The Motel 6 Cactus Bowl and the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl are behind us. Those early bowls between unranked teams don’t seem too important, but they can sometimes tell us something. What have we learned this year?
The Mid-American Conference was overmatched this bowl season.
The MAC has developed a cult following, in part by playing some games on odd nights like Tuesdays and Wednesdays, giving college football junkies a chance to avoid withdrawal. That has spawned a tongue-in-cheek phrase for the conference’s games: “MACtion.”
This season seemed to be a sterling one for the MAC, with one member, Western Michigan, going undefeated in the regular season.