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Briggs: Notes from the road after a very bad day for the MAC

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Thinking out loud on the way home from the Bluegrass State …

u25a0 Welp, the Mid-American Conference’s turn in the spotlight was fun while it lasted.

A week after the Toledo football team followed Northern Illinois’ upset of Notre Dame with a big win at Mississippi State, both schools detoured back to earth Saturday.

And, to boot, Bowling Green — which might be the league favorite after giving another ranked team hell — just lost its second game.

The result was a reminder that any playoff conversations are strictly for entertainment purposes, not predictions or — as a few Toledo fans made sure to inform me — kisses of death.