AAC HQ cocky about sending conf champ to 'good' bowl '14 & beyond

[ruskin]

I recently had my sanity questioned. Any thoughts on Aresco & Co.?

It will all be a moot point after this year, however. This is the final year of the Bowl Championship Series as the sport moves to the College Football Playoff beginning in 2014. The new system will pair the nation's top four teams in a three-game tournament. The semifinals will be played either New Year's Eve or New Year's Day and the National Championship will take place about a week later each year.

The sites of the semifinal games will rotate among the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and the Chick-Fil-A Bowl. When those bowls are not hosting semifinal games, they will host their traditional contracted conferences (the Big Ten and the Pac-12 in the Rose Bowl, for example).

The American will still have access to those premier games. If The American champion is among the top four, as determined by a yet-to-be-named selection committee, then it will be in the national semifinals.If the American Athletic Conference champion is not among the top four nationally, it would still play in one of those New Year's bowls if it is the highest-ranked champion among the Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The feeling in league headquarters is that, more often than not, that spot will go to The American.

http://theamerican.org/news/2013/7/22/FB_0722134247.aspx

 

[Hoophound]

Why would anyone assume the the American champ will be ranked higher than Boise most years when no one in the American is ever ranked higher than Boise? (Not literally, but usually)

 

[sportsart]

I would hope our champ would be highest most years. Probably competing with Boise most of the time.

 

[freescooter]

We think we will probably be the best isn't exactly a plan...but for this league it is probably more than we can expect.

 

[huskymedic]

I recently had my sanity questioned. Any thoughts on Aresco & Co.?

It will all be a moot point after this year, however. This is the final year of the Bowl Championship Series as the sport moves to the College Football Playoff beginning in 2014. The new system will pair the nation's top four teams in a three-game tournament. The semifinals will be played either New Year's Eve or New Year's Day and the National Championship will take place about a week later each year.

The sites of the semifinal games will rotate among the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and the Chick-Fil-A Bowl. When those bowls are not hosting semifinal games, they will host their traditional contracted conferences (the Big Ten and the Pac-12 in the Rose Bowl, for example).

The American will still have access to those premier games. If The American champion is among the top four, as determined by a yet-to-be-named selection committee, then it will be in the national semifinals.If the American Athletic Conference champion is not among the top four nationally, it would still play in one of those New Year's bowls if it is the highest-ranked champion among the Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The feeling in league headquarters is that, more often than not, that spot will go to The American.

http://theamerican.org/news/2013/7/22/FB_0722134247.aspx [/quote]

It's their article on their website - not sure what you expected them to say... "Most years we'll be lucky to fill our meager bowl commitments yet alone play on NYD"? At least they can exude confidence if it's not actually going to be the reality at times.

 

[noeynox]

Just like the feeling was they'd keep the bcs bid. Just like the feeling was they wiuld get the liberty bowl, just like the feeling was the tv cintract would be good and so on and so on.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

After all the years of pining for Marinatto to stand up and talk with some balls.......we're now ripping Aresco for standing up and talking with some balls. Only on the BY.

It's an impossible spot for Aresco. I feel for the guy. Had he known what was about to transpire since he took over, no way would he have taken the job. He rolled the dice and got snake eyes. What's he gonna do at this point?

 

[UCFBfan]

It's an impossible spot for Aresco. I feel for the guy. Had he known what was about to transpire since he took over, no way would he have taken the job. He rolled the dice and got snake eyes. What's he gonna do at this point?

At what point do we stop accepting that he was dealt a bad hand? I understand the TV deal was not all his fault considering the teams remaining and the bball teams splitting was inevitable at some point. However, I can't sit and accept the fact that the Liberty Bowl, the bowl that was supposed to be a given due to Memphis's inclusion, is no longer an option. That, to me, is incompetence. Memphis was brought on board for bball purposes but they were also supposed to bring the bowl played in their home godda&n stadium. So what's he going to blame now? What excuse can we accept for that?

There's a level of accepting that he signed up at the wrong time and teams were bound to leave. But how much more are we willing to forgive? I believe we've reached the point where he's proving he's ineffective. Losing the Liberty Bowl was the last straw and one I won't accept as a result of ll the teams bailing.

 

[businesslawyer]

At what point do we stop accepting that he was dealt a bad hand? I understand the TV deal was not all his fault considering the teams remaining and the bball teams splitting was inevitable at some point. However, I can't sit and accept the fact that the Liberty Bowl, the bowl that was supposed to be a given due to Memphis's inclusion, is no longer an option. That, to me, is incompetence. Memphis was brought on board for bball purposes but they were also supposed to bring the bowl played in their home godda&n stadium. So what's he going to blame now? What excuse can we accept for that?

There's a level of accepting that he signed up at the wrong time and teams were bound to leave. But how much more are we willing to forgive? I believe we've reached the point where he's proving he's ineffective. Losing the Liberty Bowl was the last straw and one I won't accept as a result of ll the teams bailing.

You're right. Never accept that things sometimes go wrong when there is a chance to blame someone else. Damn, I have to remember that.

 

[noeynox]

Its never been about talking the talk, its about the end result. Marinatto had a bcs leauge to sell, he always had a penchant for saying and seemingly doing the wrong thing. Aresco simply has whiffed on every at bat it seems. We know he git dealt a tough hand, but he is being paid seven figures. I would like to know how his salary compares to the group of five commissioners since so far the best thing he has delivered is a nice logo.

 

[NEforceUConn]

After all the years of pining for Marinatto to stand up and talk with some balls.......we're now ripping Aresco for standing up and talking with some balls. Only on the BY.

It's an impossible spot for Aresco. I feel for the guy. Had he known what was about to transpire since he took over, no way would he have taken the job. He rolled the dice and got snake eyes. What's he gonna do at this point?

invite Memphis, oh wait he already did that.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

At what point do we stop accepting that he was dealt a bad hand? I understand the TV deal was not all his fault considering the teams remaining and the bball teams splitting was inevitable at some point. However, I can't sit and accept the fact that the Liberty Bowl, the bowl that was supposed to be a given due to Memphis's inclusion, is no longer an option. That, to me, is incompetence. Memphis was brought on board for bball purposes but they were also supposed to bring the bowl played in their home godda&n stadium. So what's he going to blame now? What excuse can we accept for that?

There's a level of accepting that he signed up at the wrong time and teams were bound to leave. But how much more are we willing to forgive? I believe we've reached the point where he's proving he's ineffective. Losing the Liberty Bowl was the last straw and one I won't accept as a result of ll the teams bailing.

You are going to blame Aresco for losing a bowl we never had. I guess you are entitled to do so. But here's what happened......Aresco made the AAC pitch. Then the SEC and Big 12 walked through the door, expressed mild interest and were awarded the bowl. Why on God's green earth would Liberty Bowl execs, who don't have any connection to Memphis (the university), grant a slot to the AAC if they want to sell tix, hotel rooms, and get decent ratings?

 

[Marty Jackson]

At what point do we stop accepting that he was dealt a bad hand? I understand the TV deal was not all his fault considering the teams remaining and the bball teams splitting was inevitable at some point. However, I can't sit and accept the fact that the Liberty Bowl, the bowl that was supposed to be a given due to Memphis's inclusion, is no longer an option. That, to me, is incompetence. Memphis was brought on board for bball purposes but they were also supposed to bring the bowl played in their home godda&n stadium. So what's he going to blame now? What excuse can we accept for that?

There's a level of accepting that he signed up at the wrong time and teams were bound to leave. But how much more are we willing to forgive? I believe we've reached the point where he's proving he's ineffective. Losing the Liberty Bowl was the last straw and one I won't accept as a result of ll the teams bailing.

I blame warde for supporting this guy...

 

[UCFBfan]

You are going to blame Aresco for losing a bowl we never had. I guess you are entitled to do so. But here's what happened......Aresco made the AAC pitch. Then the SEC and Big 12 walked through the door, expressed mild interest and were awarded the bowl. Why on God's green earth would Liberty Bowl execs, who don't have any connection to Memphis (the university), grant a slot to the AAC if they want to sell tix, hotel rooms, and get decent ratings?

I see your point but it just seems that people are accepting the fact that Aresco was handed a raw deal with the conference and that's that. I feel that excuse has run it's course and it's time to play with what you've been dealt. Up to now, I can't find one thing he's done to help advance the conference, thus hurting us.

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[Waquoit]

How much is this guy getting paid? And some here think he's getting a raw deal?

 

[noeynox]

How much is this guy getting paid? And some here think he's getting a raw deal?

This. I mean do the sun belt and MAC commissioners make as much as him? Conf USA and the Mt. West? I guess I'm just expecting to something, anything, that seperates us from those conferences. Wishful thinking.

 

[WestHartHusk]

How much is this guy getting paid? And some here think he's getting a raw deal?

More than all UConn sports.