Obviously we need to beat NIU and WMU and it would probably require Miami winning out until then too. But if you figure they go to one G5 campus a year, Ohio/Miami is one of the best matchup options available. Fresno/Boise at Fresno on 11/4 is an option, but is the luster lost on Fresno after their loss to Wyoming? Marshall/JMU is another one, but that's way out in mid-November. Tulane and Memphis don't have great home matchups the rest of the year except that they play each other this weekend, but Gameday is already going to Washington.

And on the 28th, I don't see a slam dunk matchup. Maybe Oregon at Utah. Maybe Duke at Louisville. They could be boring and go to Jacksonville for Georgia vs ho-hum Florida.

Rivalry game, Halloween, division race, long win streaks, new location. There's a lot going for this...

As the guy who first mentioned this as a outside possibility a few weeks ago I obviously say that of course we should! I don't like our odds with one loss, I think we'd have a real shot with zero, but go for it. For this to work the athletic department has to sell Halloween as something different for the broadcast. The University has never been big on using it as a recruiting tool.

BetMGM is predicting they'll be in Madison.

Because of the logistics I'm sure they've already made their decision. If both teams were undefeated at this point I'm sure Athens would be in the conversation.

I can't remember a time when both Miami and Ohio were the top 3 teams in the MAC at the same time. Especially with the Halloween block party that same day, the atmosphere would be electric.


Unfortunately.... nationwide audiences would probably be scratching their heads at why GameDay, which is supposed to be hosted at the "biggest game" of the week, is traveling to see 2 unranked MAC teams play for a (potential) shot at the conference championship no one outside the MAC cares about?

Don't get me wrong, it would be historic and a lot of fun if it were to come down to Athens, but I think this is a pipe dream.

I looked up the Barstool gameday schedule and they are indeed scheduled to be in Madison for the OSU game. That would be pretty funny to see Gameday there as well as there is some very bad blood between the two.

Can tell you they're having the same discussion and dreams at the Miami discussion board site. Game Day would be crazy in Athens any time but especially Halloween weekend. Personally, think it would fabulous for the Redhawks to come on down to beautiful Athens and spoil the Halloween incarcerations...uh I mean celebrations with a big RED WIN! I have family on the Bobbies team and love him to death. However, I've got lotta'skin in the game as was football and track athlete back in the politically incorrect Redskin (old fart!) days. I had honor of beating two of my old HS teammates in football and once in the circle in track. Was on MAC champ teams in both sports and was MAC champ in my event in track.

All that said the rest of the time as an Uncle to a Bobcat I root like hell for the Bobcats to win.

First we have to beat Toledo to have a chance to get it to Athens and that will be a real test. Can't say I feel real confident about Toledo. Before that we've got Western and in the up and down MAC who knows???

Go get 'em next two weeks and looking forward to a real show down on the 28th.

You all have a great discussion board.

Go Bobbies!

See why "Roll Bobbies" is an anathema to any thinking OHIO fan. We are being mocked by a Redchicken with it right here on this board. Now, he appears to be a nice guy and the mocking is being done all in fun, but just saying . . .

This is an interesting thought. We'll know something on Monday about time and TV probably. If I am not mistaken, I think ESPN would have first the crack to put the game on ESPNU or somewhere else. If they let us go to CBSSN then that would be another indication that we aren't on their radar. Maybe it isn't the final death blow to all hope but we'd have to consider it that much more unlikely when the odds are pretty out there as they are.

Gotta win first and beating NIU's ground and pound in the wind and rain in DeKalb won't be easy.

GameDay isn't coming to Athens. It's beyond a pipe dream. It's not even in their realm of possibility. If both teams were unbeaten going into the last weekend of the season I could see it, but a midseason matchup featuring two MAC schools with one loss? No way. Where's the juice? Where's the talent? Where's the reason people need to turn the TV on for ESPN to come to Athens? The only people who care about Athens Halloween are people like us.

Go back and look at that 2016 WMU season. Not only were they winning, they were beating the ever living hell out of everybody and had a 1st round draft pick WR in Corey Davis on the roster. That's what sold ESPN. An undefeated team with crazy talent and in the driver's seat for an NY6 bowl. And like it or not they had PJ Fleck whose personality, while it can be annoying, sold ESPN also.

I bet they go to Lawrence, KS if I had to put money on it. Especially if KU beats Oklahoma State this weekend. If not you can probably book the Cocktail Party or some dumb sh*t like Duke at Louisville - the Cards don't play either Clemson or Florida State so an unbeaten Louisville team moves the needle more than Miami at Ohio.

I hope this post ages poorly because I'll fly over there to partake in festivities, but ESPN has proven time and time again they don't give two craps about the MAC.

We should push Barstool to come to Athens since they love MACtion and we are the defending champs of their bowl game. More likely to get them to come here and switch from Madison than ESPN.

They would be the most likely, and probably have the best coverage of the teams - they went to UT last season - but Big Cat went to Wisconsin. I think that one is locked in.

I love near copypasta post everytime I see it

80's? You are being generous