(07-20-2013 10:56 AM)Marge Schott Wrote:  

(07-19-2013 08:15 AM)taximan1 Wrote:  Temple is just fine in the AAC, thank you very much.

I suspect most D1 schools have had conversations with either ACC, SEC or B10.

Stop the conference musical chair nonsense. Getting psyched for the first AAC football season. Some terrific schools in the AAC.

Go Owls

Suppose Temple stays in the AAC for the full media contract 5-6 years. This would give the school time plan and start to invest in making all of its sports facilities P5 quality.

Does the AAC have potential?

In 2015, the AAC will have 2 Divisions: the Atlantic with UCONN, Temple, Navy, ECU, UCF and USF; and the Gulf Rivers with Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulsa, Tulane, SMU, and Houston.

In 2020, the AAC could add Division Pacifica with SDSU, Fresno State, San Jose State, UNLV, and Reno. A 6TH school would be added from BYU, Boise State, or UTEP.

This type of AAC would then sign a media contract worth $7.5 million for FB and $2.5 million for BB. Scheduling would be 4 OOC, 3 Conference, and 5 Division games. This is a P6 Conference.

On the other hand, suppose the AAC never fully develops. The ACC is not the only option. The Big12 is in a position to expand if it is their choice. Temple would make a great bookend with Cincinnati to support a pod with WV. The immediate financial gain could fund an immediate start of a sports expansion program.

Go OWLs!

(07-18-2013 06:14 AM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  Actually the idea that the ACC might have designs on the Philly market makes a lot of sense - especially in the aftermath of losing Maryland. Their "northeast presence" right now is very peripheral. But if they put together 2 of the 3 state schools in PA, bookending the state with Pitt & Temple, they can create statewide interest. They also put a school in the heart of the Mid Atlantic to balance BC's presence on the East Coast.

Temple has obvious deficiencies as a conference member, but with 16 member conferences, he power of an individual team may be less important than the access it brings to a TV market. I site the B1G's acquisitions of Rutgers and Maryland as examples.

I can agree with the above post. If Temple was chosen by the ACC for expansion the value they would bring would be geographic, tying in a stronger mid-atlantic presence, revenue by adding the television advertising value of the 4th largest market with 3 million homes and 6.5 million potential viewers, and opening up the Eastern PA / Delaware / New Jersey recruiting markets to the conference.

I believe that while on the field performance is a factor, in todays world of the mega TV contracts for college sports I think it’s something that has a much greater value to the fans then it does the university presidents and conference commissioners.

That being said do I think Temple will end up in the ACC? My guess is no better than yours, I just feel that with the value of the Philly TV market its only a matter of time before Temple ends up in one of the P5 someplace. When that will be and which conference I have no idea.

(07-18-2013 10:13 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  Temple is "Group A" according to ESPN, along with UConn, Cincy & Houston - the most valuable TV properties in the league for which termination of the AAC TV deal is required if 2 schools leave including at least 1 Group A school.

This is the only piece of information you need in order to understand exactly why Temple will be one of the top candidates should the ACC decide to expand again.

The rest of this thread is just the typical jibberish from people looking to bash Temple based on our football history. The program today does not even remotely resemble the program you remember from 5+ years ago; and the fact that some of you don't see that just proves that you're more message board nerds than you are college football fans.

(07-18-2013 12:59 AM)psualltheway5 Wrote:  If they're going for the Philadelphia market, Villanova would be the better choice. Villanova has a better basketball program in the past decade and their football would have potential moving up to D1. Not to mention Villanova is a great academic school in a great area.

Completely clueless. Villanova will never play FBS football. Ever.