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100% this is progress But I'd rather have a G6 playoff (WITH HOME GAMES FOR HIGHER SEEDS) and they can keep their 24-team B1GSEC Invitational.

And it'd probably be worth more if they took *ALL* G6 teams (instead of giving the sacrificial lamb for the 9-seed). This is something that should absolutely be sprinted towards if this is real. And the commentary about "the bowls can be kept," na'ah. Home games until the title game of this 24-team playoff. And maybe even a home game then.

I know it's not like me to look at the bright side, but even outside those couple bad plays the fourth quarter defense was fine. But yeah, I expect to be leaving tonight after halftime.

Though if the defense overall plays like last week, it's not impossible.

ESPN doesn't show the Army/Navy game. That's not going to be a standalone week going forward. With all the money, if the AAC keeps its title game (less likely, they think they will be the playoff league if the Pac-12 eats itself) they might get told to move it anyways.

If I had to bet, I'd say the MAC keeps its title game.

Chris Webber picks the Green Wave in this one

Goodrich is doing everything he possibly can, and I hope it pays dividends with the crowds.

They have a few small schools on there!

I don't think the MAC is going to eliminate theirs, for the reasons you noted. It's the only real prize we'll have unless they do a G6 playoff. As it stands, the playoffs will pretty much be the P4 plus the Pac-12 just about every year.

Shoulda had Sac State be an all-sports member. Mike Bibby's their head coach, for what it's worth. They were 10-21 last year but let's just ignore that.

This effectively tells me that the rest of the MAC gave Akron some bulletin board material when they voted them third in the preseason...

(I would prefer to play YSU every year in football, even if we have to travel to an FCS stadium. Better to me than paying $300K for a random FCS team to come to Infocision). With NIL, I don't think seeding much matters anymore. The mid-majors aren't winning a game in the tournament. Your argument, though, is 100% reasonable and is probably the more technically accurate statement.

Akron has one path to the MAC's annual NCAA Tournament Round of 64 loss, and that's winning the MAC tournament (as Akron isn't going to schedule six D3 schools and a couple schools for the deaf like Miami did). Why pay teams to come to the JAR when this is an option? Those 22 games are enough of a warm up for the MAC tournament...while we'll always differ on this, I'd rather play local schools that might draw a few fans (and that we don't have to pay to come here). Wright State is another one to play every year, for sure.

I guess my only question will be...how long after I see my kid in the band at halftime will I be staying for this one 😄 Seriously, though, Akron is better than their record (no comments from the Bill Parcells wing), and this is still a winnable game.