Week 6 MAC Round-Up

[PoopyRhinoPickle]

Back at it again after the midpoint of the 2023 season!

Week 6 results

Miami (OH) def. Eastern Michigan 35-24

Buffalo def. Northern Illinois 16-13

Central Michigan def. Ohio 15-0

Akron def. Ball State 28-23

Kent State def. Miami (FL) 35-10

Byes: Bowling Green, Toledo, Western Michigan

 

Week 6 Team of the Week:

QB: Miami (OH) Randy Weiser - 35 of 47, 458 pass yards, 3 TDs, 1 Int

RB: Kent State Jalen Armah - 12 carries, 140 rush yards, 4 rush TDs, 9 rec yards

RB: Akron Joshua Tocho - 26 carries 142 rush yards, 3 rush TDs, 9 rec yards

WR: Miami (OH) Kyle Cave - 9 catches, 251 rec yards, 2 rec TDs

WR: Akron Kenley Jones - 5 catches, 105 rec yards, 1 rec TD

TE: Central Michigan Elijah Metu - 8 catches, 69 rec yards, 1 rec TD

 

DL: Ohio DE Erik LeCure - 7 tackles, 2 TFLs

DL: Central Michigan DT Terrence Ramos - 3 tackles, 3 TFLs, 1 sack

DL: Northern Illinois DE William Carpenter - 3 tackles, 2 TFLs, 1 sack

DL: Kent State DE Kenrick Avery - 2 tackles, 2 TFLs, 2 sacks

LB: Miami (OH) ILB Jordan Jenkins - 15 tackles, 2 TFLs

LB: Eastern Michigan ILB Eddie Wisniewski - 12 tackles, 2 TFLs

LB: Buffalo ILB Justin White - 9 tackles, 5 TFLs

LB: Akron ILB Avery Gonzalez - 7 tackles, 4 TFLs, 1 sack

DB: Kent State CB Justin Hernandez - 5 tackles, 1 FF, 1 Int

DB: Ball State SS Robert Ervin - 8 tackles, 1 TFL

DB: Akron CB Zach Almonte - 4 tackles, 1 Int

DB: Ohio FS John Soria - 3 tackles, 1 Int

 

K: Central Michigan TY Bisnowaty - 2 of 3 FGs, 1 of 1 XPs

P: Akron Jen-Ho Decker - 7 punts, 48.71 avg, 5 pi20

 

MAC Snapshot

West Division

Team	Conference	Overall	Week 7
Central Michigan	3-0	5-1	Bye
Northern Illinois	2-1	5-1	at Miami (OH)
Toledo	1-1	2-3	at Ball State
Western Michigan	1-1	2-3	Kent State
Ball State	1-2	4-3	Toledo
Eastern Michigan	0-2	1-5	Bowling Green

 

Steady as she goes for Central Michigan as they come out of week 6 with an uninspiring win over Ohio. The real shocker of the week was Buffalo getting their first FBS win of the season over Northern Illinois, dashing @Ape's hopes of locking up bowl eligibility for NIU. Ball State and @npklemmwere disappointed in their loss against Akron but they can take comfort in the fact they lost to one of the winningest programs in MAC history. More of the same for Eastern Michigan as their running offense will look to pull off a big upset against Bowling Green on Thursday. 

East Division

Team	Conference	Overall	Week 7
Bowling Green	2-0	3-2	at Eastern Michigan
Ohio	2-1	2-4	Bye
Akron	1-1	4-1	Buffalo
Miami (OH)	1-2	4-2	Northern Illinois
Buffalo	1-2	2-4	at Akron
Kent State	0-2	2-3	at Western Michigan

 

 

Bowling Green is coming off a bye as they'll be looking to use the week to recover and finally have Frank Robinson back at their disposal. Ohio should be proud of not letting the CMU game get out of control, but ultimately their offense wasn't able to get things done against a stout Chippewa defense. Things are back on track for Akron after beating one of the leaders in the West. They have a talented roster and should look to push Bowling Green, but they don't have any room for error after a loss against Ohio earlier in the season. The high flying offense of Miami keeps getting things done and QB Randy Weiser and WR Kyle Cave are proving me wrong by continuing to put up massive numbers. Buffalo surprised quite a few last week by upsetting Northern Illinois, they have a chance to prove it wasn't a fluke at a good Akron team. Arguably the performance of the week belongs to Kent State. They destroyed an ACC opponent on the road in Miami, a scoreline that surprised many, and probably caught @Jieret's attention. They'll be looking to get some momentum going heading into Kalamazoo.

[Sarge]

The MAC is as much of a bloodbath as PAC12 and is one of my favorite conferences to follow. As always, thanks for the great recap @PoopyRhinoPickle

[Ape]

Friday Miami is going down. Huskies going bowling