The MAC takes another step towards insignificance

[ziptrumpet87]

The people in charge of hiring this guy are the university presidents. Keep that in mind. About half of them would be willing to drop down to the FCS level in football.

Who is willing to move down? I have never seen anything to suggest that any program is seriously considering this move. Has any program ever moved down?

Guys like Vandelay have said that some if not many of the MAC presidents want to drop to 1-AA and maintain a "business as usual" view on athletics but are being forced to play their hand by guys like Proenza who are aggressively trying to improve their programs, although Nick won't name which presidents are which (it's fairly obvious when you look at which schools are doing what). Some teams have moved down in the past I believe, but none recently.Anyways, it's all detailed here. Plenty of links to the other school's message boards and their views on the whole thing.

Could some MAC schools follow their lead with the economy being hard on endowments recently? Maybe not so far as D3, but at least in the same direction?

[xu9697]

I think it is obvious that there is a definite divide btwn MAC schools trying to better their athletics and those that are sitting back doing nothing. Might be the same in some of the other NON-BCS conferences...can't say I know.

[tim123]

The bottom line is just win and begin a tradition of winning and everything else will take care of itself. We have the facilities and the coaching staff all we need is the players to perform. As for the fans we need to support our football team and stop the complaining and negative responses and think positive. We can make this happen just be supportive.Go Zips!