One school no longer rows the boat, but MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher isn't extending an oar to all his member schools.
Just a pirate flag.
An annual thorn in the side of many Power Five football opponents, Mid-American Conference are being encouraged to #FlyTheFlag each time this fall after forcing a "superior" opponent to walk the plank.
"The Mid-American Conference and its membership are the pirates of the CFP and the FBS," Steinbrecher told reporters. "Our ships or our stadiums are not always the largest or the shiniest but we are manned by highly-motivated crews.