Mid-season MAC check-up

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Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by harbo » Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:17 pm

Just curious. Without looking it up, can you identify the top four MAC teams in terms of the best in-conference records? I had two correct. The other two were guesses.

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:21 am

I only had 1.


Also of note, looking like they could have as many as 8 teams go to Bowl games this season.
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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by Camby4Life » Tue Nov 05, 2024 11:27 am

Maction starts tonight. Can’t wait to see Umass play during the week on espn.

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by Rolling Ridge » Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:10 pm

I got two, but not in the right order. The other two surprised me, but things are a pretty bunched up right now and not everyone has played the same number of conference games, so a lot can change over these final weeks.

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by Cahoonaville » Tue Nov 05, 2024 1:27 pm

I nailed all 4 in 5.2 seconds flat! PEACE!!!!
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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by Floyd » Tue Nov 05, 2024 4:43 pm

I do not like that Eastern Michigan grey field. Watching on TV it looks like a black & white broadcast
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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by 69MG » Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:33 pm

Not trying to be snarky, but I didn't guess and I don't care. I probably will next year.

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by DougW » Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:33 pm

Camby4Life wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 11:27 am Maction starts tonight. Can’t wait to see Umass play during the week on espn.
Me too, but I wonder how many fans will go during the week? They have a hard enough time getting good crowds on Saturdays. Maybe the students will show up in better numbers on a weeknight, but I don't see a lot of alumni from throughout the state doing so.

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by harbo » Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:34 pm

^^ Nor was I trying to be snarky with my thread question, based on my preseason underwhelmed attitude to our move. I was curious to know if anyone was paying attention to our future opponents. I actually watched some decent chunks of MAC games, trying to get a feel of the lay of the land. I will agree with Floyd about the grey field at EMU. I kept waiting to see Y.A. Tittle and Del Shofner trot onto the field.

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by 69MG » Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:00 pm

^ Let's not forget Kyle Rote.

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Post by LS71 » Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:31 pm

^ or Frank Gifford or HomerJones, the first guy to spike the ball in the end zone after scoring a TD!

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by harbo » Wed Nov 06, 2024 12:19 am

IIRC, Pete Gogolak was the first soccer-style kicker in the NFL.

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by Floyd » Wed Nov 06, 2024 12:24 pm

^ Harbo, not Sandro Vitiello? :lol:
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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by harbo » Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:14 pm

To this day, I cannot say "Sandro Vitiello" without a hand motion and an accent on the "ell". Along with a little inflection on the "an" in his first name. Try it. It flows pretty well. :D

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Re: Mid-season MAC check-up

Post by Floyd » Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:52 pm

It does, indeed.

For those who've been following UMass football for decades, who would you consider the best UMass kicker of all time? Seems like we always struggle with kicking
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