http://theamerican.org/news/2015/10/7/AB...51841.aspx

"So-called Power 5"

(10-09-2015 10:10 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  "So-called Power 5"

Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

Good interview. Tend to agree with his assessment of the AAC's progress. Stability and successful on-field results are key. I like the league's make up.

I think one thing the AAC really needs to be concerned about is the P5 poaching coaches. I think Navy, Temple and Memphis coaches will be in high demand and will draw a Million Dollar offer pay increase. The AAC will need to figure out how to try and keep these coaches. Just a hunch, Miami will make a push for the Memphis Coach. MD will do the same with Temple and UVA goes after Navy.

Also, I think the TV Contract timing does not work in the AAC favor. AAC needs TV networks more than they need the AAC. What are the going to say to ESPN, we refuse to play on your network until you pay us more money? AAC is going to need NBC and FOX to really stop up in offers to force ESPN to match.

(10-09-2015 10:26 AM)msm96wolf Wrote:  I think one thing the AAC really needs to be concerned about is the P5 poaching coaches. I think Navy, Temple and Memphis coaches will be in high demand and will draw a Million Dollar offer pay increase. The AAC will need to figure out how to try and keep these coaches. Just a hunch, Miami will make a push for the Memphis Coach. MD will do the same with Temple and UVA goes after Navy.

Also, I think the TV Contract timing does not work in the AAC favor. AAC needs TV networks more than they need the AAC. What are the going to say to ESPN, we refuse to play on your network until you pay us more money? AAC is going to need NBC and FOX to really stop up in offers to force ESPN to match.

Temple and Memphis coaches will be poached eventually. Navy's coach will stay put for the long term I assume unless there is another school who wants to run the option.

(10-09-2015 10:14 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:10 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  "So-called Power 5"

Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

I can think of 1 that the Holes want no part of at the moment.

(10-09-2015 10:29 AM)domer1978 Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:26 AM)msm96wolf Wrote:  I think one thing the AAC really needs to be concerned about is the P5 poaching coaches. I think Navy, Temple and Memphis coaches will be in high demand and will draw a Million Dollar offer pay increase. The AAC will need to figure out how to try and keep these coaches. Just a hunch, Miami will make a push for the Memphis Coach. MD will do the same with Temple and UVA goes after Navy.

Also, I think the TV Contract timing does not work in the AAC favor. AAC needs TV networks more than they need the AAC. What are the going to say to ESPN, we refuse to play on your network until you pay us more money? AAC is going to need NBC and FOX to really stop up in offers to force ESPN to match.

Temple and Memphis coaches will be poached eventually. Navy's coach will stay put for the long term I assume unless there is another school who wants to run the option.

Yeah I don't know how many other schools in the country want to run the triple option, and being that GT already does it in the ACC the advantage of it being a rarity and hard to prepare for isn't there for a second team running it.

(10-09-2015 10:29 AM)domer1978 Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:26 AM)msm96wolf Wrote:  I think one thing the AAC really needs to be concerned about is the P5 poaching coaches. I think Navy, Temple and Memphis coaches will be in high demand and will draw a Million Dollar offer pay increase. The AAC will need to figure out how to try and keep these coaches. Just a hunch, Miami will make a push for the Memphis Coach. MD will do the same with Temple and UVA goes after Navy.

Also, I think the TV Contract timing does not work in the AAC favor. AAC needs TV networks more than they need the AAC. What are the going to say to ESPN, we refuse to play on your network until you pay us more money? AAC is going to need NBC and FOX to really stop up in offers to force ESPN to match.

Temple and Memphis coaches will be poached eventually. Navy's coach will stay put for the long term I assume unless there is another school who wants to run the option.

The Temple coach (Rhule) is one of the guys many of us at Rutgers would like the University to look at to replace Flood.

I think the AAC needs to go after Air Force and Army

(10-09-2015 10:26 AM)msm96wolf Wrote:  I think one thing the AAC really needs to be concerned about is the P5 poaching coaches. I think Navy, Temple and Memphis coaches will be in high demand and will draw a Million Dollar offer pay increase. The AAC will need to figure out how to try and keep these coaches. Just a hunch, Miami will make a push for the Memphis Coach. MD will do the same with Temple and UVA goes after Navy.

Also, I think the TV Contract timing does not work in the AAC favor. AAC needs TV networks more than they need the AAC. What are the going to say to ESPN, we refuse to play on your network until you pay us more money? AAC is going to need NBC and FOX to really stop up in offers to force ESPN to match.

I think the Best strategy for the AAC is NOT going all in with any one network. Sell a package to ESPN. Sell a package to CBS-Sports. Sell a package to Fox or NBC-Sports. Everyone gets a right sized package for their needs and pays less than they would for the whole package. The AAC ends up with more money this way. If the AAC continues to perform well and stays stable, they should be more marketable with a proven track record behind them than they were when desperate and on the verge of collapse in early 2013.

(10-09-2015 11:01 AM)EvilVodka Wrote:  I think the AAC needs to go after Air Force and Army

Actually the conference should look like this:

AAC Stars Division
UConn
Temple
East Carolina
South Florida
UCF
Cincinnati
Houston
Memphis

AAC Stripes Division
Army West Point
Navy
Air Force
Tulsa
Tulane
SMU
Colorado State
New Mexico

(10-09-2015 10:14 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:10 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  "So-called Power 5"

Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

So? In a one game scenario anyone can beat anyone. Doesn't mean you belong.

(10-09-2015 11:44 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:14 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:10 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  "So-called Power 5"

Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

So? In a one game scenario anyone can beat anyone. Doesn't mean you belong.

The last two years UNC has been on the field with ECU, they're the ones that didn't belong.

Same goes for NC State and Virginia Tech.

(10-09-2015 11:54 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 11:44 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:14 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:10 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  "So-called Power 5"

Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

So? In a one game scenario anyone can beat anyone. Doesn't mean you belong.

The last two years UNC has been on the field with ECU, they're the ones that didn't belong.

Same goes for NC State and Virginia Tech.

Please. Our defense was so bad everyone was kicking our butts the past couple of years. Eventually we'll play again.

(10-09-2015 11:54 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 11:44 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:14 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:10 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  "So-called Power 5"

Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

So? In a one game scenario anyone can beat anyone. Doesn't mean you belong.

The last two years UNC has been on the field with ECU, they're the ones that didn't belong.

Same goes for NC State and Virginia Tech.

When the AAC schools start putting fans in the stands the way ECU does, and traveling like ECU does, and continues to prove themselves on the field the way the league has this season .... then they will have a better chance at making the case they are equals.

Great fanbase + solid results + several years of doing so = ticket to the club.

If the AAC had 50,000 fans at every home game, it'd be nearly impossible to keep them from the club. So much of college football is based on perception. That kind of attendance though out the league would generate massively positive perception.

If the American can stay together the league probably earns somewhere between $5 million and $10 million for its next TV deal. Adding Navy to the league was a huge addition, better than some of the recent additions to power five league. You could make the argument that Navy football is a better team and stronger brand at this point than the football programs at Colorado, Rutgers, Pitt, and Syracuse.

The other key is scheduling. If the American continues to land home games against "name" teams that helps add value to the TV deal. Right now I believe Notre Dame, UCLA, Ole Miss, Texas, Georgia Tech, BYU Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida State, Boise State, NC State, UNC, Virginia Tech, WVU, South Carolina, Louisville, Arizona, Texas Tech, Indiana, Nebraska, Missouri, Air Force, TCU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Stanford all have to travel to a school in the American over what would be the life of the current TV deal and the following one. Not only will the TV partner by purchasing games that include the 12 teams in the American they will continue to land top level brands from other conferences. This is one area the American is vastly different than the other leagues outside the power five.

(10-09-2015 12:03 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 11:54 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 11:44 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:14 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:10 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  "So-called Power 5"

Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

So? In a one game scenario anyone can beat anyone. Doesn't mean you belong.

The last two years UNC has been on the field with ECU, they're the ones that didn't belong.

Same goes for NC State and Virginia Tech.

When the AAC schools start putting fans in the stands the way ECU does, and traveling like ECU does, and continues to prove themselves on the field the way the league has this season .... then they will have a better chance at making the case they are equals.

Great fanbase + solid results + several years of doing so = ticket to the club.

If the AAC had 50,000 fans at every home game, it'd be nearly impossible to keep them from the club. So much of college football is based on perception. That kind of attendance though out the league would generate massively positive perception.

I said this a couple of weeks ago. Having success in a conference like the AAC is a two-edged sword. You can have good years but then how long will you keep your coach before a bigger program comes calling?

(10-09-2015 12:09 PM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 12:03 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 11:54 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 11:44 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:14 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

So? In a one game scenario anyone can beat anyone. Doesn't mean you belong.

The last two years UNC has been on the field with ECU, they're the ones that didn't belong.

Same goes for NC State and Virginia Tech.

When the AAC schools start putting fans in the stands the way ECU does, and traveling like ECU does, and continues to prove themselves on the field the way the league has this season .... then they will have a better chance at making the case they are equals.

Great fanbase + solid results + several years of doing so = ticket to the club.

If the AAC had 50,000 fans at every home game, it'd be nearly impossible to keep them from the club. So much of college football is based on perception. That kind of attendance though out the league would generate massively positive perception.

I said this a couple of weeks ago. Having success in a conference like the AAC is a two-edged sword. You can have good years but then how long will you keep your coach before a bigger program comes calling?

Schools in the AAC have the resources to pay competitively with P5 programs. We were paying Skip Holtz over 2 million a year for gods sake. Schools like SMU and Tulane could pay unlimited amounts.

(10-09-2015 12:03 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 11:54 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 11:44 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:14 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(10-09-2015 10:10 AM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  "So-called Power 5"

Several AAC teams perfectly capable of kicking Tarheel ass.

So? In a one game scenario anyone can beat anyone. Doesn't mean you belong.

The last two years UNC has been on the field with ECU, they're the ones that didn't belong.

Same goes for NC State and Virginia Tech.

When the AAC schools start putting fans in the stands the way ECU does, and traveling like ECU does, and continues to prove themselves on the field the way the league has this season .... then they will have a better chance at making the case they are equals.

Great fanbase + solid results + several years of doing so = ticket to the club.

If the AAC had 50,000 fans at every home game, it'd be nearly impossible to keep them from the club. So much of college football is based on perception. That kind of attendance though out the league would generate massively positive perception.

Go check our attendance #s for this year. I think we have 4 schools averaging over 40k right now.