(02-12-2018 03:50 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(02-11-2018 04:38 PM)Seminowl Wrote:  

(02-11-2018 06:22 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(02-11-2018 05:45 AM)Seminowl Wrote:  

(02-10-2018 11:20 PM)monarx Wrote:  I can understand a team with the history and past success of Marshall not liking the idea of being in a conference with these recent FBS arrivals, but it does seem to me that the alignment in question would be comparable to the MAC. And these newbies all have drive and determination to be better, whereas the MAC has been mostly lousy for decades. I think CUSA is just as good as the MAC now and has a much higher long term ceiling. It just doesn't have the teams with as much name recognition at this time.

CUSA is better than the MAC. 9/10 Floridians have no idea what the MAC is, and couldn’t name one of thier schools. I’m sure it’s the same for the CUSA in the North. Both conferences have the same level of national recognition, so it comes down to performance. MAC was the worst conference last year, the way Toledo and Akron lost earned them that title. In the G5 it’s all about performance, history only gets you so far when people barely know your name.

I've never understood the ignorant fan argument. If people in Florida have never heard of the MAC, not likely, then that's on them. You're either a college football fan or you're not. I mean, your team's bowl was vs a MAC team. They didn't know who they were? or their conference? It isn't unreasonable for anyone that watches college football to be able to name ten FBS conferences and at least 4-5 teams in each one. If they can't do that then they really aren't fans. They're just killing time on Saturdays wearing blue and red or whatever colors their team wears.

Sorry but most college football fans are casual P5 fans. Half of the people I asked to go to the bowl game with me had no idea Akron had a University. I got questions like “Are they a division 1 team?” and “didn’t LeBron go there?”. If you think the MAC is a trending topic in South Florida, you are wrong.

Like I said, that's on your friends being ignorant and not on the MAC. It's a bad argument to try to disparage a conference. Reflects more on the quality of fan in your area. Might explain why you guys have empty stadiums. Of course a lot of people in Florida are from the North East where zero good college football is played, so that might have a lot to do with it. I mean they have Buffalo, UConn, Syracuse, and Boston College. Pretty much it at the FBS level. And they're good like once every 50 years.

That’s silly. Not everyone’s life revolves around college football. They don’t need to know all FBS conferences and most teams. It’s 1 sport, among many. Do you forget people have jobs, wives, kids and other interests? What is college football is low among their hobbies and they’re a just a UM fan. Do you expect them to fire off MAC teams at will?