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Game notes Setting the scene Midweek MACtion returns Wednesday night, and Kent State (3-5, 2-2 MAC) and Ball State (3-5, 2-2 MAC) converge in Muncie sporting identical overall and conference records. Both the Golden Flashes and Cardinals are vastly improved from last year’s products, with Kent State lapping its 2024 win total by three and […]
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Tuesday night’s 44-10 final result between the Akron Zips (4-6, 3-2 MAC) and the UMass Minutemen (0-9, 0-5 MAC) was not the most conventional blowout, but by night’s end, Akron was able to secure the win and keep their dreams of a .500 season alive, surviving one of the most bizarre games of the 2025 […]
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Whew, exhilarating! This is MACtion at its very best. In a matchup with major MAC title implications to kick off weeknight #MACtion, the Ohio Bobcats (6-3, 4-1 MAC), behind a raucous home crowd shadowed in black clothing, bested the Miami RedHawks (5-4, 4-1) by a final score of 24-20 in a tough, physical rivalry battle. […]
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The 2025 campaign has not been pretty for either side entering this contest, which is set to kick off the conference’s weeknight slate. Both the Akron Zips (3-6, 2-3 MAC) and the UMass Minutemen (0-8, 0-4 MAC) have shown flashes of brilliance amidst a sea of inconsistent play; what it will look like when the […]
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The Mid-American Conference takes center stage in the college football world Tuesday night, commencing a month-long series of weeknight games known as Midweek MACtion. The conference recognizes 1999 as the origin date of Midweek MACtion, but the annual spectacle started receiving increased popularity in the early 2010s with some thrilling 2011 shootouts, Jordan Lynch’s 2013 […]
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The weeknight part of the Mid-American Conference schedule starts in grand style on Tuesday, as rivals and perennial title contenders battle for supremacy when the Ohio Bocbats (5-3, 3-1 MAC) host the Miami RedHawks (5-3, 4-0 MAC). Last year, the teams faced off twice in the same season for the first time, owing to a […]
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The first in-season MAC coaching change was implemented Monday. The Bowling Green Falcons parted ways with offensive coordinator Travis Partridge. “Unfortunately, our offensive performance is not achieving expectations,” Bowling Green head coach Eddie George said in a statement published by Bowling Green. “We want to thank Travis for his contributions to the Bowling Green program.” […]
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We changed the clocks, and the Halloween decorations are disappearing in favor of cornucopias or hand turkey drawings or whatever you display for Thanksgiving. Anyway, those are signs that Midweek MACtion is upon us, and the Mid-American Conference prepares to enter the national spotlight this Tuesday and Wednesday. To properly prepare for Midweek MACtion, teams […]
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Buffalo Bulls inside linebacker Red Murdock can now be claimed the best ever in a certain category. Murdock set the FBS record for forced fumbles at 17 during Buffalo’s 28-3 defensive domination at Bowling Green on Saturday, claiming the feat by jarring the ball loose in the second quarter for a Bulls recovery. Murdock, whose […]
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The Buffalo Bulls (5-4, 4-1 MAC) left no room for doubt against the Bowling Green Falcons (3-6, 1-4 MAC) on Saturday afternoon, erasing any chance of a competitive game early in a 28-3 victory at Doyt Perry Stadium. UB only needed three plays to take the lead, as Al-Jay Henderson broke out for a 41-yard […]
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A back-and-forth brawl between two fierce rivals came down to the wire in front of a sold-out house at Waldo Stadium on Saturday afternooon, but it was ultimately the Western Michigan Broncos (5-4, 4-1 MAC) who would walk away winners over the Central Michigan Chippewas (5-4, 3-2 MAC), re-claiming the Victory Cannon trophy by a […]
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Hello everyone and welcome back! Before we begin, a programming note: the upcoming week has only two games on it before we get to the crux of Midweek MACtion, so starting this next, we’ll be shifting our Power Rankings to Sunday morning or afternoon. Thank you for your continued interest in our rankings. Without further […]
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One of the Mid-American Conference’s most heated and storied rivalry games is set for action this weekend, as the Central Michigan Chippewas travel to Kalamazoo to face the Western Michigan Broncos on a Saturday afternoon for the first time since Sept. 28, 2019. Central Michigan senior linebacker Dakota Cochran, an Ohio native, still remembers the […]
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We have hit the final third of the regular season, as Buffalo (4-4, 3-1 MAC) travels to Bowling Green (3-5, 1-3 MAC) for a Saturday afternoon matchup before the start of November MACtion. The last time these two teams faced one another was back in 2023, when the Bulls hosted the Falcons on a wet […]
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The regional nightmare which ensnared three of Michigan’s FBS programs together in infamy seems to be reaching its conclusion. On Thursday afternoon, the NCAA Committee of Infractions released their report on Central Michigan’s involvement in the ever-evolving Connor Stalions case, finding four of CMU’s former football staffers responsible in part for obstructing the investigation and […]
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It’s by nature that college football rivalry games have more juice to them than your ordinary matchup, especially when there’s a prize waiting at the end. The instant the annual Wisconsin vs. Minnesota game is decided, the victorious players are on the prowl for Paul Bunyan’s Axe, sprinting with 40-yard dash-like speed toward the object […]
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The first head coaching hire since the dawn of the 2025 season is complete. Kent State didn’t have to conduct a national search in order to find its 24th head coach in program history. The Golden Flashes promoted interim head coach Mark Carney to an official head coaching role Thursday. “Since taking over as interim […]
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That was an interesting Week 9 of MAC football. We had our final non-conference matchup of the year as Toledo flew west to Washington State. There were three upsets based on the Vegas spread. And four of seven games were decided by single-digits. It was also a week of clarity. Nobody is bowl eligible, but […]
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For one last time, a stalk of corn served as the coveted prize between a regional Midwest rivalry. The Northern Illinois Huskies and Ball State Cardinals competed 52 times prior to Saturday, unable to determine superiority. Northern Illinois won 25. Ball State won 25. They tied twice. As Northern Illinois prepares its move from the […]
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Saturday afternoon in Oxford, OH set up a matchup between the MAC’s best. Miami (OH) and Western Michigan saw similar season trajectories, both overcoming 0-3 starts with four-game win streaks, entering a critical showdown sporting identical 3-0 MAC records. Only one would remain perfect though, and as recent history would suggest, that team would be […]
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It is hard to win in the game of football if you don’t maintain possession of said football. Games are often won and lost on the turnover margin, as they present the opportunity— or strip an opportunity— for those all-important points on the scoreboard. That is a lesson the Buffalo Bulls (4-4, 3-1 MAC) learned […]
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The Central Michigan Chippewas (5-3, 3-1 MAC) celebrated their 101st Homecoming with aplomb on Saturday afternoon, blitzing the UMass Minutemen (0-8, 0-4 MAC) for 502 total offensive yards in a dominating 38-13 victory. The first quarter started off with some interesting theatrics, as halfback Brock Townsend’s one-yard score to put CMU up 7-0 with 9:48 […]
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With their postseason aspirations on life support, Eastern Michigan (2-7, 1-4 MAC) showed their mettle by playing a whale of a ballgame Saturday afternoon against the reigning MAC champion Ohio Bobcats (5-3, 3-1 MAC)— but the effort was not enough in the end, as the home team came up short by a final score of […]
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Kent State (3-5, 2-2 MAC) hosted Bowling Green (3-5, 1-3 MAC) on Saturday afternoon for their 93rd matchup in series history— one which saw the Flashes erase an early 21-3 deficit to win by a final score of 24-21. Kent State received the ball to start the game, but it was Baron May and the […]
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Full disclosure: I am not an unbiased writer here. My mom went to Washington State. My dad went to Washington State. I was born and raised into the Crimson and Grey, which was really the only sports fandom— besides the Mariners— that it was emphasized that I will root for. Everyone else was extemporaneous. That […]
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