American Athletic Conference

[tcf15]

Could be worse...

 

[sammydabiz]

I'm usually the pessimistic one, but I must say: I Like It!. Could've been a lot worse fellas

 

[BearJWS]

AAC? Really? I can see lots of ACC slip ups!

 

[huskymedic]

AAC? Really? I can see lots of ACC slip ups!

and it's gets listed first alphabetically!

 

[outlaw]

America <3

 

[Deleted member 3149]

it will be funny to have a name sounding like ACC for 1 year. We won't be here for long, I promise you that.

 

[UConn Hoops1]

Could be worse...

Here's the link............... AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE



GO HUSKIES!!!

 

[HU5KIES]

'Merica

 

[BearJWS]

and it's gets listed first alphabetically!

Ha, first in the phone book! Maybe we should play in A.A.A. or A.A. league then?

 

[huskymedic]

... and the winner of the Name the Conference is the esteemed Marty Jackson

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/nex...name-this-conference.34636/page-6#post-529923

 

[Gurleyman]

Make AAAA Painting your foray into painting!

 

[phillionaire]

'murka

 

[tzznandrew]

You know, I'm going to agree. They could not have picked a name we would have loved. This name isn't great, but it's better than America 12, or any other stupid idea they had.

Now let's dominate this conference for a year or so and get out.

 

[UCDaveD]

I can dig it.

 

[sammydabiz]

Don't forget about Brutus "the barber" Beefcake..... He likes the name too!

 

[Mano]

Should've named it the American Collegiate Conference.

 

[tcf15]

BigEastConf
For those asking, the conference intends to emphasize "The American" as its brand, not an acronym.
4/3/13 6:49 PM

 

[patrick]

BigEastConf
For those asking, the conference intends to emphasize "The American" as its brand, not an acronym.
4/3/13 6:49 PM

So the teams in it will be called "THE AMERICANS!"

I LIKE IT! I LIKE IT A LOT!!!!!

 

[tcf15]

With the new conference name, UConn decided to go with a more fitting logo:

 

[huskymedic]

"The American Athletic Conference is a brand that suggests a national scope and quality membership,” said Burke Magnus, Senior Vice President, College Sports Programming, ESPN. “It is an exciting time for the new conference and ESPN looks forward to our future together.”

“We congratulate the American Athletic Conference on the selection of a terrific new name for college sports,” said Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports. “We look forward to partnering with The American as they introduce their new brand and increase their presence as a conference going forward.”

http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/4...east-enters-new-era-as-american-athletic.aspx

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I think this is about as good as we could have hoped for. I've got not issue with playing under that name for a year or two... hopefully.

 

[TRest]

Should have gone with American Athletic Union so we could be AAU members.

The bold move would have been Filthy Communist Conference, but those southern schools wouldn't go for it.

 

[Jerry1714]

What's up with PC guys spending so much time here? I know Rhode Island is a cesspool but you guy got to have better things to do, no? Is there not a WWF match you can go to or a tractor pull?

 

[huskymedic]

Ben Fairclough (@bigeast_ben)
4/3/13, 8:08 PM
The American will launch its new website at its new domain July 1. Twitter handles for The American have not been used to date.