Toledo vs No. Illinois
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Well Toledo lost. If all else goes in our favor with aac teams losing and us winning out.... do you guys think Toledo would still be ahead of us or do they need to lose another? I mean both losses are mac schools and toledo has beaten a "ranked" sec team and a big 12 team. The records of those other teams are irrelevant bc we all know the committee goes by name recognition and I guess that's what scares me. Everything else has to play out perfectly though for this to matter or for us to even sniff at an access bowl but it is just something I wanted another opinion on.
Toledo still has to face their rival Bowling Green (at BG) on Nov. 17. That could be Toledo's second loss.
You must win your conference in order to get the access spot. Now that NIU beat them, Toledo has very little chance to even win the west, let alone the MAC. Both NIU and Toledo have 1 conference loss and NIU has the tie breaker.
The same will happen with the AAC schools. Only 1 can have a shot since there will be a single conference winner.
And Central & Western Michigan. I don't think they will, but they could end up losing their last 4 games.
this is what most people saying we have zero chance at the access bowl are forgetting. you can NOT go unless you win your conference. even if Memphis wins out and loses the AAC championship game to Temple they are done. Toledo is now in 3rd place in their division behind WMU and NIU. they likely won't even make the MACC. Boise needs Utah State to lose or they are out as well. **IF** we win out we have a pretty decent shot at getting the bowl...
If we get a bowl slot this season it would be a tragic nightmare. I have seen nothing from us that would lead me to believe we would be competitive with the likes of Iowa, Michigan State, or a Stanford.
