MAC blogger: Week 5

1) Throughout the summer the MAC has been mostly left out of expansion/raiding conversations EMU athletic director Derrick Gragg seemed to hint that there are serious thoughts about adding more team(s). Dust off you DeLorean and tell us what the MAC looks like in 2014. Who stays, who goes and who's new? What would you're realistically ideal MAC look like.






TFF: I don't think Temple will be around then (I'm thinking it will head to the Big East) so I would replace the Owls if I'm the MAC with Marshall. That's a better fit, geographically, for the MAC than Temple is and I think Marshall could be convinced the MAC is a better fit than CUSA. Problem is I don't know who goes to get the number even.



2) Most teams out of conference schedules are now winding down. Who has had the most disappointing and the most surprisingly impressive set out OOC games?





I have to give the MAC a lot of credit for scheduling BCS teams. Quite a few impressive wins. Northern Illinois over Minnesota (I don't care how down Minny is), that's impressive. Bowling Green over Marshall. Temple over UConn, Toledo over Purdue, etc. Not disappointed in anyone.



3) Which MAC Coach, new or not, should sit upon the hottest seat in the conference?





Stan Parrish.

4) I am asking out of order for a reason: Rank them first to worst

1. Temple





2. CMU



3. OHIO



4. Northern Illinois



5. Toledo

6.Miami.

7. Bowling Green.

8. Buffalo.



9. Western Michigan



10. Ball State



11. Kent State



12. Eastern Michigan



13. Akron



5) Of the bottom five teams which one(s) do you think have the best chance of making some noise in conference this season? And of the top 4 who is most likely to fall apart?

Bottom team likely to make some noise: Kent State.


Top team likely to fall apart: Unfortunately, Temple, if Al Golden doesn't make a quarterback change soon. Good news is he has two potential great quarterbacks waiting in the wings. Bad news: He's stubborn and loyal to Chester Stewart to a fault