Remember in elementary school when a special teacher would come in and give your class some sort of puzzle as part of an exercise to separate the gifted kids from the rest of us peasants?
We're about to do one of those. Look at the MAC's schedule from Halloween through Championship Weekend and see if you can spot what's missing.
Tuesday, Oct. 31
Bowling Green at Kent State
Miami (Ohio) at Ohio
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Central Michigan at Western Michigan
Thursday, Nov. 2
Ball State at Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois at Toledo
Tuesday, Nov. 7
Akron at Miami (Ohio)
Bowling Green at Buffalo
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
Kent State at Western Michigan
Toledo at Ohio
Thursday, Nov. 9
Ball State at Northern Illinois
Tuesday, Nov. 14
Central Michigan at Kent State
Ohio at Akron
Wednesday, Nov. 15
Eastern Michigan at Miami (Ohio)
Toledo at Bowling Green
Western Michigan at Northern Illinois
Thursday, Nov. 16
Buffalo at Ball State
Tuesday, Nov. 21
Northern Illinois at Central Michigan
Ohio at Buffalo
Western Michigan at Toledo
Friday, Nov. 24
Northern Illinois at Central Michigan
Ohio at Buffalo
Western Michigan at Toledo
Friday, Dec. 1
MAC Championship
If you noticed it already, congratulations. Go ahead and make your way to the Gifted and Talented class in Room 18. There are cookies and punch waiting for you.
For those who didn't notice: the MAC will play 24 games on 12 separate dates spread across a span of 32 days -- and none of them are on Saturday.
Call if Manifest MACtion.
Each of those 24 games will be played on one form of national television -- either ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS Sports Network or ESPN3 -- making the 2017 season the most accessible MAC season ever.