Will the MAC go after some schools like WKU and Temple or will we wait and hope all the MAC teams attendance goes up? I think it is great that the MAC is now at twelve teams. I just don't know if it is the right twelve. I really hope the MAC can atleast add Temple and subtract some other school. The MAC had 6 teams not meet the 15000 this season.
I certainly hope that you are not thinking about Kent State when you suggest the MAC should drop one of its schools. Despite Kent
Wonder if the MAC has considered not making football a required sport for conference affiliation.
Kemo2 Wrote:Wonder if the MAC has considered not making football a required sport for conference affiliation.
The MAC will wait until the last second before making that change.
1)WKU and MTSU expansion, not going to happen. Neither makes 15k consistantly.
2)Temple expansion, very doubtful. With Charlotte and Saint Louis now in the A-10, Temple has more reason to stay put. Besides, when the Big East splits into a Football and a Basketball Conference, Temple has a good shot at joining the Football schools. Temple can survive as an independent better than a MAC member.
If I were a betting man, I'd wager that the MAC will be around as a Division 1-A conference in 5 years. Between softening the attendance requirment, and having Big 10 schools play at NFL stadiums counted as MAC home attendance, the MAC pulls through. I'm not sure all of the MAC makes it, but enough will.
CUSA is ready if TCU leaves:
Giannini said Friday that a new school would be added if TCU left for the Mountain West Conference. Although he didn't name any schools, he did say the choice would be from a state that is part of the league's region. That way, C-USA would be able to remain a geographic conference with 12 football playing schools in nine states.
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No way MAC expansion is "in the works" IMHO........the MAC will settle down with its 12 members, and see "how the chips fall" with regards to the new attendance requirements............unless one or two of our teams are forced out of IA football, I see no attractive (and viable) options for expansion out there. (except for Navy/Army, which ain't gonna happen).
Now, with the MAC's "midwest" core back intact, look for more work on that third bowl before any talk of expansion comes along. The one worry the MAC may have is that C-USA may take a "swing" at one or two MAC programs if TCU and Houston bolt for the MWC. Guess I don't see any MAC programs currently interested, (except for the ones that have already announced their intentions to leave, of course).
