RE: Villanova Hires New AD (Football Implications?)
Villanova missed it's opportunities when asked to move up several times in the Old BE.
They also missed a chance to move up when they lead the charge out of the Old BE and left a few of their old partners behind. They are finished as far as returning to D-1 FB.
If they think they are going to the ACC they are in for a rude eye opening again. Schools that shot down their half a$$ move up in the BE are there (Pitt and Cuse). Schools that they sued for leaving the Old Big East are there (BC, Miami, and VT). And then there is the ACC original core that they sued as part of the Old BE which is still intact. Finally they still don't have a solid stadium plan for expanding their OCS or any other stadium plans other than playing in an 18,000 seat soccer stadium south of Philly in Chester. They don't even want to put up any cash to help expand it.
If they were serious about moving up to D-1 FB they would have used their influence to keep the OBE together and would have moved up then after the original dissenters had left. They could have put temporary stands in their stadium to meet the 15,000 D-1 seat minimum requirement in the 2 year transition period and worked on their stadium issue during that time period. The BE if it remained together:
FB - East - Nova, Temple, UConn, UCF, USF, ECU FB only.
FB - West - Navy, SMU, Cinn, Memphis, Tulane, Houston - Tulsa remains in CUSA
BB - North - Nova, Marquette, St. John's, G'Town, UConn, Seton Hall, DePaul, Providence.
BB - South - Temple, USF, UCF, Memphis, Cinn, SMU, Houston, Tulane.
ECU moves their Olympic sports to the A-10 until they can convince the BE to take them or a deal is worked out with Creighton joining the BE. In that case Creighton and ECU slide into the South Division for BB and Olympic Sports and Temple moves to the North for BB and Olympic Sports.
In the end the AAC is just fine without Nova and their schizophrenic attitude for D-1 FB at this time. Build on the 12 members you have now and solidify the conference while realignment has taken a time out with the current TV contracts and GOR that are in place in the P-5 conferences.
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