Funny tradition at Wisconsin football games. Done in unison.
PREPARE YOURSELF: THE 2011 MAC GAME TIMES
2011 MAC Football Schedule (composite by date)
All times listed ET
*Conference Game
#ESPN Multiple-Game Selection Date (an ESPN weekday multiple-game selection date will be announced 12 days prior to the listed date. One (1) game will be selected by each ESPN service listed).
Sep. 1 – Thursday
New Hampshire at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET
Villanova at Temple, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
South Carolina State at Central Michigan, 7:00 pm ET
Bowling Green at Idaho, TBD
Sep. 3 – Saturday
Akron at Ohio State, Noon ET (ESPN HD or ESPN2 HD)
Miami at Missouri, Noon ET (Fox Sports Net)
Kent State at Alabama, 12:20 pm ET (SEC Network)
Western Michigan at Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (ABC HD/ESPN2 HD Reverse Mirror)
Howard at Eastern Michigan, 7:00 pm ET
Indiana at Ball State (at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.), 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Army at Northern Illinois, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Ohio at New Mexico State, 8:00 pm ET
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, TBD
Sep. 10 – Saturday
Toledo at Ohio State, Noon ET (Big Ten Network)
Alabama State at Eastern Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
Stony Brook at Buffalo, 6:00 pm ET
*Temple at Akron, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Gardner-Webb at Ohio, 7:00 pm ET
Louisiana-Lafayette at Kent State, 7:00 pm ET
Nicholls State at Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET
Morgan State at Bowling Green, 7:00 pm ET
Ball State at South Florida, TBD
Central Michigan at Kentucky, TBD
Northern Illinois at Kansas, TBD
Sep. 16 – Friday
Boise State at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN HD or ESPN2 HD)
Sep. 17 - Saturday
Penn State at Temple, Noon ET (ESPN HD or ESPN2 HD or ESPNU HD)
*Central Michigan at Western Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Eastern Michigan at Michigan, Noon ET (Big Ten Network)
Miami at Minnesota, 3:30 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Wisconsin at Northern Illinois (at Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill.), 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
*Buffalo at Ball State, 7:00 pm ET
Marshall at Ohio, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Akron at Cincinnati, TBD
Wyoming at Bowling Green, TBD
Kent State at Kansas State, TBD
Sep. 24 – Saturday
*Bowling Green at Miami, 1:00 pm ET
Army at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Virginia Military Institute at Akron, 2:00 pm ET
Cal Poly at Northern Illinois, 3:30 pm ET
South Alabama at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET
Connecticut at Buffalo, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Central Michigan at Michigan State, TBD
Eastern Michigan at Penn State, TBD
Western Michigan at Illinois, TBD
Ohio at Rutgers, TBD
Temple at Maryland, TBD
Toledo at Syracuse, TBD
Oct. 1 – Saturday
*Toledo at Temple, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
*Akron at Eastern Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
Cincinnati at Miami, 1:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
*Kent State at Ohio, 2:00 pm ET
*Northern Illinois at Central Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
Bowling Green at West Virginia, TBD
Buffalo at Tennessee, TBD
Ball State at Oklahoma, TBD
Western Michigan at Connecticut, TBD
Oct. 8 - Saturday
Army at Miami, 1:00 pm ET (Ohio News Network)
Florida International at Akron, 2:00 pm ET
*Bowling Green at Western Michigan, 2:00 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
*Temple at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET
*Eastern Michigan at Toledo, 3:00 pm ET
*Kent State at Northern Illinois, 3:30 pm ET
*Ohio at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET
Central Michigan at North Carolina State, TBD
Oct. 15 - Saturday
*Toledo at Bowling Green, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
*Buffalo at Temple, 1:00 pm ET
*Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan, 3:00 pm ET
*Miami at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET
*Ball State at Ohio, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
*Western Michigan at Northern Illinois, TBD
Oct. 22 – Saturday
*Northern Illinois at Buffalo, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
*Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
*Central Michigan at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET
*Ohio at Akron, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
*Temple at Bowling Green, 3:30 pm ET
*Miami at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET
Oct. 29 – Saturday
*Central Michigan at Akron, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
*Bowling Green at Kent State, 1:00 pm ET
*Ball State at Western Michigan, 2:00 pm ET
*Buffalo at Miami, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov. 1 – Tuesday
*Northern Illinois at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
Nov. 2 – Wednesday
*Temple at Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
Nov. 3 – Thursday
*Akron at Miami, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
Nov. 4 – Friday
*Central Michigan at Kent State, 6:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
Nov. 5 – Saturday
*Ball State at Eastern Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov. 8 – Tuesday
#*Northern Illinois at Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
#*Western Michigan at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
Nov. 9 – Wednesday
*Miami at Temple, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
Nov. 10 – Thursday
*Ohio at Central Michigan, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
Nov. 12 – Saturday
*Buffalo at Eastern Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
*Kent State at Akron, 2:00 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov. 15 – Tuesday
*Ball State at Northern Illinois, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
Nov. 16 – Wednesday
#*Ohio at Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
#*Western Michigan at Miami, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
Nov. 18 – Friday
*Toledo at Central Michigan, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
Nov. 19 – Saturday
*Akron at Buffalo, Noon ET
*Eastern Michigan at Kent State, 1:00 pm ET
Army at Temple, 1:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Nov. 22 – Tuesday
*Miami at Ohio, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
Nov. 25 – Friday
#*Toledo at Ball State, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
#*Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
#*Akron at Western Michigan, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
#*Bowling Green at Buffalo, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
#*Kent State at Temple, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Dec. 2 – Friday
Marathon MAC Championship Game, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
At Ford Field in Detroit
MAC Bowl Agreements:
Primary:
Sat., Dec. 17: uDrove Humanitarian Bowl (vs. WAC), 5:30 pm ET (ESPN HD)
Tue., Dec. 27: Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl (vs. Big Ten), 4:30 pm ET (ESPN HD)
GoDaddy.com Bowl (vs. Sun Belt), Date TBD (ESPN HD)
Secondary:
Sat., Dec. 17: New Mexico Bowl (MAC secondary), 2:00 pm ET (ESPN HD)
Tue., Dec. 20: Beef O’Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl (MAC secondary), 8:00 pm ET (ESPN HD)
Sat., Dec. 31: Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (MAC secondary), 3:30 pm ET (ESPN HD)
Sat., Jan. 7: BBVA Compass Bowl (MAC secondary), 1:00 pm ET (ESPN HD)
2011 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school)
All times listed ET
*Conference Game
#ESPN Multiple-Game Selection Date (an ESPN weekday multiple-game selection date will be announced 12 days prior to the listed date. One (1) game will be selected by each ESPN service listed).
EAST DIVISION
Akron
Sep.
3 at Ohio State, Noon ET (ESPN HD or ESPN2 HD)
10 *Temple, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
17 at Cincinnati, TBD
24 Virginia Military Institute, 2:00 pm ET
Oct.
1 *at Eastern Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
8 Florida International, 2:00 pm ET
22 *Ohio, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
29 *Central Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov.
3 *at Miami, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
12 *Kent State, 2:00 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
19 *at Buffalo, Noon ET
25 #*at Western Michigan, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Bowling Green
Sep.
1 at Idaho, TBD
10 Morgan State, 7:00 pm ET
17 Wyoming, TBD
24 *at Miami, 1:00 pm ET
Oct.
1 at West Virginia, TBD
8 *at Western Michigan, 2:00 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
15 *Toledo, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
22 *Temple, 3:30 pm ET
29 *at Kent State, 1:00 pm ET
Nov.
8 #*Northern Illinois, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
16 #*Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
25 #*at Buffalo, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Buffalo
Sep.
3 at Pittsburgh, TBD
10 Stony Brook, 6:00 pm ET
17 *at Ball State, 7:00 pm ET
24 Connecticut, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Oct.
1 at Tennessee, TBD
8 *Ohio, 3:30 pm ET
15 *at Temple, 1:00 pm ET
22 *Northern Illinois, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
29 *at Miami, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov.
12 *at Eastern Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
19 *Akron, Noon ET
25 #*Bowling Green, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Kent State
Sep.
3 at Alabama, 12:20 pm ET (SEC Network)
10 Louisiana-Lafayette, 7:00 pm ET
17 at Kansas State, TBD
24 South Alabama, 3:30 pm ET
Oct.
1 *at Ohio, 2:00 pm ET
8 *at Northern Illinois, 3:30 pm ET
15 *Miami, 3:30 pm ET
29 *Bowling Green, 1:00 pm ET
Nov.
4 *Central Michigan, 6:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
12 *at Akron, 2:00 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
19 *Eastern Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
25 #*at Temple, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Miami
Sep.
3 at Missouri, Noon ET (FOX Sports Net)
17 at Minnesota, 3:30 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
24 *Bowling Green, 1:00 pm ET
Oct.
1 Cincinnati, 1:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
8 Army, 1:00 pm ET (Ohio News Network)
15 *at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET
22 *at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET
29 *Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov.
3 *Akron, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
9 *at Temple, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
16 #*Western Michigan, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
22 *at Ohio, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
Ohio
Sep.
3 at New Mexico State, 8:00 pm ET
10 Gardner-Webb, 7:00 pm ET
17 Marshall, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
24 at Rutgers, TBD
Oct.
1 *Kent State, 2:00 pm ET
8 *at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET
15 *Ball State, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
22 *at Akron, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov.
2 *Temple, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
10 *at Central Michigan, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
16 #*at Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
22 *Miami, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
Temple
Sep.
1 Villanova, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
10 *at Akron, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
17 Penn State, Noon ET (ESPN HD or ESPN2 HD or ESPNU HD)
24 at Maryland, TBD
Oct.
1 *Toledo, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
8 *at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET
15 *Buffalo, 1:00 pm ET
22 *at Bowling Green, 3:30 pm ET
Nov.
2 *at Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
9 *Miami, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
19 Army, 1:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
25 #*Kent State, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
WEST DIVISION
Ball State
Sep.
3 Indiana (at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.), 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
10 at South Florida, TBD
17 *Buffalo, 7:00 pm ET
24 Army, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Oct.
1 at Oklahoma, TBD
8 *Temple, 2:00 pm ET
15 *at Ohio, 3:30 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
22 *Central Michigan, 2:00 pm ET
29 *at Western Michigan, 2:00 pm ET
Nov.
5 *at Eastern Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
15 *at Northern Illinois, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
25 #*Toledo, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Central Michigan
Sep.
1 South Carolina State, 7:00 pm ET
10 at Kentucky, TBD
17 *at Western Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
24 at Michigan State, TBD
Oct.
1 *Northern Illinois, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
8 at North Carolina State, TBD
15 *Eastern Michigan, 3:00 pm ET
22 *at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET
29 *at Akron, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov.
4 *at Kent State, 6:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
10 *Ohio, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
18 *Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
Eastern Michigan
Sep.
3 Howard, 7:00 pm ET
10 Alabama State, 1:00 pm ET
17 at Michigan, Noon ET (Big Ten Network)
24 at Penn State, TBD
Oct.
1 *Akron, 1:00 pm ET
8 *at Toledo, 3:00 pm ET
15 *at Central Michigan, 3:00 pm ET
22 *Western Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
Nov.
5 *Ball State, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
12 *Buffalo, 1:00 pm ET
19 *at Kent State, 1:00 pm ET
25 #*at Northern Illinois, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Northern Illinois
Sep.
3 Army, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
10 at Kansas, TBD
17 Wisconsin (at Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill.), 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
24 Cal Poly, 3:30 pm ET
Oct.
1 *at Central Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
8 *Kent State, 3:30 pm ET
15 *Western Michigan, TBD
22 *at Buffalo, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
Nov.
1 *at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
8 #*at Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
15 *Ball State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
25 #*Eastern Michigan, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Toledo
Sep.
1 New Hampshire, 7:00 pm ET
10 at Ohio State, Noon ET (Big Ten Network)
16 Boise State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN HD or ESPN2 HD)
24 at Syracuse, TBD
Oct.
1 *at Temple, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
8 *Eastern Michigan, 3:00 pm ET
15 *at Bowling Green, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
22 *Miami, 7:00 pm ET
Nov.
1 *Northern Illinois, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD)
8 #*Western Michigan, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
18 *at Central Michigan, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD)
25 #*at Ball State, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Western Michigan
Sep.
3 at Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (ABC HD/ESPN2 HD Reverse Mirror)
10 Nicholls State, 7:00 pm ET
17 *Central Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN Plus/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
24 at Illinois, TBD
Oct.
1 at Connecticut, TBD
8 *Bowling Green, 2:00 pm ET (SportsTime Ohio/ESPN Game Plan/ESPN3)
15 *at Northern Illinois, TBD
22 *at Eastern Michigan, 1:00 pm ET
29 *Ball State, 2:00 pm ET
Nov.
8 #*at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
16 #*at Miami, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 HD/ESPNU HD)
25 #*Akron, TBD (ESPNU/ESPN3)
