(02-15-2017 10:30 AM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-15-2017 06:39 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(02-10-2017 08:29 PM)p23570 Wrote:  BYU would be the best add the AAC could ever get.

Agreed.

Quote:Gotta think Rice would make the most sense in the central and Eastern time zones. Beyond that a pod of New Mexico, Colorado ST, Air Force, and Boise would be pretty cool.

Rice would be a strong add but AAC already has a flag on that hill.
The relationship between Boise State and the AAC is deeply poisoned. Nothing will happen there without a yuge financial promise from ESPN or whoever to make it worthwhile. Such commitments don't appear to exist at the moment.

Quote:Baylor might be looking that way if they keep it up.

Heh. And to think Baylor triggered the break-up of the old SWC back in 1994.

If the Big <XII somehow implodes later on, Baylor would be reduced to C-USA/Sun Belt status. Nobody else would want anything to do with them.

AAC and MW would be in a war to get them but to be honest I think Baylor might explore independence. But in the end they would join the AAC.

Conferences are good at looking past illegal activity when the AD is solid. See Louisville and the ACC. No way Baylor and it's FB, BB, and WBB programs get put in C-USA.

Much like a "troubled" athlete, the question is are your talents more or less important than your problems. Baylor's athletic scandals are worthy of Alabama or USC football or Kentucky or Kansas basketball, and their accomplishments really don't measure up.

In other words, if your most famous coaches are Dave Bliss and Art Briles, you'd better have some serious hardware to show for it--national championships, Final Fours, etc--and they don't. If the Big 12 goes bust, Baylor looks a lot like SMU, but without as many rich boosters.