(06-03-2014 12:11 PM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  I think Aresco should be going after BYU and Army football only memberships as hard as he can.

Not only would he have the biggest fish in BYU football, but it could have a BIG effect on the next TV contract. If ESPN is paying them 4 million a year....I could see the contract going up to like 5-6 million a year for the American (4-5 mill for FB only)...ESPN knows they underpaid for the product they got.

There is no need IMO, if you get BYU and Army to go after anything else....let the MWC have their thing, the gap is only going to get bigger in terms of revenue.

Im pretty sure he is. BYU has always been Arescos and the AAC's Great White Whale, to the extent that it probably cost us the western division. I have no doubt he talks with them fairly regularly---I think the Miami Beach Bowl tie proves that the lines of communication have been left wide open.

There is really nothing profound about this "alliance". BYU is a quality opponent. The AAC needs to (desperately)schedule quality opponents. BYU is an independent that has unique scheduling challenges. They also need access to a bowl game and we gave that to them.

Really there's not much to read into here.