#MAC Football Week

The Western Michigan Broncos will travel to Mt. Pleasant to play the Central Michigan Chippewas in the 94th meeting between these two rival programs. The winner of the game takes home the Victory Cannon trophy, and this matchup is the 15th time the trophy itself it will be on the line. Western Michigan has won it eight times and Central Michigan…

It's a classic game of strength vs strength and weakness vs weakness when Western Michigan hosts Northern Illinois. The Huskie offense is the strength of their team and the Broncos' defense leads their team. The winner of that battle has the upper hand in this matchup. When the Broncos have the ball, both teams have the opportunity to look…

Bowling Green sits at 3-1, sitting behind both Ohio and Buffalo at third int he MAC East with a game in hand coming into Wednesday night's contest against the Broncos. If you expected that to be the case, you probably work for the Bowling Green football team. T he Falcons desperately need results to show people outside of the football facility the…

The Northern Illinois Huskies will host the Central Michigan Chippewas on Wednesday night in each team's return to Midweek # MACtion. Each team should be nice and rested, last playing ten days ago on October 22nd. The season hasn't gone as either team had planned, with both squads entering the game at 2-6 overall and just 1-3 in conference play.…

This was not the position Central Michigan (1-5, 0-2 MAC West) expected to be in at his point in the season when looking at the 2022 calendar prior to the start of the year, but it's the position they're in, needing a win to stop the bleeding against a historically-vulnerable Akron (1-5, 0-2 MAC East) squad on the road to keep their hopes of being…

It couldn't have been any closer. The fate of the MAC East came down to one final play - in overtime. With Kent State ahead 48-47 following the first Miami (OH) touchdown of the extra period, the RedHawks figured they would trust their offense in the old-fashioned shootout. Quarterback Brett Gabbert looked for his favorite target Jack Sorenson on a…

Akron (1-4, 0-1 MAC East) travels to Ohio (2-3, 0-1 MAC East) to see who will get back to even on the conference slate. Both squads are coming off a close loss in the conference opener, a game either could have won had they had a play or two gone differently. Such is life in the MAC. The Zips lost to Bowling Green 31-28 on the backs of a 3-1…

This game features a couple of squads looking to build on week one successes, as the Bobcats (1-0, 0-0 MAC) travel to Happy Valley to take on the Nittany Lions (1-0, 1-0 B1G). The last time these teams met, September 1, 2012, Ohio stunned Penn State 24-14 on the strength of a 21-0 run in the second half. Ohio went on to win its first seven in a row…

The Toledo Rockets (2-2) are set to play host to the Central Michigan Chippewas (1-3) on Saturday in a MAC play opener for both squads, as both teams look to shake off slow starts from the non-conference season. This has been a date circled on the calendar for "intriguing MAC games" since it was announced earlier this year. This CMU/Toledo game,…

The Bowling Green Falcons (1-3) and Akron Zips (1-3) meet up to start the conference season after a tough non-conference slate which put both teams in the hole early. Both these squads come into this game looking to start off on the right foot and prove their programs are going in a good direction, as this will be the likeliest chance either of…

The Northern Illinois Huskies and Ball State Cardinals will meet this Saturday in their annual rivalry game, with the winner taking home the Bronze Stalk Trophy. Northern Illinois (1-3, 0-0 MAC), will be looking to snap a three lame losing streak after playing to SEC teams, losing their starting quarterback, and narrowly falling to a…

Western Michigan plays the late #MACtion game in Week 4 of the 2022 season, emulating Eastern Michigan's trip to Tempe last week to beat Arizona State. A win against San José State wouldn't be as impressive, but a road win is still a win. Last week, Western Michigan lost to Pitt 34-13, and it was worse than the 21-point spread suggests. The Broncos…

It's the final game of the non-conference season for the Central Michigan Chippewas (1-2), who are trying to shake off a slow start with a major upset to gain momentum into the MAC season, traveling to Happy Valley to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) in a noon matchup on Saturday. The Chips were a dark horse favorite to make a run at the…

Bowling Green needed to make a statement. After falling in seven overtimes to an FCS school in their home opener, the Falcons responded in remarkable fashion. The odds were stacked against Bowling Green when a Marshall team fresh off a victory over Notre Dame came into town, but Scot Loeffler's team overcame a 21-7 deficit to outlast the Thundering…

The Northern Illinois Huskies have another difficult test ahead of them as they travel to Lexington, Kentucky to take on the Kentucky Wildcats, who are currently ranked eighth in the NCAA. For NIU, it will be their second straight game against an SEC opponent after falling 38-28 last week to Vanderbilt. The Huskies had a 28-14 lead midway through…

Last season, Western Michigan beat the Pittsburgh Panthers, the eventual ACC champions, 44-41 at Heinz Field. Tim Lester got his best win during his tenure in Kalamazoo and conversations about a ranked WMU were out there. Tim Lester credited the win to his experience as the offensive coordinator at Syracuse. His post-game comments about the Pitt…

The Northern Illinois Huskies welcome the Vanderbilt Commodores to Huskie Stadium this weekend. It is the second time Vanderbilt has traveled to DeKalb. However, it's been nearly 25 years since Vandy last made the trip up to Illinois, as they claimed a 17-7 victory over the Huskies on October 11th, 1997. Both teams are coming off losses last week,…

The Northern Illinois Huskies start their 2022 campaign on Thursday evening and will look to build off their success from last season. Northern, who returns the vast majority of their team on both offense and defense, will open the year against one of their oldest rivals - the Eastern Illinois Panthers - a rivalry that dates back nearly 120…

The iconic Rose Bowl opens its doors for college football for the first time in the 2022 calendar year since New Year's Day, welcoming the Bowling Green Falcons to a scenic area of Southern California amidst the San Gabriel Mountains. This is Bowling Green's first time at the venue, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2022, and is soon to be…

Year seven of the Jason Candle era is underway at Toledo, and as usual, the Rockets begin the 2022 season with high expectations. The pressure is starting to mount for Candle, with Toledo coming off of a 7-6 where they failed to meet pre-season expectations. This has started to become a theme for the Rockets, who have failed to win the MAC West in…

The Central Michigan Chippewas (9-4 in 2021) and the Oklahoma State Cowboys (12-2 in 2021) are set to do battle for the first time since Saturday, September 10th, 2016, when the two teams meet up in Stillwater this week. It was an important day in college football lore, as the upset-minded Chippewas were given one last chance to take home a victory…