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  Message Not Read  MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 12:36:12 PM 

According to my favoirte AI Bot this is the matchups for all MAC teams in bowls this year.   It seems to follow a pattern where the MAC champion gets the shaft and other MAC teams get better bowls.  What's the incentive to win the MAC (other than bragging rights) if one of the second place teams (UT) gets a better match up? Even our crappy bowl appears to be a better matchup and a better bowl that WMU got. 

Bowl Name Matchup Date Time TV Coverage
Boca Raton Bowl Toledo vs. Louisville December 19, 2025 7:30 PM ET ESPN
GameAbove Sports Bowl Central Michigan vs. Northwestern December 23, 2025 3:30 PM ET ESPN2
Las Vegas Bowl Ohio vs. UNLV December 23, 2025 7:30 PM ET ABC
Miami Beach Bowl Miami (OH) vs. Liberty December 26, 2025 3:00 PM ET ESPN
Camellia Bowl Eastern Michigan vs. Alabama State December 27, 2025 5:30 PM ET ESPN
Duke's Mayo Bowl Western Michigan vs. Kennesaw State December 30, 2025 12:00 PM ET ESPN

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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 12:38:25 PM 
ignore the above - eastern bowl is wrong, Miami bowl game is wrong, our game is wrong, western bowl is wrong

Friday, December 19, 2025
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan – 11 a.m. (ESPN)
(Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC)
Western Michigan -4.0


Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Boca Raton Bowl: Toledo vs. Louisville – 2 p.m. (ESPN)
(Flagler Credit Union Stadium, Boca Raton, FL)
Louisville -9.5


Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: Ohio vs. UNLV – 9 p.m. (ESPN)
(Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, TX)
UNLV -4.5


Friday, December 26, 2025
GameAbove Sports Bowl: Northwestern vs. Central Michigan – 1 p.m. (ESPN)
(Ford Field, Detroit, MI)
Northwestern -12.5


Saturday, December 27, 2025
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl: Fresno State vs. Miami (OH) – 4:30 p.m. (The CW Network)
(Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ)
Fresno State -3.5

Last Edited: 12/8/2025 12:46:54 PM by cc-cat
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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 12:41:42 PM 
Looks like my AI bot screwed up on Miami's bowl assignment.

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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 12:42:19 PM 
Did you really need A.I. to tell you those?
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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 12:43:02 PM 
GoCats105 wrote:
Did you really need A.I. to tell you those?


Probably not, but I was too lazy to look them up myself.

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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 12:44:12 PM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
GoCats105 wrote:
Did you really need A.I. to tell you those?


Probably not, but I was too lazy to look them up myself.


This is a daily exchange between my wife and I.
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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 12:56:23 PM 
I've recently discovered this useful site which reliably lists all sports games and their details - ESPN.com. Give it a try.

Last Edited: 12/8/2025 12:56:35 PM by Andrew Ruck

Andrew Ruck
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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 2:11:58 PM 
Andrew Ruck wrote:
I've recently discovered this useful site which reliably lists all sports games and their details - ESPN.com. Give it a try.


Ha-ha . . . but it's not nearly as polite as my AI Bot buddy who always is so complimentary to me. ESPN is so cold and impersonal by comparison. Who cares if my AI Bot buddy is wrong half the time! What's a mistake among friends?

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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 3:06:42 PM 
Andrew Ruck wrote:
I've recently discovered this useful site which reliably lists all sports games and their details - ESPN.com. Give it a try.


Here's another.

https://fbschedules.com/mac-football-schedule/college-foo... /
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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 3:30:09 PM 
I think this is one of the best overall group of opponents that the MAC has faced in a while. Big 10 team, Louisville, UNLV, Kennesaw St ( conf. champ).
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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/8/2025 5:07:21 PM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
GoCats105 wrote:
Did you really need A.I. to tell you those?


Probably not, but I was too lazy to look them up myself.


Meanwhile, the ice caps are melting for this and fake videos of pets getting along with wild animals and fat people falling.
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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/9/2025 3:50:26 PM 
Not thrilled with the bowl games this year. I get the MAC gives CMU the GameAbove Bowl for attendance, but it should have went to us. Louisville is gonna stomp Toledo in my opinion. We will not win the Capital Bowl Challenge this year based on matchups.
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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/9/2025 8:48:48 PM 
ExCat21 wrote:
Not thrilled with the bowl games this year. I get the MAC gives CMU the GameAbove Bowl for attendance, but it should have went to us. Louisville is gonna stomp Toledo in my opinion. We will not win the Capital Bowl Challenge this year based on matchups.


Yes, WMU would stack up much better against Louisville. Why does the MAC allow these kind of weird match ups. The Mouse can't make every decision.

Last Edited: 12/9/2025 8:49:17 PM by OhioCatFan

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  Message Not Read  RE: MAC teams in bowl games
   Posted: 12/10/2025 9:28:33 AM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
ExCat21 wrote:
Not thrilled with the bowl games this year. I get the MAC gives CMU the GameAbove Bowl for attendance, but it should have went to us. Louisville is gonna stomp Toledo in my opinion. We will not win the Capital Bowl Challenge this year based on matchups.


Yes, WMU would stack up much better against Louisville. Why does the MAC allow these kind of weird match ups. The Mouse can't make every decision.


Bowls are 10% about the match-up.

90% about doing your best to maximize fan travel potential, tv ratings appeal, brand recognition, regional interest.
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   Posted: 12/19/2025 11:11:14 AM 
Buckley (WMU) up middle for TD first play from scrimmage. Fumble scoop and score for another TD. 14-0 over Kennesaw State less than two minutes into the game.
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   Posted: 12/19/2025 11:17:04 AM 
CatsUp wrote:
Buckley (WMU) up middle for TD first play from scrimmage. Fumble scoop and score for another TD. 14-0 over Kennesaw State less than two minutes into the game.


Watching it. Next series -- 3 and out for Kennesaw State.

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   Posted: 12/19/2025 11:23:45 AM 
Now 21-zip, with 7:39 left in the 1st Quarter. My audio keeps dropping out, but video is fine. Anyone else experiencing this?

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   Posted: 12/19/2025 11:34:02 AM 
Buckley had 109 yards rushing on five carries with just over seven minutes to go in the FIRST quarter.

Make that 172 yards with 4:07 to go in first.

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   Posted: 12/19/2025 11:41:23 AM 
CatsUp wrote:
Buckley had 109 yards rushing on five carries with just over seven minutes to go in the FIRST quarter.

Make that 172 yards with 4:07 to go in first.


27-0 (missed PAT). Audio is OK now.

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   Posted: 12/19/2025 12:51:47 PM 
This WMU team should have been playing Louisville, not Toledo. Our best team against the conference champ of the worst FBS conference. How does the MAC get itself in this kind of bowl matchup. Not the first time that this has happened.

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   Posted: 12/19/2025 1:53:22 PM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
This WMU team should have been playing Louisville, not Toledo. Our best team against the conference champ of the worst FBS conference. How does the MAC get itself in this kind of bowl matchup. Not the first time that this has happened.


On the plus side it’s a yearly reminder that the MAC is definitely not the worst conference in FBS.

I stated last year we should hang a C-USA champ banner after our bowl win over Jax State. WMU should do the same.
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   Posted: 12/19/2025 2:52:33 PM 
WMU smokes Kennesaw State 41-6

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   Posted: 12/19/2025 9:43:34 PM 
No way they should be playing them. Louisville would've been a better matchup. Put CMU vs Kennesaw and have Toledo or Ohio play Northwestern.
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   Posted: 12/19/2025 9:53:47 PM 
ExCat21 wrote:
No way they should be playing them. Louisville would've been a better matchup. Put CMU vs Kennesaw and have Toledo or Ohio play Northwestern.


Agreed. The MAC has some negotiating ability in these matchups. Sure The Mouse wants certain teams at certain places because of regional interest and fan draw, but the MAC has some ability to influence these matchups. It seems the MAC never even tries to get better matchups. Fire the Commissioner!

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   Posted: 12/27/2025 7:25:07 PM 
Miami getting beaten down by Fresno State. Should be 35-3 but for terrible game management by Fresno State coach. Ohio's future is bright if Senator Blutarski as the Miami QB going forward.

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