2008 Woodie Awards
Zeigler: MAC dropped the ball with scheduling
CMU hosts rival Western Michigan on Tuesday of break
By: Daniel Monson
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: Sports
Boyages said the schedule begins with several parameters that take precedent, including not having teams play three consecutive road games.
"There's so many moving parts and so many variables that it's tough to keep everybody happy," he said. "If it's enough of an issue and it works its way up the ladder and we can deal with this concern, especially with CMU's rivalry with Western or Eastern, I'll do everything in my power to see if we can continue to improve the schedule."
Zeigler said he will make the league office aware of his views on the issue.
"Hopefully this mistake won't occur again, and it won't under my watch because we're going to make sure the league office is aware of the scheduling snafu," he said. "Both parties have to take blame."
CMU is 5-1 in conference home games and 1-6 on the road. Zeigler said student support has been important in each of the team's home wins.
"We reassess the schedule every year," Boyages said. "If there's concern from the administration of CMU, then we'll do our best to try to adjust it. But we service 12 institutions, we've got 12 sets of concerns on campus in regard to facility conflicts and priorities and we just try to meet as many as we can."
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"There's so many moving parts and so many variables that it's tough to keep everybody happy," he said. "If it's enough of an issue and it works its way up the ladder and we can deal with this concern, especially with CMU's rivalry with Western or Eastern, I'll do everything in my power to see if we can continue to improve the schedule."
Zeigler said he will make the league office aware of his views on the issue.
"Hopefully this mistake won't occur again, and it won't under my watch because we're going to make sure the league office is aware of the scheduling snafu," he said. "Both parties have to take blame."
CMU is 5-1 in conference home games and 1-6 on the road. Zeigler said student support has been important in each of the team's home wins.
"We reassess the schedule every year," Boyages said. "If there's concern from the administration of CMU, then we'll do our best to try to adjust it. But we service 12 institutions, we've got 12 sets of concerns on campus in regard to facility conflicts and priorities and we just try to meet as many as we can."
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