Guys, like a few of you I have been around this discussion for over 40 years. The bottom line is: In general the MAC and ALL the schools in the "Other 5" have been irrelevant for years. If you look at the Top 20/25 over the last 40 years or so it is really amazing how many of the same schools show up just in a different order. I know there have been some breakthroughs but they are really few and far between AND they don't last very long. I am sure there has been no LITTLE guy in those Top 20s for 20 or more years but one could probably easily list 10 or more BIGG guys that have been. It is just the NCAA football pecking order. Just no way schools like ours can get enough 3-4-5 star recruits to battle with the BIGGS consistently. We do not have the resources or history.
Now if you are talking really competing with the Bottom 20-25 schools in the BIG5 that is a whole different issue. Those schools are just lucky to be in with the BIGG boys so they get a share of the Big bucks but many of them don't really belong there either.
Maybe. But, this ain't just about football. This includes all sports, many of which the other guy is not irrelevant at all.
Oh well. The TV watching masses won't care.
Its over. I'll still watch Ohio and my home state Uconn Huskies. Other than that, I'm mainly a pro-sports guy now. I won't be missed by them. The Big 5 will get their billions regardless.
Last Edited: 8/8/2014 4:31:53 PM by Ohio69