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RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - bullet - 01-15-2020 12:25 PM (01-15-2020 03:18 AM)deb025 Wrote:(01-13-2020 10:23 PM)bullet Wrote:(01-13-2020 09:30 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:(01-13-2020 07:27 PM)bullet Wrote:(01-13-2020 06:00 PM)bill dazzle Wrote: This may sound harsh toward the MAC but this has to be a factor for Marshall staying in C-USA. I guess 1989-2019 is actually 31 seasons, not the 30 I calculated. We can change it to >31 years if you like. Point remains. I actually know someone who was part of the student government drive to move Louisiana Tech into I-A. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double their tv $? - MUsince96 - 01-15-2020 12:41 PM Go big with realignment. Not one team here or there. Make it a Best of the Rest between CUSA, MAC, Sun Belt, Indy. Cut the dead weight from each league, make a league out of what's left and you might have a league that's competitively close to the MWC and AAC with a decent media package. Call it the Butts in Seats/Name Identity League Marshall UAB Troy Southern Miss Toledo Army Appalachian State Ohio Buffalo Charlotte Arkansas State Tie Breaker Between: Louisiana and Louisiana Tech. Similar attendance and both have state names. LT might have the edge so we can avoid the "We're not Louisiana Lafayette" RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - AppManDG - 01-15-2020 01:06 PM The MAC wouldn't even be a FBS conference had it not been for former MAC coaches that had moved on to the Big Ten partitioning the NCAA in 1982 on their behalf for a waiver so they could play them as a 1-A team. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - NIU007 - 01-15-2020 02:51 PM (01-15-2020 01:06 PM)AppManDG Wrote: The MAC wouldn't even be a FBS conference had it not been for former MAC coaches that had moved on to the Big Ten partitioning the NCAA in 1982 on their behalf for a waiver so they could play them as a 1-A team. And in that case the Sun Belt would probably never have been created as a 1-A conference either. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - NIU007 - 01-15-2020 04:04 PM (01-14-2020 06:20 PM)bullet Wrote:(01-14-2020 04:41 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:(01-14-2020 04:38 PM)bullet Wrote:There's only seven midweek games (2 Wed / 5 Thur) a year for the belt. Nothing like the MAC's schedule.(01-14-2020 10:44 AM)NIU007 Wrote: Does Marshall want to play on Tuesday nights? I would guess not. Yep. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - Kit-Cat - 01-20-2020 09:56 AM (01-11-2020 09:28 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:(01-11-2020 09:02 PM)TDenverFan Wrote:Next year the #2 MAC will play in the AZ bowl against a #2/3 MW team.(01-11-2020 07:54 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote: The thing about the MAC is that it is extremely stable, but it's also kind of stagnant. Like ah59396 said, many MAC schools are declining in enrollment, and there are no dominant teams in the league. The MAC upgraded with the Arizona Bowl and the Quick Lane Bowl for this next cycle which makes it a non-starter for any MAC team to leave to go to an inferior bowl situation. What has helped the MAC the most is the development of the access bowl. The MAC has always pumped out teams worthy of a bigger bowl going back to the 70's but now they get a stage. Miami's 2003 team regulated to the Dollar General Bowl was a travesty. At least they did play Louisville who at that time was a CUSA squad. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double their tv $? - Illini60940 - 02-04-2020 08:56 AM If the MAC is ever going to expand. they need to keep their foot print small. Going to the Dakotas is too far.. Marshall, WKU, Illinois St, Northern Iowa, Missouri St the best options. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - Steve1981 - 02-04-2020 10:42 AM If you are going to include FCS teams, JMU is by far the best option. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - bullet - 02-04-2020 10:56 AM (02-04-2020 10:42 AM)Steve1981 Wrote: If you are going to include FCS teams, JMU is by far the best option. They need to avoid current FCS teams. And they need good basketball schools. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - Illini60940 - 02-04-2020 12:58 PM (02-04-2020 10:56 AM)bullet Wrote:(02-04-2020 10:42 AM)Steve1981 Wrote: If you are going to include FCS teams, JMU is by far the best option. Why avoid current FCS teams? Options out there like Illinois St and Northern Iowa in the Midwest that are better long term conference members than some current MAC schools. James Madison obviously a quality program, but not sure if a fit in a midwestern conference. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double their tv $? - Yosef Himself - 02-04-2020 01:19 PM UNI has the right mix of GB/BB that would benefit the MAC if they added. UNI/UMass would be a good combo for the MAC RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double their tv $? - IWokeUpLikeThis - 02-04-2020 01:55 PM Missouri St’s closest MAC school is 7:20 away. Northern Iowa is within 6 hours of 1 MAC school. You’d save more money admitting NDSU as FB-only than either all-sports. Moreover, there’s no MAC appetite from UNI/MSU. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - Illini60940 - 02-04-2020 02:08 PM (02-04-2020 01:55 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: Missouri St’s closest MAC school is 7:20 away. Northern Iowa is within 6 hours of 1 MAC school. You’d save more money admitting NDSU as FB-only than either all-sports. Moreover, there’s no MAC appetite from UNI/MSU. It has always seemed like Illinois St is the best option for the MAC because of their geography, but they are pretty tied into the MVC schools because of travel. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - IWokeUpLikeThis - 02-04-2020 03:21 PM (02-04-2020 02:08 PM)Illini60940 Wrote:(02-04-2020 01:55 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: Missouri St’s closest MAC school is 7:20 away. Northern Iowa is within 6 hours of 1 MAC school. You’d save more money admitting NDSU as FB-only than either all-sports. Moreover, there’s no MAC appetite from UNI/MSU. That would be an interesting one. If ISU wants to be a football school, you go to the MAC and grab FBS exposure. If ISU wants to be a basketball school, you stay in the MVC where all 9 schools (+ Murray) are within 5 hours, the conference tournament is within 2.5 hours, and the War on 74 is one of the best mid-major rivalries. Either one, ISU is in a good situation. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - goodknightfl - 02-04-2020 04:57 PM Because,,,,, they are from WV. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - bullet - 02-04-2020 05:02 PM (02-04-2020 12:58 PM)Illini60940 Wrote:(02-04-2020 10:56 AM)bullet Wrote:(02-04-2020 10:42 AM)Steve1981 Wrote: If you are going to include FCS teams, JMU is by far the best option. They need to raise the conference, not add a team in the bottom third. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - utpotts - 02-04-2020 05:13 PM (02-04-2020 12:58 PM)Illini60940 Wrote:(02-04-2020 10:56 AM)bullet Wrote:(02-04-2020 10:42 AM)Steve1981 Wrote: If you are going to include FCS teams, JMU is by far the best option. WTF?! RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - No Bull - 02-04-2020 05:36 PM (01-11-2020 05:49 PM)herdfan129 Wrote: Because Marshall refuses to play home games on Tues/Weds. I'm honestly fine with playing away games during that time but not home games. 78 wins in 10 years... 7 bowls...winning 6 in a row... Doc Holliday has done a good job... I don't think u can say he has sucked the life out of the program. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - Kit-Cat - 02-04-2020 08:43 PM It may just be me but I think a conference with a footprint like this is a large enough one for a D1 conference. Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago Why does the MAC have to expand out of the Great Lakes? What the MAC needs is to step up to an MWC type TV deal and get out of the Midweek games. RE: Why doesn't Marshall return to the MAC & reduce travel & more than double ... - Kit-Cat - 02-04-2020 09:25 PM (02-04-2020 01:19 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote: UNI has the right mix of GB/BB that would benefit the MAC if they added. UNI/UMass would be a good combo for the MAC Northern Iowa doesn't bring a city or any recruiting base. The last time the MAC made a conscious attempt at expanding out of the footprint was in 2005 with Temple. Temple was a former BCS conference member and brought a large Philadelphia TV market for the MAC's TV package. The MAC had just lost Marshall and was desperate to get something going with TV. Temple didn't become a full FB member until 2007. The MAC hired a new commissioner in 2009 who identified UMass as a 14th. Then Temple leaves to amazingly rejoin the BE. UMass was given a chance to stay if they committed to all sports but they didn't. Time has proven that it was a bad decision by UMass to lose out on the TV money as an independent. |