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MAC Has Made More Than a Name for Itself MAC has made more than a name for itself http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/mac/2012/11/10/lopres... MAC has made more than a name for itself Mike Lopresti, USA TODAY Sports 9:05PM EST November 10. 2012 - OXFORD, Ohio – Nick Saban's alma mater is on a roll, with the most exciting player you've never heard of. Urban's Meyer old squad is doing nicely, too. So is the school coached by the guy who once led Nebraska into the national championship game. Not to mention the team with the top rushing quarterback in America. And the program with the nation's youngest head coach. (Photo: Jim O'Connor, US Presswire) Oh, you'd prefer the actual identities? Well, this is the Mid-American Conference, and that means much of the college football world stifles a yawn when you actually start naming names. "I don't think people always appreciate the quality of the football our folks are playing,'' league commissioner Jon Steinbrecher was saying over the phone. "So it's nice when our guys do step out.'' Perhaps you recognize the MAC because it has become as regular a midweek television presence as Dancing With the Stars, with the league willing to appear any evening for more exposure. "A 3 1/2-hour infomercial,'' Steinbrecher calls it. Three schools – Ball State, Ohio and Toledo – do not play a Saturday game in November. But the MAC is having one swell party this season, on any day of the week. "I feel like more people are starting to realize the MAC is nobody to play with,'' Kent State speeding bullet Dri Archer said Saturday, after putting up 218 all-purpose yards on only 14 touches against Miami. "Everybody thinks we're just a weak conference. But the more this season goes on, I think people start to look at us differently.'' Maybe. We should, anyway. OK, it's not the Southeastern Conference. But it's not a free lunch for the big dogs, either. We should notice that six lodge members are now bowl-eligible, and this was the league that went a glowing 4-1 in the postseason in 2011. "That's really when I think some eyes started to open,'' Steinbrecher said. "For us, it's critical to continue that.'' We should notice that the one thing Rutgers, Penn State, Iowa, Cincinnati, South Florida and Indiana have in common this season is they've all lost to MAC schools, who have a record 16 wins over BCS conference teams. We should notice that Northern Illinois and Kent State, each 9-1, have cases to be in the top 25 this week. The last time two MAC schools managed that in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll was 2003, when Ben Roethlisberger played quarterback at Miami and Urban Meyer coached at Bowling Green. We should notice, particularly, what Kent State is up to. Fairytale stuff. This was 1972. The Golden Flashes were in the Tangerine Bowl, and one of them was a defensive back named Nick Saban. This is 2012. Saban has moved on to other things. Kent State has not been back to a bowl game since. Not one. But that'll soon change, and Saban said just the other day how he's been keeping an eye on his old school – when he isn't trying to fight off LSU and Texas A&M. The current coach, in a pleasant mood Saturday after beating Miami 48-32, mentioned how he'd gotten a kick out of that. "All those guys who ever put on a Kent State helmet,'' Darrell Hazell said, "they've got to be smiling inside.'' Kent State's eight-game winning streak is the longest in school history, so no wonder Saban is the proud alum. The Golden Flashes never before have been 6-0 in the MAC, and they've been a dues-paying member since 1951. Now they own such diverse statistical feats as a 30-10 turnover ratio, and successfully converting their past 11 consecutive fourth down attempts. We most certainly should notice the 5-8 Archer. 1 of 2 11/11/12 9:15 AM MAC has made more than a name for itself http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/mac/2012/11/10/lopres... He runs. As in 9.7 yards per carry, meaning he's needed only 108 attempts to crack a thousand. He catches. As in scoring a touchdown every 6.7 receptions. He returns. As in 40 yards per kickoff, to lead the nation. He missed last season because of academic issues, and he worked on getting back the same way he would a hole in the kickoff coverage. "I'm playing with a chip on my shoulder," Archer said. "I feel like I missed a lot last year and I'm trying to make up for it. It changes you, school-wise, football-wise. I'm just a different individual.'' But could anyone recognize this walking, talking incendiary device in a crowd of three? "Just the MAC teams,'' Archer said with shrug. "It's part of the game.'' Hazell, the coach, was asked to describe Archer to all those who've never seen him. "Electric," he said. "Tough. He's great in tight spaces, and that's where he really hurts people. His speed around people is unbelievable." All part of a big year in the MAC, where Toledo, with Matt Campbell a tenderfoot head coach at 32, gave the league its first spot in the BCS rankings ever, even if it was a cameo. Where Ohio's 7-0 start, engineered by former Nebraska coach Frank Solich, is its best since 1968. Where Northern Illinois' Jordan Lynch rushes for 134 yards a game, and no other quarterback in the nation is close. Where three of the nation's top five field goal kickers call home. The MAC might get small print, but it has big legs. And it's getting harder to miss. 2 of 2 11/11/12 9:15 AM.
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