The reworked MAC is the second strongest of the current Non-BCS conferences. I assumed last night that the new MWC would become a BCS conference due to my dropping of Independents and thus getting rid of the "Notre Dame" clause. That would leave a new MAC on the edge of becoming a BCS conference or mearly a really strong Non-BCS. For now I'd leave it as a Non-BCS. Here is the 2008 MAC conference...
MAC East: Akron, Buffalo, Bowling Green, Temple, Kent State, Miami (OH), Ohio
MAC West: Ball State, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan
The MAC currently is a conference that has its ups and downs. This year the MAC has 4 wins against the Big 10 (Toledo over Michigan, Central and Ball St over Indiana, and Western over Illinois) along with a nice win by Bowling Green over Pittsburg. It has been a decent year for the MAC, and it could be the best of all time if someone in the East Division would just win! The problem with the MAC is that the Division each have different swings, one is hot when the other is cool or cold. This year the top three teams in the West (Ball St, Central and Western) have combined for 24 wins, matching the win total for all 6 teams in the Eastern Division.
The new MAC would drop some of the weaker teams (Eastern, Akron, Kent State) and add 3 teams (Navy, Army and Western Kentucky) and be reshaped like this...
MAC East: Buffalo, Miami (OH), Ohio, Temple, Army, Navy
MAC West: Ball State, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Kentucky, Western Michigan
The restructered MAC would bring in more of an Atlantic Coast audience to the conference, which could boost TV ratings with New York (Army) and Maryland (Navy) based teams. This new boost of ratings could lead to greater exposure and bring in more revenue for the teams to continue to build programs which in most cases aren't that far off from BCS programs. The greater exposure could also bring in better recruits pushing the MAC teams further up towards the BCS status. Now in reality...the MAC conference has been actively pursuing Navy and Army for that exact reason. So I'm actually not grasping at straws...I think if the MAC really could Eastern Michigan would be the first team to be dropped but hey Im out here saying it should happen now.
So where would the MAC be left, probably in a nice position filling 5-6 Bowl Games per year and on the cusp of BCS.
Stick with me, tomorrow is the 3rd installment of the series and I will unviel the new Western Athletic Conference!!
And now...heres your video....Its about CMU...cause those are the only good MAC videos on Youtube...gay.
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