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(09-12-2016 03:32 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  I think we all felt UC would achieve some separation from Miami with the Big East affiliation and that's exactly what happened. But more puzzling has been an almost total collapse of the Miami football program. They were the cradle of coaches, frequent MAC champions and had often been giant killers in regular season and bowl games against larger, established programs. With that tradition, strong undergraduate reputation and picturesque campus it would seem they were well positioned to dominate the MAC perennially.

Their alumni should rightfully be questioning both their President and athletic department leadership about this sad state of affairs. And with the MAC at the low end of the G5 in terms of revenue, it doesn't look good for the Redhawks to ever be what they once were.

So the biggest threat to UC continuing to dominate the series would be a Bearcat letdown after upsetting Houston. Only UC can beat UC these days when it comes to the game against Miami.

BGSU, NIU, CMU, Toledo have had some good coaches go through there over the past 10 years, Stolich is a lifer at Ohio. WMU looks like they are back to being dangerous.