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2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:38 pm
by East Coast Mustang
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.
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:43 pm
by Stallion
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
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:48 pm
by East Coast Mustang
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
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:10 pm
by PK
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.
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:13 pm
by Paladin
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...
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:24 pm
by NY Pony
Who is going to be team 14? Or 12 if UConn and Cinci get poached?
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:08 pm
by PonySnob
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?
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:33 pm
by Water Pony
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.
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:36 pm
by NY Pony
NY Pony wrote:Who is going to be team 14? Or 12 if UConn and Cinci get poached?
I counted ECU twice. Nevermind.
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:35 pm
by AusTxPony
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.
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:33 am
by WordUpBU
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.
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:59 am
by Hal
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"?
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:30 am
by Blvd_Stang
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.
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:34 am
by Junior
wait, is this the current CUSA division or our AAC division?
Re: 2015 divisions for "The American"
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:00 pm
by East Coast Mustang
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