The sinking ship of the MAC

[ZachTheZip]

Bad news for the MAC.http://www.dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A.../807100311/1006The Sun Belt has surpassed the MAC in terms of BCS payout. I think part of the problem stems from the MAC being the only non-BCS conference without a true standout team. The WAC has Boise State and Hawaii, the MWC has BYU and Utah, the C-USA has UCF, and the Sun Belt has Troy. All are capable of beating the BCS teams and crashing the party if tings go their way. The MAC has parity, and that spells trouble when you need a team to make a name nationally for your conference.

[Quickzips]

The MAC doesn't have parity they have pathetic, and this just proves it.

[GP1]

The MAC doesn't have parity they have pathetic, and this just proves it.

Thanks for saving me the time. Well said. We also have "building" though.

[Wally B]

UCF has had 1-2 good years, that's far from standout in the terms of Boise State. Troy had a great year similar to NIU when they knocked off Alabama, they have name recognition for that but i wouldn't call them standout either...... This is more a case of the grass is green on the other side of the fence, which has always been a hallmark of MAc teams ans schools for that matter. Ohh, i only went to a MAC school. If i went to a BCS school the campus/nightlife would be soooo much better. THis talk gets us no where. Be a vocal supporter of your school and let others follow thier own bandwagons. the MAC doesn't have as horrible a reputation in the rest of the country as you may think. In fact one might say it has a better reputation away from, than it does in it's own, geographic footprint.

[bigham78]

Bad news for the MAC.http://www.dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A.../807100311/1006The Sun Belt has surpassed the MAC in terms of BCS payout. I think part of the problem stems from the MAC being the only non-BCS conference without a true standout team. The WAC has Boise State and Hawaii, the MWC has BYU and Utah, the C-USA has UCF, and the Sun Belt has Troy. All are capable of beating the BCS teams and crashing the party if tings go their way. The MAC has parity, and that spells trouble when you need a team to make a name nationally for your conference.

The Sun Belt has only passed the MAC due to Troy success last year which IMO was no different from NIU a couple of years ago. Can the SUN belt maintain those dollars? I doubt it given the MAC has been beating the Sun Belt head to head as of late. I look for this to continue because IMO, the Sun Belt is without a doubt the worse conference in the country. Beating a medicore Alabama, and mediocre Oklahoma St and Minnesota the Big 10+1 cellar dwellers last season is nothing to write home about. The so called elite teams of the Sun Belt are not beating the top teams in the MAC. I don't look for the SBC to take any steps up when most of their teams are nothing more then a glorified tune-ups.Troy knocked off 7-6 Oklahoma St last year 41-23Troy lost to Arkansas 46-26, Florida 59-31 and Georgia 44-34. Troy St lost to Florida Atlantic 38-32 and FAU won the Sun Belt.FAU lost to Oklahoma St 42-6, (Proves what a goofy conference the SBC is) Kentucky 45-17, South Florida 35-23 and Florida 59-20.My point is Troy is not capable of knocking off better then average BCS teams and crashing any BCS parties right now. In 2006 they lost to a medicore Nebraska 56-0 , UAB 21-3, FSU 24-17 and Ga Tech 35-20.In the past two seasons Troy has beaten 7-6 Oklahoma St and Rice in bowl game 41-17. That's hardly the stuff of a BCS buster. The SBC may have gotten more dollars then the MAC because of couple of BCS wins over medicore and cellar dweller BCS teams. But, given the MAC owns the SBC head to head over the past few seasons says that was not justified.

[Quickzips]

In fact one might say it has a better reputation away from, than it does in it's own, geographic footprint.

And if that isn't a problem I don't know what is.

[Wally B]

In fact one might say it has a better reputation away from, than it does in it's own, geographic footprint.

And if that isn't a problem I don't know what is.

More indicative of the self deprecating nature of the region than a problem resting solely in the MAC.

[bigham78]

I live in the SE part of the country and I for one can tell you. The MAC has a far better reputation and is thought of far more highly in this part the country then the SBC. It may have to due with the MAC coming in and winning the GMAC Bowl in Mobile while the SBC for the most part gets their butts handed to them by mid pack CUSA teams in the New Orleans Bowl. Or the 79-10 type losses many of the SBC teams take at the hands of SEC teams for the most part every year.