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AAC Expansion

Memphis should go independent in all sports. Let Penny run the basketball team like an AAU program / NBA showcase. Get fedex on board for some major NIL deals. Get their own streaming deal somewhere (can’t be worse than the annual payout from the AAC).

Annual extended road trips to southern CA and FL in January / February. Scheduling will be tough, but they can get it done (what’s the difference in playing Pepperdine or Rice when it comes to selection committee?). Chances are they can get a few quality OOC games even late in the season if they are strategic.
 
If we can’t get Gonzaga and Villanova gives their blessing, I would not necessarily be opposed to adding Temple. 12 is better than 11 when it comes to NCAA bids.
 
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Guapo said:
Temple does do as much for me as it does for a number of you. Maybe I’m missing something
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I agree. I do feel sorry for Temple because I think they're above the new AAC, but I don't think they're Big East level. I mean... they were kicked out of the old Big East for not being good enough. The original AAC was where Temple belonged.
 
Greedo said:
I agree. I do feel sorry for Temple because I think they're above the new AAC, but I don't think they're Big East level. I mean... they were kicked out of the old Big East for not being good enough. The original AAC was where Temple belonged.
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they're 11-11 vs. us in men's BB and 7-4 vs. us in football.
 
Guapo said:
Temple does do as much for me as it does for a number of you. Maybe I’m missing something
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It won’t let me edit. It should say “does not do”
 
John said:
they're 11-11 vs. us in men's BB and 7-4 vs. us in football.
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Good for the them. I don’t really see your point re: the Big East (I’d love to get them regularly scheduled for football though)
 
Guapo said:
Good for the them. I don’t really see your point re: the Big East (I’d love to get them regularly scheduled for football though)
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My point being they are an athletically and academically competitive university - if Villanova agrees, they'd be a good addition. The OP talks about them getting kicked out by the Big East - that Temple is not the Temple of today by any means.
 
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John said:
My point being they are an athletically and academically competitive university - if Villanova agrees, they'd be a good addition. The OP talks about them getting kicked out by the Big East - that Temple is not the Temple of today by any means.
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Their current Kenpom would have them as the second worst team in the Big East. Only Depaul is lower. They're just fill at that point. I don't want to add a team to the Big East unless they make the conference better, Temple doesn't do that.
 
shizzle787 said:
I can't imagine what Temple, Memphis, and Wichita State fans are thinking right now.
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a. college sports cash = football. period.
b. temple, memphis, and wichita state will now play football in a conference of
Charlotte
ECU
FAU
Memphis
North Texas
Rice
SMU
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
USF
UTSA
and Wichita State, ergo,
c. temple, memphis, and wichita state are thinking 'cool, bigtime football, we getting paid.'
and as to the 'Texas thing,' well, the State of Texas will be adding population equal to the current State of New York in the next couple of decades, with Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee putting us here in Connecticut in the population rearview mirror long ago, as they grow quite nicely. will this conference still be around in the future? will any of these? idk, but in the meantime, this one is where people are factually moving to.
period.
when will there be an announcement from the Great States of New England to ban all football, cuz it hurts their feelings, or sumthin?

the arrogance around these parts is palpable. see 'a' above.

this is where FAU plays. i like the palm trees.
fau_stadium_night.jpg



'The steel stadium would allow for future expansion up to 65,000 seats as well as a roof if needed.'
 
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the university of north texas in Denton, Texas, metro Dallas/Fort Worth, population now around 140,000 (was 80,000 in 2000!) plays here,
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temple doesn't even have it's 'own' stadium. spare me the legal-beagling.
 
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ClifSpliffy said:
b. temple, memphis, and wichita state will now play football in a conference of
Charlotte
ECU
FAU
Memphis
North Texas
Rice
SMU
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
USF
UTSA
and Wichita State, ergo,
c. temple, memphis, and wichita state are thinking 'cool, bigtime football, we getting paid.'
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yeah because the first thing i think of when I see those names is "big time football"
 
thank g*d the AAC is out of our rear view mirror. I feel bad for Temple only because my neighbor is a senior there. I'll get over it.
 
one more. east carolina u only averages 35,000 to 45,000 folks at a game in the past few years.
East_Carolina_University_ecu2_large.jpg
 
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BugsyCT said:
You get enough of the P5 conferences swallowing up big name schools and eventually there's nothing left for the G5 conferences to replace them with except pure garbage.
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Yep the trick is to get to p5
The AAC was a victim of their own success when you consider more than 1/4 of the schools got saved by p5
Of the last 8 Big East football teams
before CR. 6 are in Power conferences
Only two got left behind.
The 8 wanted $100-120million a year
Those 8 are currently close to double that.
 
ClifSpliffy said:
a. college sports cash = football. period.
b. temple, memphis, and wichita state will now play football in a conference of
Charlotte
ECU
FAU
Memphis
North Texas
Rice
SMU
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
USF
UTSA
and Wichita State, ergo,
c. temple, memphis, and wichita state are thinking 'cool, bigtime football, we getting paid.'
and as to the 'Texas thing,' well, the State of Texas will be adding population equal to the current State of New York in the next couple of decades, with Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee putting us here in Connecticut in the population rearview mirror long ago, as they grow quite nicely. will this conference still be around in the future? will any of these? idk, but in the meantime, this one is where people are factually moving to.
period.
when will there be an announcement from the Great States of New England to ban all football, cuz it hurts their feelings, or sumthin?

the arrogance around these parts is palpable. see 'a' above.

this is where FAU plays. i like the palm trees.
fau_stadium_night.jpg



'The steel stadium would allow for future expansion up to 65,000 seats as well as a roof if needed.'
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Two thoughts here.

1. College sports cash ≠ football exclusively. 80% of revenue for school themselves may be football, which is a hell of a lot, but that does not mean it's all football or nothing. Second, as far as the NCAA goes, basketball pays 80% of the bills. Something to think about.

2. The fact that FAU charges students $14 million a year in student fees and UNT is charging over $10 million in fees to support their bloated athletic budgets while building stadiums that look like that (and are usually half empty) is EXACTLY what is wrong with college sports. Sports are definitely a marketing tool and help raise funds for colleges and universities and I'm not saying they need to make a profit, but there is a point where you have to say enough is enough. Do these students really get 10-14 million dollars worth of value out of their athletics departments every year? Maybe? Someone else can answer that question. I sit here skeptical though.
 
MU in MKE said:
Two thoughts here.

1. College sports cash ≠ football exclusively. 80% of revenue for school themselves may be football, which is a hell of a lot, but that does not mean it's all football or nothing. Second, as far as the NCAA goes, basketball pays 80% of the bills. Something to think about.

2. The fact that FAU charges students $14 million a year in student fees and UNT is charging over $10 million in fees to support their bloated athletic budgets while building stadiums that look like that (and are usually half empty) is EXACTLY what is wrong with college sports. Sports are definitely a marketing tool and help raise funds for colleges and universities and I'm not saying they need to make a profit, but there is a point where you have to say enough is enough. Do these students really get 10-14 million dollars worth of value out of their athletics departments every year? Maybe? Someone else can answer that question. I sit here skeptical though.
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NYC almost 9 million folks (tho now reversing), zero FBS programs.
'Something to think about.'
but the rest of the nation is just one big dummy, right? and country music on the radio isn't, by far, the most popular programming, right?
 
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ClifSpliffy said:
a. college sports cash = football. period.
b. temple, memphis, and wichita state will now play football in a conference of
Charlotte
ECU
FAU
Memphis
North Texas
Rice
SMU
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
USF
UTSA
and Wichita State, ergo,
c. temple, memphis, and wichita state are thinking 'cool, bigtime football, we getting paid.'
and as to the 'Texas thing,' well, the State of Texas will be adding population equal to the current State of New York in the next couple of decades, with Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee putting us here in Connecticut in the population rearview mirror long ago, as they grow quite nicely. will this conference still be around in the future? will any of these? idk, but in the meantime, this one is where people are factually moving to.
period.
when will there be an announcement from the Great States of New England to ban all football, cuz it hurts their feelings, or sumthin?

the arrogance around these parts is palpable. see 'a' above.

this is where FAU plays. i like the palm trees.
fau_stadium_night.jpg



'The steel stadium would allow for future expansion up to 65,000 seats as well as a roof if needed.'
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A) Wichita State doesn’t play football

B) these schools are going to make less than the Big East schools. Some cash cow ya got there
 
Vowelguy said:
It's not about future students; it's about future enlistees.
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The USNA's AAC western status is lasar focused on Lone Star State football recruiting. None of the academies struggle to entice candidates seeking Congressional nominations. Aside from game advertisements targeting prospective USN enlistees across the USofA, the USNA's preference in being in the AAC's western grouping apparently remains Texas gridiron recruiting.
 
So I owe Benedict an apology. When we moved to the New Big East, I understood it but I didn't like it. I thought the damage to football of leaving the AAC was not in the long term interest of the Athletic Department, even though in the short and intermediate term it was certainly better for basketball to be in the Big East.

I was wrong and he was right. If we had stayed in the AAC, and it played out the way it has, we'd be leaving now anyway.
 
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