America 12 (A-12) - New Conference Name Likely

[Stallion]

Ask Lamar Hunt's kid- came up with a Trillion Dollar idea with the Super Bowl.

[Longtime]

America 12, or A-12, both sound pretty snappy to me.

The number doesn't have to match the actual membership count. It's more of a tradition thing, signifying a collegiate athletic conference. The Big 10 and Big 12 don't have numbers to match their names.

I don't like anything "Metro" - sounds too much like a commuter rail system.

If we want to emphasize having schools in big cities, let's go with the Urban League and begin negotiations with BET on a TV contract.

[mrydel]

How about All American Conference? Has a better ring to me.

[Stallion]

yeah great then we could finally say that an SMU player made the All-American team

[East Coast Mustang]

I personally like Metro Conference better than A-12 Conference. A-12 or America-12 is too close to Atlantic 10 IMO, but you could do some cool stuff with the American flag in the logo.

Metro Conference has history and makes sense though; Dan Wolken suggested it on Twitter the other day and said it got positive feedback.

[CA Mustang]

ACC may not be the one doing the raiding at that point. If, as I suspect, SEC nabs VT and NC State, B10 takes UVA and UNC, and the Big12 take FSU, Miami, GT, and Clemson, I'm not sure where the ACC goes from there. You've got:

Duke
Wake
BC
Pitt
Syracuse

Add Louisville to that list. Does that also mean ND goes back to being an independent?

[sbsmith]

And when the ACC raids the conference, will the America 12 only have 8 members?

ACC may not be the one doing the raiding at that point. If, as I suspect, SEC nabs VT and NC State, B10 takes UVA and UNC, and the Big12 take FSU, Miami, GT, and Clemson, I'm not sure where the ACC goes from there. You've got:

Duke
Wake
BC
Pitt
Syracuse

ESPN won't let that conference die, they'll grab 6-8 from the Not Big East and kill that league.

[SMUer]

America 12 sounds like we're the twelveth iteration of our republic, way off in the future. How about "American 12" which more accurately describes twelve things that are from America.

[mrydel]

yeah great then we could finally say that an SMU player made the All-American team

The conference would have more All American players than any other. They could not deny us a seat at the big boy table.

[Charleston Pony]

no numbers in the name - please!

I liked the idea of resurrecting the Metro, but wondered about ownership rights. I think "The American Metro Conference" fits pretty well, especially with the initial group of schools in Cincy, Tampa, Orlando, Philly, Dallas, Houston, Memphis & New Orleans. Most schools pretty easy to get to travel wise.

[SMU2007]

numbers in the conference are fine.

metro is an absolutely horrendous name.

[horsemanx]

It's also pretty short-sighted to have "America" in the name with SMU and Houston in the conference.

[RGV Pony]

Huh ?

[Comet]

It's also pretty short-sighted to have "America" in the name with SMU and Houston in the conference.

We'll be the Texas Republic 2

[Sam I Am]

American-12 will just be another abbreviation for the conference membership that includes SMU. Of all schools, we should appreciate the marketing value of a good acronym. A-12 is what we will end up with, gents. I like F-16 better, but the USAF has the patent rights to that one already.