If you storm the field in celebratory fashion enough times, you can manifest a victory. The Toledo Rockets and Pittsburgh Panthers found themselves embedded into a moment in history. Roughly 42 hours ...

That was an interesting Week 9 of MAC football. We had our final non-conference matchup of the year as Toledo flew west to Washington State. There were three upsets based on the Vegas spread. And four ...

Northern Illinois Pro Day was a hoppin’ one on March 17th, with 15 senior Huskies and two former NIU alumni on-site to try and propel their football futures on March 17. Per NIU Athletics, 20 NFL ...

It’s officially college football game week for nine FBS schools. For the other 127, less than two weeks separate the present-day from opening kickoff. Thus, it’s time for teams to finalize their depth ...

In a shocking turn of events, Rhode Island athletic director Thorr Bjorn, who had recently signed a five-year extension in June, has reportedly been hired to join the UMass athletic department as a ...

Maxen Hook seeks to be the next Toledo Rockets defender to be selected in the NFL Draft after an extremely productive career in the Blue and Gold over the last four seasons as a starter in a stacked ...

The appointed hour is finally here. After 15 years of service to telling the story of the Mid-American Conference, the book will finally close on Hustle Belt. Our editor-in-chief found out via phone ...

Non-conference games are becoming a rarity as the calendar flips from September to Oklahoma, but we’ve still got one lined up in Norman, OK. Oklahoma and Kent State scheduled another matchup after ...

Last year, we debuted Hustle Belt’s weekly column Monday MAC Musings, which contains every thought that crosses the mind when watching MAC football. This year, it’s back. The 2025 Week 1 slate ...

Three titans reigned the conference. Two of them clashed in the first ranked MAC matchup in 30 years. The other landed among college football’s elite in the top 10. The conference housed one of the ...

Well, here we are. I think I always knew this day would come, but yet, here I am somewhat surprised and more than a little gobsmacked that it’s well and truly over. No more Tuesday night #MACtion ...

The Kent State Golden Flashes officially parted ways with Kenni Burns on Friday, Apr. 11, 2025, ending his two-year tenure as head coach. “Kent State University has terminated the employment of head ...