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The way the rankings look right now, it seems that the AAC champ is bound to get that bid no matter what happens, really. Hopefully the new playoff rankings tomorrow show something different, because we should absolutely hope for Toledo to be the highest ranked G5 team. I'm just spit balling here, but it seems like the MAC falls behind about everyone else in football budgets save for maybe the Sunbelt. We need all we can to attract better talent and retain coaches; and I'm not speaking for just Akron, I'm speaking for the whole conference. Based on the current AP poll (the CFP poll will probably be slightly different), the only way Toledo gets in besides obviously winning out would be for Temple to lose to CT and then beat the winner of Navy/Houston in their championship game. Somewhat of a long shot but certainly plausible. Houston being ranked so highly after losing to 5-5 CT is sort of a joke.

Congrats Woody!

I don't see being allowed to pick your bowl happening, but to entertain your question I think its a mixture of two.. I'm going 1a) - your opponent.You want to give yourself the best chance to win as possible at this point in the program's history. 1b) the location. Playing the game in FL against a team we have a similar shot in beating instead of playing in Boise would be more valuable to the program for recruiting purposes since that is an area we target/have players from.

I wouldn't mind Boise at all, although it'd probably come at the cost of playing them on their home field. They are having a down year by their standards. There are certainly other mid majors I'd prefer to avoid over them.

Antino got body checked, and is probably hurt. I cannot believe that wasn't called a foul.

We are killing ourselves by tipping the ball out on rebounds instead of just grabbing the damn thing.

Zipgrad, buddy, I've missed your analysis of the Buffalo game this week!

Good effort in the 1st half; might have blew our wad tough. Live by the three... Regardless of the outcome, this team seems to be more talented than any other I've seen under KD.

I don't recall the name or much about him in general, but I believe its been noted on here that we have an OL transfer from Kentucky that is a Youngstown native that is sitting out this year.

agreed,

We actually attempted to convert 3rd and longs. We aggressively ended the 1st half with a score(which played a big part in the game), where in the past, we would have just mailed it in.

Great pics. Glad to see these guys enjoying themselves; they deserve it.

I did a recount and I agree. Must have had one too many beers last night! Updated my list above.

Screw it...I'm going to do it tonight. AAC: East Carolina has Cinci next week. After Cinci got their doors blown off against USF, this game is pretty much 50/50. Tulsa. Will lose to Navy tonight, have Tulane next week. Probability high of beating them and becoming bowl eligible. ACC: Virginia Tech. They have Virginia next week. Probably a more likely than not chance that VT becomes bowl eligible.' Big 12: Texas. Has TTU and Baylor left. Highly unlikely they win out to become bowl eligible. KState: Has Kansas and WVU left. Shouldn't lose to Kansas, but I don't see them getting by WVU. B1G; Indiana- has Purdue. Should be a win there. Nebraska- Iowa. L. Illinois. Northwestern. L. Minnesota. Wisconsing..most likely L. CUSA: Old Dominion - should become bowl eligible with a win over FAU MAC: Buffalo. Has UMASS next week. Should win, but I'd assume we would get picked over them? Mountain West: San Jose State- games vs Hawaii and Boise. Need to win out. I dont see them beating Boise. Pac 12: Washington. Have Wash St next week and should be underdogs in it. Could go either way IMO. SEC: Vandy. has A&M and Tennessee left. Need to win out and its not happening. kentucky- Charlotte right now. Will win. Have Louisville next week. ABout 50/50. Missouri - needs to lose out vs Tenn and Arkansas. Probably most likely. Sun Belt: Georgia State: Has to win out vs Troy and GA Southern. Not going to happen. South Alabama. Needs to go 1-1 vs GA Soutern and App State. Most likely not going to happen. ULL: Needs to win out vs App State and Troy. Most likely not going to happen. So there are 19 teams fighting for 11 spots if my math is correct. To summarize my opinion.. Most likely will qualify: 5 Maybe will qualify: 4 Most likely wont qualify: 10 As of right now, its still looking like are chances are pretty good no matter what... EDIT: Updated to eliminate Rice who is going to lose to UTSA. They were what realistically, should have been a "most likely will qualify".

Just did a quick count and I have 69 bowl eligible teams. I'll look at probably of 80 getting eligible tomorrow.

Does that mean he is out vs Can't St? I hope you all saved some vacation days, because we're going bowling (most likely)!

I just think he's beat up from the past few games. No clue what the injury is..pure speculation on my part, but it looked like he was hurt vs Miami.

great play Guiser! I harp on him sometimes but he's got plenty of room to grow.

Bad teams don't go down and score before the half like we just did. Really pleased so far. Nice catch by Jerome. I think this has been my favorite AJ Milwee game playcalling wise so far...I wouldn't mind getting rid of the slow developing counters though.

McGill out would be a huge loss for Buffalo. Hell of a hit by Cheek.

He tripped over his own feet right there.

Holy shit what a start! Woody to Wolf and Lane will be fun to watch the next few seasons.

I've got a damn good feeling about today's game. Bowl eligibility would be a real turning point for the program.

Here is a little Q&A Hustlebelt did with Nova's blog. http://www.hustlebelt.com/mac-basketball/2015/11/20/9767256/akron-zips-vs-villanova-wildcats-preview-nit-season-tip-off They have a 5* freshman PG in Jalen Brunson. That ought to be a fun match up with him and Tino. It seems like so far this season, Ochefu is their go to guy. Will likely be another good matchup between him and Pat. Hopefully Pat can stay out of foul trouble or it could spell doom early. Nova played ETSU last night and stomped them as you would expect. ETSU came into the season 2-0...with a win over Green Bay, our next opponent. Can't wait for the game. Lets go Zips!

Buffalo has a starting CB and DE out today. Good news for the Lane - Woodson connection.