(06-21-2017 03:52 PM)AusTxPony Wrote:  You're right Attack, but how do we fix it without adding a couple of glamour teams? BYU/Boise football only? Otherwise, I like the AAC. And I don't see Big 12 adding either of us due to competition in recruiting.

Affiliate with BYU and Army for the bowl lineup. With that, I think the AAC would have a realistic shot to add the Armed Forces Bowl (v. B1G/B12) and Las Vegas or Foster Farms Bowl (v. PAC) to the annual lineup. Limit it to no more than two appearances in each bowl for BYU and Army in 6 years.

And, EVEN IF BYU and Army were to 'steal' a quality spot from an AAC team every single year, it would still be perceived as a great bowl lineup for the AAC. Notre Dame helped the Big East have better bowl access - why not affiliate with BYU and Army and try to do something similar? And, note that BYU or Army might be selected to fill the Hawaii, Frisco, or Cure spots in some years...

AAC lineup could be:

NY6
Military (v. ACC/ND)
Las Vegas/Foster Farms (v. PAC)
Birmingham (v. SEC)
Armed Forces (v. B1G/B12)
Frisco (v. at large, including P5/BYU/Army)
St. Pete (v. CUSA/ACC)
Hawaii (v. MWC)
Boca Raton (v. CUSA)
Cure (v. Sun Belt)

Would you really oppose this lineup at the cost of providing BYU and Army access?

(06-21-2017 04:28 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(06-21-2017 03:52 PM)AusTxPony Wrote:  You're right Attack, but how do we fix it without adding a couple of glamour teams? BYU/Boise football only? Otherwise, I like the AAC. And I don't see Big 12 adding either of us due to competition in recruiting.

Not sure it can be fixed. Any bowl with a payout high enough to attract a high pick from a P5 will grab the P5 tie before taking the AAC champ. The only realistic way I can see for the AAC to get a bowl with a high P5 selection as an opponent is for the AAC to create its own bowl and invest enough in said bowl that it can have a payout high enough to attract a high selection from a P5. I see no real support within the conference to do that. In fact, we did just the opposite (rather than spend money upgrading the opponent, we sold off our Miami Bowl to ESPN).

The only other option is to make that part of our next ESPN contract. ESPN has a few bowls where they could make that happen if they desired to do so. For instance, they could move and drastically upgrade the payout of the Frisco Bowl in order to create a high quality "anchor" bowl for the AAC.

We missed that opportunity 3 years ago.

(06-22-2017 10:35 AM)YNot Wrote:  

(06-21-2017 03:52 PM)AusTxPony Wrote:  You're right Attack, but how do we fix it without adding a couple of glamour teams? BYU/Boise football only? Otherwise, I like the AAC. And I don't see Big 12 adding either of us due to competition in recruiting.

Affiliate with BYU and Army for the bowl lineup. With that, I think the AAC would have a realistic shot to add the Armed Forces Bowl (v. B1G/B12) and Las Vegas or Foster Farms Bowl (v. PAC) to the annual lineup. Limit it to no more than two appearances in each bowl for BYU and Army in 6 years.

And, EVEN IF BYU and Army were to 'steal' a quality spot from an AAC team every single year, it would still be perceived as a great bowl lineup for the AAC. Notre Dame helped the Big East have better bowl access - why not affiliate with BYU and Army and try to do something similar? And, note that BYU or Army might be selected to fill the Hawaii, Frisco, or Cure spots in some years...

AAC lineup could be:

NY6
Military (v. ACC/ND)
Las Vegas/Foster Farms (v. PAC)
Birmingham (v. SEC)
Armed Forces (v. B1G/B12)
Frisco (v. at large, including P5/BYU/Army)
St. Pete (v. CUSA/ACC)
Hawaii (v. MWC)
Boca Raton (v. CUSA)
Cure (v. Sun Belt)

Would you really oppose this lineup at the cost of providing BYU and Army access?

Army IS NOT COMING. Accept that.