Jrship35 Posted November 24, 2015 Report Posted November 24, 2015 Brett McMurphy @McMurphyESPN 2h2 hours agoMiddle Tennessee will play in Bahamas Bowl sources told @ESPN. Middle Tennessee will play a team from MAC, still TBA, on Dec. 2483 retweets 40 likes Just seal the deal and make plans for the Bahamas .............. I know I had to overnight up some Akron Zips players birth certificate for a passport !!!! Just sayin ! Quote
LZIp Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Posted November 24, 2015 Just seal the deal and make plans for the Bahamas .............. I know I had to overnight up some Akron Zips players birth certificate for a passport !!!! Just sayin ! I would not mind a nice December vacation in the Bahamas! 1 Quote
zipsoutsider Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 Win on Friday seals the deal, loss gives the advantage to WMU based on common opponents and strength of schedule. If we lose, 1-2 MAC schools must get spots in non MAC bowls for us to get in to a bowl.Top 3Toledo 9-1, plays WMU Win 10-1BG 8-3, plays Ball State 9-3NIU 8-3, plays Ohio Win 9-3Middle of the PackCMU 6-5, plays EMU Win 7-5Ohio 7-4, plays NIU Lose 7-5UA 6-5, play Can't State Win 7-5WMU 6-5, plays Toledo lose 6-6UB 5-6, plays Umass Win 6-6Cellar DwellersCan't State 3-8, plays UA Lose 3-9Miami 3-8, plays Umass Win 4-8Ball State 3-8, plays BG lose 3-9Umass 2-9, plays Miami lose 2-10EMU 1-10, plays CMU Lose 1-11Ohio beats NIU and moves to 8-4. Wasn't expecting that. Quote
MDZip Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 Ohio beats NIU and moves to 8-4. Wasn't expecting that.That gives Toledo a huge boost to win the west, and I think it keeps WMU alive as well. Quote
LZIp Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Posted November 25, 2015 That gives Toledo a huge boost to win the west, and I think it keeps WMU alive as well.WMU is out. Toledo wins, they win the west. Toledo loses, NIU wins the west. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 Ohio beats NIU and moves to 8-4. Wasn't expecting that.Ohio is pretty good. Quote
MDZip Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) WMU is out. Toledo wins, they win the west. Toledo loses, NIU wins the west.I meant WMU can get a share of the title but you're correct in that they cannot make the MACC. Even CMU is still alive to get that share, its possible there could be a four way tie for first at 6-2, and if that does occur then NIU gets the title based on common records against each other and a head to head win against WMU.Toledo 1-2 (losses to WMU, NIU)NIU 2-1 (loss to CMU)CMU 1-2 (losses to Toledo, WMU)WMU 2-1 (loss to NIU) Edited November 25, 2015 by MDZip Quote
MDZip Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 Ohio is pretty good.That was a shocker. Both teams were down to inexperienced freshman QB's. How in the world did Buffalo thump Ohio? Quote
LZIp Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Posted November 25, 2015 That was a shocker. Both teams were down to inexperienced freshman QB's. How in the world did Buffalo thump Ohio? The MAC is weird. On top of that, NIU beat Toledo with their second string QB.... Quote
Dr Z Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 How in the world did Buffalo thump Ohio? Defense. They scored twice on interception returns. Quote
K92 Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 So unfortunate that Toledo spit the bit against Northern. Quote
zipsoutsider Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 That was a shocker. Both teams were down to inexperienced freshman QB's. How in the world did Buffalo thump Ohio? NIU tried to make a run in the second half, but OU dominated the game. Lots if weird stuff in that game, blocked FG recovered behind the line of scrimmage for a 1st down, drop kick on an onside kick...for MAC fans it was a pretty crazy game to watch. Quote
AyYo Posted November 26, 2015 Report Posted November 26, 2015 Our road to solidifying a bowl game starts tonight. We need Texas Tech to beat Texas to eliminate the Longhorns. That would leave 17 teams for the 9 remaining spots. Six more can be eliminated tomorrow (Georgia State, Missouri, Washington, Nebraska, San Jose, and Tulsa).PS. A win tomorrow would certainly help too. Quote
Jrship35 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Posted November 27, 2015 Screw all that ..... KICK CANT STATE's A$$ and we bowling for sure !! Quote
infofan Posted November 27, 2015 Report Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) Texas lost. Also of note, Sports Illustrated has Akron playing Tulsa in the Quicklane Bowl dec. 28 at Ford field in Detroit. But first lets take care of business tomorrow with Senior day against Can't Edited November 27, 2015 by infofan Quote
TheGreatGazoo Posted November 27, 2015 Report Posted November 27, 2015 Back in 2005 who would have thought it would have taken 10 years to get back to a bowl game. Great job by Coach Bowden to revive the program to 7 wins in the wake of the Ianello reign of terror.Let's go to the Bahamas Bowl Quote
GJGood Posted November 27, 2015 Report Posted November 27, 2015 WMU beats Toledo 35-30. This may knock the Zips down a rung in the MAC bowl pecking order as both Akron and the Broncos end up 7-5 and that Toledo. Win has to look pretty attractive to bowl committees.Akron should still be bowling but they may now be part of the "at large" pool instead of going to one of the official MAC tie-in games. In general I like the at large bowl choices better than much of the MAC bowl lineup anyway. The one exception to that, of course, is probably the Bahamas. I'm still holding out hope that the Zips can matched up with a 6-6 Power 5 team. This team is better now than when they played Pitt and I'd like a shot at a middling "major". I just don't think it will happen and beggars can't really be choosers at this point. Quote
Jrship35 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Posted November 27, 2015 heard a crazy rumor that a win by Buffalo over UMASS puts us in Orlando ? Anyone else hear anything ? Quote
zipsrule Posted November 28, 2015 Report Posted November 28, 2015 Missouri and Nebraska both lose. Quote
AyYo Posted November 28, 2015 Report Posted November 28, 2015 Buffalo loses to UMASS and finishes 5-7. They're out. Quote
zipsrule Posted November 28, 2015 Report Posted November 28, 2015 Washington upsets Washington St to become bowl eligible. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted November 28, 2015 Report Posted November 28, 2015 We're at 72 teams eligible. 11 teams left and 8 open spots. I would be very surprised if enough teams qualified. Quote
LZIp Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Posted November 28, 2015 I know the general consensus seems to be that we are in no matter what, but I'm still keeping tracker anyways. Somebody said something about picking. This could show us how many bowls we might have that option with.AAC:East Carolina has Cinci next week. After Cinci got their doors blown off against USF, this game is pretty much 50/50.Tulsa. Beat Tulane. – Bowl EligibleACC: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. Lost to TT - EliminatedKState: 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. Lost to Iowa. - EliminatedIllinois. Northwestern. L.Minnesota. Wisconsing..most likely L.CUSA:Old Dominion - should become bowl eligible with a win over FAUMAC:Buffalo. Lost to umass -EliminatedMountain West:San Jose State- has Boise. I dont see them beating Boise. Lost to Boise - EliminatedPac 12:Washington. Have Wash St next week and should be underdogs in it. Could go either way IMO. – Bowl EligibleSEC:Vandy. lost to A&M - ELIMINATEDkentucky- Have Louisville next week. ABout 50/50.Missouri - Arkansas. Probably most likely loss. -Lost to Arkansas. EliminatedSun Belt:Georgia State: Has to beat 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 were 19 teams fighting for 9 spots. 6 have been eliminated, 2 have clinched and 11 are still TBD.Most likely will qualify: 3Maybe will qualify: 2Most likely wont qualify: 6Eliminated: 6Qualified: 2 Quote
Dr Z Posted November 28, 2015 Report Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) Asked what bowl game he wanted to play in, Grice said, "I ain't going to lie. I would love to go to the Bahamas." sourceFor those of you considering the trip, here is some info on the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl. Edited November 28, 2015 by Dr Z Quote
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