(04-05-2015 01:12 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote: I threw this out in another thread and wanted to have a chance to talk about it more fully...
In my mind the ONLY thing that would add true value to the AAC would be to merge the MW and AAC. It would create a true tweener conference and would at least be the undisputed hands down best G5 conference. I would hope we could renegotiate our TV deal and bowl line ups. I also bet we could get BYU to bite.
Small issue--BYU would be _less_ likely to bed down with a MWC + AAC group than they are with the AAC group. The whole point of BYU being indy is that it sets them apart from Colorado State and Utah STate and New Mexico and UNLV and Boise and SDSU and UTEP. Joining the AAC, they'd at least be in a different, "better" (if you ask this board, and if you ask BYU folks after they join) conference from the MWC.
Renegotiating the TV deal? There's no strong evidence that the combination gets any more money per school than you get now.
Yes, you'd reopen the bowls, but since the pecking order (P5 > AAC, MWC > CUSA, MAC, SBC) is the same, the outcome is about the same (There weren't a whole lot of bowl spots that MWC and AAC were both gunning for.) AAC might end up with fewer P5 bowls, since they're sharing the pot with MWC.
Quote:We could also have an East vs West CCG in football meeting somewhere in the middle and same with the conference basketball tourney.
As a fan, I wouldn't consider this a dumpster fire conference
Put that in the "Pro"s column on the white board
Quote:and at least would be fairly satisfied with home games that featured BYU, Boise, AF, Fresno, SDSU, UCF, and ECU.
But how often would you see any of them? You're talking about a 24-team football conference, 22 for hoops.
Quote:I'd like to discuss this (I know, again) and get some other folks take on it.
Why wouldn't it work? What would be the biggest issues one would have to work through?
Too many schools. With 24 football schools, if the CCG rule doesn't change, you're talking about an 11 game in-division schedule. Let's imagine that The Powers That Be green-light a change to the CCG rules that DOESN'T result in a raid on your Big Happy Family. How the heck are you going to schedule this? 4 6 team divisions? 6 4 team divisions?
NOTE: I forgot about BYU. 5 divisions, 5 teams each?
Quote:I would be willing to bet most fans in this forum wouldn't mind home games featuring the teams I've named.
With 24 teams, and an 8 game conference schedule, you'd see host each conference mate an average of once every 6 years. (Assuming no divisions and just random rotation, because you have to assume something.)
Quote:We could then add a non fb school to balance Navy (like Wichita St).
That may be a great idea, terrible idea, or anything in between, but you could to that anyway. MWC or AAC could invite Wichita State tommorrow to balance Navy or Hawaii, or AAC could invite VCU or Dayton or St Johns or Florida Gulf Coast.
That has nothing to do with an AAC-MWC merger.
Quote:Hey, at least I'd stop calling UC's conference a dumpster fire at that point!
And everyone else would start.
Did you mean taking the best 12 or 14 G5 teams? Because if so, say so. That's not nearly as
stupid unworkable.
(04-05-2015 01:14 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: no one cares what you call the AAC...you and John Marinatto are the only one's who want such a thing...and considering that grand plan got him fired, and ended up destroying the BE...I think not.
Say what you want about Marinatto, and there's a lot to say, but he wanted no part of Thompson and Bannowski's SuperConference MW-C-USA thingy.