By Elton Alexander, The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher had a novel idea recently. "Let's rally around who we are,'' he said.
The mid-major Division I football and basketball conference has the simple mission of being Davids in a world of sports Goliaths. Big victories, particularly in non-conference games should be, "an idea of collective celebration," the commissioner said.
So, he decided to have a black MAC flag with cross bones under the conference logo made for universities to signify a big victory by a MAC team over an FBS opponent. "Fly the flag,'' he said.
"Non-conference games and bowl games were the focus,'' Steinbrecher said. "It's kind of fun, and sometimes I think people forget, with college sports, we should be having fun.
"It would be great if this develops into something." (click web address below for full article)
https://www.cleveland.com/sports/co...und_the_flag_mac_aims.html#incart_river_index
Having watched Howard and Ball State's opening games, the Illinois team with its 5 suspended players could very well be the worst team on Kent State's schedule. Ball State lost to Illinois 24-21 last year, but most likely would have defeated the team the Flashes lost to yesterday. Unfortunately, Kent State missed a great opportunity to get a P-5 win against a very bad Big Ten team. Certainly, Ohio overlooked Howard in its "tune-up" game, but make no mistake, Caylin Newton and the Bison are a very good football team that had a chance to win the game at the end but just came up a little short against the MAC's projected champion.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher had a novel idea recently. "Let's rally around who we are,'' he said.
The mid-major Division I football and basketball conference has the simple mission of being Davids in a world of sports Goliaths. Big victories, particularly in non-conference games should be, "an idea of collective celebration," the commissioner said.
So, he decided to have a black MAC flag with cross bones under the conference logo made for universities to signify a big victory by a MAC team over an FBS opponent. "Fly the flag,'' he said.
"Non-conference games and bowl games were the focus,'' Steinbrecher said. "It's kind of fun, and sometimes I think people forget, with college sports, we should be having fun.
"It would be great if this develops into something." (click web address below for full article)
https://www.cleveland.com/sports/co...und_the_flag_mac_aims.html#incart_river_index
Having watched Howard and Ball State's opening games, the Illinois team with its 5 suspended players could very well be the worst team on Kent State's schedule. Ball State lost to Illinois 24-21 last year, but most likely would have defeated the team the Flashes lost to yesterday. Unfortunately, Kent State missed a great opportunity to get a P-5 win against a very bad Big Ten team. Certainly, Ohio overlooked Howard in its "tune-up" game, but make no mistake, Caylin Newton and the Bison are a very good football team that had a chance to win the game at the end but just came up a little short against the MAC's projected champion.
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