#MACtion is synonymous with shootouts in the college football world, and few teams in the country’s wildest conference have lived up to the offensive hype as consistently over the years as the Toledo Rockets. Stopping opponents, on the other hand, tends to present more of a challenge for the MACsters, Toledo included. At the end […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 5/16/2013
Photo: USA Today Sports Rutgers will host long time regional rival and new division rival Penn State in the first Big Ten Conference game in program history on September 13, 2014. The home date against Penn State will be the first of a healthy dose of contests against some of college football's legendary programs in […]
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Could more neutral site games be in future of MAC/Big Ten relationship? (photo courtesy: USA Today Sports/Anthony Wells) We've talked a lot about the term "MACtion" this week and rightfully so, you know… since we're previewing the conference and all, but there's another term, one that the MAC would like us to forget and that's […]
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The Mid-American Conference has captured the hearts of the college football Twitterati over the last few years with their willingness to play, seemingly, on any day of the week that ends in the letter “Y.” For those who cannot get enough college football, a Tuesday night game between Toledo and Northern Illinois in November […]
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Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien was not shy or timid about his response to a recent Sports Illustrated report. Photo: USA Today Sports Bill O'Brien was focused on the future when the NCAA handed down harsh sanctions against his new football program last summer. He was short and upset after he suffered his first […]
The #MACtion craze swept the college football world last fall as the conference soared to new heights. The MAC should again be one of the top non-AQ conferences in the country this fall, and Ryan Autullo of The Toledo Blade joins CBR's Allen Kenney for a podcast to preview the upcoming season. Ryan and Allen […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/15/2013
It’s no secret that the last few years have been lean times for the Memphis Tigers football program. That tends to happen when a school is coming off a 4-8 season, which just so happens to mark their best record in five years. Overall, the Tigers are 9-39 since the beginning of 2009, and have […]
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Photo: USA Today Sports When TCU kicks off the 2013 season on the big stage in Cowboys Stadium against SEC West power LSU, they will do so without one of their top players. Sophomore defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for what the team is calling a violation of university and team policy. Fields […]
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(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) It’s “MAC Week” here at Crystal Ball Run, and if there’s one certainty about this league through the years, it’s that it’s become known as somewhat of a cradle for future college football coaching superstars. In the same way that every great actor seems to have done a random two-episode […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 5/14/2013
Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports/Andrew Weber It's MAC Week here at CBR and personally I'm pretty geeked about it. After all, there's a reason why #MACtion has become all the rage amongst the college football geeks out there and why the casual fan is starting to catch on. It's because they know what I know […]
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Photo: USA Today Sports Most of us have been there before. We have a nice relationship with somebody, share a few laughs and lovable memories we believe we will cherish forever. Then, out of the blue, that relationship is over. You go your separate ways and look for reasons to feel better about your future […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 5/13/2013
