(06-16-2017 01:26 PM)Eldonabe Wrote:  Jezus H - then just have a football/basketball conference and let all of the other sports fall into their own geographic areas. NOBODY in [mass quantity] gives a flying-F about conference affiliations with any other sport but these two.

Then these travel issues would become a non-issue in a mili-second. And I also bet that alignment with the "P" conferences would take on a whole different look as well.

Stop the insanity with this bull****.

lol you included basketball.

I'm wiling to bet Uconn will average about 12 fans when they visit Houston and Temple will bring at least 10 to ECU. Tulsa brings a few fans..to their home games. I really think a conference with Uconn and San Diego st would create a really neat new thing where people in San Diego start jumping in the car for a 2 week trip to Connecticut to watch their Aztecs fight for the conference title vs new conference rival Uconn. Philly folks would flock to Colorado Springs and Boise no question to catch the Big Temple/Air Force or Temple/Boise ball game. No question.

I do think UConn and Gonzaga could develop a great rivalry - may be even because of the distance. Think Celtics-Lakers and Cavs-Warriors. I wouldn't be surprised to see BYU and Boise St. develop some good football ratings and rivalries with Eastern AAC schools. BYU-Memphis has some nice embers (no videos please!).

But, the whole idea is to raise the AAC's profile to as close to Power status as possible. And Gonzaga-BYU-Boise St.-SDSU rivalries would help that process.

And, like the cross-divisions games would be any different than Tulsa-UCF, Tulane-UConn, or SMU-Temple.

Longest offseason ever

Not to mention the negativity of many fans about expanding MBB by the addition of WSU. This board was loaded with it last year, shades of the Big East fiasco they said, and aren't 90% of us happy that Aresco/AAC didn't listen! We need to do what's "necessary" to add to our profile in football as well, even it that happened to be Hawaii. Which thank god it isn't. But Boise and BYU would help. Even Army and Air Force would help some. And maybe SDSU.

(06-16-2017 06:34 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Longest offseason ever

I said that last year. This year beats it.

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(06-16-2017 06:10 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  I'm wiling to bet Uconn will average about 12 fans when they visit Houston and Temple will bring at least 10 to ECU. Tulsa brings a few fans..to their home games. I really think a conference with Uconn and San Diego st would create a really neat new thing where people in San Diego start jumping in the car for a 2 week trip to Connecticut to watch their Aztecs fight for the conference title vs new conference rival Uconn. Philly folks would flock to Colorado Springs and Boise no question to catch the Big Temple/Air Force or Temple/Boise ball game. No question.

Exactly. We arent designed to create regional rivalries or benefit from large numbers of traveling fans. We are frankly a "made for TV" conference using the largest remaining brand names left out of the regional power conferences. These remaining brand names have been grouped together to give each region a "rooting interest" in games on television. Its worked pretty well. The ratings have risen every year.

The natural extension of the strategy is a nationwide conference (your showing the games on national TV---why not have a conference footprint that matches the TV broadcast footprint?), The conference will never have an abundance of regional rivalries. It will never have a lot of traveling fans. It will never be a power conference nor will always play second fiddle to a major conference in every part of its footprint. In short--it will never have a regional identity. However, as a country's ONLY nationwide conference----It could have a true UNIQUE identity that sets it apart from the rest of college football in a way no other G5 can match. In TV ratings battles, its possible being the #2 choice EVERYWHERE, might be as attractive as being the #1 choice in a specific region of the country.

More likely is people scrolling past a UConn vs. SDSU conference matchup in search of something more compelling.

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not sure why so many are so excited about the idea of splitting our very meager pie into more slices. These schools being discussed, save for maybe BYU, would take away more than they add, even without thinking about the throw away sports.

(06-18-2017 06:19 PM)gostangs Wrote:  not sure why so many are so excited about the idea of splitting our very meager pie into more slices. These schools being discussed, save for maybe BYU, would take away more than they add, even without thinking about the throw away sports.

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(06-18-2017 06:27 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(06-18-2017 06:19 PM)gostangs Wrote:  not sure why so many are so excited about the idea of splitting our very meager pie into more slices. These schools being discussed, save for maybe BYU, would take away more than they add, even without thinking about the throw away sports.

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It would allow more premium matchups, sure ECU BB vs USF will get stuck on a ESPN3 or CBS sports net, but SDSU vs any of the AAC top 9 will get prime time on ESPN, and FB matchups would be similar. The name of the game is to have as much good inventory as you can, and these are all good secondary level national brands.

I don't think Adding anyone other than BYU would make a diff in TV $$$. So no reason to add..

I can't believe the AAC would not be VERY interested in San Diego State.

Especially if it is all about Population and TV's.

Adding San Diego State brings the AAC a population base of 3 Million in San Diego County.

It adds a population base of 14 million within a 30 miles of San Diego County and approx 24 million if you extend 1 hour north of San Diego County.

Then add Fresno State and you basically have all of California up for grabs with TV's.

(08-02-2017 03:39 PM)SteveAztec Wrote:  I can't believe the AAC would not be VERY interested in San Diego State.

Especially if it is all about Population and TV's.

Adding San Diego State brings the AAC a population base of 3 Million in San Diego County.

It adds a population base of 14 million within a 30 miles of San Diego County and approx 24 million if you extend 1 hour north of San Diego County.

Then add Fresno State and you basically have all of California up for grabs with TV's.

Didn't we already try this? ECU wasn't in the AAC then, granted.

But I do see the merit of taking SDSU.

(06-19-2017 08:05 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  I don't think Adding anyone other than BYU would make a diff in TV $$$. So no reason to add..

I'm ok with 2 more basketball additions. That just gives us more premium matchups to offset the junk in the league. Football side just needs to stay at 12 unless we can get a BYU and Army. Nothing else really moves the needle enough. Possibly Boise State but they already burnt the p6 bridge.

Don't lose sight of the dream guys!!!!

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These SDSU heathens haven't put in the time and energy I have pimping their school, their ideas don't merit discussion!

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(08-02-2017 03:39 PM)SteveAztec Wrote:  I can't believe the AAC would not be VERY interested in San Diego State.

Especially if it is all about Population and TV's.

Adding San Diego State brings the AAC a population base of 3 Million in San Diego County.

It adds a population base of 14 million within a 30 miles of San Diego County and approx 24 million if you extend 1 hour north of San Diego County.

Then add Fresno State and you basically have all of California up for grabs with TV's.

SDSU had the chance to stay in the Big East, and left. Once Boise left, and the Big East lost its AQ status, there was no incentive to stay. TV contract isn't worth that much.

(08-02-2017 03:39 PM)SteveAztec Wrote:  I can't believe the AAC would not be VERY interested in San Diego State.

Especially if it is all about Population and TV's.

Adding San Diego State brings the AAC a population base of 3 Million in San Diego County.

It adds a population base of 14 million within a 30 miles of San Diego County and approx 24 million if you extend 1 hour north of San Diego County.

Then add Fresno State and you basically have all of California up for grabs with TV's.

Issue #1 - Geography with the AAC isn't a great fit and SDSU still would need to find a hoops home and other sports. Just too much distance in all sports.

Issue #2 - Time zone for night games at SDSU. One thought is aac fans might stay up late to watch?

Issue #3 - without espn in big with this coast to coast initiative, it just doesn't add enough value to make it work.

If SDSU was closer it would make much more sense.