Is this a joke?

[Dukes09]

thank you cent for stating what i and some others are thinking. i still don't get how some people on here honestly believe EVERY denial by any person affiliated with a conference or a specific school. it is standard protocol to deny things until they're official. denials don't mean jack squat.

[Miami, (Oh)-Yeah!]

Philly newspaper:
Temple is lucky to be affiliated with the Mid-American Conference for bowl purposes. In financial terms, the MAC's bowl arrangement sounds better than most in terms of taking care of its schools. MAC deputy commissioner Bob Gennarelli said Monday that Temple will receive a $300,000 stipend out of the $750,000 the league receives from the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, and Temple will get 5,000 tickets at no cost and will keep the revenue from any tickets sold. That's the standard deal the MAC has with its affiliated bowls, Gennarelli said. The stipend is based on travel distance, Gennarelli said, not the size of the bowl payout.
The ticket deal is the important part. In some conferences, the schools have to buy the tickets, and if they can't sell them, they take a bath. That's what happened to UConn. There is no expensive lodging requirement for Temple as some bowls have.
http://articles.philly.com/2011-12-0...wl-bowl-payout

[Rock House Duke]

I am pro MAC football, I think JMU could start a rivalry with Miami of Ohio given how much the schools share culturally, yet I do not feel this will materialize.