(06-23-2019 06:00 AM)Dtownboys Wrote: (06-23-2019 12:39 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: (06-22-2019 04:00 PM)timxlydon Wrote: All I want is the MAC to get rid of the weekday games.
That is all it will take to regrow the fanbase again. AAC makes no sense for NIU, a near lateral move with just a huge amount of travel costs against schools no one outside of the AAC gives a damn about. You just need to give the product back to the fans in the MAC and it will prosper again
Totally wrong. I believe fans would care more about games vs teams like Cincinnati, Houston, Navy, ucf,USF etc. All teams with national name brand recognition. Please don’t compare those schools with Mac teams that are constantly rated in the lower 1/3 of all college football including teams that are consistently among the worst in all fbs.
+ 10. Boise State, UCF, USF, Marshall, Houston, etc. did not build their reps on conferences. As for the MAC/ESPN tv contract, it is what it is; we're not going to change it.
If anyone thinks Northern can piggyback on MAC success on the national stage, it's a faulty viewpoint. The MAC is 16-41 in bowl games in the past 10 years, including 6 years where MAC teams won one or no games. Northern's last win was in January 2012 over (whoopee!) Arkansas State; 0-6 since then.
As for "big-name" opponents, the MAC has had bowl chances in that 10-year period against Brigham Young, Duke, Wisconsin, Mississippi State, Minnesota, Boise State, Air Force (2), Pittsburgh, Florida State and UCLA ... and lost all but one, (Toledo win over Air Force, 2011). That's a 1-10 record against the "big boys."
THE ANSWER, imo??? Frazier (yes, him) and THammock have it right ... get more boneyard wins, win the MACC, win some bowls, get to the NY6/Access Bowl. FOCUS ON OUR OWN.
By the way, just read an AAC roundtable on what the conference should do when UConn leaves. NO ONE mentioned Buffalo as a potential member; one person mentioned Toledo, but they are a Cincinnati fan looking for an in-state rivalry.