UMass to leave the MAC

UPDATE: I'll have some commentary up tomorrow morning. Leaving the MAC is another challenge, but it's also opportunity. The MAC went 0-5 in Bowl games. EMU basketball drew 373 fans for a CIT Tourney game. UMass went 1-11 and still was in the middle of the league in football attendance.

Let's improve the next two years and find a new home that wants us. Go UMass!

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Multiple news sources report UMass will leave the MAC in two years.

USA Today.

CBS Sports.

SI.com.

From Gazette.com.

Wow. Forcing UMass to join the conference in all sports must have been intended to force UMass out. The league had to know the Athletic Dept would never agree to to that stipulation.