... the Mountain West got only 1 team in, their auto-bid Fresno (SDSU to NIT) as 1 14th seed.


After this most recent season of FB and now basketball, is their any doubt that we are the #6 power conference?

Try not to confuse our pay and our contractual 'place' for a moment and focus on what the conference has achieved in men's FB and basketball. I say we've done well for ourselves so far.


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Who cares? Why can't the AAC worry about being the best it can be instead of tryng to outdo the bigger schools? No school in the conference is ever gonna be Michigan, Texas or Ohio State.

(03-14-2016 02:57 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  Who cares? Why can't the AAC worry about being the best it can be instead of tryng to outdo the bigger schools? No school in the conference is ever gonna be Michigan, Texas or Ohio State.

I disagree. I think UConn is a definite flag ship caliber program. They could succeed in any conference because of basketball. Additionally, UH may never reach the fan support or financial level of those schools, but we could certainly attain that level of on field success if given the right opportunities. That said I don't think we should sweat the conference hierarchy either. This is a good conference and I think it's met expectations. Just need to do better in this postseason than football season's.

I don't think taking one year and making a definitive statement about who the best G5 as whole is fair.

(03-14-2016 06:40 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  I don't think taking one year and making a definitive statement about who the best G5 as whole is fair.

True, but 2015/2016 goes to the AAC. Now let's do it multiple years.

This is the big east without Bcs status

(03-14-2016 06:40 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  I don't think taking one year and making a definitive statement about who the best G5 as whole is fair.

C'mon...the writing is on the wall. The MWC has zero momentum right now. And their long term revenue projection is not good.

American is putting money back into the coffers...4 NCAA bids equals $6.4 million disbursed over the next 6 years. Every additional game equals another $1.6 million.

And the conference payouts in basketball are still significant from UConn's run and old Big East credits.

And then you have exit fee's.

The money is catching up with the MWC...American has enough to stay competitive and relevant nationally. Other G5 conferences do not. We will see about the Big East and A-10 in the future...but they may be able to stay relevant in basketball if they continue to pay out the extra money to the athletes.

(03-14-2016 04:07 AM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  

(03-14-2016 02:57 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  Who cares? Why can't the AAC worry about being the best it can be instead of tryng to outdo the bigger schools? No school in the conference is ever gonna be Michigan, Texas or Ohio State.

I disagree. I think UConn is a definite flag ship caliber program. They could succeed in any conference because of basketball. Additionally, UH may never reach the fan support or financial level of those schools, but we could certainly attain that level of on field success if given the right opportunities. That said I don't think we should sweat the conference hierarchy either. This is a good conference and I think it's met expectations. Just need to do better in this postseason than football season's.

I agree with you about UConn and Houston. I think UConn can, athletically at least, be the flagship public institution for all of New England and much of the northeast, if we can achieve sustained success in football.

(03-14-2016 02:49 AM)fishpro1098 Wrote:  ... the Mountain West got only 1 team in, their auto-bid Fresno (SDSU to NIT) as 1 14th seed.


After this most recent season of FB and now basketball, is their any doubt that we are the #6 power conference?

Try not to confuse our pay and our contractual 'place' for a moment and focus on what the conference has achieved in men's FB and basketball. I say we've done well for ourselves so far.


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The teams in the MWC are making less than the BE conference. And the BE makes less than the AAC.

And that was last year, when Boise went to the access bowl.

(03-14-2016 02:57 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  Who cares? Why can't the AAC worry about being the best it can be instead of tryng to outdo the bigger schools? No school in the conference is ever gonna be Michigan, Texas or Ohio State.

Do you seriously cut and paste this response and edit as needed?

It does matter because the first thing the AAC needs to do is separate itself from the other G5 conferences.
I think if you look at the first three years of the AAC they have outperformed the other G5 leagues in those three years.

BC 1 created this award

https://twitter.com/sbjsbd/status/709394138014158850

This league is just getting started.

ive been saying this for years ..the aac will seperate into a tweener league. even if we lose 2 we will get a tweener type ncaa distribution contract in 2020 when the deals are reworked

we have momentum and the other g5 are borderline dying ...and to counter BC1, it will be more than 1 year and this has been in the works for years...
the commitment has been there, we have all million dollar coaches, we have all upgraded facilities and we have been dramatically out recruiting the other g5 and the separation this year in recruiting is bigger than it's ever been

our on the field success is a nice trophy but we are winning where it counts; budget, recruiting and perception...we might have down years here are there but those 3 will have us on top more times than not...

people always talk about widening gap between the p5 and g5 but if you look closely the gap that is honestly widening is below us..we are getting compared to power conference more regularly with each passing year.... and the mwc and c-usa losing perception, recruiting and financial battles with each passing day..both are 1 bid bball leagues and considered trash in football (minus boise)..navy (our worst recruiting football team, who must enlist recruits) would be a top 50% recruiting team in their league

This conference probably received 4 ncaa tourney bids because of the others not doing very well . So we shouldn't get to cocky over it. It's what we do now that will set us apart,meaning just win baby.

(03-14-2016 07:50 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(03-14-2016 02:57 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  Who cares? Why can't the AAC worry about being the best it can be instead of tryng to outdo the bigger schools? No school in the conference is ever gonna be Michigan, Texas or Ohio State.

Do you seriously cut and paste this response and edit as needed?

Maybe it should sink in. You shouldn't have to ask if you should be taken seriously, it should speak for itself. If you're consistently relevant enough, others won't have any choice but to take notice, take you serious or at least reel you in and try to slow you down so they can keep their power and status.

Granted, I know college athletics can be a caste system of sorts, especially football, but I suppose my point is to stop worrying so much about it.