If AAC loses 1-2 members, is it worth it to expand again?

[FartMan69]

Better option:

 

[Dooley]

How realistic is it that we could even get our T3 rights back?

Probably not very unless we went Indy. If the AAC lost 2+ (ex - Cinci, UH, USF, UCF) teams and we are not one of them, then I think Nelson's plan of Indy football makes more sense. That is, of course, we can get those rights back in the first place. I'm not sure if those values were null and void once we agreed to the AAC pocket change pittance.

 

[Dooley]

USF should start with having somebody, anybody show up for games.

vs. Memphis 3840
vs. SMU 2857
vs. Cincinnati 3062

Houston is actually decent and they don't draw for squat either.

vs. Temple 4466
vs. UConn 4672
vs. SMU 6195 (only decent number for an in-state rival)

Compare that to "real" expansion candidates

UConn vs. SMU 15,564
vs. Cincinnati 13,342
vs. Temple 11,319

Cincinnati vs. UConn 13,176
vs. Memphis 10,320
vs. ECU 12,513 (how Cincy got more vs ECU than vs Memphis is a bit of a mystery)

More importantly, USF and Houston struggle to draw fans for football too. USF might be able to play the "UConn card" of dismal seasons leading into this one but there is no excuse for Houston not to have a full, or close-to-full, stadium with their record and ranking and good seasons leading into 2015. They rank 4th on the Houston totem poll and things like that can't be ignored.

 

[weyuo]

It sucks that everyone keeps selling this league so short especially when no one seems to consider it's relative youth. Just over half way through it's first TV contract and already it can rightfully brag about National Championships in Men's & Women's basketball, multiple Top 20 final rankings in football that include major bowl wins, top 10 rankings in baseball, soccer and golf and half the league gets invited to the softball national playoffs. The schools involved are upgrading facilities, shoring up their academics and increasing their enrollments. But lets just keep crapping on this conference because you can't play Syracuse for about the 75th time or BC for close to that.

 

[Stainmaster]

It sucks that everyone keeps selling this league so short especially when no one seems to consider it's relative youth. Just over half way through it's first TV contract and already it can rightfully brag about National Championships in Men's & Women's basketball, multiple Top 20 final rankings in football that include major bowl wins, top 10 rankings in baseball, soccer and golf and half the league gets invited to the softball national playoffs. The schools involved are upgrading facilities, shoring up their academics and increasing their enrollments. But lets just keep crapping on this conference because you can't play Syracuse for about the 75th time or BC for close to that.

7 out of 11 schools in this conference were in CUSA 5 years ago. I think it's more than fair to "sell the league short", per se.

 

[MattMang23]

Thanks. I will.

If you want these schools to be your peers going forward I suggest you start rooting for ECU or someone. UConn will be on to bigger and better things.

 

[amory]

It sucks that everyone keeps selling this league so short especially when no one seems to consider it's relative youth. Just over half way through it's first TV contract and already it can rightfully brag about National Championships in Men's & Women's basketball, multiple Top 20 final rankings in football that include major bowl wins, top 10 rankings in baseball, soccer and golf and half the league gets invited to the softball national playoffs. The schools involved are upgrading facilities, shoring up their academics and increasing their enrollments. But lets just keep crapping on this conference because you can't play Syracuse for about the 75th time or BC for close to that.

Do you understand that this is a fairly accurate picture of the major members of our conference?

No one is trying to build. Everyone is trying to climb over one another to get out.

 

[MattMang23]

Just look at the comments from the USF AD today. He said everything except this place blows more than Jenna Jameson. And this is coming from a school that is, at best, third in line to get out, and at worst, 7th or 8th. NO ONE HERE WANTS TO BE HERE.

 

[CTMike]

If you get demoted at work... Hey, at least you have a job! At the same time... Time to find a new job.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Without Cincinnati and/or UConn, I'm not sure why they'd leave the MWC for the American. I doubt the AAC could pay them more. Lateral move at best, and right now they're contained in a relatively small area.

MWC wouldn't leave for the AAC per se, but the two top tier of each league will undoubtedly end up forming one league together if they want to play in any semblance of a competitive league