MAC Blogger Roundtable, My Responses

1) Do you like the MAC's current bowl setup, where the bowls get to pick, rather than a 1 goes to A, 2 to B, etc? How would you change that, if you could?

I think that it is probably as good as it is going to get. I think flexibility is good for two reasons. First, the flexibility allows teams to not necessarily go to the same bowl every year. Second, it keeps the bowls happy, and that should be our primary goal.

2) Recognizing that probably no one will be fired this year, who do you think will be the NEXT coach in the MAC to get a pink slip ?

I predict that the next MAC Coach to get the pink slip will be JD Brookhart.

3) What do you think can be done, if anything, to get the MAC more bowl tie-ins?

From an historic perspective, the MAC has never had it so good, bowl-wise. Us old-timers remember when the MAC had one bowl tie-in, and frankly were lucky to have that. There were even a couple years with no bowl game for the MAC. So, the current set up is pretty good. For the MAC to get another bowl tie-in, I am assuming that they would have to buy our way into a game.

4) Who do you like in the MAC's only pick-'em game of this week, NIU at Ohio, and why?

This is a really tough call. I like NIU because they have been playing well in the much tougher of the two decisions, and they are a difficult team to beat. I think OU is overrated.

5) MAC Power Poll

1. CMU
2. Temple
3. NIU
4. OU
5. WMU
6. BG
7. Kent
8. Toledo
9. Buffalo
10. Ball State
11. Akron
12. Miami
13. EMU