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USA coming in with their game in the Cameilla bowl at 94

Quote:94. Camellia Bowl: Bowling Green 33, South Alabama 28 (December 20)

MACtion wasn't very much fun this year. The MAC didn't have many good teams, and more importantly, the offenses -- the stars of the MACtion Internet meme -- weren't up to the standard we expect. But as will always be the case when there are evenly matched teams, there were still memorable games. The best game involving a MAC team is a lot higher on this list, but these two warrant top-100 attention.

On a Tuesday night in November, NIU gained the upper hand in the MAC West race by outlasting a solid Toledo. The teams traded long touchdown passes (64 yards to NIU's Da'Ron Brown, 69 yards to Toledo's Corey Jones), then NIU went on a 17-7 run to take a 10-point lead. Toledo cut to 27-24 with 2:14 left and got the ball back with three seconds remaining, but a last-second lateral fest came up 55 yards short, and NIU survived.

A month later in Montgomery, Bowling Green took a 20-7 halftime lead against first-time bowl participant South Alabama, then watched it evaporate in a wacky fourth quarter that featured lead changes and a bloodied coach. Down 27-14 in the final stanza, the Jaguars used a 44-yard pass from Brandon Bridge to Danny Woodson to set up the go-ahead score with 1:20 left. And 16 seconds later, BGSU was back on top.

Southern in spots 89 and 90 for their ACC games.

Quote:90. Georgia Tech 42, Georgia Southern 38 (September 13)
89. NC State 24, Georgia Southern 23 (August 30)

Not only did Georgia Southern make a long-awaited jump to FBS, the Eagles played really well. They won the Sun Belt in their first attempt and finished a healthy 61st in the F/+ rankings, one spot behind Texas and 64 spots ahead of new "rival" Georgia State.

GS finished 9-3, banned from a bowl by a silly NCAA rule. And until Navy took them down in mid-November, their only blemishes were tight losses against decent-to-excellent ACC squads. They rushed for 246 against NC State and took a 20-10 lead into the fourth in Raleigh before succumbing to a 35-yard touchdown from Jacoby Brissett to Matt Dayes with 1:37 left. Two weeks later in Atlanta, they unleashed a crazy comeback.

Trailing Georgia Tech 35-10 at halftime, Georgia Southern scored 28 consecutive in the second half to take a 38-35 lead. But they needed one more. Deon Hill caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Justin Thomas with 23 seconds left, and what would become a dream season for Tech avoided an early pratfall.

South Alabama v Navy is No. 64. No summary unfortunately


On a side note, WKU made a couple appearances in the top 10 with their defenseless game against Marshall, and their bowl game in which they almost gave away the game on 10 laterals.

(01-21-2015 08:25 AM)NCeagle Wrote:  http://www.sbnation.com/college-football...mes-100-66

USA coming in with their game in the Cameilla bowl at 94

Quote:94. Camellia Bowl: Bowling Green 33, South Alabama 28 (December 20)

MACtion wasn't very much fun this year. The MAC didn't have many good teams, and more importantly, the offenses -- the stars of the MACtion Internet meme -- weren't up to the standard we expect. But as will always be the case when there are evenly matched teams, there were still memorable games. The best game involving a MAC team is a lot higher on this list, but these two warrant top-100 attention.

On a Tuesday night in November, NIU gained the upper hand in the MAC West race by outlasting a solid Toledo. The teams traded long touchdown passes (64 yards to NIU's Da'Ron Brown, 69 yards to Toledo's Corey Jones), then NIU went on a 17-7 run to take a 10-point lead. Toledo cut to 27-24 with 2:14 left and got the ball back with three seconds remaining, but a last-second lateral fest came up 55 yards short, and NIU survived.

A month later in Montgomery, Bowling Green took a 20-7 halftime lead against first-time bowl participant South Alabama, then watched it evaporate in a wacky fourth quarter that featured lead changes and a bloodied coach. Down 27-14 in the final stanza, the Jaguars used a 44-yard pass from Brandon Bridge to Danny Woodson to set up the go-ahead score with 1:20 left. And 16 seconds later, BGSU was back on top.

Southern in spots 89 and 90 for their ACC games.

Quote:90. Georgia Tech 42, Georgia Southern 38 (September 13)
89. NC State 24, Georgia Southern 23 (August 30)

Not only did Georgia Southern make a long-awaited jump to FBS, the Eagles played really well. They won the Sun Belt in their first attempt and finished a healthy 61st in the F/+ rankings, one spot behind Texas and 64 spots ahead of new "rival" Georgia State.

GS finished 9-3, banned from a bowl by a silly NCAA rule. And until Navy took them down in mid-November, their only blemishes were tight losses against decent-to-excellent ACC squads. They rushed for 246 against NC State and took a 20-10 lead into the fourth in Raleigh before succumbing to a 35-yard touchdown from Jacoby Brissett to Matt Dayes with 1:37 left. Two weeks later in Atlanta, they unleashed a crazy comeback.

Trailing Georgia Tech 35-10 at halftime, Georgia Southern scored 28 consecutive in the second half to take a 38-35 lead. But they needed one more. Deon Hill caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Justin Thomas with 23 seconds left, and what would become a dream season for Tech avoided an early pratfall.

South Alabama v Navy is No. 64. No summary unfortunately


On a side note, WKU made a couple appearances in the top 10 with their defenseless game against Marshall, and their bowl game in which they almost gave away the game on 10 laterals.

Thanks for your interest, both games we won...

did I say you lost?

Is that Grimace's cousin? Is that what a hilltopper looks like? And why is it red? Before he was a mascot, was he in Pacman or Mrs. Pacman?

(01-21-2015 10:36 AM)APPrising Wrote:  Is that Grimace's cousin?

No. It was a love child from a mascot cruise. Grimace and the Kool Aid man got a little wild one night.

Glad to see even that writer took a quick and subtle shot at us. On the plus side, apparently we finished 125th these F/+ ratings. Who did we beat?

(01-21-2015 11:04 AM)Pounce FTW Wrote:  Glad to see even that writer took a quick and subtle shot at us. On the plus side, apparently we finished 125th these F/+ ratings. Who did we beat?

NMSU, SMU, and EMU

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/feiplus