Antonio Brown had 176 yards of total offense, including a 58 yard catch to set up the winning TD from the 3 yard line.

James Harrison had 3 sacks.

Big Ben had 226 yds, 2TDs, 0 picks and a 101 QB rating.

Coming up in the night game:

Michael Turner, Cullen Jenkins, Greg Jennings, Josh Gordy, James Starks, and Tom Crabtree (Did I forget anyone?)

"Squeeze 'em" (BUGS), Kicker for the Steelers

(01-15-2011 08:01 PM)eich41 Wrote:  Antonio Brown had 176 yards of total offense, including a 58 yard catch to set up the winning TD from the 3 yard line.

James Harrison had 3 sacks.

Big Ben had 226 yds, 2TDs, 0 picks and a 101 QB rating.

Coming up in the night game:

Michael Turner, Cullen Jenkins, Greg Jennings, Josh Gordy, James Starks, and Tom Crabtree (Did I forget anyone?)

Jalen Parmele had 2 KOR for 37 yards for the Ravens. I thought he had a special teams tackle as well, but it did not show up in the official stats.

Michael Turner had a TD but it looks like the Falcons are done. 42-14 GB

Seemingly, week-in and week-out, the major contributions of MAC players in the NFL is endless. Why the MAC doesn't put out a weekly press release pointing this out is puzzling.

Agreed, the MAC should be tooting their own horn right now. Most of these guys were UDFA. I wish we would get them better starts on NFL rosters by getting them drafted. The MAC alum do as well as they do w/o advertising. Imagine how many other guys would make it if we promoted them better before the draft. I still think a MAC senior bowl would focus some NFL scout attention on MAC players for a few days. Most individual team pro days are pretty weak but 13 teams combined would draw more attention.

Hoping for Jennings over Douchelisberger in the super bowl.

Chester Taylor had a touchdown for the Bears today.

(01-16-2011 07:13 PM)HuronDave Wrote:  Seemingly, week-in and week-out, the major contributions of MAC players in the NFL is endless. Why the MAC doesn't put out a weekly press release pointing this out is puzzling.

What p*sses me is the NFL.

Would it be too hard to list player's universities when they first show the units at the beginning of the game???

One thing which will hurt the MAC now is the movement toward online media guides.

The old printed media guides DID have alums playing in the NFL (in the '09 media guide, inside back cover).

I assume the school would send a media guide to each recruit who is interesting in being seriously recruited (I assume that would be to complete the recruit's questionaire, send in game tape, etc.).

I really believe media guides are a good recruiting tool. Something about a picture is worth a 1,000 words.

Now I guess they see YouTube videos of say the football team rooms, Convo, indoor practice facility, etc.

(01-16-2011 07:13 PM)HuronDave Wrote:  Seemingly, week-in and week-out, the major contributions of MAC players in the NFL is endless. Why the MAC doesn't put out a weekly press release pointing this out is puzzling.

+1...

(01-16-2011 07:53 PM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  Hoping for Jennings over Douchelisberger in the super bowl.

I love watching Greg Jennings, his face after he got stripped was so fierce and energetic. He really plays hard, and is my favorite player for the Pack. Too bad they play the bears, kind of torn between the Pack and Chester Taylor. May the best team win, maybe the Packers win 31-28 but Chester has 4 rushing TD's...that would be nice!

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(01-15-2011 08:01 PM)eich41 Wrote:  Antonio Brown had 176 yards of total offense, including a 58 yard catch to set up the winning TD from the 3 yard line.

James Harrison had 3 sacks.

Big Ben had 226 yds, 2TDs, 0 picks and a 101 QB rating.

Coming up in the night game:

Michael Turner, Cullen Jenkins, Greg Jennings, Josh Gordy, James Starks, and Tom Crabtree (Did I forget anyone?)

Ummm yea! Still playing next week no less is:

Jason Taylor (Akron)

(01-17-2011 05:33 PM)WallyB Wrote:  [/size]

(01-15-2011 08:01 PM)eich41 Wrote:  Antonio Brown had 176 yards of total offense, including a 58 yard catch to set up the winning TD from the 3 yard line.

James Harrison had 3 sacks.

Big Ben had 226 yds, 2TDs, 0 picks and a 101 QB rating.

Coming up in the night game:

Michael Turner, Cullen Jenkins, Greg Jennings, Josh Gordy, James Starks, and Tom Crabtree (Did I forget anyone?)

Ummm yea! Still playing next week no less is:

Jason Taylor (Akron)

Umm, he doesn't play for either the Packers or the Falcons, therefore I did not forget him.

I was curious if the entire MAC was represented by the last four playoff combatants. It comes pretty close. No Bobcats. I don't think any Owls either, but my mind is not trained to catch those.

Lots of MAC Packers, including the full Michigan Triumverate:
Diyral Briggs, BG
Josh Gordy of CMU
James Starks UB
Frank Zombo CMU
TJ Lang EMU
Tom Crabtree Miami
Greg Jennings WMU
Cullen Jenkins CMU


MAC Bears:
Brad Maynard BSU
G Wolfe NIU
Chester Taylor UT
[Freddie Barnes missed being on practice squad by a couple weeks]

MAC Steelers
C. Batch EMU
Antonio Brown CMU
James Harrison Kent
Ben R. Miami
Shaun Suisham BG

MAC Jets
Jason Taylor Akron

If it ends up Packers vs. Steelers we'll get a "MAC ATTACK" feelgood storyline for sure.

For what it is worth, MAC member-in-waiting UMass can contribute 3 Jets:
special teams captain James Ihedigbo
backup OL Vladimir Ducasse
general manager Mike Tannenbaum

(01-18-2011 03:06 PM)MacLord Wrote:  MAC Steelers
C. Batch EMU
Antonio Brown CMU
James Harrison Kent
Ben R. Miami
Shaun Suisham BG

I think you can include Leftwich on this list. Marshall was in the MAC when he played.

agreed!