(03-28-2014 04:46 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 04:03 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 09:37 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 08:45 AM)SHWISH Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 08:07 AM)Campaign4Liberty Wrote:  MAC is done. JMU and Liberty are the two options for the Belt. Perhaps if I say it enough times it will start to sink in.

I disagree. If the MAC really wanted 12, they wouldn't have offered umass. The Mac wants 14, not this year, maybe next year.

The MAC's experiment with 13 is over. IMO, they forced UMass' hand knowing they wouldn't move away from the A-10 to get them out. With playoff revenue based on 12 schools there is absolutely no justification for spreading the wealth more than you have to. Banowsky's aggressiveness screwed CUSA and it's a safe bet the conf presidents would not have expanded past 12 had they known this was coming down the pipe.

When UMASS was invited it was to get to 14, Temple FB only was 13.

The conference never got to 14. Temple left the MAC July 2012, UMass began play in the MAC July 2012. Besides everything changed when the new playoff revenue distribution plan was announced.

The fact that they never got to 14 doesn't change the fact that UMASS was invited to be the 14th member. I don't think UMASS would have ever been invited had Temple not been invited first.