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Give a sport a Sunday selection process and there’s sure to be controversy. Leave all the arguments and chaos makers in their national pulpits with their Miami and Notre Dame commentaries and hot takes, because we have post season MACtion to discuss. And where there’s a game, there’s a line. And where there’s a line, […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Give a sport a Sunday selection process and there’s sure to be controversy. Leave all the arguments and chaos makers in their national pulpits with their Miami and Notre Dame commentaries and hot takes, because we have post season MACtion to discuss. And where there’s a game, there’s a line. And where there’s a line, […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Give a sport a Sunday selection process and there’s sure to be controversy. Leave all the arguments and chaos makers in their national pulpits with their Miami and Notre Dame commentaries and hot takes, because we have post season MACtion to discuss. And where there’s a game, there’s a line. And where there’s a line, […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Toledo Rockets (8-4, 6-2 MAC) had to wait longer than their conference peers due to a chaotic bowl assignment period which saw three teams decline invitations, but that wait is now over, as they draw the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Louisville Cardinals (8-4, 4-4 ACC) in the Boca Raton Bowl. Dave Briggs of the Toledo […]
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The Ohio Bobcats are back in Bowl Season for the fourth-straight year. Ohio will draw UNLV for the 2025 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, which kicks off from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, TX on Tuesday, Dec. 23. This marks the first-ever Frisco Bowl played at the Ford Center, which is the Dallas […]
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The Western Michigan Broncos (9-4, 8-1 MAC), fresh off winning the MAC Championship Game in Detroit, are set to face the Kennesaw State Owls (10-3, 8-1 Conference USA) in the Myrtle Beach Bowl in Conway, South Carolina. It’s a game which will put the champions of the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA against one another […]
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The Central Michigan Chippewas (7-5, 5-3 MAC) get to stay close to home this holiday season, as they are set to take on the Big Ten’s Northwestern Wildcats (6-6, 4-5 B1G) in the GameAbove Bowl, scheduled for December 26th at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Central Michigan football confirmed the news via Twitter on Sunday […]
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The Miami RedHawks are ready to Drop It Like It’s Hot once again. For the second-consecutive year, Miami (OH) (7-6, 6-2 MAC) is headed to the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl to face a Mountain West opponent. This time, the RedHawks will battle Fresno State (8-4, 5-3 Mountain West) on Saturday, Dec. 27. The matchup was […]
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Saturday afternoon proved to be the culmination of a season of growth for the Western Michigan Broncos (9-4, 8-1 MAC), who picked up their ninth win in their last 10 games over the Miami RedHawks (7-6, 6-3 MAC) to secure the MAC Championship in Detroit, Michigan. The road for Western to even be in contention […]
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Toledo defensive coordinator Vince Kehres, who started his tenure at the Glass Bowl in 2020, has accepted the same position at Syracuse. ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported the news on Saturday afternoon. Kehres, son of Mount Union legend Larry Kehres, succeeded his father as head coach of the Purple Raiders from 2013-2020 and maintained the […]
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After a 10-year run which saw the Toledo Rockets win three MAC West Division titles and two MAC championships (2017, 2022), Jason Candle is set to begin the newest chapter of his coaching career in Storrs, Connecticut with the UConn Huskies. Dave Briggs of the Toledo Blade was first to report on Saturday afternoon. Candle […]
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The 2025 MAC Championship Game between the Western Michigan Broncos (8-4, 7-1 MAC) and Miami (OH) RedHawks (7-5, 6-2 MAC) kicks off from Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, Dec. 6 at noon ET. Here are the storylines to monitor in the MAC Championship Game: From 0-3 to Detroit This MAC Championship is unique, because […]
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Championship Saturday is set to kick off with the Best Little Conference in the Midwest offering up an intriguing strength-on-strength matchup at Ford Field. The Western Michigan Broncos (8-4, 7-1 MAC) will take on the Miami RedHawks (7-5, 6-2 MAC) in what promises to be a physical, hard-nosed game between two excellent situational defenses and […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
The conclusion of one of the most parity-filled seasons in recent Mid-American Conference football memory will all come to a close on a chilly Saturday afternoon in the Motor City. Western Michigan, led by recently-named MAC Coach of the Year Lance Taylor, were the runaway winners of the conference’s regular season, finishing with an overall […]
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The 2025 All-MAC teams and individual awards were revealed by the conference on Thursday, two days prior to the annual MAC Championship Game in Detroit. Individual Awards The individual awards were voted on by the MAC’s 13 head coaches: All-MAC Teams The MAC released First, Second, and Third team selections: First Team Second Team Third Team […]
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The Miami (OH) RedHawks (7-5, 6-2 MAC) are accustomed to preparing travel to Ford Field in the first week of December. The MAC is a conference of immense parity, yet head coach Chuck Martin built a juggernaut that’s suited to compete for championships on an annual basis. The RedHawks are the first team to qualify […]
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The Western Michigan Broncos (8-4, 7-1 MAC) waited a long nine years to reach this point. Western Michigan was one of the main characters of college football in 2016, disrupting the national conversation as one of two teams to register an undefeated regular season. Led by a young, fiery head coach P.J. Fleck, the Broncos […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
We’ve reached the end. This column debuted in the middle of last season, and for the first time ever, it survived the grind of an entire regular season. It was quite an eventful year for the Mid-American Conference, which is now in championship mode, preparing the highly-anticipated matchup between Western Michigan and Miami (OH). Miami […]
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The Mid-American Conference had been a quiet league amidst a chaotic coaching carousel — operating as one of two conferences, along with Conference USA, to not create a head coaching vacancy from the start of the season through November. But on Dec. 1, an unexpected head coaching move was made. Per the university athletic department, […]
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For the third-straight year, the Miami RedHawks (7-5, 6-2 MAC) are headed to Detroit, Michigan to play in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game, taking care of business in a 45-24 dispatching of the Ball State Cardinals in front of the home crowd at Yager Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The first quarter suggested an early shootout […]
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For three quarters, Saturday’s game between the Toledo Rockets (8-4, 6-2 MAC) and the Central Michigan Chippewas (7-5, 6-2 MAC) was one of less-than-ideal conditions, field position and small opportunities. The fourth quarter, however, is when the Rockets would find those necessary plays to change the tide of the game, escaping with the 21-3 victory […]
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Game notes Setting the scene It’s rivalry week, and a trophy is on the line in Oxford, OH. The trophy is somewhat newly commissioned, making its first appearance just eight years ago in 2017. But when the Ball State Cardinals and Miami RedHawks clash, it’s now fully understood that the Red Bird Rivalry Trophy is […]
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The Northern Illinois Huskies stormed out of the tunnel Friday afternoon in DeKalb, IL to put a bow on a highly-successful era in program history. For the final time, NIU donned the Mid-American Conference patch on its uniforms, wrapping up a 29-year tenure that featured five conference championship victories, five bowl wins, a 2012 Orange […]
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On a cold and windy afternoon in Amherst, New York, the Ohio Bobcats (8-4, 6-2 MAC) held off a resilient Buffalo Bulls (5-7, 4-4 MAC) team to keep championship hopes alive for at least one more day. What looked to be on the verge of a Bobcat blowout at the end of the first half […]
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Senior Day in Mt. Pleasant will have stakes attached to it in 2025, as both the Central Michigan Chippewas (7-4, 5-2 MAC) and Toledo Rockets (7-4, 5-2 MAC) look to keep their slim chances of a MAC championship bowl berth alive. Western Michigan’s win over Eastern Michigan on Tuesday night complicated the scenarios for both […]
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