he was at 56% last year), then the offense will be fine. The defense just can't keep giving up 30 + points this year. That's what ended last season.