(05-16-2020 09:41 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  [quote='quo vadis' pid='16820863' dateline='1589635459']

Quote:The whole facade of FBS is that if you are Akron you are "in the same league" as Ohio State, so if Ohio State is doing something, you should too. At the FCS level, there's no pressure to keep up with Ohio State.

Detail: There's a gradation effect at work. KEnt STate *can't* keep up with Ohio State. But they *can* try to keep up with Cincinnati, who can try to keep up with Purdue, who can try to keep up with Michigan State, who can try to keep up with Ohio State.

Right the MAC is several levels down from OSU so that comparison is a non-starter.

A better analogy:

Tennessee->Memphis
Ohio State->Michigan St.

As to Cincinnati the hope is they and a few others from the AAC get a call up to a P5 to weaken the AAC and put it on more equal footing with the MAC. They are a clear level up from the MAC but we have to compete with them for that access bowl.

If not the existence and continued development of the AAC within the G5 should lead to a second access bowl or something to make it more fair.