Re: AAC Re-Alignment
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:28 pm
That would help conference attendance!SMUstang wrote:However I wouldn't mind seeing Rice admitted.
That would help conference attendance!SMUstang wrote:However I wouldn't mind seeing Rice admitted.
SMUstang wrote:They add great academics, a great stadium with free parking, the Mob, a decent basketball program, great baseball, they are in the great state of Texas, all they need is commitment to a football program and they could compete in the AAC. And it wouldn't take long at $7M per school to them to recoup to CUSA exit fee.
Dukie wrote:SMUstang wrote:They add great academics, a great stadium with free parking, the Mob, a decent basketball program, great baseball, they are in the great state of Texas, all they need is commitment to a football program and they could compete in the AAC. And it wouldn't take long at $7M per school to them to recoup to CUSA exit fee.
I don't hate Rice and they have a very rich, if very ancient, history. But before talking about Rice, you stated that you only want the best competition. Rice is not it. They have not invested in being competitive and they will not invest. The stadium is a crumbling dinosaur. The parking lot is irrelevant. Rice basketball is irrelevant (and is on a streak of losing seasons, even in the terribly weak CUSA). Rice baseball, if you haven't noticed, has also become irrelevant (and is also on a streak of losing seasons, even in the terribly weak CUSA).
EastStang wrote:The thought of Appalachian State makes me sad. Yes, they have a good football program (for now). At one point so did East Tennessee State. Appy, Liberty, Old Dominion, are not far removed from FCS, and need another decade of seasoning in CUSA or Southland Conference. What you want are programs that beat the big boys head to head often enough that the big boys won't play them anymore. In that vein, ECU has beaten Virginia Tech several times and I think UNC as well. We have beaten TCU. USF, UCF, UH, Memphis, Navy, Temple, Tulsa have won games against P5 schools. So, a candidate for the AAC should be from teams capable of beating P5 teams. BYU, Boise State, San Diego State, So. Miss, AFA, Colorado State, Wyoming seem to fit that bill. Wyoming and CSU bring no TV market. SDS, AFA and BYU do. Boise not really, but a great football program. This is all about what the networks think, not what fans think.
EastStang wrote:The thought of Appalachian State makes me sad. Yes, they have a good football program (for now). At one point so did East Tennessee State. Appy, Liberty, Old Dominion, are not far removed from FCS, and need another decade of seasoning in CUSA or Southland Conference. What you want are programs that beat the big boys head to head often enough that the big boys won't play them anymore. In that vein, ECU has beaten Virginia Tech several times and I think UNC as well. We have beaten TCU. USF, UCF, UH, Memphis, Navy, Temple, Tulsa have won games against P5 schools. So, a candidate for the AAC should be from teams capable of beating P5 teams. BYU, Boise State, San Diego State, So. Miss, AFA, Colorado State, Wyoming seem to fit that bill. Wyoming and CSU bring no TV market. SDS, AFA and BYU do. Boise not really, but a great football program. This is all about what the networks think, not what fans think.