promotherobot Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 It's a new conference record. Every Western Division school got a bid. The only schools left out are Ohio, Akron, BGSU and Buffalo. Bahamas Bowl Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas) Noon on ESPN Middle Tennessee (6–6) versus Toledo (7–5) Cure Bowl Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Fla.) 6 p.m. on ESPN2 Northern Illinois (9–4) versus Coastal Carolina (10–2) LendingTree Bowl Ladd-Peebles Stadium (Mobile, Ala.) 5:45 p.m. on ESPN Eastern Michigan (7–5) versus Liberty (7–5) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho) 3:30 p.m. on ESPN Kent State (7–6) versus Wyoming (6–6) Frisco Football Classic Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas) 3:30 p.m. on ESPN North Texas (6–6) versus Miami-Ohio (6–6) Camellia Bowl Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.) 2:30 p.m. on ESPN Georgia State (7–5) versus Ball State (6–6) Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field (Detroit) 11 a.m. on ESPN Western Michigan (7–5) versus Nevada (8–4) Arizona Bowl Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Ariz.) 5:30 p.m. Central Michigan (8–4) versus Boise State (7–5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigo230 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Well, we had a nice little run going. Time to rebuild. But that's pretty cool for the MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKBullsfan Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Does UB get a share of profit from any of the bowls? Is it spread out among all the MAC teams? How does that work again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 8 hours ago, MKBullsfan said: Does UB get a share of profit from any of the bowls? Is it spread out among all the MAC teams? How does that work again? Money is split among all the teams in the conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 6 hours ago, BrooklynBull said: Money is split among all the teams in the conference. Socialism working for the NCAA 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB92 Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 I am conflicted here on a "quality" vs "quantity" sort of argument. Here it goes. I was looking at ESPN.com for the football games on Friday afternoon (seeing the schedule). I saw all of the games that day (and the next day)...or so I thought. I could not find the MAC championship game. "Why isn't the game listed?" I thought as I went back and forth. Then I noticed my problem: it defaults to "Top 25". Once I changed it to "All D1", I was able to see the NIU vs KSU game (a battle of 8 - 4 vs 7 - 5). Is the MAC now the worst football conference in FBS? Pat Forde thought so in September. https://www.si.com/college/2021/09/27/ranking-fbs-football-conferences-big-ten-sec So while it is great the MAC has 8 teams bowling, is it currently the worst FBS conference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchcountry7 Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 The MAC, CUSA, and MWC all petitioned the NCAA to create an additional one time bowl game so that they wouldn’t potentially have to leave out a bowl eligible team. Hawaii and a team from either CUSA or the MAC was going to be left out. The petition was granted and a new bowl game was born. This year all bowl eligible teams will be in a bowl game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big 4 Hoops Blogger Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 3 hours ago, dutchcountry7 said: The MAC, CUSA, and MWC all petitioned the NCAA to create an additional one time bowl game so that they wouldn’t potentially have to leave out a bowl eligible team. Hawaii and a team from either CUSA or the MAC was going to be left out. The petition was granted and a new bowl game was born. This year all bowl eligible teams will be in a bowl game. That last line is laughable. It used to be an honor to make a bowl game. Now, it's a holiday trip for any average team. I like the airtime it gives smaller programs but it's almost harder *not* to make a bowl game now than it is to go bowling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promotherobot Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 4:11 PM, Big 4 Hoops Blogger said: That last line is laughable. It used to be an honor to make a bowl game. Now, it's a holiday trip for any average team. I like the airtime it gives smaller programs but it's almost harder *not* to make a bowl game now than it is to go bowling. ESPN needs content, And schools who wouldn't get a sniff of a bowl game back in the day have a shot now. Arguments go either way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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