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Message: [QUOTE="Zissou, post: 2068542, member: 7920"] [B]Are SMU or Tulsa Fans going to travel to either of these schools? Is Uconn Football going to be that much more of a draw than Umass to the southern or western members? [/B] I would say UMass is a downgrade from UConn. I think Navy and Temple would be much more aligned with Nova and JMU than UMass. For Tulsa fans it probably doesn't matter cross division, but one of the attractions is a more regional North division. [B]Why would a conference making little revenue want to further dilute that stream by adding two teams that have no chance of bringing anything of value to the table?[/B] I just disagree. JMU and Nova would bring value and stability, just prior to the next TV negotiation. More than Tulane and Tulsa imho. Rivalries matter and Nova-Temple would be great for the Philly market. [B]The only concession Nova would make for joining The AAC would be to play one neutral site game against an AAC Opponent. WTF is that supposed to do?[/B] The proposal is UConn would play 6 and Nova 1. Nova is tied to the Philly Big 5 out of conference schedule, so there is only room to commit one game. But that is 7 games total to the AAC, which only softens the blow somewhat of losing UConn hoops. Every AAC team would play UConn every 2 years, some more. [B]I agree that rivalries matter. [/B] And I'll repeat the question - In today's alignment who are UConn's rivals? Who are your best football rivals? Who are your best hoops rivals? I'm guessing you didn't answer because the questions are difficult! [/QUOTE]

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