(04-27-2011 06:00 PM)Jughead Wrote:  

(04-26-2011 11:01 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  How often do bowl eligible teams not make it in recent history?

Quite often and it's usually the MAC or Sun Belt teams left out.

Its more of an issue now for the MAC than it was in recent years when the MAC had a good shot at getting 5 in the posteason. 6-6 is now an allowable record and now BCS conferences can send out at-large schools at 6-6 potentially over 6, 7, or even 8 win MAC teams (as we found out with Temple last year).

The MAC only sent 4 to bowl games last season and wouldn't have sent anybody at-large if it wasn't for USC's probation. We are very much looking at a 3 bowl year if the Fiesta and Insight aren't certified.

The MAC needs to get a 4th bowl more now then ever with 6-6 BCS teams eligible to take at-larges.

(04-28-2011 11:04 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  I personally think that .500 teams shouldnt make it to the post season in any sport. Even after the drought Kent has had when its come to bowl games at I wasnt upset they didnt get a bowl game at 6-6. If you take away everyones FCS wins and most of those 6-6 teams drop down to 5-6. Troy and Temple are the only ones that truly got screwed on that list having 8 wins and sitting at home has to take alot out of a team.

If the NCAA doesn't certify the Fiesta, Insight and Ticket City dropping the total games back to 32 I suppose they could once again require a winning record (7-5) for bowl eligibility.

That would be great in my opinion, even if that limits the MAC to only 3 regular bowl tie-ins.

(04-24-2011 11:54 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Non-AQ Conferences-
CUSA- 7 bowls, 12 teams
MAC- 3 bowls, 14 teams
MWC- 5 bowls, 9 teams
SBC- 2 bowls, 9 teams
WAC- 4 bowls, 9 bowls

The MAC now has 11 teams not guaranteed a bowl bid, most conferences don't even have 11 teams total. The closest non AQ comparison is the Sun belt with +7, the worst AQ conf is only +4.

So welcome to the MAC, I guess.

I have another graph when looking at from the perspective of geography makes the MAC look like the most sensible non-AQ conference. At least the MAC has an identity, the MWC/CUSA/SBC/WAC are all strewn about.

Quote:With the changes moving forward, CUSA and the MWC are hardly distinquished from the WAC and SBC. All 4 conferences have far flung geographies with fly over zones. They all seriously need to be reorganized.

I: Hawaii, SJSU, Fresno, SDSU, UNLV, Nevada, Boise, Idaho, USU

II: Wyoming, CSU, Air Force, New Mexico, NMSU, UTEP, UTSA, UNT

III: Houston, Tulsa, Rice, SMU, Tulane, TX State, La Tech, ULL, ULM, Southern Miss.

IV: A-State, Memphis, MTSU, USA, Troy, UAB, WKU, Marshall, ECU, UCF, FAU, FIU

http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=494772

Maybe they should limit it to .500+ conference records. That would be ideal for the MAC.

(04-21-2011 09:38 AM)saint1201 Wrote:  I think I'm the first Umass fan here. Glad to be part of the MAC family.

Oh, by the way, welcome to the fun. If you mean the first person from UMass to join after the announcement, you may be correct. However, there were at least three members of your fanbase to be on this board before you.

We had our spring game yesterday and tour of the new offices and even an assistants coaches first day, who came from Stony Brook. Very enjoyable afternoon, and here is a link to the UMass Blog for associated links and summary.
http://umass74.blogspot.com/