ckparrothead
Premium Member
Toledo and Bowling Green gonna have a nice matchup on 11/19.
It's interesting though because both teams could be in position to handle a conference loss at that point.
BGSU will play Kent State (terrible team) next week and their nearest competitors in the MAC East not only have 3 losses, but BGSU beat all of them (Ohio, Akron and Massachusetts). So basically even if BGSU lost the Toledo game AND the Ball State game the following week, they should probably still be secure to represent the MAC East in the Championship Game.
Toledo has a tighter competition going in the MAC West with two teams with only 1 loss, but next week Toledo will face one of those teams (Northern Illinois) and have a chance to deal them not only a loss but a tiebreak advantage. So they could head into the BGSU game 6-0 in the MAC, with one win and a tiebreak advantage over Western Michigan who will likely be 5-1, and so even if Toledo drops the BGSU game they would still be in the lead for the MAC West and all they'd have to do is beat Eastern Michigan (terrible team) in the final week to represent the MAC West in the championship.
So this BGSU-Toledo game in a few weeks will not only be a preview of the MAC Championship Game, it could also be sort of semi-meaningless for both teams. Means both coaching staffs will likely try and hold some things back for when it really counts.
It's interesting though because both teams could be in position to handle a conference loss at that point.
BGSU will play Kent State (terrible team) next week and their nearest competitors in the MAC East not only have 3 losses, but BGSU beat all of them (Ohio, Akron and Massachusetts). So basically even if BGSU lost the Toledo game AND the Ball State game the following week, they should probably still be secure to represent the MAC East in the Championship Game.
Toledo has a tighter competition going in the MAC West with two teams with only 1 loss, but next week Toledo will face one of those teams (Northern Illinois) and have a chance to deal them not only a loss but a tiebreak advantage. So they could head into the BGSU game 6-0 in the MAC, with one win and a tiebreak advantage over Western Michigan who will likely be 5-1, and so even if Toledo drops the BGSU game they would still be in the lead for the MAC West and all they'd have to do is beat Eastern Michigan (terrible team) in the final week to represent the MAC West in the championship.
So this BGSU-Toledo game in a few weeks will not only be a preview of the MAC Championship Game, it could also be sort of semi-meaningless for both teams. Means both coaching staffs will likely try and hold some things back for when it really counts.