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Topic: Forde Yard Dash - Props to the MAC

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OUbobcat9092
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Forde Yard Dash - Props to the MAC

Posted: 10/30/2012 12:13:55 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--forde-yard-dash-les-miles-tigers-alabama-crimson-tide-sec-overload-bcs-title-game.html

MACTION: IT’S FANTASTIC

The Mid-American Conference has had its share of lean times in recent years, serving mostly as cannon fodder for big-shot leagues that offer big checks in exchange for lopsided losses. But this season the MAC has had a resurgence at the top, with several teams scoring major upsets and compiling quality résumés. It should actually be fun watching the stretch drive and MAC championship game, which is certainly not something The Dash says every year. The league brag list:

Kent State (18). Record: 7-1. Big victory: 35-23 on Saturday over then-ranked and undefeated Rutgers. Sagarin Rating: 64th. Player you need to know: Dri Archer, a 5-foot-8, 164-pound sprite from Laurel, Fla., who ranks second in the nation in all-purpose running at 204 yards per game. Archer has scored nine touchdowns rushing, three receiving, three on kickoff returns and has thrown for a TD.

Toledo (19). Record: 8-1. Big victory: 29-23 over then-ranked and undefeated Cincinnati on Oct. 20. Sagarin Rating: 67th. Player you need to know: Running back David Fluellen, who is sixth nationally in rushing at 131 yards per game. Fluellen had his second 200-yard rushing game of the season Saturday in a victory over Buffalo. It was the Rockets’ eighth straight win after a season-opening overtime loss at Arizona.

Ohio (20). Record: 7-1. Big victory: 24-14 season opener over Penn State. Sagarin Rating: 95th. Player you need to know: Running back Beau Blankenship is eighth nationally in rushing at 128 yards per game. (After the big start to the season, the Bobcats have been shaky since Sept. 29, beating Massachusetts, Buffalo and Akron by a combined 16 points to reach 7-0. Their luck ran out Saturday in a 23-20 loss to Miami of Ohio.)

Northern Illinois (21). Record: 8-1. Big victory: 30-23 over Kansas on Sept. 22, although beating Ball State in a league game two weeks later was probably bigger. Sagarin Rating: 39th. Player you need to know: Quarterback Jordan Lynch, who is fifth nationally in rushing, sixth in total offense and 23rd in pass efficiency. Lynch has accounted for 32 touchdowns – 17 passing and 15 running.

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RE: Forde Yard Dash - Props to the MAC

Posted: 10/30/2012 12:16:03 PM

Also a Frank Solich mention in the column as well:

Nebraska (30). The bad hire: Bill Callahan, 2004-07. He followed Frank Solich (.753 winning percentage), who followed Tom Osborne (.835), who followed Bob Devaney (.829). Callahan won just 55 percent of his games, taking a program on autopilot for four decades and crashing it into a cornfield. Callahan not only didn’t win, he alienated a change-averse fan base by diminishing the program’s famed walk-on program and tilted toward a finesse offense. Bad mistakes. Eventually fireable mistakes. Bo Pelini (.714) has been in charge of cleaning up the mess since then.

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RE: Forde Yard Dash - Props to the MAC

Posted: 10/30/2012 3:53:09 PM

CBS Sports ranks the MAC as the fifth-best conference overall, ahead of two BCS-automatic qualifying conferences:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/20749994/cbssportscom-conference-power-rankings-oct-30-the-mac-moves-into-the-top-5

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RE: Forde Yard Dash - Props to the MAC

Posted: 10/30/2012 4:00:08 PM

I am wondering what HERD NATION has to say about the tough Conference USA! Can not wait till we meet on the hardcourt!!

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RE: Forde Yard Dash - Props to the MAC

Posted: 10/30/2012 6:13:40 PM

Makes it all the more impressive to walk away with the MACC...

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RE: Forde Yard Dash - Props to the MAC

Posted: 10/30/2012 8:43:53 PM

The other side of the coin is that for each 7-1 team (Ohio, Kent), the MAC has a 1-7 team (Buffalo, EMU). The MAC has two 8-1 teams (Toledo, NIU), but also a 1-8 team (Akron) and an 0-8 team (UMass).
Still, the MAC is .500 in OOC games this season.
Last season it was -6.
The season before, -24.
In 2009, -23.
In 2008, -13.
In 2007, -27.
And so on.
I hope this season is a sign of things to come.

We will get by.
We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.

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RE: Forde Yard Dash - Props to the MAC

Posted: 10/31/2012 9:16:13 AM

I mentioned this in another thread, but the top six teams in the MAC (KSU, Ohio, BG, NIU, Toledo and BSU) are a combined 42-10 this season.

Take the top six teams of every other conference in college football and here's how the MAC stacks up:

1. SEC: 43-6 (.880)
2. MAC: 42-10 (.810)
3. PAC 12: 37-10 (.790)
4. Big XII: 35-10 (.780)
5. Big Ten: 38-13 (.750)
6. ACC: 36-14 (.690)
7. Big East: 31-15 (.670)
8. Mountain West: 34-18 (.650)
9. Sun Belt: 30-17 (.640)
10. WAC: 29-19 (.600)
11. C-USA: 29-20 (.590)

*Note: Some conferences have played more games than others, but still rather impressive for the MAC. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out or the rest of year once all teams have played 12 games. C-USA has the worst percentage so far and that's even adding in a 1-7 team to the WAC.

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