For the Mid-American Conference, the opening week of the season is usually a feast or famine kind of deal. There’s the plentiful bounty of the FCS opponent, one where you can work out the kinks of the offense, give your defense some confidence going forward, and more often than not, satisfy the natives with a healthy victory for the viewing pleasure. Then there’s the payday games where your beloved MAC team goes on the road and takes their whipping all for the almighty dollar. Sure, upsets occur at times in these matchups against “name schools”, but they are few and far between and everyone knows what purpose they serve.