GMAC say no more MAC Crap in their Bowl

OSUFALCON · Post by **OSUFALCON** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:16 am

CapitalFalcon wrote:Oh let him be...His just peeved his Chokeyes pissed down their legs again on national TV, not to mention the fact that they Big Televen won one more Bowl game than the MAC. The MAC may suck, but the Big Ten can't even hold the jocks of the PAC-10 or the SEC.

Yes the Buckeyes did choke. Yes I'm almuni from there but have been a BG local most of my live and a MAC fan. The Big Ten is down compared to the Big 12, Pac 10 and SEC. How many of you thought OSU would get beat by 2-3 touchdowns? Texas has no claim on the national title. Utah does!

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:59 am

The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!
Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!
When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And grin,
And say,
Oh
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
Tïll tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way!

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:36 am

Rightupinthere wrote:The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!
Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!
When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And grin,
And say,
Oh
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
Tïll tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way!

Republicans, too, Oliver!
Listened to that on repeat for four playthroughs on my way to the UT game last night. My duaghter would play that non-stop forever if I didn't intervene. Thanks a bunch for continuuing my agony, RUIT!

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:20 am

What's to argue? I don't think there are too many people here saying that the MAC is good. The MAC is crap, and has been crap for the past 4 years or so. That's what has made it even more annoying to watch us fail to even play for a title in that span.

Even when Ball State was undefeated I don't think there was anyone here saying how they deserved a BCS bid or anything. I know a few of us were hoping they'd get one, but I certainly don't think there were many people clamoring how underrated they were, or how underrated our conference is.

Our bowl record speaks for itself, but it is inflated because we now send teams that have no excuse for being in a bowl game. Still, even our top teams are not competing with the top teams from other conferences. That sucks, but what the hell do you want us to do about it?

Hopefully Clawson comes in here and puts us back to where we were when Brandon got here. If he does, we'll dominate this conference.

Redwingtom · Post by **Redwingtom** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:37 am

Yeah, blame the MAC for their being about 15-20 more bowl games than necessary.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:41 am

h2oville rocket wrote:Thanks a bunch for continuuing my agony, RUIT!

Eye for an eye.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:58 am

hammb wrote:Hopefully Clawson comes in here and puts us back to where we were when Brandon got here. If he does, we'll dominate this conference.

8-3 and third place in the West is "dominating this conference"?

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:23 pm

Flipper wrote:
hammb wrote:Hopefully Clawson comes in here and puts us back to where we were when Brandon got here. If he does, we'll dominate this conference.
8-3 and third place in the West is "dominating this conference"?

If he means the talent level BG had when Brandon arrived would dominate the conference in the near future I gotta say that assumes that other programs with new coaches, or old coaches for that matter, don't make the same or greater progress in attracting talent. I don't see NIU, UT or Miami staying down for long.

zete · Post by **zete** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:40 pm

It's hard to win w/o a coach. This will be an on going thing in he MAC. Team wins - coaches says "Its been good knowin' ya" and doesn't show up for the bowl game. Such is life in the MAC...and it will probably always be that way. The MAC is what it is: nothing more, nothing less. Live with it because it ain't going to change.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:46 pm

h2oville rocket wrote:
Flipper wrote:
hammb wrote:Hopefully Clawson comes in here and puts us back to where we were when Brandon got here. If he does, we'll dominate this conference.
8-3 and third place in the West is "dominating this conference"?
If he means the talent level BG had when Brandon arrived would dominate the conference in the near future I gotta say that assumes that other programs with new coaches, or old coaches for that matter, don't make the same or greater progress in attracting talent. I don't see NIU, UT or Miami staying down for long.

I mean if Clawson builds a team that is as good as the '01-'04 teams it would have dominated the MAC '08. The talent level across the board in this conference is not even close to what it was 5 years ago. h2oville is right, that these other programs with new coaches could also start that rise up, and if they do then dominating the conference will be tough to do.

You could say the same thing I said about Miami, UT, or NIU for that matter as well. If any of those teams get near the level they were in '03 then they too would dominate the way this conference was in '08.

Bottom line is that the conference is in the crapper right now, but I think that is largely because what I deem the 3 best programs in the conference (Miami, BG, and UT) have all been relatively weak the last few years.

Globetrotter · Post by **Globetrotter** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:16 pm

I think both Central and Ball State had very good teams this year.

doughash · Post by **doughash** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:48 pm

Globetrotter wrote:I think both Central and Ball State had very good teams this year.

I thought that as well around the middle of November but the last 6 weeks or so have changed my mind.

Globetrotter · Post by **Globetrotter** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:34 pm

It could just be that they had some really good individual players.

tiznow · Post by **tiznow** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:44 pm

It doesn't help when your head coach bolts before one of the biggest games in school history.