(01-12-2013 12:27 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote: My problem with the MAC is that outside of Kent State and Bowling Green this season, every other school on the MAC schedule was a lightweight. Every year the MAC office gives us the easiest cross over opponents in the league for some reason.
If the MAC could get UConn to join FB-Only in the East to balance the divisions then I would be much happier. That would give Ohio 3 solid games in divisional play each year significant to the fans (Miami, Kent, UConn) where its always going to be a tooth and nail fight.
Ohio has too many patsies scheduled on an annual basis; SBC, FCS, Marshall, Akron, Buffalo, UMass with only 2-3 serious games in league play as it stands now.
Three of those opponent's are under Ohio's discretion, not the MAC's (and I don't think Marshall is a patsy). Two others have won a MAC Football championship in last 7 years, versus "0" for Ohio, and the other hasn't been an annual patsy because they just this was their first year in the MAC.
Your problem is that you cheer for a team in the MAC. A conference that basically cannibalizes itself with 9 of its members being located within two states. You can't have Toledo, BGSU, Miami, Akron, Kent AND Ohio all top 50 programs when they're fighting over the scraps left behind by OSU and other BCS programs. It's amazing three of those teams were even ranked in the top 25 this season.
Look at the most populous states and the saturation of Div 1 FBS universities per capita, Ohio and Michigan have more FBS universities per capital than the other states:
California: 7 FBS universities, 38 million people= 5.43 million people per FBS school
Texas: 12 FBS universities, 26 million people= 2.16 million people per school
New York: 3 FBS universities, 19.5 million= 6.5 million people per school
Illinois: 3 FBS universities, 12.9 million= 4.3 million people per school
Ohio: 8 FBS universities, 11.5 million= 1.43 million people per school
Georgia: 2 FBS universities, 9.9 million= 4.95 million people per school
Michigan: 5 FBS universities, 9. 9 million = 1.98 million people per school
We're selling against ourselves ...A recruit is choosing between Kent and BGSU, or Toledo and CMU. They aren't deciding between Kent and OSU, or CMU and Michigan. So, one MAC program's gain is generally another MAC program's loss. You're in the MAC, you're going to be stuck with some "patsy's" man, and if you aren't playing a patsy, then you are the patsy.