NIU has 3 home Saturday games. 2 weeknight home games on 11/7 and 11/14.

MAC Schedule

Here's how it breaks out: (God I hate MACtion)

Highlights: A three game road trip Sept 22, 29 and Oct 6; Fly to BYU on Oct 27 and play at Akron five days later; play Toledo six days after Akron, two short weeks in a row; Three short weeks on the season

Sat, Sep 1 @Iowa

Sat, Sep 8 Utah

Sat, Sep 15 CMU

Sat, Sep 22 @Florida State

Sat, Sep 29 @Eastern Michigan

Sat, Oct 6 @Ball State

Sat, Oct 13 Ohio

Sat, Oct 20 Bye Week

Sat, Oct 27 @BYU

Thurs, Nov 1 @Akron (five days after previous game)

Weds, Nov 7 Toledo (six days after previous game)

Weds, Nov 14 Miami

Tues, Nov 20 @Western Michigan (six days after previous game)

Five out of six game away and only one game from Sept 22 thru November 1st at home? Horrible.

(02-22-2018 03:36 PM)NIU1981 Wrote:  Fly to BYU on Oct 27 and play at Akron five days later; play Toledo six days after Akron, two short weeks in a row; Three short weeks on the season

But a bigger playoff system doesn't make sense because the NCAA is concerned about academics and player health

Garbage from the MAC.

My daughter, a Miami grad, who lives in the Madison Wi area was looking forward to meeting my wife and I who live in Columbus, Ohio in DeKalb for this year's NIU Miami game. However my daughter has a second grader and a preschooler so there is no way we will do this on a Wednesday night.

The MAC has sold its soul to ESPN for 30 pieces of silver and destroyed their fan base in the process of doing so.

(02-22-2018 06:34 PM)bikechuck Wrote:  My daughter, a Miami grad, who lives in the Madison Wi area was looking forward to meeting my wife and I who live in Columbus, Ohio in DeKalb for this year's NIU Miami game. However my daughter has a second grader and a preschooler so there is no way we will do this on a Wednesday night.

The MAC has sold its soul to ESPN for 30 pieces of silver and destroyed their fan base in the process of doing so.

I just said the same thing in the other thread. Lol. Yeah this sucks. ESPN says jump and we say how High

Like I tried to tell you guys...only THREE Sat. home games. Second year in a row our schedule SUCKS.

5-7

(02-22-2018 04:18 PM)sportsfan Wrote:  Five out of six game away and only one game from Sept 22 thru November 1st at home? Horrible.

1 home game in a 52 day stretch? Ain't no big deal. At least not to MAC officials it seems.

They literally are killing home attendance.

And not to mention last Saturday home game.....10/13.

The MAC is giving us a great reason to leave and I wish we could go.
My season will be done on Oct 13th.

After looking at other thread, CMU AND EMU play ONE weekday game, day after Thanksgiving?

Akron, BGU, play only 2 each, midweek and Friday after Thanksgiving?

Are you kidding me? There is no other conference in America that would do this. Make most teams play 4, others 2,1 and ONLY day after Thanksgiving at that?

This is total crap. And STF probably says nothing and and bends over. All these years as alpha-dog dog and this is NIUs reward. F'n fantastic. All so ESPN gets an extra 100k viewers that are degenerate gamblers or football obsessed. And AAC is lateral move, or step down according to some? Spare me. Any conference that makes some teams play FOUR weekday games while others play ONE is not only hurting attendance but making winning more more of a challenge. But I guess they think we should be used to it. Give me a break. Total BS.

(02-22-2018 09:08 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  The MAC is giving us a great reason to leave and I wish we could go.
My season will be done on Oct 13th.

It'll give you a few weeks rest before basketball starts and Monty seeks his 8th year of mediocrity. See? There's always something to look forward to!

Who plays 3 games in 12 days in which 2 are on the road?

(02-22-2018 09:24 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  Who plays 3 games in 12 days in which 2 are on the road?

How many guesses do we get?

It has a N and a U in it.

(02-22-2018 09:37 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  It has a N and a U in it.

Well, it could be Northwestern, Nebraska, or Norfolk, so it's still too risky for me to guess.

(02-22-2018 09:37 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  It has a N and a U in it.

UNI?

(02-22-2018 10:02 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(02-22-2018 09:37 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  It has a N and a U in it.

UNI?

Yes UNI - Nort Ill

BYU and NIU both have a bye on Saturday, October 20, the weekend before their scheduled game. Don't be surprised if the game is moved to Thursday or Friday although there are already seven games scheduled over those two nights.