Captain Kangaroo Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Western Kentucky was too good for the MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said: All except for KSUcks. Sorry chief, but I will root for Kent State in the bowl game. Every year, the MAC shows up as the worst or one of the worst FBS conferences. Getting 8 bowl berths for the MAC is a complete joke. There is no way a 6-6 MAC team deserves a bowl. In the remaining 6 bowl games for MAC teams, they are favored to win 1 time and lose 5 games. Only Miami is a minor favorite to win. If the MAC ends up 1-7 or 0-8 in bowl games, that may hurt future choices, which the Zips will be lurking soon. Also, I get grief for my Suckeye comments, especially from Clark, but there are many more worse comments regarding other teams. And, they are fine with me. Merry Zipmas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) E. Michigan vs Liberty, 2 ex Akron recruits #1 Shredo Louis & #21 Treon Sibley playing for Liberty Edited December 18, 2021 by 94zipgrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, 94zipgrad said: E. Michigan vs Liberty, 2 ex Akron recruits #1 Shredo Louis & #21 Treon Sibley playing for Liberty Eastern getting absolutely ROLLED by Liberty 56-20 with about 4' to go. Eastern with 10 garbage time points to make it that close. MAC heading to 0-3 in bowls so far. Easy to have high expectations for Moorhead and staff. Edited December 19, 2021 by GoZips88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 16 minutes ago, GoZips88 said: Easy to have high expectations for Moorhead and staff. I want to be the old Boise State of the MAC and roll everybody 💪💪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 Bowl season over the last 6 years or so always does a nice job of showing the country what the conference is really made of. The MAC has seriously fallen off, and deserves all of the criticism it gets for being a crappy conference. Believe me, I still love watching it and it’s generally fun football, but when the MAC East comes down to two 6-5 teams the the west champ goes 0-6 the year before, as fun as those things are, they tell me there’s a lot of parity and parity that isn’t very good. Toledo pays Candle over $1 million a year, WMU pays Lester like $850k and both have been incredible disappointments based on recruiting outside of Toledo’s title in 2017 where UA didn’t even belong in the same stadium as that team. With that said, it’s a perfect opportunity for Moorhead to strike while the iron is hot and really do something to make moves in this league. It can be done. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/18/2021 at 2:07 PM, bigjim said: Sorry chief, but I will root for Kent State in the bowl game. Every year, the MAC shows up as the worst or one of the worst FBS conferences. Getting 8 bowl berths for the MAC is a complete joke. There is no way a 6-6 MAC team deserves a bowl. In the remaining 6 bowl games for MAC teams, they are favored to win 1 time and lose 5 games. Only Miami is a minor favorite to win. If the MAC ends up 1-7 or 0-8 in bowl games, that may hurt future choices, which the Zips will be lurking soon. Also, I get grief for my Suckeye comments, especially from Clark, but there are many more worse comments regarding other teams. And, they are fine with me. Merry Zipmas Nearly 2/3 of all FBS teams go to bowls. Making a bowl game isn't really an accomplishment anymore. They hand bowl bids out like participation trophies. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, kreed5120 said: Nearly 2/3 of all FBS teams go to bowls. Making a bowl game isn't really an accomplishment anymore. They hand bowl bids out like participation trophies. ouch. it's like we're not even participating in football. Edited December 20, 2021 by ZippyRulz 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/18/2021 at 1:44 PM, Captain Kangaroo said: Western Kentucky was too good for the MAC. The probably are right now. If G5 schools had their own division and played for a national championship, WKU would be a favorite to win it for the near future after some of the G5 teams depart to the Big 12. If I was to rewrite your quote above it would say, "Western Kentucky was too good for the MAC and they probably know it.". My biggest concern with allowing WKU into the MAC was not how good they are now or how good they might be in the future, but their joining the MAC as a temporary stopping point until they found somewhere else they wanted to be. We allowed that to happen with Marshall and others in the past. It makes the MAC look desperate and simply doesn't make good business sense. The MAC is a good, stable mid-west conference. Some of these G5 conferences look like a bunch of fly by night organizations that don't provide a sense of history or regionality that I think is still important. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 13 hours ago, ZippyRulz said: ouch. it's like we're not even participating in football. Our 3-27 record over the past 3 seasons would support this claim. Going 6-6 while finishing 6th or 7th in the MAC is no real accomplishment. It would be for Moorhead's 1st or 2nd season as he's starting from ground zero, but eventually the goal should be to win 8+ each season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 Kent's left tackle should not have partaken of the Holiday bong water. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 That was absolutely glorious. I love watching Kent football get blown out. They end the season as they should, a .500 team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Kent blows. Looking forward to getting the Wagon Wheel back next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Kent's left tackle should not have partaken of the Holiday bong water. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thebiglead.com/posts/kent-state-tackle-throws-up-during-famous-idaho-potato-bowl-01fqfgzk2gj7/amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 15 hours ago, LoyalZIP said: That was absolutely glorious. I love watching Kent football get blown out. They end the season as they should, a .500 team. Only Kent would run up over 650 yards on offense and still lose by 14! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Washington State and Central Michigan were both in Arizona to play in separate bowl games. Both their opponents canceled out because of covid so they just decided to play each other. :-) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Payout for CMU and the MAC jumped from 350k to 4.5 mil during the Chipps' bus ride from Tucson to El Paso! Not sure, but that must compete with past MAC New Years Day bowl game checks! Sun Bowl has always been my favorite scenic bowl game with that historic rock "M" (for UTEP Miners) on the slope outside the stadium. It does seem rather ironic that Miami had to drop out with Covid, when Wazzou had the only head coach to be fired during the season for refusing to be vaccinated -- my old beer and pizza guzzling partner from his Hawai'i QB days, Nick Rolovich. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 CMU looking very much the part so far against Wazzu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 MAC finishes 3-5 in bowl games. Did much better than I expected. Central Michigan dominated a P5 school today, and with several major mistakes, won a close game. If they return players, they are to be reckoned with. Congrats go the Chippewas. They represented the MAC well. This is where the Zips need to get. Do not fear a P5. Happy Zipyear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, bigjim said: MAC finishes 3-5 in bowl games. Did much better than I expected. Central Michigan dominated a P5 school today, and with several major mistakes, won a close game. If they return players, they are to be reckoned with. Congrats go the Chippewas. They represented the MAC well. This is where the Zips need to get. Do not fear a P5. Happy Zipyear. Good week to be a Chippewa. Basketball beat Ravenna State at Brimfield and football team wins bowl game. Edited January 1, 2022 by NWAkron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 22 hours ago, bigjim said: MAC finishes 3-5 in bowl games. Did much better than I expected. What were you expecting, 1-11? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, ZippyRulz said: What were you expecting, 1-11? Based on the original point spreads and the final rankings of the MAC schools, I would have predicted 1-7. Since you stated 1-11 for 8 games, I am guessing that with your math skills you are either an Art History major or a $uckeye graduate!!!!😄😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, bigjim said: Based on the original point spreads and the final rankings of the MAC schools, I would have predicted 1-7. Since you stated 1-11 for 8 games, I am guessing that with your math skills you are either an Art History major or a $uckeye graduate!!!!😄😄 I mean 3-5 is a little bit better than 1-7, I wasn't sure how you were getting to much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 Did anyone else catch this? Opinion? Ending reminds me of a few basketball games in the MAC https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32895660/mac-commissioner-end-cure-bowl-northern-illinois-coastal-carolina-unacceptable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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