Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Calibull]

6 hours ago, Azmodi said:

The way I see it, we're on the bubble either way.

1, Texas and Texas Tech with go to the PAC. That is pretty much what I've though the entire time.

2, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will go to the SEC. (Unless the Big 12 is promised to remain a Power conference. Then You may See the SEC take TCU instead of Oklahoma State).

3, The B1G will take Kansas and then UConn to balance out their conference so as not to split Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State.

4, The ACC will take Cincinnati and Navy (Football only).

This will leave;

1. WVU

2. TCU or Oklahoma State

3. Baylor

4, Kansas State

5, Iowa State.

They will add;

6, Houston.

7, If Oklahoma State remains, SMU. If TCU remains ?

8, USF

9, UCF.

10, Memphis.

11, ECU.

12, Temple.

13, Louisiana State.

14, Old Dominion

15, Arkansas state.

16, Georgia State (For the Atlanta market).

The Big 12 leftovers will not want to invite a small private outside of SMU.

Is this conference Power 5 worthy? I don't know. It has 5 teams that won 10 or more games last year. So theirs that at least.

 

lol... So they'd want Arkansas State, ODU etc.. before Cincy and UConn?  What about Colorado State, BYU, Boise... Etc... they'd be far more attractive than ODU, La Tech... basically your 13-16

[DontPushMe]

11 hours ago, Calibull said:

lol... So they'd want Arkansas State, ODU etc.. before Cincy and UConn?  What about Colorado State, BYU, Boise... Etc... they'd be far more attractive than ODU, La Tech... basically your 13-16

I see you decided not to read the post that you quoted. 

[Sellular1]

15 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

No way you get a 16 team conf from this. It stays at 12. Your 13-16 schools add zero value. Georgia State? Arkansas State? Really????

I'd say #13 LSU would be a great add to the AAC...

[JTrue]

7 minutes ago, Sellular1 said:

I'd say #13 LSU would be a great add to the AAC...

If we can't get Georgia State, they'd be a solid second choice.

[GaUSFBull]

16 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Georgia State? Arkansas State? Really????

I don't know Arky State, but Georgia State is getting ready to play football in a world-class baseball stadium that housed the 1996 Olympics.  

[NewEnglandBull]

1 hour ago, GaUSFBull said:

I don't know Arky State, but Georgia State is getting ready to play football in a world-class baseball stadium that housed the 1996 Olympics.  

and all 6,000 fans will be there...I know USF is not one to bash on attendance but when I see Georgia State on tv for games at the dome it is a lot worse than USF.

Edited May 10, 2017 by NewEnglandBull

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

52 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

and all 6,000 fans will be there...I know USF is not one to bash on attendance but when I see Georgia State on tv for games at the dome it is a lot worse than USF.

Lots of schools worse than USF attendance wise. We just have the local cheerleaders mentioning our real attendance which is about average/above average for where we are in age of program and conference.

[Flowers4Heisman]

I know conference reshuffling is the talk now. But where's the money coming from? With ESPN and the old cable model going away fast, who's going to pay the conference money?

 

[beastiebull]

I read somewhere that Metro Atlanta produces more Div.1 college players than any other city in the country.  If USF is in a good recruiting area, then so is Georgia State.  Plus their new Stadium is closer to Campus than ours and will be theirs and theirs alone, no sharing with the pro team.  Point being Georgia State is "pregnant with potential".

[Mama_Bull]

24 minutes ago, FarEastBull said:

I know conference reshuffling is the talk now. But where's the money coming from? With ESPN and the old cable model going away fast, who's going to pay the conference money?

 

The AAC commish spoke about this recently. He is exploring other sources of revenue, such as GOOGLE and various internet entities.

He downplayed that idea somewhat on Monay on the Beat Of Sports in Orlando.

From a thread on the American BBS board:

Aresco was on the beat of sports in Orlando this morning... 

 

Some super interesting tidbits:

• Aresco mentions he hopes to "remedy" the lack of money in the next TV contract.
• Talked about adding multiple basketball schools but they thought it could cause long term damage to the conference adding non-football focused schools.
• "Alert but inactive" when it comes to expansion.
• In light of ESPN cuts, Aresco says they are concerned but feels ESPN will turn it around in two years, and doesn't think cord-cutting affects properties that bring value. He thinks they could do a secondary deal, but doesn't "want to poke ESPN in the eye." Says online streaming could happen, Silicon Valley says AAC is the main league showing interest in that regard.
• On bowls, Liberty Bowl and Russell Athletic could come back to the American after these contracts end. He wants a quasi contract bowl that a champion could play a better Big Ten or PAC-12 team, even if they don't make NY6. He doesn't want a champion playing a 6-6 team. Wants better opponents.
• Aresco sounds as if he wants to keep a relationship with ESPN in the next TV contract, wording things a little differently than past interviews. 

 

http://csnbbs.com/thread-817306.html

 

Edited May 10, 2017 by Mama_Bull