It is really hard in the north, no doubt. The weather challenges Buffalo faces are a lot different than Athens, though. I wouldn't be surprised if the directional Michigans and maybe some other more northern MAC schools go this route. I don't want to see it, but if the trend does occur and hits the MAC and Horizon pretty hard, I think the easy solution would be for the remaining (& probably more southern) MAC & Horizon schools to join and form a conference. Mid-Horizon? MACizon? HoriMAC? Definitely not HoriMAC.