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10/25/2020

Toledo Test results cause pause

TOLEDO, Ohio - The University of Toledo athletic department has paused all men’s basketball activities for two weeks due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among the team.
Six players tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday during regular weekly surveillance testing in compliance with NCAA COVID-19 protocols.
The men’s basketball program is . . .

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10/24/2020

MAC moves six basketball games to December dates

CLEVELAND -- The MAC is adjusting its men’s basketball schedule for the upcoming 2020-21 season. Games will be moved from March 8th, 2021 to various dates this coming December.

The change is being made due to . . .

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10/20/2020

Football television schedule announced

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today its updated television schedule for the 2020 football season. Highlighting the schedule are nationally televised contests on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, ESPN3 and CBS Sports Network.
full slate of MACtion will . . .

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10/20/2020

Rocket hoops coach tests positive, enters self-quarantine

TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo has announced that head men’s basketball coach Tod Kowalczyk has tested positive for the Coronavirus and will self-isolate for 10 days.

Statement from Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk:
“I tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and am currently self-isolating for 10 days following all of the necessary protocols that our university's medical staff has established. Associate head coach Jeff Massey will be assuming my coaching duties during my absence. I look forward to returning to coaching the team once all of our safety protocols have been met.”

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10/7/2020

MAC releases football 2020 schedule

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference has announced its football schedule for the 2020 season. Subject to state, county and local guidelines, the six-game conference-only schedule will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 4 with a full slate of games. As scheduled, that first week's set of contests will be the only inter-divisional matchups for a season that will not include any non-conference games.

The regular season slate will conclude with the East Division & West Division Champions playing in the MAC Championship Game on Friday, Dec. 18 at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. (Time TBA).

No general public attendance or tailgating will be allowed at games. The participation of Marching Band, Dance, Cheer and Spirit Squads at football games will be at institutional discretion guided by Conference protocols and consistent with public health guidance.

Additional announcements on television selections and games times will be made announced at a later date.

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Ball State at Miami
Eastern Michigan at Kent State
Western Michigan at Akron
Bowling Green at Toledo
Buffalo at Northern Illinois
Ohio at Central Michigan

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9/25/2020

Do you believe in MAC football 2020? Yessssssssssss!!!!!

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents, on the recommendation of the Medical Advisory Panel, today voted unanimously to resume the fall football season. A six-game Conference only schedule will begin on Wednesday, November 4, and the season will conclude on December 18 or 19 with the MAC Football Championship game. A full schedule will be released at a later date.

The Mid-American Conference suspended fall sports on August 8th. Football is the only . . .

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9/19/2020

Return debate continues ... no decision yet

Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher released this statement Saturday morning.

“The Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents met this morning. Return to play models in the sport of football were reviewed. No decisions were made and we will continue examination of this matter during a meeting next week (date/time to be determined).”

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9/17/2020

could the mac be back???!!!

By MIKE SMITH
Suffice it to say 2020 has been the strangest year in... well ...a long, long, loooooong time. The stars, planets and a multitude of other things have aligned to push our national misery index to a feverish level. Losing much of college football -- including Mid-American Conference football -- didn't help.

Even when . . .

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8/8/2020

2020 football among fall sports sacked

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Mid-American Conference (MAC) has announced the postponement of all scheduled fall contests, as well as MAC championships, due to continuing concerns related to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Council of Presidents unanimously voted to take this action with the health and safety of its student-athletes, coaches and communities as its top priority.

The fall sports affected are men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. At this time, there have been no decisions made regarding winter sports.

“The decision is grounded in the . . .

Steinbrecher talks MAC with Paul Finebaum

7/26/2020

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