And Missouri returned the kickoff for a touchdown. 27-18 with the extra point to come.

28-18 Missouri with 10:12 left in the 3rd.

Halftime at Buffalo. Buffalo leads Duquesne 21-7.

Missouri defeated South Dakota State 38-18.

Duquesne and Buffalo tied at 21 with about 5 minutes left in the third quarter.

Buffalo defeated Duquesne 38-28.

Miami lost to Marshall 42-27.

UMass lost to BC 30-7.

Ohio leads Kent 14-7 in the 4th.

Morgan State and Eastern Michigan tied at 28 late in the 3rd.

Ohio wins at Kent. 17-14 final.

Eastern Michigan defeated Morgan State 31-28.

And Eastern Michigan and their ridiculous field entry with the cinder block wall & sledgehammers made it onto the sports channel right after their top ten plays. That was awfully nice of them because I doubt many people saw it in person.

Here's a recap of Week 1 games with MAC schools/Toledo's opponents -

Akron defeated Howard 41-0

Central Michigan beat Chattanooga 20-16

Northern Illinois over Presbyterian 55-3

Bowling Green lost to Western Kentucky 59-31

Ohio defeated Kent State 17-14

Eastern Michigan defeated Morgan State 31-28

Miami lost to Marshall 42-27

Buffalo beat Duquesne 38-28

UMass lost to Boston College 30-7

Ball State defeated Colgate 30-10

Western Michigan lost to Purdue 43-34

Missouri defeated South Dakota State 38-18

Iowa State lost to North Dakota State 34-14

Here's a look at upcoming (Week 2 games), other than UT-Missouri. Hope I didn't miss anybody. Looks like all of these are scheduled for Saturday, September 6th.

Akron at Penn State

Buffalo at Army

Central Michigan at Purdue

Kent State hosts South Alabama

UMass hosts Colorado

Northern Illinois at Northwestern

BG hosts VMI

Ohio at Kentucky

Ball State at Iowa

Miami hosts Eastern Kentucky

Eastern Michigan at Florida

Iowa State hosts Kansas State

Western Michigan, New Hampshire and Cincinnati have the week off

MAC Football Players of the Week for Week 1 for both divisions. No Rockets (or I wouldn't have posted it here). Central, Eastern and Western representing the MAC West.

http://mac-sports.com/news/2014/9/1/FB_0901141646.aspx

EMU and UMass will struggle. The rest of the MAC games seem winnable IMO. If things go well it could be a big week for the MAC. Or...

(09-01-2014 12:05 PM)toledobigmike Wrote:  EMU and UMass will struggle. The rest of the MAC games seem winnable IMO. If things go well it could be a big week for the MAC. Or...

I'm afraid we'll be able to say that about Eastern and UMass just about every week.

And looking ahead, the non-conference game (not involving UT) I've been looking forward to is the September 13th matchup between Syracuse and the Chips in Mount Pleasant. Generally I root for the conference teams in non-league matchups but don't follow any one game more than another. But this one is different, for reasons I probably don't need to explain. But a question ...

I wonder if Syracuse is bringing the officials?

Bad news for the Cyclones. Iowa State wide receiver Quenton Bundrage is out for the year with an ACL injury.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...one-season

Never like to hear this type of thing. Best of luck to the young man. Hope he recovers well and is back next year.

Akron just missed a short field goal. Had a chance to take an early lead on the Nittany Lions but missed. Scoreless early in the first.

Buffalo 3 Army 0.

Chips lead Purdue 7-0.

Chips lead the Boilermakers 14-0.

Akron trails Penn State 7-0.

Iowa State trails Kansas State 13-0.

Cyclones have a big second quarter and lead K-State 28-13 late in the 2nd quarter.

Akron trails Penn State 7-0 at halftime.

Chips lead Purdue 21-7 at the half.

Buffalo trails Army 21-3 at the half.

Chips up on Purdue 28-10 midway through the third quarter.

Akron trails Penn State 14-3 going to the fourth quarter.

Buffalo trails Army 34-10 late in the third.

Kent State trails South Alabama 2-0 late in the first.

Iowa State leads Kansas State 28-20 late in the third.

Central Michigan leads Purdue 31-10 with about 12 minutes left in the game.