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The Mid-American Conference was founded as a three-state, five-team league in 1946. Butler, Case Western Reserve, Cincinnati, Ohio and Wayne State were the original members. Six more schools joined the MAC as full members over the next eight years.
Several schools, obviously, have left the conference over the last 72 years, including all but one of the founding members (Ohio), but only one school has left the conference multiple times.
Which school has twice left the MAC?
Some clues:
They were not a founding member.
They are the only school from their state to have been a MAC member.
Neither stint lasted more than 15 years.
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Answer
Marshall
Marshall joined the MAC in 1954, making it a seven-team league. All six of the other teams are still members (Ohio, Miami OH, Western Michigan, Toledo, Kent State and Bowling Green.
Marshall left in 1969 and was an Independent from 1970-76 and a member of the Southern Conference from 1977-97. They rejoined the MAC in 1997 but left in 2005 for Conference USA.
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