MAC Media Days today and tomorrow...

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:48 pm

July 25, 26 in Detroit. I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict Coach Brandon took Omar Jacobs with him.

40 days....

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:59 pm

Well Freak, you'd be wrong. PJ Pope makes the trip because Jacobs is mentoring some kids at a football clinic.

BGSUVA · Post by **BGSUVA** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:17 pm

yea, I would have guessed he would take a senior or something. Do they only get to bring one player? The ACC just had their media day, and each team brought and offensive and defensive player.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:21 pm

Warthog wrote:Well Freak, you'd be wrong. PJ Pope makes the trip because Jacobs is mentoring some kids at a football clinic.

Makes some sense. P.J. deserves more pub than he gets, and the rest of the league knows full well about Omar, anyway.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:47 pm

Probably a dumb question (I'm famous for those around these parts...), but why is the MAC media day being held in Detroit? Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to have them in Cleveland where the MAC offices are?

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:49 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:Probably a dumb question (I'm famous for those around these parts...), but why is the MAC media day being held in Detroit? Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to have them in Cleveland where the MAC offices are?

Probably just more centralized. They were in Toledo for awhile in the early 90's.

Where in Detroit are they located? Showing off Ford Field or having it as a backdrop might be an attraction, too.

BGSUVA · Post by **BGSUVA** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:51 pm

does it rotate? I know the ACC had it at the homestead this year, last year I believe it was in Charlotte or somewhere else.

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:55 am

P.J. and Omar will both be there.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:53 am

Detroit is being used for a number of reasons...

1) To announce the college football pass... MAC Championship, Motorcity bowl, and the Directional Michigan game.

2) To promote the Big 10/MAC new football agreement... rumor has it this is huge for the conference.

3) To promote on an individual level the Motor City Bowl and the MAC Championship

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:41 am

I think the football media days have been in Detroit or Pontiac pretty much every year since the Motor City Bowl was founded. Usually, they have it in or near the stadium.