10-16-2012, 03:28 PM
(10-16-2012 03:03 PM)MacLord Wrote: [ -> ]Isn't there a MAC Smack Talk board built for just this kind of nonsense? This kind of absolute guff that should be such a minor part of discourse on a football discussion board, to call out a whole school for removal from the league from a guy from a school that just won its first bowl game EVER last season? But I'm not going to fall into the trap of attacking Ohio based on one or two goons.
If you've been around this board and its predecessors as some of us have, you can remember when it was NIU and Kent on the chopping block from some well-intentioned people, here to save the MAC from being "dragged down." Buffalo spent a lot of years with people wanting them gone. Akron. BG. The idea that any of these schools would or should be kicked out is just as absurd as the idea that they shouldn't when they have a good season and people show up.
If you went to a school and root for the school, maybe you don't live near the school enough to go to games, but you like there being a program and wish the best. EMU has some very fervent fans who are suffering enough just with wanting the FB team to be good. EMU, less than year removed from a 6-6 year where they beat both other Michigan MAC schools, and less than a week from taking Toledo to the wire. Eventually they will get a coach with the vision and skill to turn things around. They may already have that coach, I don't know. But we'll see if when they reach the top of the mountain, EMU fans are looking down at someone to eliminate from the MAC.
Cylical, as someone said. Enjoy your time at the top, Optimist.
Excellent comments. Well, I'm OK with ditching BG, but otherwise I'm in complete agreement with you.