This idea has been percolating for a long time, and has finally come to fruition. Much as BG played Wisconsin over Labor Day weekend, now the Patriot Bowl will be played at Browns Stadium every Labor Day Weekend. It will feature a service academy against an Ohio MAC team, on a rotating basis.
I think this is an awesome thing. A trip to Cleveland every six years is probably about right for our fan base, (making it rare enough to be still special), and the service academies are great opponents for the MAC. They are "big name" enough to draw fans, but also teams that a good MAC team can beat...or, some years, a bad MAC team. They travel well and have a following all over the place.
Good job to the MAC office. It all starts this year with Akron playing Army.
Throw in that Labor Day weekend includes the Cleveland Air Show (Blue Angels over the tailgate parties rocks every bit as much as you'd imagine) it could be promoted as a fairly major event in and around Cleveland. I really hope it takes off.
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