Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[jchem1995]

May one of them be San Jose... I jest but not really when wine country is 90 minutes from there.

[206BULL]

UNLV

[Dave_Glaser]

How is this a good thing? Economically, it seems like a mistake.

[USFBULL_08]

4 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

How is this a good thing? Economically, it seems like a mistake.

Depends on what they negotiate with revenue.

People are bringing up Boise State and Air Force as the teams in the MW along with maybe BYU joining the American to create a Power 4. I would be 100% in on that.

[79 Bull]

Are they inquiring about just this season or would this be a permanent move?  If the latter, then add Boise, Air Force and Army for a 14 team "truly American" conference.

[Mission9]

1 hour ago, USFBULL_08 said:

Depends on what they negotiate with revenue.

People are bringing up Boise State and Air Force as the teams in the MW along with maybe BYU joining the American to create a Power 4. I would be 100% in on that.

All of these teams were ones most thought could have helped keep the American in the so called power group.  It has been a pipe dream to think they would give up their situations to risk falling into FBS purgatory.  If concerns about a virus were to ultimately get these teams onboard and the AAC back in the conversation, I will stop doubting that anything is possible in realignment. . 

[Outlaw]

1 hour ago, brybull1970 said:

It doesn't matter which MWC schools are showing interest - once a few look to jump ship, the remainder will know they are in a much more vulnerable position and be willing to bolt. That will give the AAC all of the leverage to (1) bring in the schools they want on their own terms and (2) kill their closest G5 competitor.

Once we raid the MWC, the American will be closer to the rest of the P5 than they will be the rest of the G5. That's how you make P6 more than just a sideline marker. While Aresco has been passive in killing the MWC, it looks like this opportunity, which I have been calling for, may drop into his lap.

As stated previously, this is what a 16-team American would work (although I would prefer a 14-team version without Tulane and Tulsa - but that would require the other 14 members bolt to form their own new conference, similar to what the Great Midwest did to Dayton in the 90's to join C-USA, to avoid litigation).

This would give the AAC programming from noon to midnight, all but guarantee them the NY6 bowl invite, and access to a much broader set of bowl games against P5 conference.

 

Football Scheduling:

• Two (2), eight team divisions
• 9 conference games  - 7 conference games against intra-division opponents; 2 conference games against other division
• Championship game played between division winners ate home of team with best conference record

Basketball Scheduling:

• One division
• 18 conference games - one against each conference member and 3 against a regionally located opponents

 

I hope that to be true

Edited August 16, 2020 by Outlaw

[Azmodi]

Lets just play this season and let yhe chops fall where the will. 

I'm not for MWC expansion because if it were worth that much, ESPN would have already made it happen.

[chapelbull]

7 minutes ago, Azmodi said:

Lets just play this season and let yhe chops fall where the will. 

I'm not for MWC expansion because if it were worth that much, ESPN would have already made it happen.

Yeah, I feel like it might take us from tallest midget to the REALLY tallest midget

[Brad]

I’ll wait for @puc86 to analyze and report on the hypersonic leap to near-G5 greatness.