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A 5+7 format preserves at least one spot for a Group of Five champion and honors what MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher describes as the bedrock principle of the expanded playoff: the value of conference champions.

To say this has come out of nowhere is an understatement and quietly puzzling to those inside the MAC office, to the point MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher would not even talk about it. Others, however, did.

College football's early signing period debate will go on. Conference commissioners on Wednesday delayed for one year voting on a proposal that would have created a three-day signing period in December, according to MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher.

Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, who chairs the College Football Officiating Board of Managers, said it's imperative to keep the average game under 3:30. That figure coincides with the typical window TV networks allot for a game.

"We wanted full members," MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher told ESPN. "We're at a point if people want to be a part of us, fine. If they don't, they don't. Let's move on. We had a very positive relationship with UMass.

"I was surprised and disappointed in the action announced today by the NIT Board of Managers, approximately one week prior to the start of the 2023-24 season," said MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher. "To make such a substantive change to the NIT structure without providing a satisfactory explanation

Frazier made waves last week when he told ESPNs Brett McMurphythat the Group of Five schools should stage their own playoff. This met with resistance with plenty in the Group of Five leagues, including American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco and MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher. Wh

"There was support in the room to move forward," said Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, who chaired the football recruiting workgroup that proposed a 72-hour signing period for high school seniors in conjunction with the December junior college signing window.

In the meantime, though, many in college athletics have followed Emmert's lead. MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher told ESPN his conference would not schedule meetings or championships in Indiana until "this current matter is brought to a sensible and appropriate conclusion." USC AD Pat Haden, whose

The worlds not going to end here. You can only build so many waterfalls in your locker rooms, said Mid-American Conference commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher. There are lots of challenges. I dont want to in any way say that theres not. But, you know what, were going to keep doing what were do

"You're coming out of a year in which now we have this financial crisis, and we have no certainty of what the future looks like," Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said. "We have no certainty of when we can begin again. We have no certainty of when we will have a football season,

Nobody understands UCFs frustration more than Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher. He watched last season as undefeated Western Michigan team failed to crack to the top 10 of the College Football Playoff rankings, reaching as high as No. 15.

Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel and Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher told the Free Press in separate conversations that they were discussing potential responses to the ban, but neither publiclydefined a proposal.

The early signing period proposal "got people zeroed in all parts of this," said MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, according to a report released by cbssports.com. "And while there was majority support to move forward on it, I think we wisely said there are a lot of issues bubbling around the recru

"I anticipate it to pass, but I also anticipate a robust and spirited debate," said Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, who led the committee tasked with preparing the proposal. "With the two-year look-in that's part of the proposal, I think many of us are ready to say, 'Let's mov

In spite of the apparent majority, MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, who chaired the committee that recommended the current proposal, said he anticipates "a spirited and robust debate" before the vote.

"I like our bowl matchups as they are all compelling for each of our programs," MAC Commissioner, Jon Steinbrecher said in a MAC release. "The student-athletes, coaches and fans from our programs are going to have a wonderful experience with our bowl partners."

STAYING IN DETROIT: MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher announced Thursday that the conference and Ford Field had reached a deal that will keep the game in Detroit through at least 2019. The MAC played their title games on campus sites from 1997-2003 before moving to Ford Field in 2004.

ever, the commissioners of all 10 FBS conferences unanimously supported that the committee take action on the issue. Jon Steinbrecher, commissioner of the Mid-American Conference and chair of College Football Officiating, formally presented the proposal to the committee during the conference call.