MAC-tion 2014

MaxPower · Post by **MaxPower** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:38 pm

Buffalo has fired Jeff Quinn. Boy losing to EMU really is a bad thing.

Go UMass!

njumass08 · Post by **njumass08** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:05 pm

Shocked by that firing. Get your two best players drafted into the NFL and then fired the next year.

Refuse2Lose83 · Post by **Refuse2Lose83** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:10 pm

^Agreed, that's a pretty questionable fire in my opinion. Unless there's more going on behind the scenes that we don't know. Otherwise that's a quick hook which I would think would be a concern to possible candidates.

UMass2FBS · Post by **UMass2FBS** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:20 am

The Quinn firing could be one of two things.

First, their AD Danny White has been all about making big splashes since taking over in 2012. He fired their longtime basketball coach Reggie Witherspoon very early in his tenure so he could replace him with Bobby Hurley. He may have wanted to get rid of Quinn for sometime to replace him with "his guy" however, how do you fire a coach after he goes 8-5 and makes a bowl game. Given how bad Eastern Michigan is generally perceived, he may have seen this as the perfect opportunity.

Second, it is quite possible that Quinn had the same reputation at Buffalo as Molnar had here and that many who are close with the program were looking to get rid of him. Here is a post on twitter from Gio Ozkan who was an OL for Buffalo who graduated last year and played under Quinn:

"I couldn't be happier for UB! Playing for a man like that made me hate football."
— Gio Ozkan (@GioOzkan) October 13, 2014

Pretty strong stuff. Just seems really strange that they would fire Quinn after signing him to an extension through 2017. However, much like the Molnar firing I am sure that some wealthy alums are paying for his buyout.

njumass08 · Post by **njumass08** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:02 am

So this is how we can still make it to the MAC Championship game this year. With a lot of help.

http://www.hustlebelt.com/mac-football/ ... nship-game

1) Bowling Green has to win no more than one of their next four. That includes a matchup on November 12th against Kent State, so let's be honest and say that the Falcons have to lose to Akron, Toledo and Ball State.

2) Akron, per above, has to beat Bowling Green. The Minutemen need to beat the Zips. The other two matchups don't matter as even if Akron goes 5-3, UMass will hold the tiebreaker.

3) The winner of the Miami - Ohio game on November 25th, the last game of the season for each team, cannot win out.

4) UMass has to win out

Marshmont_63 · Post by **Marshmont_63** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:46 am

njumass08 wrote:So this is how we can still make it to the MAC Championship game this year. With a lot of help.

http://www.hustlebelt.com/mac-football/ ... nship-game

1) Bowling Green has to win no more than one of their next four. That includes a matchup on November 12th against Kent State, so let's be honest and say that the Falcons have to lose to Akron, Toledo and Ball State.

2) Akron, per above, has to beat Bowling Green. The Minutemen need to beat the Zips. The other two matchups don't matter as even if Akron goes 5-3, UMass will hold the tiebreaker.

3) The winner of the Miami - Ohio game on November 25th, the last game of the season for each team, cannot win out.

4) UMass has to win out

It's okay if we don't make it this year...I expect to win the MAC championship next year.

DrG · Post by **DrG** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 11:12 am

If we can get some more help on defense (5th year transfers, maybe?), UMass absolutely should be a contender to win the MAC next year. That would be a nice going-away present.

MJatUM · Post by **MJatUM** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:24 pm

Would also like to think winning (or even competing for the title) the MAC would add some, albeit minor, luster to our name when looking for a conference. Of course, by this time next year who knows what the conference landscape will look like.

eldonabe · Post by **eldonabe** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:32 pm

MJatUM wrote:Would also like to think winning (or even competing for the title) the MAC would add some, albeit minor, luster to our name when looking for a conference. Of course, by this time next year who knows what the conference landscape will look like.

Unfortunately I bet it looks pretty much the same as it does today...

78 · Post by 78 » Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:48 am

Not MAC-tion, but Maurer doing the Villanova - Richmond game on TV. Go, Josh.

Sam Minuteman · Post by **Sam Minuteman** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:33 pm

http://espn.go.com/college-football/con ... conference

Bowling Green 3-1 128 116 5-3 269 292 L1
Akron 2-2 101 83 4-4 183 162 L2
Ohio 2-3 84 135 4-5 171 242 L1
Massachusetts 2-3 194 162 2-7 277 315 L1

IF Bowling Green looses to Akron & Toledo (or another combination with 2 losses) Akron looses to UMass and 4 teams tie at 5-3 what happens?

jjmc85 · Post by **jjmc85** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:40 pm

njumass08 wrote:So this is how we can still make it to the MAC Championship game this year. With a lot of help.

http://www.hustlebelt.com/mac-football/ ... nship-game

1) Bowling Green has to win no more than one of their next four. That includes a matchup on November 12th against Kent State, so let's be honest and say that the Falcons have to lose to Akron, Toledo and Ball State.

2) Akron, per above, has to beat Bowling Green. The Minutemen need to beat the Zips. The other two matchups don't matter as even if Akron goes 5-3, UMass will hold the tiebreaker.

3) The winner of the Miami - Ohio game on November 25th, the last game of the season for each team, cannot win out.

4) UMass has to win out

Miami lost today 41-10 to WMU, so we have that going for us.

jjmc85 · Post by **jjmc85** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:45 pm

Sam Minuteman wrote:http://espn.go.com/college-football/con ... conference

Bowling Green 3-1 128 116 5-3 269 292 L1
Akron 2-2 101 83 4-4 183 162 L2
Ohio 2-3 84 135 4-5 171 242 L1
Massachusetts 2-3 194 162 2-7 277 315 L1

IF Bowling Green looses to Akron & Toledo (or another combination with 2 losses) Akron looses to UMass and 4 teams tie at 5-3 what happens?

Great question. The MAC webpage doesn't appear to have an answer.

njumass08 · Post by **njumass08** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:58 am

jjmc85 wrote:
njumass08 wrote:So this is how we can still make it to the MAC Championship game this year. With a lot of help.

http://www.hustlebelt.com/mac-football/ ... nship-game

1) Bowling Green has to win no more than one of their next four. That includes a matchup on November 12th against Kent State, so let's be honest and say that the Falcons have to lose to Akron, Toledo and Ball State.

2) Akron, per above, has to beat Bowling Green. The Minutemen need to beat the Zips. The other two matchups don't matter as even if Akron goes 5-3, UMass will hold the tiebreaker.

3) The winner of the Miami - Ohio game on November 25th, the last game of the season for each team, cannot win out.

4) UMass has to win out
Miami lost today 41-10 to WMU, so we have that going for us.

Man, how crazy would it be if we could pull it off. Hahahaha

DrG · Post by **DrG** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:40 pm

It blows my mind to even be having a conversation like this regarding a 2-7 team in November.

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