Less than 36 hours remain until EMU's 2011 football season kicks off, and at last the Eagles will have the chance to put some distance between themselves and the stink of 71-3. It's been 1009 days since the home crowd at Rynearson Stadium witnessed a win, but tomorrow, barring a catastrophe, it will happen.
17 schools with FBS programs have never been found guilty of any major violation in any sport since 1953, when the NCAA began tracking rule violations. The Mid-American Conference has five such programs, more than any other conference.
Whether it's football or basketball, MAC fans love to talk about attendance. In particular, we love to worry and whine about how bad our team's attendance is.
While the BCS debate meanders in an ellipse, Mid-American Conference football is not about national championships. And that's why it's so great to be a fan; the BCS (and the conversation around it) is miles away.
No, the Mid-American Conference will never be the Big Ten. Maybe one day it'll happen, in 75 years, when alien craft descend, enslave the earth and deem under-recruited yet capable...
