Thursday MAC East Matchups

[johnnyzip84]

Here is an interesting article about UB's opener tonight against UTEP. This is a very big game for the Bulls if they hope to keep some of the positive momentum going from last year. They expect over 20,000 in Buffalo, a good sign for this program and the conference as a whole.Buffalo News LinkIn Oxford, the Sweaters host an SEC team (Vandy) for the 1st time, this one being available to watch (for some of us) on ESPNU. I'd actually prefer watching the other game.If both Buffalo and Miami win these games (both are 3 point favorites), the MAC East could end up being much better than in the past few years.Three MAC West teams also open tonight against fairly weak FCS teams.Ain't this time of year sweet???

[ZachTheZip]

It would be nice to see the MAC go 5-0 tonight. It would also be nice to see CMU and Ball State get blown away by FCS teams. Choices...

[johnnyzip84]

Buffalo shows they will be a force this year (I believe) with a solid win over Mike Price's UTEP. The crowd of only 16.6K was a little disappointing though. The combo of Willy and Sparks is very, very good. I sure hope we can close the bowl by beating these guys.Speaking of crowds, Miami has to have one of the worst FB fan bases in the MAC. I watched some of the game against Vandy (please keep Radabaugh at QB the whole year Shane Montgomery, PLEASE!) and to only get 18.8K for an SEC team is pathetic. Plus they make no noise whatsoever. I'll give the program it's due. It is the arguably the most succesful on the field in MAC history, but the fans support is horrible. I can only imagine what it would be if they ever hit a 10 year drought like other programs. They might give it up.

[UA1987]

Buffalo shows they will be a force this year (I believe) with a solid win over Mike Price's UTEP. The crowd of only 16.6K was a little disappointing though. The combo of Willy and Sparks is very, very good. I sure hope we can close the bowl by beating these guys.Speaking of crowds, Miami has to have one of the worst FB fan bases in the MAC. I watched some of the game against Vandy (please keep Radabaugh at QB the whole year Shane Montgomery, PLEASE!) and to only get 18.8K for an SEC team is pathetic. Plus they make no noise whatsoever. I'll give the program it's due. It is the arguably the most succesful on the field in MAC history, but the fans support is horrible. I can only imagine what it would be if they ever hit a 10 year drought like other programs. They might give it up.

I watched most of the Miami game. I probably should have been pulling for the MAC team, but I could not root for the sweaters. This was, however, a perfect opponent to schedule for Miami (I wish we could do the same - same with UTEP in Buffalo - didn't our AD come from UTEP), it's just that Vandy is on a bit of an upswing with very good team speed. We used to have the same luck with our scheduling... anyone remember Kansas State. We booked them (away only of course) when they were terrible and then Snyder took over and moved them into the top ten. We were figuratively wiped out by K-State twice during Snyder's tenure.

[Kangaroo Craig]

Buffalo shows they will be a force this year (I believe) with a solid win over Mike Price's UTEP. The crowd of only 16.6K was a little disappointing though. The combo of Willy and Sparks is very, very good. I sure hope we can close the bowl by beating these guys.Speaking of crowds, Miami has to have one of the worst FB fan bases in the MAC. I watched some of the game against Vandy (please keep Radabaugh at QB the whole year Shane Montgomery, PLEASE!) and to only get 18.8K for an SEC team is pathetic. Plus they make no noise whatsoever. I'll give the program it's due. It is the arguably the most succesful on the field in MAC history, but the fans support is horrible. I can only imagine what it would be if they ever hit a 10 year drought like other programs. They might give it up.

I watched most of the Miami game. I probably should have been pulling for the MAC team, but I could not root for the sweaters. This was, however, a perfect opponent to schedule for Miami (I wish we could do the same - same with UTEP in Buffalo - didn't our AD come from UTEP), it's just that Vandy is on a bit of an upswing with very good team speed. We used to have the same luck with our scheduling... anyone remember Kansas State. We booked them (away only of course) when they were terrible and then Snyder took over and moved them into the top ten. We were figuratively wiped out by K-State twice during Snyder's tenure.

I saw that game as well. Miami looks like they have a better than average defense (Like last year), but their offense is just not very good. Granted, they played an SEC team, but a middle of the pack to bottom feeder SEC team nonetheless. I agree with an earlier post that says keep Radabaugh in there. The sweaters will not compete for a MAC title as long as that guy is under center. Vandy might be better than advertised, but I think it is more likely that MU is not as good as advertised. That crowd was pathetic too! Damn near empty by half way through the third quarter.