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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals" data-source="post: 129355055" data-attributes="member: 1759980"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">What’s in the water at Mid-American Conference schools?</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">This is a Little Five conference below the Conference USA level, more at the Sun Belt altitude.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">A conference that plays Power 5 teams for a big payday and a big beating, year after year.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">And yet:</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Toledo beat SEC’s Arkansas, 16-12.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Toledo beat Big 12 Iowa State, 30-23.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Northern Illinois lost to #1 Ohio State by 7 points in a game that was tied at halftime, shredded Murray State, 57-26, beat UNLV, 38-30.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Bowling Green trounced Big 10 Maryland, 48-27, but lost to fellow conference member Memphis, 44-41.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Western Michigan lost to Big 10 Michigan State -- #2 & #3 nationally -- by 13, 37-24.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Ohio University beat C-USA’s Marshall, 21-10, clobbered Southeastern Louisiana, 35-14, and Idaho, 48-25.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Kent State lost to Big 10 Minnesota by 3 points.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Central Michigan lost to ACC Syracuse by 3 points in overtime, to Big 12 Oklahoma State by 11, 24-13, skewered Monmouth, 31-10.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Buffalo beat Florida Atlantic, 33-15, after losing to Big 10 Penn State, 27-14.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Akron, where 1-victory seasons were the norm before Terry Bowden became its coach, ripped Savannah State, 52-9.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>

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