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Hello everyone and welcome back! Before we start, I’d like to issue a formal apology for missing last week’s rankings. Unfortunately due to various life circumstances out of our control, we were unable to reach a quorum for Week 7’s rankings. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and will try to be […]
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The Central Michigan Chippewas (4-3, 1-1 MAC) have one last Saturday game in front of the fans in 2025, and they’re hoping to make it a good one, celebrating Homecoming against the UMass Minutemen (0-7, 0-3 MAC). The game will pit two first-year FBS head coaches against one another, with former Army West Point offensive […]
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Halloween decorations are popping up in the wild, meaning our MAC Saturdays are running out and we’ll soon shift toward Midweek MACtion. Week 8 was an eventful MAC Saturday, featuring six conference matchups involving every team but Western Michigan. Central Michigan proved that the conference remains unpredictable with a 21-point road thrashing of Bowling Green, […]
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The 2025 UMass football experience had been an unkind and futile one. The year brought immense hope to a fanbase in desperate need of it, considering UMass hadn’t seen a season better than 4-8 since making the FBS jump in 2012. What made 2025 particularly exciting was the slew of offseason changes. UMass hired a […]
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Two of the most dangerous sights to see in 2025 — (1) Toledo after a loss, and (2) Toledo at the Glass Bowl. Kent State wound up staring down both on Saturday. The Toledo Rockets unleashed all their frustration after squandering a 21-0 lead to arch rival Bowling Green the week prior. Toledo (4-3, 2-2 […]
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Longevity is a lost art in college football. In an era where rosters can be built and torn down in seconds by the transfer portal with obvious NIL influences, all 136 FBS coaches are expected, to some degree, win and win now. But the Miami RedHawks are Eastern Michigan Eagles do things the old-fashioned way. […]
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The old saying goes lightning never strikes the same place twice— though science has since confirmed that’s a myth. What lightning is capable of doing, however, is changing the environment around it, generating an electric current strong enough to incapacitate or kill living objects and destroy flora, fauna and man-made structures if they don’t take […]
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Coming off a bye week in front of a large home crowd, the Ohio Bobcats (4-3, 2-1 MAC) dominated a tough, but outclassed, Northern Illinois Huskies squad (1-6, 0-2 MAC). The game started on a dream scenario for the Bobcats, with all phases clicking immediately for a 14-0 first quarter lead. WR Chase Hendricks and […]
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Lupin the Third could not have come up with a better heist plan than the one executed by the Buffalo Bulls (4-3, 3-0 MAC) on Saturday afternoon in Amherst, Massachusetts, as Ta’Quan Roberson connected with Victor Snow with 19 seconds to go to turn a one-point deficit with a minute remaining into a seven-point lead […]
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A Chamber of Commerce day in Bowling Green, Ohio was spoiled for the home crowd at Doyt Perry Stadium, as the visiting Central Michigan Chippewas (4-3, 2-1 MAC) shut down the BGSU Falcons (3-4, 1-2 MAC) in all phases to pick up a dominant 27-6 victory on Saturday afternoon. The first quarter saw both teams […]
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Miami (OH) running back Kenny Tracy was officially ruled out for the season per head coach Chuck Martin. The coach disclosed the nature of the injury in his weekly press conference leading up to the RedHawks’ Week 8 home matchup vs. Eastern Michigan. “Kenny’s done for the year,” Martin said. “He unfortunately reinjured his knee. […]
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Game notes Setting the scene Two of the MAC’s birds flock to Oxford, OH. The Miami (OH) RedHawks (3-3, 2-0 MAC) are in the midst of a hot streak, looking to defend its homefield and log a fourth-straight win Saturday. The Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-5, 1-2 MAC) are off to a disappointing start but earned […]
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The Buffalo Bulls (3-3, 2-0 MAC) look to remain undefeated in league play with a game in hand this weekend, traveling to Amherst, Massachusetts to play the UMass Minutemen (0-6, 0-2 MAC) in what will be the first edition of the newly-christened Flagship Cup rivalry. Games involving both of these teams tend not to be […]
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It’s not often the Ball State Cardinals (2-4, 1-1 MAC) and Akron Zips (2-5, 1-2 MAC) get to meet up, but with the end of divisions, the two will be getting more acquainted soon enough. This weekend’s matchup is the first time the team have met in four years, with Akron’s head coach Joe Moorhead […]
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Game notes Setting the scene Two Ohio-based schools with somewhat similar color schemes clash at the Glass Bowl. Toledo and Kent State started the year on exact opposite sides of the preseason coaches’ poll, but the two are neck-and-neck in the conference standings. In fact, Kent State actually passed Toledo last week as the Golden […]
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