That is not correct. The MAC has only 4 regular every year bowls. I said it last fall and it was said during the MACC in Detroit over the PA.

- Bahamas Bowl vs Conference USA
- Famous Idaho Potato Bowl vs Mountain West
- Barstool Arizona Bowl vs Mountain West
- Quick Lane Bowl vs Big Ten

Those games in Alabama are part of the bowl pool where the MAC has 2 guaranteed slots out of all the games in the pool. Overall then it has 6 guranteed bowl slots and a chance to place more if enough eligible teams.

Wilkipedia has the setup I mentioned:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bids_to_college_bowl_games

Mid-American Conference
2022:

Guaranteed Bowl Bid:

The Bahamas Bowl versus Conference USA
The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl versus Mountain West
The Arizona Bowl versus Mountain West
The Quick Lane Bowl versus Big Ten

2 Bids from the following:

The Boca Raton Bowl
The Camellia Bowl
The Cure Bowl
The Frisco Bowl
The LendingTree Bowl
The Myrtle Beach Bowl
The New Mexico Bowl

Further to put this to the test if indeed Lending Tree and Camellia were indeed guaranteed bowls the MAC had to play in then why isn't the MAC playing in them?

2022 (6 bowl eligilble)
Did not play in Lending Tree
Played in Boca Raton and Camelia

2021 (8 bowl eligilble)
Played Camelia, Lending Tree, Cure, Frisco, Sun (replacement for Arizona)

2020 (2 bowls played)
Did not play in Lending Tree
Played in Camelia

2019 (7 bowl eligilble)
Did not play in Camelia
Played in First Responder, New Mexico and Frisco

2018 (6 bowl eligilble)
Played in Camelia, Lending Tree, Frisco and Boca Raton

2017 (5 bowl eligilble)
Did not play in Camelia
Played in Boca Raton and Lending Tree

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mac/bowl...

Only 2 out of the last 6 years did the MAC play in both the Camelia and Lending Tree Bowl. In 2014-2016 the MAC played in both the Camelia and Lending Tree (predecesor Dollar General and GoDaddy) but the annual relationship between the MAC and those bowl games has faded.

After the fiasco in Arizona this past year, I'm still shaking my head that the MAC is continuing its affiliation with the junior high basement drunk bowl.

I didn't like everything about their presentation, but it was light, it was fun, it was focused on the participating schools and teams. The NCAA is in bed with the gambling conglomerates and this is the result. Still I hope they get to Athens for a pregame in the Fall.

Versus another typical robotic espn broadcast from an empty dome in Detroit, I'll take it. Anyone who wants better bowls better be attending the bowls we get, giving to the program, and wearing green on saturday. Not saying it will magically change, but you better earn your right to complain. ... while still acknowledging reality.