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Andrew Ruck
11/3/2025 8:45 AM
Last year, in the inaugural challenge it was validated that this is an excellent pairing as we tied, 12-12. Home teams went 8-4 in both legs. Double winners were Miami, Kent & CMU. Double losers were WMU, NIU, and OHIO.

Arkansas St @ Ohio (-3.5)
Georgia St @ EMU (-3.5)
Southern Miss @ Buffalo (-1.5)
Old Dominion @ Miami (-6.5)
Coastal Carolina @ WMU (-2.5)
Marshall @ Umass (-4.5)
S Alabama @ Toledo (-2.5)
App State (-2.5) @ CMU
Texas St @ BGSU (-4.5)
Troy @ Kent (-3.5)
Louisiana @ Ball St (-2.5)
James Madison @ Akron (-7.5)
UL Monroe @ Northern Ill (-4.5)

Let's get at least 8 of these tonight for the MAC. 2nd leg will be Sat Feb 7th.
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bobcatsquared
11/3/2025 12:12 PM
I've enjoyed this setup. Are you sure last year was the first? I thought it started the year before.
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Andrew Ruck
11/3/2025 1:22 PM
You are right, my bad. I blocked it out from my memory, we got smoked 17-7 in the 2023-24 season.
Last Edited: 11/3/2025 1:22:29 PM by Andrew Ruck
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GoCats105
11/3/2025 2:09 PM
Ohio is 1-3 in this so far and the losses have all been by double digits.

NOT GREAT BOB!
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Ohio69
11/3/2025 8:28 PM
A lot of close games into 2nd half right now.
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OUbobcat9092
11/3/2025 9:34 PM
MAC going 9-4 tonight in this series.
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Andrew Ruck
11/4/2025 10:02 AM
Great showing by the MAC in spite of Ohio sucking against the Sun Belt yet again.
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Andrew Ruck
1/6/2026 1:07 PM
2nd round matchups - Need to win 4 to tie, 5 to win. Hopefully the Bobcats can stop being a drag on the conference in this challenge.

Eastern Michigan at App State
Bowling Green at Arkansas State
UMass at Coastal Carolina
Northern Illinois at Georgia State
Toledo at James Madison
Central Michigan at Louisiana
Ball State at ULM
Miami (Ohio) at Marshall
Ohio at Old Dominion
Buffalo at South Alabama
Kent State at Southern Miss
Western Michigan at Texas State
Akron at Troy
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Andrew Ruck
2/7/2026 9:07 PM
Needed 4 to tie, got 3...Sun Belt wins. Ohio, Toledo, Kent & UMass all go 0-2. Ohio continues to suck in this challenge.
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GraffZ06
2/7/2026 9:10 PM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
Needed 4 to tie, got 3...Sun Belt wins. Ohio, Toledo, Kent & UMass all go 0-2. Ohio continues to suck in this challenge.
SBC is a better conference than the MAC.
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CatsUp
2/7/2026 9:41 PM
GraffZ06 wrote:expand_more
Needed 4 to tie, got 3...Sun Belt wins. Ohio, Toledo, Kent & UMass all go 0-2. Ohio continues to suck in this challenge.
SBC is a better conference than the MAC.
Actually I believe the MAC was rated several conferences above the SBC this year before today’s debacle. Be interesting to see how the mess affects those ratings. Who knows, maybe it’s because more than one of the MAC coaches don’t really care too much about the outcomes while all of the Sun Belt coaches do.
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OUcat
2/7/2026 9:46 PM
CatsUp wrote:expand_more
Needed 4 to tie, got 3...Sun Belt wins. Ohio, Toledo, Kent & UMass all go 0-2. Ohio continues to suck in this challenge.
SBC is a better conference than the MAC.
Actually I believe the MAC was rated several conferences above the SBC this year before today’s debacle. Be interesting to see how the mess affects those ratings. Who knows, maybe it’s because more than one of the MAC coaches don’t really care too much about the outcomes while all of the Sun Belt coaches do.
I think the conferences are pretty even ... and the difference is generally home vs. road.
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Bobcat1996
2/7/2026 9:47 PM
Bobcats lose to ODU a basement team in the SBC and a middle pack team in Ark State. Not a good look for the MAC.
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