More MAC National Pub....(not the good kind)

The WSJ logs in with an article called "The Little Conference that can't" and they are talking about our MAC.  They note that the last NCAA Championship for the MAC was in 1965 in men's cross country (WMU).  (HINT:  Hockey does not count since there is no MAC hockey).

A couple quotes:

Now, even winning the occasional football bowl game or first-round NCAA men's basketball tournament matchup is becoming a mighty chore.

MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, who took over the job last year, hasn't figured out what the problem is. "I don't have a great answer for you," he says. "I haven't been here long enough to know. But it's something we talk about. It's something that I'm spending a lot of time talking about with our athletic directors, trying to identify what we can do better."

"I'll use this year as an example," says Kent State men's basketball coach Geno Ford, whose team is the favorite in the MAC tournament this week. "You don't even see our team listed on the bubble anywhere, yet our RPI is 42, which is way higher than almost any team people list on the bubble."

The headline is a little cruel, but the article speaks the truth....the conference simply is not as competitive as it used to be.  Let's hope for better days, especially since 96-team NCAA tournies and 6-6 FBS bowl bids signal tough times....