If the MAC wasn't so pretentious I'd cut them some slack. The entire MAC East is ranked below both YSU and the MVFC. In fact, the only two MAC teams with a higher Sagarin rating is WMU and Toledo. As far as Miss St, they aren't ranked much higher than we are (50 vs 60). Kent was beat in their stadium by a MEAC team lol. Imagine how embarrassed we would be. The conference will fold someday, soon I think, when they're done hemorrhaging money the take out of student fees, and most of the MAC will become FCS. It would make sense to form a conference with them except it would be a downgrade for us.
I agree with Yo, I'd rather play in a meaningful playoff game than a meaningless bowl where the stands are empty and whole sections are covered with a tarp like the EMU bowl.