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Which school will leave Conference USA next?
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Which school will leave Conference USA next?
(09-11-2014 01:41 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  I think Rice would be excellent addition to AAC. With Tulane, already there, and Navy coming on board, and several other leading universities already members, too, Rice would find a fine home there.

Thank you for the endorsement, I agree that we could be a good fit in the AAC in many ways.

(09-11-2014 01:55 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  
(09-11-2014 01:50 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Rice would be a good double up for a major conference but not a tweener (at best).
Agreed.

Rice has a better shot of getting into a P5 league than of getting into the American.

I do totally agree with this sentiment, and I'd say Rice's next move (whenever it comes) is more likely to Big12 than AAC. A case could be made on some level for any of the P5 conferences, but I'm not going to pretend its a compelling case (yet, anyway).

I don't think Rice is the next in line to move, I would predict a timeline of 4 years. The new AD has the school focused in the right direction, and if athletics continues recent trends then more and more will notice.

I think that everybody in FBS across the board is waiting on realignment moves at least two years - not because of the GORs, but because of the changing landscape with lawsuits and new P5-driven rules coming.
09-12-2014 08:16 AM
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RE: Which school will leave Conference USA next?
(09-11-2014 01:55 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  
(09-11-2014 01:50 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  
' Wrote:Rice would be a good double up for a major conference but not a tweener (at best).
Agreed.

Rice has a better shot of getting into a P5 league than of getting into the American.

I do totally agree with this sentiment, and I'd say Rice's next move (whenever it comes) is more likely to Big12 than AAC. A case could be made on some level for any of the P5 conferences, but I'm not going to pretend its a compelling case (yet, anyway).

I don't think Rice is the next in line to move, I would predict a timeline of 4 years. The new AD has the school focused in the right direction, and if athletics continues recent trends then more and more will notice.

I think that everybody in FBS across the board is waiting on realignment moves at least two years - not because of the GORs, but because of the changing landscape with lawsuits and new P5-driven rules coming.

To this point, FWIW, Buffalo, Rice and Tulane are the only schools who play D1A football who are AAU teams and not in a P5 conference. They are also the three teams most mentioned for a P5 conference that seem out of place in terms of on the field production (compared to the other candidates). So there is a correlation. As much as some try to say that academics don't matter, those three showing up at all on suspected potential lists for the 4 of the 5 P5 conferences really says something.
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09-12-2014 09:56 AM
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RE: Which school will leave Conference USA next?
Rice, like UConn and Tulane, may have to wait it out to get into a Power 5 Conference. Better to be in AAC. Even Buffalo and Army may find a home there, especially if some Texas and Fla. AAC schools make it into the B12 soon.
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