OT: It's official — AAC officially adds ECU, Tulane, Tulane

[sbsmith]

No other school in the AAC has our combination of facilities (especially if IPF gets built soon, as has been alluded to), campus, academics, location, and tradition.

FIFY

[AusTxPony]

Seriously, sb, you'd rather have Pitt (who WE clobbered), Syracuse who has not even been a .500 football team and Rutgers, a moment in the sunshine about 10 years ago. They were the laughing stock of BCS when in the Big East. No traveling fans, no fan base in Dallas, bad road trips and coooooold. With Louisville the AAC is a better football league than the Big East. Without UL, it's close.

[fifty]

I would far rather have Pitt, Syracuse, and Rutgers. AAC is soft in football. We could win the AAC without beating 1 top 40 team.

[sbsmith]

Seriously, sb, you'd rather have Pitt (who WE clobbered), Syracuse who has not even been a .500 football team and Rutgers, a moment in the sunshine about 10 years ago. They were the laughing stock of BCS when in the Big East. No traveling fans, no fan base in Dallas, bad road trips and coooooold. With Louisville the AAC is a better football league than the Big East. Without UL, it's close.

Yes, I'd seriously rather have Pitt, Syracuse and Rutgers. Having those schools would mean more money and more prestige for the conference.

[PonySnob]

[quote="AusTxPony"]Seriously, sb, you'd rather have Pitt (who WE clobbered), Syracuse who has not even been a .500 football team and Rutgers, a moment in the sunshine about 10 years ago. They were the laughing stock of BCS when in the Big East. No traveling fans, no fan base in Dallas, bad road trips and coooooold.[quote]

Check the attendance of the last few games with Tulsa and Tulane at Ford...........

[AusTxPony]

And which of Pitt, Syracuse and Rutgers is a top 40 team? UCF, Cincinnati, Houston and ECU will be higher ranked than those three dead weights. I'm just saying they are no help in football, except possibly bringing in a few more bucks than we get now from ESPN, but even that is debatable. Let's check at the end of the season.

[sbsmith]

And which of Pitt, Syracuse and Rutgers is a top 40 team? UCF, Cincinnati, Houston and ECU will be higher ranked than those three dead weights. I'm just saying they are no help in football, except possibly bringing in a few more bucks than we get now from ESPN, but even that is debatable. Let's check at the end of the season.

Pitt, Rutgers & Syracuse 2013 Avg Attendance: 44,855
ECU, Tulane & Tulsa 2013 Avg Attendance: 27,875

Pitt, Rutgers & Syracuse 2013 Average Sagarin Rank: 72.3
ECU, Tulane & Tulsa 2013 Average Sagarin Rank: 93



Looks to me like Rutgers, Pitt and Syracuse would be more help in football than ECU, Tulane and Tulsa.

[Big12Mustang]

And which of Pitt, Syracuse and Rutgers is a top 40 team? UCF, Cincinnati, Houston and ECU will be higher ranked than those three dead weights. I'm just saying they are no help in football, except possibly bringing in a few more bucks than we get now from ESPN, but even that is debatable. Let's check at the end of the season.

Pitt, Rutgers & Syracuse 2013 Avg Attendance: 44,855
ECU, Tulane & Tulsa 2013 Avg Attendance: 27,875

Pitt, Rutgers & Syracuse 2013 Average Sagarin Rank: 72.3
ECU, Tulane & Tulsa 2013 Average Sagarin Rank: 93



Looks to me like Rutgers, Pitt and Syracuse would be more help in football than ECU, Tulane and Tulsa.

And ESPN agrees with you, hence the $128 M offer instead of the $1.2 B the Big East was offered with WVU, Pitt, Cuse, Rutg, Lville still in it.