2021 PoopyRhinoPickle's Week 8 MAC Conference Round-Up

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Results

Akron def. Ball State 35-34

Hawaii def. Bowling Green 42-34

Ohio def. Buffalo 34-23

Western Michigan def. Eastern Michigan 31-15

Kent State def. Northern Illinois 19-14

UNLV def. Toledo 17-3

 

Bye: Miami (OH), Central Michigan

 

Best performance of the week: Ohio def. Buffalo 34-23

We know that Ohio is a good team (they're 4-1 with their only loss to 5-1 Akron), but Buffalo has been looking like a solid team in the East with no conference losses going into this game. And Buffalo has a very good defense. That didn't stop Yusei Asencio from going for 440 yards with 4 TDs. They also should be happy with a season high 101 yards on the ground.

 

Worst performance of the week: UNLV def. Toledo 17-3

Toledo had 65 total yards of offense. 42 yards through the air and 23 on the ground. Was it against a good UNLV team? Yes. But 65 yards of offense in 4 quarters of football makes me think they might want to go back to the drawing board.

 

Offensive Player of the Week: RB Jurickson Elflein, Bowling Green, 34 atts 287 yards 4 TDs, 1 recs 39 yards vs Hawaii

 

Defensive Player of the Week: DE Yoel Bender, Buffalo, 5 Tkls 4 TFLs 2 Sacks vs Ohio

 

Special Teams Player of the Week: K Zoilo Gono, Buffalo, 3-3 FGs 2-2 XPs vs Ohio

 

MAC Snapshot

West Division

 

Team	Conference	Overall
Western Michigan	4-1	5-3
Central Michigan	2-2	3-4
Eastern Michigan	2-3	3-5
Ball State	1-2	1-6
Northern Illinois	0-3	2-5
Toledo	0-3	1-6

Western Michigan is beginning to pull after after a win this week, but Central Michigan had the week off so no movement from them either direction. Ball State had possibly the best game of the season with their 1-point loss, which would've helped a lot in getting them to a bowl game this year. The rest of their games are winnable. Toledo struggled again this week, as they continue to look to next season.

 

East Division

Team	Conference	Overall
Akron	4-0	6-1
Ohio	3-1	5-1
Bowling Green	2-1	3-4
Kent State	2-2	4-3
Buffalo	2-2	3-5
Miami (OH)	1-3	3-4

Akron's win over Ohio continues to look good for them. Their game against Bowling Green in Week 9 continues to be a big matchup as they'll be looking to make up for an embarrassing loss to Hawaii. This division continues to impress on the season as every team still has dreams of a bowl game.