We were on-site to see Ball State take down Sacramento State 34-17!

Here's some final thoughts from a great Saturday in Muncie

📌 Ball State is one of the most welcoming fanbases in the sport

📌 Game Recap: a slow start & some big plays but Ball State pulls away

📌 A couple stories of Sac State fans at the game, and other notes

One thing is for sure, if you live near the area or are a fan of a MAC program make the trek to Muncie, you'll be glad you did

Just like that, our final full Saturday of MACtion has passed. Now we get into the weeknight slate as the conference title race heats up. What are your reactions from week 8?

Any other 3 MAC team observations today?

Hey Folks! Here is my preview of the Wagon Wheel Game tomorrow. GO FLASHES!

As I suspected, BGs clutching defeat from the jaws of victory got them back into the bottom 10, swapping places in the waiting list with Ball St...

1 - NIU (ex-MAC, and we are all happy to see them here

7 -Sac State

8 - BGSU

9 - Akron

Waiting list: Ball St. , "replacing midlevel bowl games with first-round playoff games that look like midlevel bowl games." (related to another recent discussion on the boards here)

Funny things is, if EMU beats Ohio, Toledo beats WMU, and BG upsets Buffalo... BG is in a big ol tie at 3-1 in conference... they are small to pretty big dogs to 3 of their 4 remaining then, but would at least get them back to still having "hope".

It's time for another MACtion Monday! Our weekly podcast covering the happenings around the Mid-American Conference

📌 Ball State takes down Bowling Green on the road & rivalry thrillers

📌 Recapping the remainder of the Week 7 Games & what we learned

📌 Looking Ahead to Week 8 with a Saturday Battle for the Wagon Wheel & more key showdowns in the championship race

What are your thoughts and takeaways for the MAC this week?

Saturday delivered yet another slate of games with tight finishes. Only two teams remain undefeated in MAC play! What are your reactions after week 7?

FLAGSHIP CUP!!!

Started off with a group of MAC alumni friends betting on either the line or spread of every weekday MACtion game. I managed this with spreadsheets and Google forms for years. This year it got a full app treatment and I added a “card” component to add even more strategy and ridiculousness. Figured maybe you guys would appreciate it.

https://maction.nathannoll.com/results

Hey everyone! Made a previous post about getting some MAC fans together in chicago to watch the battle for the Victory Cannon. Well, I called the Globe and they said they have ESPN+ and can put the game on. So if you’re looking to meet some MACtion enjoyers and watch the game, come through! Rep your school! Game is at 12:30pm but I’ll be early. Let me know if you’re going!

Hi Folks! I’ve been on a quest to go to every Kent State Football game this season. Halfway through the regular season, I’ve been a perfect 6/6 and hopefully it stays that way (knock on wood). I’ve started writing previews about our team since some people encouraged me to start doing some sports writing. Let me what you guys think!

We went to Akron and had an amazing time! The campus was beautiful and the experience was great. Great fans, staff and amazing game against Eastern Michigan. We received field and press box access for the game and got some great footage of some MACTION! We will definitely be back and recommend following your team there. Thank you Akron for the hospitality and opportunity!

any help is appreciated, even a view is. Searching for the real nerds only.

Currently Pac-12 is not set to sponsor women’s rowing. This leaves Gonzaga, Oregon State, and Washington State without a conference for this sport. For obvious reasons, I didn’t think any of them had a chance at getting into MAC. However, with Sacramento State joining, I feel the three would have more of a chance at candidacy. Would give them more west coast schools to make Sacramento State less of an outlier and the four could even have a west coast MAC regatta event.

Should MAC consider them?

It's time for another MACtion Monday! Our weekly podcast covering the happenings around the Mid-American Conference

📌 JMU to The American, what ripple effects could impact the MAC?

📌 Buffalo stuns Toledo and wild endings around the MAC - recapping Week 6

📌 Week 7 Preview - CMU/WMU & the Flagship Cup give us multiple rivalry games!

What are your thoughts and takeaways for the MAC this week?

I love this for NIU. Too good for the MAC now traveling across the country to get stomped

This may just be copium, but Toledo technically still has a minute chance to make it to the CFP.

Most would say, including myself, that the Rockets playoff chances are practically dead including 0% chance on ESPN. But, there may still be a way for them to make it even after their loss to Buffalo.

These are the requirements:

- Must win-out and beat the rest of their schedule by at least two scores or more.

- Must win the conference.

- Must BTA WMU.

- Must end ranked.

- Must have all other G6 playoff contenders have a similar blunder as Toledo did or lose their conference.

With all these requirements, this also opens up the door to WMU to do the same thing if they BTA Toledo. This unnamed scenario has >1% of happening, but depending on what happens in the weeks ahead, it is still possible.
All this scenario needs is a name.

We had another weekend of (mostly) conference play, it featured some surprises and much more! What are your reactions following week 6?

Hey everyone, I(23M) am a huge CMU fan after graduating a couple of years ago, and I currently live in chicago. With the Battle for the Victory Cannon coming up on the 17th, I wanted to see if anyone knew of any watch parties here in Chicago? I’m totally down to also meet up and watch it with some fellow MACtion enjoyers, although I’m afraid it’ll get thrown on ESPN + which would make going to a bar difficult. Anyways, lmk if you’d be down to meet up

As usual multiple teams... https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50119421/college-football-bottom-10-week-5-michigan-back

Sac State, Ball St. and Akron all make it in.

Although BG moved to the waiting list with their upset win. IMO probably off of even the waiting list after (likely) beating Sac St. next week.

It's time once again for MACtion Monday! The first full slate of MACtion produced a major shakeup, time to talk about it!

📌 Recapping my on-site experience of Bowling Green's unexpected win over Miami

📌 Upsets & near-upsets Eastern Michigan boatraces UMass, Western Michigan survives Buffalo, Ohio outlasts Kent State

📌 Looking Ahead to Week 6

What are your thoughts from this week?