(06-20-2016 07:32 PM)MU42 Wrote:  

(06-20-2016 07:28 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  

(06-20-2016 06:08 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote:  Same reason Ohio University right up the road would never join CUSA. They definitely align more with the midwest. Most of their alumni are in those areas.

We may consider the AAC with Temple, UConn and Navy in it with its Mid Atlantic presence and bigger TV deal.

I was unaware the the AAC was looking at Ohio. Good luck with that.

Entered talks for the second time with the AAC this spring. A couple years ago Ohio was talking as a fall back if Navy didn't decide to join.

Then when the Big East was still around they had reps at our Independence Bowl. Potentially could have been a school to add instead of Tulane that would have kept both the FB and BB camps happy. That year Ohio was in the Top 25 for both FB and BB. The name was at least on the board at that point.

The last couple of years announced an expansion to FB stadium (money already raised) and BB arena (new grand entrance, practice facilities). That probably was areas that we were told to fix by the BE/AAC during earlier discussions.