MAC Bowl Struggles
Another MAC bowl season has ended with disappointment for fans of this conference. The MAC placed 6 teams in bowl games, with five and possibly six of the games against G5 teams (depending on how you count BYU) and the MAC had another poor season, going 1-5 for the second straight year, and that one on top of a bagel in 2016.
It's not a real, huge big deal--these are exhibition games. On the other hand, they are opportunities for us to compete against peer conference (mostly) and we haven't been getting it done. Yes, I know there's a long layoff, etc, but that impacts the other team as well.
There were certainly winnable games. EMU had the opponent in a 4th and long, literally one play from a win and lost. UT lost by 3. On the other hand, NIU and WMU lost big and Buffalo was competitive but played an uncharacteristically mistake-prone game.
Only OU--with Frank Solich--won. And it was two years in a row for them.
Here are the records for the next five years. Again, we're not getting pitted against top flight teams--these are good matchups and the conference is just not good at winning them.
2018: 1-5
2017: 1-5
2016: 0-5
2015: 3-4
2014: 2-4
7-23
Wins:
2014 Raycom Media Camellia-Bowling Green 33, S. Alabama 28
2015 Marmot Boca Raton - Toledo 32, Temple 17
2015 Popeyes Bahamas - Western Michigan 45, Middle Tenn. 31
2017 Bahamas Bowl - Ohio 41, UAB 6
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Having a difficult time competing with the Sun Belt - Maybe it's time for the FCS.
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