Topic: AAC Commish comments on B12 Expansion

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/how-low-will-some-group-of-five-schools-go-to-win-a-big-12-invite/

[MUalumni0912]

Sounds like a man in total meltdown mode...

Marshall needs to win and win BIG this season...we do that, we can punch our ticket out of CUSA.

Also, the reality is,

Most of the Big 12 candidates do not add much to the current conference. Most of those schools have horrible fan presence, and most are 3rd or 4th most popular schools in their states...

One thing, they forgot to mention a part of TCU's success was their alumni have more money than God.

[ThunderDent]

The only way The American (AAC) stays relevant, is to hope that the Big XII pulls from both the AAC and the MWC and inks BYU. That limits the damage, but to make a big splash to stay in the game (instead of staying the hunted/weak and backfilling down), they need to take this opportunity to kill off the rest of the G5 competition and become the best of the rest conference in the G5.

That comes from grabbing the best available MWC, CUSA, and MAC if NIU is truly a candidate (15,000k a game average doesn't do it tho).

All we can hope is that if that happens we are part of that expansion, because if we get passed by in lieu of ODU/Charlotte/WKU and get put into CUSA 4.0 pergatory where we'll end up calling up more sun belt teams and sugar coating that we just need to stay the course, we can keep NQs, easier path, blah blah BS, we are done. Like, extra crispy done.

We should make contact with Southern Miss IMO and be a united front on going together.
We want our rivals back, whomever might be left.

Some will say, is it worth it? Exit fees? Teams are leaving the AAC?
The answer is simply YES. If we miss this opportunity we are taking a huge step backward by not moving forward.

It's only a matter of time IMO before Texahoma goes off to the Pac or SEC, and if the B12 stays together long enough in the interim, it will backfill and likely become the best of the rest conference, perhaps keeping the P5 label at that point. Maybe, maybe not. But we have to make the next jump and be competitive there to have a shot. And if a good core of AAC stays together then awesome. I'd love to stay. Hell, the B12 may dissolve.

If there is a best of the rest G5 conference, or if the AAC backfills, IMO, we have to be part of it.

We have seen what TV money looks like in CUSA.

[ThunderDent]

I'd much prefer to drop Tulsa and whoever is 10 in a west division, but two 10 team divisions gives you 9 conf games, 3 non-conference games and a championship between the 2 divisions.
Whoever is left over fills in the slots.

Only way a G5 conference stays relevant in perception, and TV dollars.
AAC renegotiates in 2019. They better have some product to show off.

Big 12---> Cinci, Memphis/Houston, Colo St, BYU


The American

1-UConn
2-Temple
*3-Army
4-Navy
5-ECU
6-UCF
7-USF
8-Tulane
* 9-Marshall
*10-Southern Miss

1-(Memphis/Houston)
2-SMU
3-Tulsa
*4-Air Force
*5-New Mexico
*6-UNLV
*7-Boise St
*8-Fresno St
*9-SDSU
*10-???(UTEP, Utah St, NIU, Wyoming, etc).

[MUalumni0912]

I think you easily forget the P5 needs the G5...they beed winnable games.
I think the G5 will ultimately become the G2...2 conferences, East and West...of marquee opponents, the best of the rest. While the MAC, Sunbelt, and others dissolve into AA territory.
...and if the conferences of G5 were smart, begin demanding a minimum of $2 million per game with a P5, they'll pay it.