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My good friends from Oxford ran a thread like this on their message board a few years ago and I always looked forward to it. So as the product of a Miami Merger I will give it a shot over here to see if it catches on. The rules are simple.

A Home win or Road loss is an even Par
A Road win gets you Birdie
A Home loss is a Boogie

We will send out 2 Six-Somes. After one hole here are the standings:

MAC East Division
Bowling Green (-1)
Buffalo (-1)
Akron (E)
Ohio U. (+1)
Kent State (+1)
Miami (+1)

MAC West Division
Central Michigan (-1)
Northern Illinois (-1)
Ball State (-1)
Western Michigan (E)
Toledo (+1)
Eastern Michigan (+1)

Please feel free to make bad golf jokes or express your general displeasure with this thread.

I'll express my displeasure! It wasn't the Miami board. I invented this method of measuring teams by leveling the scheduling inequities as the season progresses and Mollautt took it! (OK, in fairness, he was more interested in keeping it going than I was, and I was happy to let him do it every year. And you this year--be my guest!)

Oh, and you forgot to include Miami. +1.

I am displeased. If it were golf we would be running away with this thread!

The Golden Flashes get a birdie at the expense of the Huskies. Otherwise, everyone stays "putt"

MAC East Division
Bowling Green (-1)
Buffalo (-1)
Akron (E)
Kent State (E)
Miami (+1)
Ohio U. (+1)

MAC West Division
Central Michigan (-1)
Ball State (-1)
Northern Illinois (E)
Western Michigan (E)
Toledo (+1)
Eastern Michigan (+1)

The third hole was a tough one (especially for the Bobcats).

MAC East Division
Bowling Green (-1)
Buffalo (-1)
Akron (E)
Kent State (E)
Miami (+1)
Ohio U. (+2)

MAC West Division
Central Michigan (-1)
Ball State (-1)
Northern Illinois (E)
Western Michigan (E)
Toledo (E)
Eastern Michigan (+1)

(01-15-2015 08:18 AM)fallsdog Wrote:  The third hole was a tough one (especially for the Bobcats).

MAC East Division
Bowling Green (-1)
Buffalo (-1)
Akron (E)
Kent State (E)
Miami (+1)
Ohio U. (+2)

MAC West Division
Central Michigan (-1)
Ball State (-1)
Northern Illinois (E)
Western Michigan (E)
Toledo (E)
Eastern Michigan (+1)

Let's hope the 4th is just as bad for them!!!

I think we need to get used to the fact that this season is going to be a grind. For everyone. The MAC is pretty balanced. Maybe as much as I have ever seen in 25 years of following KSU. Every game is going to be a battle. In the end, the most mentally tough teams will get the valuable byes in the conf. tourney. If we can find a way to protect home court better through the end of the season I like our chances.

I think last night's MACtion is indicative of just that. The Ball State/Western game was a great example (it made sportscenter!), as were the clashes in Kent and Athens.

*Central Michigan puts up 100+
*Kent State continues to play solid defense
*Akron pounds BG for their first conference loss
*Toledo takes one on the road.

It is really too bad that the MAC doesn't have a local TV deal. But, this is a dead horse I guess.

(01-15-2015 11:13 AM)fallsdog Wrote:  I think last night's MACtion is indicative of just that. The Ball State/Western game was a great example (it made sportscenter!), as were the clashes in Kent and Athens.

*Central Michigan puts up 100+
*Kent State continues to play solid defense
*Akron pounds BG for their first conference loss
*Toledo takes one on the road.

It is really too bad that the MAC doesn't have a local TV deal. But, this is a dead horse I guess.

What I don't understand is the past 2 years you could watch any game from the MAC website and that's no longer the case. Seems like we took a step back.

One step back this year, two steps forward next year.

The video this year is awful in just about every way except that we get Ty and Dave doing the pbp. Next year there will be dedicated TV announcers and who knows who that will be.

(01-15-2015 02:45 PM)axeme Wrote:  One step back this year, two steps forward next year.

The video this year is awful in just about every way except that we get Ty and Dave doing the pbp. Next year there will be dedicated TV announcers and who knows who that will be.

Hopefully Michael Reghi!

(01-15-2015 02:55 PM)thanksjim Wrote:  Hopefully Michael Reghi!

We can only hope to be that lucky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsLgoZuZ9MM

Reghi is old and played out IMO.

why do you think i relate to him so much!

Only the Broncos could birdie the fourth and they did it at the expense of Toledo.

MAC East Division
Bowling Green (-1)
Buffalo (-1)
Akron (E)
Kent State (E)
Miami (+1)
Ohio U. (+2)

MAC West Division
Central Michigan (-1)
Ball State (-1)
Western Michigan (-1)
Northern Illinois (E)
Toledo (+1)
Eastern Michigan (+1)

Two road teams pick up birds, literally.

MAC East Division
Bowling Green (-1)
Buffalo (-1)
Akron (E)
Kent State (E)
Ohio U. (+1)
Miami (+2)

MAC West Division
Western Michigan (-2)
Central Michigan (-1)
Ball State (E)
Northern Illinois (E)
Toledo (+1)
Eastern Michigan (+1)

Kent State, Akron and Miami earn birds on the sixth.

MAC East Division
Bowling Green (-1)
Buffalo (-1)
Akron (-1)
Kent State (-1)
Ohio U. (+1)
Miami (+1)

MAC West Division
Western Michigan (-1)
Central Michigan (-1)
Ball State (+1)
Northern Illinois (+1)
Toledo (+1)
Eastern Michigan (+1)

As far as the regular basketball standings go, Tuesday is a big day in MAC Looking at things from a top 4 only perspective, here is whats on the line for the bottom half of the league;

Ohio University (2-4) @ Eastern Michigan (1-5)
The loser is in trouble. After this game, EMU plays Western Michigan and then goes to Toledo. Ohio University travels to CMU and then hosts Akron. After that, these two play again in Athens. Both seem to have a long road in front of them, the loser of Tuesday's game likely has a very, very long road.

Ball State (2-4) @ Akron (4-2)
Ball State seems to be in trouble. They have lost 4 in a row with two road games this week (at Miami Saturday). Those two are followed by home games with Toledo and Buffalo. If the Cardinals can't split the roadies, it could get ugly fast for BSU. As for Akron, they need to protect home court against Ball State. This game is followed by roadies at BG and Ohio.

Northern Illinois (2-4) @ Bowling Green (4-2)
If the Huskies lose, they are 2-5 with Toledo on the horizon. For BG, this is one of two home games that the Falcons really need to split. The tougher task will be Akron on Saturday.

Miami (2-4) @ Toledo (3-3)
After this one, the Redhawks have back to back home games with Ball State and Northern Illinois. But a loss at Toledo would re-solidify Miami's spot at the bottom.

Bottom line, we could have 5 teams with 5 conference losses by the end of Tuesday. We may have to re-shuffle the six-somes at the turn.

Pars across the board on the 7th.

Mac East Division
Bowling Green (-1)
Buffalo (-1)
Akron (-1)
Kent State (-1)
Ohio U. (+1)
Miami (+1)

MAC West Division
Western Michigan (-1)
Central Michigan (-1)
Ball State (+1)
Northern Illinois (+1)
Toledo (+1)
Eastern Michigan (+1)

The Zips and Rockets birdie the 8th.

Mac East Division
Akron (-2)
Buffalo (-1)
Kent State (-1)
Bowling Green (E)
Ohio U. (+1)
Miami (+1)

MAC West Division
Western Michigan (-1)
Central Michigan (-1)
Toledo (E)
Ball State (+1)
Eastern Michigan (+1)
Northern Illinois (+2)