 SCOREBOARD: Wednesday, Dec. 6, Basketball Action  CENTRAL MICHIGAN 71, VALPARAISO 67 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 78, OHIO 72 BALL STATE 68, DETROIT MERCY 65 TOLEDO 69, OAKLAND 68 OHIO STATE 84, MIAMI 64 Click on MAC school name for details . . .
SCOREBOARD: Wednesday, Nov. 6 Basketball Action  AKRON 67, BRADLEY 52
NOTRE DAME 86, WESTERN MICHIGAN 65 INDIANA STATE 90, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 67 BUTLER 72, BUFFALO 59 KENT STATE, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 73 Six MAC teams heading to bowl games  CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced today that six institutions have accepted bowl bids for the 2023 bowl season as invitations were extended Sunday afternoon.
Ohio (Myrtle Beach Bowl), Miami (Avocados from Mexico Cure Bowl), Northern Illinois (Camellia Bowl), Eastern Michigan (68 Ventures Bowl) Bowling Green (Quick Lane Bowl) and Toledo (Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl) will represent the MAC in bowl games this season. This marks the eighth time in MAC history to . . . SCOREBOARD: Saturday, Dec. 2 Basketball Action  BALL STATE 67, BELLARMINE 58
OHIO 74, DELAWARE 73 ST. BONAVENTURE 80, BUFFALO 65 BOWLING GREEN 54, SOUTHERN INDIANA 52 GEORGE MASON 86, TOLEDO 77 MIAMI 79, MARSHALL 74 Click MAC school name for details/story . . . Underdog Miami brings down Rockets in rematch Special teams and defense pave the way  By MIKE SMITH
DETROIT, MI -- Rashad Amos scored two touchdowns, the defense forced two turnovers and Graham Nicholson hit three field goals for Miami (11-2, 7-1 MAC) as the RedHawks upset No. 23 Toledo (11-2, 8-0 MAC) 23-14 Saturday in MAC Championship action at Ford Field. It was Miami's fifth straight victory and first overall title since 2019.Toledo, which had posted eleven straight wins -- including a regular season victory at Miami -- failed in its bid to repeat as MAC champs. Toledo downed Ohio in the 2022 title game. Toledo QB Dequan Finn, fresh off his Vern Smith Leadership Award as the MAC's top player (awarded earlier in the week), accounted for most of UT's offensive production. Slipping away from heavy pressure again and again, he completed 18 of 36 passes . . . SCOREBOARD: Friday, Dec. 1 Basketball Action SCOREBOARD: Thursday, Nov. 30 Basketball Action
New football schedule eliminates divisions Best MAC win percentage teams go to title game  CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference has established a new football scheduling model that will go into effect starting with the 2024 season, as announced by the league office Thursday.
The new scheduling model will eliminate the MAC East and West Divisions. The top two teams based on conference winning percentage will compete in the MAC Football Championship Game at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. This new model will . . .  MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PREVIEW Rockets face RedHawks in 2023 rematch  By MIKE SMITH
Even before the opening kickoff of 2023, the Toledo Rockets were generally favored to repeat as MAC champions. Among conference coaches, UT got seven votes to win it all, followed by Ohio (4) and Buffalo (1). Suffice it to say, Toledo has thusfar lived up to the respect. The Rockets are riding an 11-game winning streak and are currently ranked No. 23 in the latest Associated Press college football poll. They are now hours away from a second consecutive MAC championship . . . IF . . . they can defeat a somewhat surprising opponent. Instead of a rematch with preseason MAC East favorite Ohio, Toledo will face Miami. The RedHawks were picked to finish second in the East and received quite a bit of respect from numerous publications. However, Ohio's returning cast, including MVP quarterback Kurtis Rourke, gave OU the preseason nod. Like UT, Miami put together an outstanding regular season. The RedHawks finished with 10 wins overall and went 7-1 in MAC play. The lone conference loss, however, came at . . . SCOREBOARD: Wednesday, Nov. 29 Basketball Action  No. 22 JAMES MADISON 81, BUFFALO 66
OHIO STATE 88, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 61 Click on MAC school name for details/story MAC announces 2023 All-Conference teams  Cleveland, Ohio – Today the Mid-American Conference announced the All-MAC Teams & Specialty Award selections for the 2023 football season. All of the awards were voted on by the league's 12 head coaches.
Toledo quarterback Dequan Finn was tabbed the winner of the 42nd Vern Smith Leadership Award as the top player in the MAC. Rockets' Head Coach Jason Candle was selected as the Head Coach of the Year, while UT's Peny Boone earned Offensive Player of the Year honors. Miami linebacker Matt Salopek was tabbed as the Defensive Player of the Year, while RedHawk placekicker Graham Nicholson was selected as the Special Teams Player of the Year. Western Michigan running back Jalen Buckley earned Freshman of the Year honors, rounding out the specialty award selections. Finn is Toledo's first Vern Smith Leadership Award winner, awarded annually to . . . SCOREBOARD: Tuesday, Nov. 28 Basketball Action MIAMI 82, SPALDING 43
LITTLE ROCK 90, BALL STATE 64 AKRON at UNLV Click on MAC school name for details and/or story . . . Nichols named Groza Award finalist  Graham Nichols, shown here during MU's Fall Preview event, did not miss a regular season field goal attempt. (MVSmith/MRO) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Graham Nicholson is one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation's top placekicker. The junior is the first RedHawk and third placekicker in Mid-American Conference history to be named a finalist for the Lou Groza Award. Jose Pizano (UNLV) and Will Reichard (Alabama) are also up for the award.
The Cincinnati, Ohio native has been nearly perfect this season, connecting on 23-of-23 field goal attempts and 33-of-34 extra points. He is 8-of-8 on field goals over 40 yards, which includes a career-long 52-yarder earlier this year in a win over Bowling Green. Nicholson has made a field goal in all 12 games this year, including three makes versus Kent State, Ohio and Buffalo. He also . . . SCOREBOARD: Sunday, Nov. 26 Basketball Action CHARLESTON 84, KENT STATE 78
NORTH DAKOTA 72, EASTERN MICHIGAN 70 OHIO 82, BROWN 77 BOWLING GREEN 77, CANISIUS 73 Click MAC school name . . . SCOREBOARD: Saturday, Nov. 25 Basketball Action WESTERN MICHIGAN 72, MERCER 66
OHIO 80, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 68 ST. BONAVENTURE 90, MIAMI 60 EASTERN MICHIGAN 74, CENTRAL ARKANSAS 71 BOWLING GREEN 82, LIPSCOMB 61 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 89, DEPAUL 79 |
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