Tuesday November 26
Toledo (7-4, 4-3) at Akron (3-8, 2-5) 7 pm, ESPN2
Buffalo (7-4, 5-2) at Kent (0-11, 0-7) 7 pm, ESPN+

Friday November 29
BSU (3-8, 2-5) at OHIO (8-3, 6-1) noon, CBSSN
MOFO (7-4,6-1) at BG (7-4,6-1), noon, ESPN2

Saturday November 30
EMU (5-6, 2-5) at WMU (5-6, 4-3) 1:30 pm, ESPN+
CMU (4-7, 2-5) at NIU (6-5,3-4) 3:30 pm, CBSSN


If Ohio wins this week, they’re in the MACCG vs the MOFO-BG winner.

If Ohio loses:

*And is in a two-way tie with MOFO at 6-2, MOFO goes to the MACCG based on head-to-head competition.

*And is in a two-way tie with BG at 6-2, BG would go to the MACCG based on a better record vs common conference opponents (5-1 for BG, 4-2 for Ohio vs Akron, BSU, CMU Kent, MOFO and Toledo).

*And is in a three-way tie with MOFO and Buffalo at 6-2, Buffalo would be 3-0 against common opponents (Toledo, BSU and Kent), while Ohio and MOFO would each be 2-1, so Buffalo would be in the MACCG vs BG.

*And is in a three-way tie with BG and Buffalo at 6-2, BG and Buffalo would be 4-0 vs the common conference opponents (Akron, BSU, Kent and Toledo) while Ohio would be 3-1, so Ohio would be eliminated. BG and Buffalo didn’t play each other, and are each 5-1 vs common opponents (the teams listed above plus WMU and NIU). Which team would play MOFO would come down to whether WMU or NIU has the better conference record. If WMU beats EMU, MBG would go to the MACCG because it beat WMU and Buffalo lost to the Broncos. If WMU and NIU are tied, NIU has the head-to-head tiebreaker, so Buffalo would go to the MACCG based on its win over NIU and BG's loss to the Huskies.

Wait!? You won't be at Peden? The most vocal fan on the message board, not at the game? Surely you jest!

I'd rather see Ohio face BG in the MACC. I think Ohio has a better chance at beating BG than Miami. Sure it would be great for Ohio to win a title vs Miami. But I think going head to head, Ohio has a better shot to beat BG.

I think a "Revenge Game" vs Miami will help bring the juice!

Toledo has a case of the blahs right now, twice inside the 20 and no points. Akron could well beat those guys.

UT kicker has a bad case of the YIPS!

Let Akron's win serve as a warning to our guys for Friday.

If you look at Akron's record and their scores, they've been competitive in most of their MAC games. That said, Toledo may be the worst 7 and 5 team in the nation. Watched them two weeks in a row and they are painful to watch.

Win or Friday and it's on to Detroit.

NIU too. Remember when they beat ND and were 3-1? Seems like along time ago. Now they need a win just to break even in the MAC.

Wow, Mississippi State has really fallen a long way. they only teams they managed to beat this year were Eastern Kentucky and U.Mass. They look likely to finish 2-10 this year. Last year, Miss St fired first year head coach Zach Arnett for going 4-6. Will they fire another first year head coach, Jeff Lebby, for doing even worse? Or are they tired of paying a pile of ex-coaches? Another of their former coaches is Joe Morehead, now at Akron. (He was fired for going 8-5, then 6-7, with two bowls, and two wins over arch-rival, Mississippi, in two years.)

MACCG line: Miami -1.5 O/U 45.5. Implied score 23.5-22