(05-12-2020 06:59 PM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  

(05-12-2020 06:05 PM)cleveland Wrote:  What if WMU finishes tied for 8th after turning its season around down the stretch, winning 8-of-10, including a road win over the league winner, then loses a tiebreaker to a team that goes 4-6 down the stretch including 3 home losses and two losses overall to the MAC winner?

Would you feel good about that? ... That's the MAC, brother.

Being 100% honest, I wouldn't be upset at the system.

Your scenario means we likely started the MAC slate 0-10, and that's what I'd point to as the culprit.

You actually kinda described our football season last year. We were finding our rhythm, and beat the MAC West and MAC East champions along the way. Then took a dump at a reeling NIU. No MACC game. No one to blame but the players/coaches.

With all due respect .... there's a big difference between FB and BB skeds. Also, you're talking about a one-off with FB Champ, not a 'playoff' of sorts with MAC BB.

As for 0-10, I'd bet more like 2-8 or 3-7 start. (9-seed was 7-11 this year, 8-seed 8-10 tie).

Also, rarely does MAC FB have more than 4 teams worth playing for the FB title, usually just three. Not to mention all those .500 FB teams that go play useless/meaningless December infomercials for ESPN.

Why didn't these ADs/Pres/Commish say only winning MAC FB teams go to Bowl Games? Why didn't they move the MAC FB title game back to a campus site?

Why does BB and all these other sports have to pay a price but FB gets the free pass? Again, those first-round games combined can't cost more than $50,000. It gives the illusion of doing something, while still spending big FB $$$ to go to Boise or the Bahamas not to mention renting out an NFL FB stadium for two days for 10-15,000 people.

IT's a joke.