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Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Weekly Release – 2014 Week 13 (November 18-19) – MACtion Edition

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POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL WEEK 13 NOTEBOOK
MACtion EDITION (November 18-19)

PASSPORT STAMPED (BOWL ELIGIBLE): Bowling Green (7-3), Central Michigan (7-4), Louisiana Tech (7-3), Marshall (10-0), Northern Illinois (8-2), Rice (6-4), Toledo (6-4), Western Michigan (7-3), UTEP (6-4). AT CUSTOMS (ONE WIN SHY): Middle Tennessee (5-5), Ohio (5-5), UAB (5-5), WKU (5-5).

MACtion THIS WEEK: Tuesday night, West Division tri-leader Northern Illinois (8-2, 5-1 C-USA) travels to Ohio (5-5, 3-3 MAC), as the Huskies are in a four-way battle for the division crown, and the Bobcats are one victory shy of bowl eligibility. Also Tuesday, Akron (4-6, 2-4 MAC) will try to keep their bowl hopes alive as the Zips host UMass (3-7, 3-3 MAC). Wednesday night, East champion Bowling Green (7-3, 5-1 MAC) travels to West tri-leader Toledo (6-4, 5-1 MAC) and Kent State (1-9, 0-6 MAC) visits Buffalo (4-6, 2-4), as the Bulls try to keep their bowl hopes intact. Saturday, cross-state rivals meet as West tri-leader Western Michigan (7-3, 5-1 MAC) plays at Central Michigan (7-4, 5-2 MAC). The Chippewas trail the West leaders by one-half game with two weeks left. Eastern Michigan (2-8, 1-5 MAC) visits Ball State (3-7, 2-4 MAC).

C-USA THIS WEEK: Friday night, newly bowl-eligible UTEP (6-4, 4-2 C-USA) heads to Rice (6-4, 4-2 C-USA) in a key West Division game. Rice needs a victory to stay alive in the West race, and a UTEP victory would give Louisiana Tech the West title. Saturday, regardless of the UTEP-RIce result, Louisiana Tech (7-3, 6-0 C-USA) would clinch the East title outright with a win at Old Dominion (4-6, 2-4 C-USA). No. 18 AP/USA Today Marshall (10-0, 6-0 C-USA), which clinched the East title for the second consecutive season with its victory over Rice, goes to UAB (5-5, 3-3 C-USA), as the Blazers need a victory to become bowl eligible. Also looking for a victory and bowl eligibility are WKU (5-5, 2-4 C-USA), which hosts UTSA (3-7, 2-4 C-USA), and Middle Tennessee (5-5, 4-2 C-USA), which hosts Florida Atlantic (3-7, 2-4 C-USA). FIU (4-7, 3-4 C-USA) travels to North Texas (3-7, 1-5 C-USA).

EIGHT IS GREAT FOR DAVIS: Central Michigan senior WR Titus Davis’ three-TD game in last Saturday’s 34-27 win over Miami helped Davis become the first player in FBS history with eight or more receiving TDs in four different seasons. He is CMU’s career TD reception record-holder with 33.

HERD THUNDERING: Marshall is the only FBS team to rank in the top 10 in scoring offense (second at 47.1) and scoring defense (fifth at 16.3). The Herd are winning their games by an average of 30.8 points this season.

Week 13a Standings

#PASSPORTTOKICKOFF: #PassportToKickoff is not only our hashtag, but a reminder that all U.S. citizens must have a valid passport to travel to the Bahamas & the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl. For passport info: passports.state.gov.

WEEK 13 SCHEDULE
CONFERENCE USA

Friday, November 21
* UTEP at Rice (FS1)

Saturday, November 22
* Marshall at UAB (WVAH)
* UTSA at WKU (FSN)
* LA Tech at Old Dominion (FCS)
* FIU at North Texas (ASN)
* FAU at Middle Tennessee (ASN)

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Tuesday, November 18
* UMass at Akron (ESPN3)
* Northern Illinois at Ohio (ESPNU)

Wednesday, November 19
* Bowling Green at Toledo (ESPN2)
* Kent State at Buffalo (ESPNU)

Saturday, November 22
* Western Michigan at Central Michigan (ESPN3)
* Eastern Michigan at Ball State (ESPN3)

(TV/digital network in parentheses)
* – conference games

WEEK 12 RESULTS
CONFERENCE USA

Thursday, November 13
* UTSA 12, Southern Miss 10

Saturday, November 15
WKU 52, Army 24
* Marshall 41, Rice 14
* FIU 38, Middle Tennessee 28
* UTEP 35, North Texas 17

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Tuesday, November 11
* Buffalo 55, Akron 24
* Northern Illinois 27, Toledo 24

Wednesday, November 12
* Bowling Green 30, Kent State 20
* UMass 24, Ball State 10

Saturday, November 15
* Central Michigan 34, Miami 27
* Western Michigan 51, Eastern Michigan 7

* – conference games

WEEK 12 INDIVIDUAL HONORS
RB Leon Allen, WKU: The junior shattered the school’s single-game record for rushing yards and also set a C-USA record with 345 rushing yards on 33 carries and three TDs in a 52-24 win over Army for C-USA Offensive Player of the Week honors.

LB Davison Colimon, FIU: The junior had a 79-yard interception return for a TD, six tackles (five for loss) and two sacks in a 38-28 win over Middle Tennessee for C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors.

K Sean Ianno, UTSA: The senior made four field goals, including a 38-yarder with two seconds left, in a 12-10 win over Southern Miss for C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week recognition.

WR Tajae Sharpe, UMass: The junior had a career-high 239 receiving yards and tied the UMass record with 13 receptions in a 24-10 win over Ball State for MAC East Division Offensive Player of the Week honors.

S Jordan Italiano, Kent State: The junior had 16 tackles (nine solo) including one tackle for loss, an interceptions and a forced fumble in a loss at Bowling Green for MAC East Division Defensive Player of the Week honors.

P Joe Davidson, Bowling Green: The redshirt freshman punted six times for an average of 41.5 yards with two punts inside the 20 in a 30-20 win over Kent State for MAC East Division Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

QB Zach Terrell, Western Michigan: The sophomore combined for five TDs and 398 total yards in a 51-7 win over Eastern Michigan for MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week honors.

LB Junior Sylvestre, Toledo: The senior had a team-high 11 tackles, including two for loss, in a defeat at Northern Illinois for MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week honors.

K Christian Hagan, Northern Illinois: The freshman made his first two field goals as a collegiate kicker, to go with three extra points, in a 27-24 win over Toledo for MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL MEDIA PREDICTIONS
ESPN.com (Brett McMurphy) – Nov. 16: Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo
ESPN.com (Mark Schlabach) – Nov. 16: Marshall vs. Northern Illinois
FOXSports.com (Stuart Mandel) – Nov. 18: Louisiana Tech vs. Bowling Green
Phil Steele Magazine – Nov. 17: Louisiana Tech vs. Central Michigan
The Sporting News (Bill Bender) – Nov. 17: Middle Tenneessee vs. Toledo
Orlando Sentinel (Brant Parsons) – Nov. 16: Middle Tennessee vs. Bowling Green
SB Nation (Jason Kirk) – Nov. 16: Marshall vs. Toledo
CBSSports.com (Jerry Palm) – Nov. 16: Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan
CollegeFootballNews.com (Pete Fiutak) – Nov. 16: WKU vs. Toledo
USA Today (Erick Smith) – Nov. 12: Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo
SI.com (Zac Ellis) – Nov. 11: Middle Tennessee vs. Akron
NFL.com (Mike Huguenin) – Nov. 11: UAB vs. Bowling Green
Athlon Sports (Steven Lassan) – Nov. 11: Middle Tennessee vs. Northern Illinois
NationalFootballPost.com (Dave Miller) – Nov. 3: Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan

POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL PARTICIPANT SELECTION The highest-ranked conference champion by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee from the American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West or Sun Belt will play annually in one of the College Football Playoff bowls (VIZIO Fiesta, Cotton & Chick-fil-A Peach bowls for the 2014 season) if it is not selected for the Playoff Semifinals.

C-USA’s champion will select which bowl it would like to attend, and the remainder of the selections will follow after that, with no particular set order of bowls. C-USA has 2014 tie-ins with the Popeyes Bahamas, Boca Raton, Gildan New Mexico, Hawai’i and Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas bowls, with a secondary tie-in with the Duck Commander Independence Bowl (if either ACC or SEC does not have enough eligible teams).

The GoDaddy Bowl has first choice of a MAC bowl-eligible team, and the remainder of the selections will follow after that, with no particular set order of bowls. The MAC has 2014 tie-ins with Popeyes Bahamas, Boca Raton, Famous Idaho Potato, GoDaddy and Raycom Media Camellia bowls, with secondary tie-ins with the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (if Navy is not bowl-eligible), ESPN owned-and-operated bowls (such as Gildan New Mexico, Bitcoin St. Petersburg or Birmingham bowls) and the Quick Lane Bowl (if either ACC or Big Ten does not have enough eligible teams).

The participants for the 2014 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl will be announced Sunday, December 7.

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