Another wake-up call for MAC leadership, although we all have to wonder if they ever will wake up.

Ending the Detroit Bowl isn't the MAC office's fault.

It's just another wake-up call for MAC leadership as if to say, "You think you can just keep doing what you've been doing and get by?"

It's not hard to picture an FBS that doesn't have a MAC existing when we get to 2030, if nothing is done differently. Let's put it that way.

How about the Spangler Candy Company Suckers Bowl in Oxford?

I agree, could you imagine the buzz on campus for a Dec 23rd Bowl game! That would be such an enormous boost for the city and University!

I agree, the OHSAA should move the games to a domed stadium! Would be much better for the players and the fans.

The Music City Bowl is tied in to SEC vs BigTen

Until the new Titans dome is finished, sitting outside next to the Cumberland River is iffy; late December weather can be a real challenge anyway. Like hypothermia if it's windy. (2008, 2012)

Bowls need to be further south or inside. Maybe when the new Browns dome is finished, that could be an option for a MAC vs somebody thing.

Always wondered when bowl games were going to go the way of the dodo bird. Appears it's no longer a profitable venture for ESPN. Combine that with schools opting out of bowl games, it's a smart maneuver on their part and still can get to 6 wins and potentially be eligible.

I do wonder when schools will go schedule exhibitions on its own. Personally, I wouldn't be opposed to a doubleheader or tripleheader day of football at a site if they could ever figure it out. Put it at one cost, bands rotate into the same section like March Madness, and let's see how many people would be willing to go watch a day of football like most people do in SE Ohio in tournament time at the Convo.

That said, if MAC wants guaranteed slots moving forward, they're gonna need to cut deals now. Otherwise, as I have said before and will say again, the finances of staying FBS are not lucrative at all in the long-term. Been counting down the days until we start losing league members due to internal "Come to Jesus" meetings that will be happening VERY soon at a few schools.

Flying J and Pilot Truck Stops were bought out by an investment corp. The very bogus Haslem bunch of Knoxville TN infamy no longer own them. They can now concentrate on screwing up an NFL franchise 500 miles away from them.