2015 divisions for "The American"

by **East Coast Mustang** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:38 pm

Any thoughts? I feel as if this makes the most sense.

East- UCF, USF, Temple, UConn, East Carolina, Navy
West- SMU, Houston, Memphis, Tulane, Tulsa, Cincinnati

Unrelated: Tulane was such a [deleted] addition. I wish we could've gotten BYU instead.

by **Stallion** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:43 pm

I keep reading that Navy will actually prefer being in the West-they recruit Texas more than any other state. I doubt Cinncinati wants to be in the West.. I'm pretty sure the Florida schools will remain with the Eastern schools because those schools recruit Florida big-time for speed athletes

by **East Coast Mustang** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:48 pm

Stallion wrote:I keep reading that Navy will actually prefer being in the West-they recruit Texas more than any other state. I doubt Cinncinati wants to be in the West.. I'm pretty sure the Florida schools will remain with the Eastern schools because those schools recruit Florida big-time for speed athletes

Perhaps it will be like the SEC where each team has a permanent crossover, and ours could be Navy- guaranteeing them a game in TX at least every other year

by PK » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:10 pm

East Coast Mustang wrote:
Stallion wrote:I keep reading that Navy will actually prefer being in the West-they recruit Texas more than any other state. I doubt Cinncinati wants to be in the West.. I'm pretty sure the Florida schools will remain with the Eastern schools because those schools recruit Florida big-time for speed athletes

Perhaps it will be like the SEC where each team has a permanent crossover, and ours could be Navy- guaranteeing them a game in TX at least every other year

Having Navy in our division would be great or at least as a permanent cross-over. Going to Annapolis for a game is great fun.

by **Paladin** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:13 pm

There really is no sound reason we could not dominate the Western division of the new AAC; our bad if we don't rise to the top and stay there...

by **NY Pony** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:24 pm

Who is going to be team 14? Or 12 if UConn and Cinci get poached?

by **PonySnob** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:08 pm

Stallion wrote:I keep reading that Navy will actually prefer being in the West-they recruit Texas more than any other state. I doubt Cinncinati wants to be in the West.. I'm pretty sure the Florida schools will remain with the Eastern schools because those schools recruit Florida big-time for speed athletes

JJ would probably "pencil in" the Navy game as a loss every year.....why waste a week getting ready for that offense unless another AAC team runs it?

by **Water Pony** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:33 pm

I agree that Cincinnati wants to be in Eastern Group or Division for recruiting, media and time zones. Navy would be open to the Western group.

Assuming a east/west spilt, there doesn't appear to be any logical pairings for permanent cross-overs games. It may not be needed. Is there an argument for such a game, since there is no history between the western and eastern half? SMU has a named trophy with Navy.

by **NY Pony** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:36 pm

NY Pony wrote:Who is going to be team 14? Or 12 if UConn and Cinci get poached?

I counted ECU twice. Nevermind.

by **AusTxPony** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:35 pm

Without permanent crossovers, I'm pretty sure a game in Texas and a game Florida could be worked out for every team, every other year.

by **WordUpBU** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:33 am

Navy in the West makes sense. It's CUSA West + Memphis + Navy.

The East is essentially a combo of the old BE and CUSA East.

UConn, Temple, ECU, UCF, USF, Cincy.

It limits how often teams travel farther distances and makes a lot of sense.

by **Hal** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:59 am

East Coast Mustang wrote:Any thoughts? I feel as if this makes the most sense.

East- UCF, USF, Temple, UConn, East Carolina, Navy
West- SMU, Houston, Memphis, Tulane, Tulsa, Cincinnati

Unrelated: Tulane was such a [deleted] addition. I wish we could've gotten BYU instead.

Pretty good split, really.

On another note, what's going to be the accepted abbreviation of the American Athletic Conference? Will teams be vying for the "AAC championship"? The "American championship"?

by **Blvd_Stang** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:30 am

Without UCONN or Cinci this looks just like Conference-USA with slightly better bball. And I think UCONN and Cinci are out by 2015 or 2016 with any contractual issues.

Here's to us being in another conference by 2015

I do see a re-motivated JJ and Larry Brown crushing recruiting.

by **Junior** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:34 am

wait, is this the current CUSA division or our AAC division?

by **East Coast Mustang** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:00 pm

Junior wrote:wait, is this the current CUSA division or our AAC division?

I think it's been well established that we didn't really "move up" the conference ladder, at least as far as football is concerned. But it's certainly better than being left in the old CUSA, which is what would've happened pre-June/Orsini

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