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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 2714887, member: 1559"] L I think Navy was cautious about the AAC due to stability. Would the conference last, especially when the Big 12 was flirting with expansion or destruction. But, I think they were also nervous about what would happen if Notre Dame was forced to join a conference as they may have to rethink playing Navy every year. I think losing one of their 3 annual opponents, and a big money game, would make staying independent difficult. That said, Navy could have remained independent as they have 3 important games every year: Army, Air Force, and Notre Dame. The media revenues from those 3 games would be fine. Then they could play BYU and UMass every year plus Hawaii every so often and they easily can get 2 or 3 other P5 games every season based on their past schedules: 2009: Ohio St., Pitt, Wake Forest 2010: Maryland, Wake Forest, Duke 2011: South Carolina, Rutgers 2012: Penn St., Indiana 2013: Indiana, Duke, Pitt 2014: Ohio St., Rutgers What UConn football fan would not sign up for this schedule: Army Air Force Notre Dame Indiana Duke Pitt BYU UMass Hawaii 1 FCS 2 G5 Yes, the AAC has made scheduling easier for Navy and access to one of the top bowls, but they still would have gotten a decent bowl game every year if they deserved it. By the way, UConn played Army and Navy at home in 2015. Navy was the highest attended game that season by 5000 fans and Army was the second highest attended game. Navy also played at Tulsa, Houston, and Memphis in 2015. At Houston, Navy was the top attended game by 5000 fans. For Memphis, Navy was the second most attended game (Ole Miss was #1) by 10,000 fans over #3. Navy at Tulsa was their 2nd highest attended game. So, yes, fans will show up when Navy comes to town. [/QUOTE]

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