Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[NewEnglandBull]

3 minutes ago, Peatearpan said:

Let’s say this happens. Who do we grab to back fill our conference?

I am sure they will look at some of the following: Colorado State, App State, Coastal Carolina, Airforce, and Army (who won’t come). 

Edited August 31, 2021 by NewEnglandBull

[El_Toro_86]

Just now, Peatearpan said:

Let’s say this happens. Who do we grab to back fill our conference?

Who cares?  At that point, my interest level in USF would wane.  Playing Temple, Tulane, Tulsa and UAB while Oviedo plays Ok State TCU and Texas Tech would just about kill it for me.

[puc86]

15 minutes ago, Bull Nut said:

Not if the AAC teams don't jump ship. What will the Big 12 do if they're future existence is dependent on raiding the AAC and fail? The Big 12 will then be forced to collapse, leaving the AAC in a better position in the long run. I hope Aresco has some chops and lays it all on the table.

Why would anyone not jump ship? It’s not in their interest and the b12 would then just become more powerful than the aac by adding Boise, BYU , Colorado state and who ever else that doesn’t matter.

[TallyBull]

4 minutes ago, chapelbull said:

Leto High School

My alma mater ftw 

[puc86]

6 minutes ago, chapelbull said:

Leto High School

Any relation?

[TallyBull]

4 minutes ago, El_Toro_86 said:

Who cares?  At that point, my interest level in USF would wane.  Playing Temple, Tulane, Tulsa and UAB while Oviedo plays Ok State TCU and Texas Tech would just about kill it for me.

How could this happen?! I mean, we play in Raymond James Stadium!

[Bull Nut]

Just now, puc86 said:

Why would anyone not jump ship? It’s not in their interest and the b12 would then just become more powerful than the aac by adding Boise, BYU , Colorado state and who ever else that doesn’t matter.

Because the Big 12 media rights are expiring in a couple years and is clearly a conference on the decline. Think Big East 2.0

[TallyBull]

1 minute ago, puc86 said:

Any relation?

Had a friend at Leto that looked just like THAT Leto

[chapelbull]

1 minute ago, puc86 said:

Any relation?

Went right over my head

4 minutes ago, TallyBull said:

My alma mater ftw 

What year?

[puc86]

Just now, Bull Nut said:

Because the Big 12 media rights are expiring in a couple years and is clearly a conference on the decline. Think Big East 2.0

I am thinking that and I’m also thinking that’s better than being in the AAC. In order to get people to jump that’s all this conference has to offer being better than the current conference and it offers that in spades. There isn’t a single reason to believe that the b12 remix addition isn’t going to be better than staying pat and at least 4 people are going to understand that. The most important part of hard ball negotiation is knowing who has the leverage, the AAC has zero leverage and people are leaving and there is nothing anyone can do about it but try to be gone as well.