Michigan wouldn’t last one night in Ypsilanti: The history of the Wolverines avoiding MAC campuses out of fear.

Like many, I care deeply about college football’s most sacred conference: the Mid American Conference. 

Football was not meant to be played for fun. It was meant to be played in unbearable, near comical conditions in random Midwestern towns with multiple Culver’s. This is a truth. 

With that in mind, I was disappointed to see that a lesser known school near Eastern Michigan University (the University of Michigan) had scheduled a two game home series with Central Michigan in a few years. This is simply embarrassing. CMU, known as the Harvard of Mount Pleasant, deserves to host their in-state opponent. You, like me, probably agree with this statement. Unfortunately, Michigan has a history of dodging MAC opponents.

2008: Hosted Miami (OH) and Toledo

2009: Hosted WMU and EMU

2010: Hosted Bowling Green

2011: Hosted WMU and EMU

2012: Hosted UMass (lol) 

2013: Hosted CMU and Akron

2014: Hosted Miami (OH)

2015-2017: NO MAC SCHOOLS SCHEDULED SCHEDULED. COWARDS!

2018: Hosted WMU, 

2019: NO MAC SCHOOLS SCHEDULED. COWARDS! (Hosted MTSU)

2020: Covid year

2021: Hosted WMU and NIU

2022: Hosted UConn (not MAC, but you get it)

2023: Hosted Bowling Green

2024: NO MAC SCHOOLS SCHEDULED. COWARDS! (Hosted Arkansas State)

2025: Hosted CMU

2026: Will host CMU

2027: Will host Buffalo and EMU

2028: Will host CMU

2029: Will host WMU

2030: Will host EMU

2031: Will host CMU

I can only come to the conclusion that the idea of being exposed in Toledo on a Tuesday evening is too much for this institution to bear. You might say they have no incentive. I say that the “Leaders and Best” shouldn’t duck Bowling Green. Thank you for your attention to this matter.