Per ESPN's Jake Trotter

till next year

I suppose this is best for CUSA. If nothing else, it exposed that there is some definite talent in the G5.

Big12 seems to have egg on their face right now.

(10-17-2016 04:06 PM)IoncemetJonVoight Wrote:  Big12 seems to have egg on their face right now.

The whole omelette.

(10-17-2016 04:30 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 04:06 PM)IoncemetJonVoight Wrote:  Big12 seems to have egg on their face right now.

The whole omelette.

No, the people with egg on their face are the schools who spent money to go begging for inclusion when the Big XII was just trying to gain leverage with the networks for more money.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!?!?!?

Actually, they did not discuss ANY candidates according to Boren. YIKES!

I'm glad this is all over. I didn't think the Big12 would expand. After their weak performance in their OOC games, I thought it was even less likely. I'm sure some in C-USA thought this might have been their ticket to the AAC, but I think this was the best outcome for our conference. I'm celebrating this outcome. We need stability.

(10-17-2016 05:22 PM)MU ATO Wrote:  Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!?!?!?

I think this scene adequately describes C-USA now that expansion talk is done for a little while

(10-17-2016 05:14 PM)PaulDel2 Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 04:30 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 04:06 PM)IoncemetJonVoight Wrote:  Big12 seems to have egg on their face right now.

The whole omelette.

No, the people with egg on their face are the schools who spent money to go begging for inclusion when the Big XII was just trying to gain leverage with the networks for more money.

That is not the way the media is spinning this so far, nor should they really. The B12 basically forced programs to beg and then today tried to pretend like they didn't. It's embarrassing and they are honestly a worse run league than the old Big East at this point. Now personally I'm thrilled that they are stupid as it's a great thing for the AAC, but this entire thing was a joke and I hope the media continues to crush them over this.

BIG 12 looks like a bunch of dummies. A RICH bunch of dummies but...well ya know what I mean.

If Big 12 isn't gone in 5 years I will be shocked. When Oklahoma and Oklahoma State join the Big 10 and Texas is left on an island then you will see a version of the old SWC form. Texas will probably end up going independent when all is said and done.

(10-18-2016 04:53 AM)SouthJags2012 Wrote:  If Big 12 isn't gone in 5 years I will be shocked. When Oklahoma and Oklahoma State join the Big 10 and Texas is left on an island then you will see a version of the old SWC form. Texas will probably end up going independent when all is said and done.

Nothing will happen for another 7 or 8 years, as the end of their GOR gets near, then you will see movement in some form.

I found this an interesting quote on SI
"UConn is one of many schools facing difficult financial decisions, as it’s nearly impossible to fund football on the AAC’s modest television contract. (The AAC deal runs through 2020 and pays just $126 million from ESPN for the entirety of the deal. There’s a secondary deal with CBS, but the spending significantly outweighs the income for most AAC schools.)"

does AAC financing change the future of G5?

(10-18-2016 10:50 AM)HeadsetGuy Wrote:  I found this an interesting quote on SI
"UConn is one of many schools facing difficult financial decisions, as it’s nearly impossible to fund football on the AAC’s modest television contract. (The AAC deal runs through 2020 and pays just $126 million from ESPN for the entirety of the deal. There’s a secondary deal with CBS, but the spending significantly outweighs the income for most AAC schools.)"
does AAC financing change the future of G5?

There are thousands of high schools around the country 'funding' football with NO TV CONTRACT. Cry me a river UConn

I think, and I suspect I'll be in the minority, that this is a good thing for C-USA. With UAB coming back next year for football, we should be very, very stable for quite a while. That will give us the chance to develop some real rivalries, and establish who the "haves" and "have-nots" are in the league over a long time. That's a good thing, imo.

I certainly think this is the right place for Marshall, and I'm not talking only about this year. The fact is, we have won only one championship out of 3 -- 10 win seasons, won only one game in Texas since we started in C-USA, and since the realignment we've never beaten Western Kentucky and are 1-2 against Middle Tennessee. We've also lost to Rice in a Championship game, and narrowly beat LaTech in our Championship year in a very hard fought contest. There is every real chance we will, this year, lose to top tier teams of Southern Miss, Western Kentucky, and Middle Tennessee, and thankfully, we don't play LaTech this year who is looking pretty solid. From what I've seen, ODU and FIU may be tough outs, too.

So until we can establish MAC type of dominance in football, I don't think any Marshall fan has a right to squawk all that much about C-USA. If you factor in all other sports, our performance has been ho-hum with limited championships. We certainly can't make much of an argument on being somewhere else based on what we did in the 90's.

So one football championship in 3 years, (not counting the previous C-USA years, where we did NOTHING) is not much to brag about. C-USA is just fine for us. We're lucky to be here in my opinion. I love that every other team is gunning for us. That wasn't the case in the last version of C-USA, where we were a middling, or lower, team almost every year.

The B12 has just proven itself beyond any doubt to be the biggest dumpster fire in all of FBS. The end is near for these jokers.

(10-17-2016 08:47 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 05:14 PM)PaulDel2 Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 04:30 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 04:06 PM)IoncemetJonVoight Wrote:  Big12 seems to have egg on their face right now.

The whole omelette.

No, the people with egg on their face are the schools who spent money to go begging for inclusion when the Big XII was just trying to gain leverage with the networks for more money.

That is not the way the media is spinning this so far, nor should they really. The B12 basically forced programs to beg and then today tried to pretend like they didn't. It's embarrassing and they are honestly a worse run league than the old Big East at this point. Now personally I'm thrilled that they are stupid as it's a great thing for the AAC, but this entire thing was a joke and I hope the media continues to crush them over this.

Agree Bonds, many articles today about AAc and Aresco pushing for more money and P6 status. Hate all you want butbAAC in position of power going forward

I saw a tweet earlier today (Pat Forde I think), being the sixth Power conference is like 4th place at the Olympics

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I saw a tweet earlier today (Pat Forde I think), being the sixth Power conference is like 4th place

Not really getting that.