(03-27-2014 09:06 AM)FloridaJag Wrote: Thanks for the correction. I guess then
But that's not getting to 12, that's getting to 14, and there's no special CCG bonus for getting to 14 ... each add past 12 has to add more to the media and other value than the add before.
JMU and UMass to the AAC adds less media value than the add before.
The answer to whether the AAC would add JMU and UMass to get to 12 is that its impossible: getting to twelve is important enough that the AAC has already got that sorted out.
The answer to whether the AAC would add JMU and UMass to "get to 14" is that the question has got it turned around backwards: you don't add schools to "get to" 14, you see schools that are attractive enough to add (thinking like a School President) to justify the penalty of going to 14.
And when the question is turned the right way around, it seems like they wouldn't.
If Army, which despite their woeful record the last couple of decades is still a national name brand, wanted to join FB only, then the AAC would probably be looking for the best 14th. Other than that, its not easy to see a pair out there that covers the penalties of going from 12 to 14.