MAC Proud

Sunday's Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers will feature 15 players who played their college football in the Mid-American Conference. That number rankks second only to the SEC. Dan Wetzel, of yahoo.com, has the story, below. 

Linebacker James Harrison #92 of the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrates after a play against the Baltimore Ravens during the AFC Divisional Playoff Game at Heinz Field on January 15, 2011 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Courtesy---Dan Wetzel/yahoo.com

If as a high school senior James Harrison had staged an elaborate news conference to reveal his college choice it would’ve lacked drama. The table in front of him would’ve contained just one school-logoed hat.

“My signing day was nobody was left but Kent,” the Pittsburgh Steelers star linebacker said. “So that was my only option.”

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