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Topic: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Topic: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

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Mark Lembright '85
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Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 9:23:55 AM

Is anyone else rooting for our rivals to win their Bracketbuster games today besides me? Other than Muck Fiami I find myself rooting for everyone else to win today. I hate the Zips (even though I went to law school at Akron but please don't hold it against me) but I really want them to beat ORU today; I think it's important for the MAC to make a good showing. The football side upheld their end of the bargain during the Bowl season, now I want to see the MAC do the same thing in hoops. Am I crazy for thinking this way?

Last Edited: 2/18/2012 9:26:51 AM by Mark Lembright '85

Bball Jones
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 9:29:01 AM

Not crazy at all! It's tough, but it make sense.

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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 10:29:50 AM

What's good for the conference is good for us, so while I often find it hard to remember while watching the games, yes we want Akron, Miami, et al to win.

anorris
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 12:40:35 PM

Always root for the conference out of conference. Only way to improve overall stature.

colobobcat66
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 1:47:34 PM

Agree in BB. For various reasons in football, I don't.

anorris
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 2:00:53 PM

colobobcat66 wrote:

Agree in BB. For various reasons in football, I don't.

What do you have to lose from an OOC win in football?

OUbobcat9092
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 2:43:43 PM

Buffalo down 17 to S. Dakota State 63-46, 9:00 left

Akron 11, ORU 20 7:51 1st half

Bring Back Men's Track & Field

anorris
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 2:59:37 PM

Alan would like a word with SDSU's student section.

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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 4:14:06 PM

Akron and Buffalo go down

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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 4:15:29 PM

Not a good day for the MAC...Yikes.

I'll tell ya where we'll go. Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talkin' bout a little place called... ATHENS.

OUbobcat9092
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 4:19:40 PM

MAC's gonna end up 6-5, or 5-6 for the day for the Bracketbusters.

Ball State amd BGSU won, Buffalo, Akron, NIU and EMU lost

Last Edited: 2/19/2012 4:48:58 PM by OUbobcat9092

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colobobcat66
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 4:46:51 PM

anorris wrote:

colobobcat66 wrote:

Agree in BB. For various reasons in football, I don't.

What do you have to lose from an OOC win in football?

A spot in a bowl game among other things.

ou79
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 4:50:37 PM

Right now the Summit is basically delivering a smack-down to the some of the MAC's finest on National TV. Anyone want to start talking about how great the MAC is?

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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 6:17:44 PM

ou79 wrote:

Right now the Summit is basically delivering a smack-down to the some of the MAC's finest on National TV. Anyone want to start talking about how great the MAC is?

Both home games for the Summit teams, and those two teams are much better than other Summit League teams.

Kent/Ohio/BG would be able to beat Summit teams 3-4-5.

MAC is still a better conference.

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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 11:19:06 PM

Looks like the Summit made a clean sweep of the MAC when NDSU took it to WMU this evening.

OUbobcat9092
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/18/2012 11:49:45 PM

F... the rest of the MAC today. Every team ahead of us in the conference standings lost, and I say GOOD!

We have a better overall record than Akron, Kent and Buffalo. Them losing only helps us in the eyes of the selection committees for the NIT, etc. should we not win the Conference tourney.

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Steve
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/19/2012 12:02:11 AM

ou79 wrote:

Right now the Summit is basically delivering a smack-down to the some of the MAC's finest on National TV. Anyone want to start talking about how great the MAC is?

Who said the MAC was great?

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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/19/2012 12:41:29 AM

OUbobcat9092 wrote:

Kind of agree here. We will be competing with these teams for "postseason", so any bit of separation helps. Of course, the ideal scenario is to win the MAC Tournament!!

anorris
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/19/2012 1:32:35 AM

OUbobcat9092 wrote:

MAC's gonna end up 7-6, or 6-7 on the day for the Bracketbusters.

How?

OUVan
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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/19/2012 2:17:18 PM

Well yesterday essentially clinched that the MAC will have one team dancing this year. Akron now 8-8 against top 200 RPI teams. They really needed to win yesterday.

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RE: Rooting for Other MAC teams on Bracketbuster Saturday

Posted: 2/20/2012 12:05:33 PM

OUVan wrote:

Well yesterday essentially clinched that the MAC will have one team dancing this year. Akron now 8-8 against top 200 RPI teams. They really needed to win yesterday.

Makes you wonder if the MAC will ever get back to where it used to be. The league continues to disappoint.

#BleedGreen #TrentIsGOAT

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