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"THERE REPLACEMENTS" The MAC and BIG 10 Find new members!

Posted on June 19, 2010 at 11:56 AM.

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CONFERENCE SHAKE UP!

By Ivan Mateo
CFSPN.com
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Cleveland, OH � Just day's after the Eastern Michigan Athletic Director announced that there will be no more football, The MAC Conference found a replacement and it's not the rumored Syracuse Orangemen we all thought it to be. The commissioner of the MAC welcomes the former Big 10 Northwestern Wildcats. Northwestern will be also replaced by the Bearcats of Cincinnati, last years Big East Champs and Orange Bowl representative. When asked if he thought that the move would be a downgrade for Northwestern, James Phillips, the AD for Northwestern said, �Not at all. I see us being able to come in a compete for a conference championship right away. We like to win and I see it happing a lot in the MAC. We are excited for the new endeavor.� I also like the move for Northwestern even though they are leaving an automatic BCS bid. But lets be honest, they where many years away from seeing that happen. I see the Wildcats being very successful...but I can't say the same for the Bearcats. Cincinnati said they're very excited for their programs and they are more then ready for the challenge. The move from the Big East to the Big 10 is going to be an up-hill battle and they will need to bring their �A� game every Saturday with likes of Ohio State, MSU, Iowa and Wisconsin. I see them doing better then Northwestern, but only time will tell if both moves will pay off. The Big east is now looking for a school to fill the new void in their conference. There's also talks of a "Football Academy" starting up in Central Florida and former EMU's head coach Ron English said to be interviewing for the job.