If Aresco really wants to make the AAC a legit P6 conference and separate from the "group of 5" then he needs to think outside of the box.

Instead of staying put at 11 or adding a team to get back to 12, why not go BIG by expanding to 16 and become the first nationwide pod super conference?

The best option would be to raid the challenging MWC. Go get San Diego State, Boise State and UNLV as full memberships.

Convince BYU to join as a full member by allowing them to keep their tv deal with ESPN.

Add UAB as a full member who is putting money into football and building a strong program.

UAB is opening a new 50,000 seat stadium next year and wants to join the AAC and have been vocal about it.

Create four regional divisional pods of four teams each.

Atlantic Pod: East Carolina, Temple, UCF, USF

Central Pod: Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane, UAB

Southwest Pod: Houston, Navy(fb only), SMU, Tulsa (Wichita State for bb)

Pacific Pod: Boise State, BYU, San Diego State, UNLV

In basketball keep the four pod setup.

Each pod group would play home & home with their pod members and just one game against everyone else, resulting in a 18-game conference schedule.

Being in pod groups would also balance out traveling expenses.

ESPN would probably up the payout with more football talent and potential added.

UNLV may not be good in football right now, but they have great potential by moving into the new Raiders stadium.

The basketball side would be upgraded too with additions of SDSU, UNLV (traditionally good), BYU and UAB (also traditionally good). Boise State would have potential to grow their bb program potential by being in a power conference.

With the additional members it would increase our SOS and chance at breaking into the playoffs, which are most likely going to expand to eight in the near future.

I know some want Air Force, but that wouldn't improve our blueprint nor perception much nationally.

They wouldn't move the money needle either. Besides, we already have one military school.

We need markets to expand the AAC brand.

(08-30-2020 02:42 PM)Penny1 Wrote:  If Aresco really wants to make the AAC a legit P6 conference and separate from the "group of 5" then he needs to think outside of the box.

Instead of staying put at 11 or adding a team to get back to 12, why not go BIG by expanding to 16 and become the first nationwide pod super conference?

The best option would be to raid the challenging MWC. Go get San Diego State, Boise State and UNLV as full memberships.

Convince BYU to join as a full member by allowing them to keep their tv deal with ESPN.

Add UAB as a full member who is putting money into football and building a strong program.

UAB is opening a new 50,000 seat stadium next year and wants to join the AAC and have been vocal about it.

Create four regional divisional pods of four teams each.

Atlantic Pod: East Carolina, Temple, UCF, USF

Central Pod: Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane, UAB

Southwest Pod: Houston, Navy(fb only), SMU, Tulsa (Wichita State for bb)

Pacific Pod: Boise State, BYU, San Diego State, UNLV

In basketball keep the four pod setup.

Each pod group would play home & home with their pod members and just one game against everyone else, resulting in a 18-game conference schedule.

Being in pod groups would also balance out traveling expenses.

ESPN would probably up the payout with more football talent and potential added.

UNLV may not be good in football right now, but they have great potential by moving into the new Raiders stadium.

The basketball side would be upgraded too with additions of SDSU, UNLV (traditionally good), BYU and UAB (also traditionally good). Boise State would have potential to grow their bb program potential by being in a power conference.

With the additional members it would increase our SOS and chance at breaking into the playoffs, which are most likely going to expand to eight in the near future.

I know some want Air Force, but that wouldn't improve our blueprint nor perception much nationally.

They wouldn't move the money needle either. Besides, we already have one military school.

We need markets to expand the AAC brand.

Wow.I wonder why no one has ever thought of this before lol ?,,,,,

The 1996 WAC store called and said they're out of you!

Since the conference is in Las Colinas now there is a good airport nearby for an airport meeting.

The WAC was poorly arranged and I don't recall them playing in a pod division.

I remember them being a 16-team conference.

But that was before it was considered a future thing with the 4 major conferences, which will most likely happen sooner than later.

(08-30-2020 02:42 PM)Penny1 Wrote:  If Aresco really wants to make the AAC a legit P6 conference and separate from the "group of 5" then he needs to think outside of the box.

Instead of staying put at 11 or adding a team to get back to 12, why not go BIG by expanding to 16 and become the first nationwide pod super conference?

The best option would be to raid the challenging MWC. Go get San Diego State, Boise State and UNLV as full memberships.

Convince BYU to join as a full member by allowing them to keep their tv deal with ESPN.

Add UAB as a full member who is putting money into football and building a strong program.

UAB is opening a new 50,000 seat stadium next year and wants to join the AAC and have been vocal about it.

Create four regional divisional pods of four teams each.

Atlantic Pod: East Carolina, Temple, UCF, USF

Central Pod: Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane, UAB

Southwest Pod: Houston, Navy(fb only), SMU, Tulsa (Wichita State for bb)

Pacific Pod: Boise State, BYU, San Diego State, UNLV

In basketball keep the four pod setup.

Each pod group would play home & home with their pod members and just one game against everyone else, resulting in a 18-game conference schedule.

Being in pod groups would also balance out traveling expenses.

ESPN would probably up the payout with more football talent and potential added.

UNLV may not be good in football right now, but they have great potential by moving into the new Raiders stadium.

The basketball side would be upgraded too with additions of SDSU, UNLV (traditionally good), BYU and UAB (also traditionally good). Boise State would have potential to grow their bb program potential by being in a power conference.

With the additional members it would increase our SOS and chance at breaking into the playoffs, which are most likely going to expand to eight in the near future.

I know some want Air Force, but that wouldn't improve our blueprint nor perception much nationally.

They wouldn't move the money needle either. Besides, we already have one military school.

We need markets to expand the AAC brand.

No to BYU special deal or BSU for that matter... Only exception with BYU is to guaranty no Sunday games... Period.

East Division:
Atlantic Pod: East Carolina, Temple, UCF, USF
Central Pod: Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane, UAB

West Dividion:
Southwest Pod: Houston, Navy(fb only), SMU, Tulsa (Wichita State for bb)
Pacific Pod: Boise State, BYU, San Diego State, UNLV

Best in the West plays Best in the East for championship, Round robin in pods + 4 Cross pod in division, leaving 5 (Whatever games).

My Take on your team selection and Division/POD scheduling...

No to UAB or UNLV either. We need teams with winning reputations. Not potential or more mouths to feed.

I'd rather eat Tide pods.

(08-30-2020 05:21 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  I'd rather eat Tide pods.

With or without OxyClean?

(08-30-2020 02:42 PM)Penny1 Wrote:  If Aresco really wants to make the AAC a legit P6 conference and separate from the "group of 5" then he needs to think outside of the box.

Instead of staying put at 11 or adding a team to get back to 12, why not go BIG by expanding to 16 and become the first nationwide pod super conference?

The best option would be to raid the challenging MWC. Go get San Diego State, Boise State and UNLV as full memberships.

Convince BYU to join as a full member by allowing them to keep their tv deal with ESPN.

Add UAB as a full member who is putting money into football and building a strong program.

UAB is opening a new 50,000 seat stadium next year and wants to join the AAC and have been vocal about it.

Create four regional divisional pods of four teams each.

Atlantic Pod: East Carolina, Temple, UCF, USF

Central Pod: Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane, UAB

Southwest Pod: Houston, Navy(fb only), SMU, Tulsa (Wichita State for bb)

Pacific Pod: Boise State, BYU, San Diego State, UNLV

In basketball keep the four pod setup.

Each pod group would play home & home with their pod members and just one game against everyone else, resulting in a 18-game conference schedule.

Being in pod groups would also balance out traveling expenses.

ESPN would probably up the payout with more football talent and potential added.

UNLV may not be good in football right now, but they have great potential by moving into the new Raiders stadium.

The basketball side would be upgraded too with additions of SDSU, UNLV (traditionally good), BYU and UAB (also traditionally good). Boise State would have potential to grow their bb program potential by being in a power conference.

With the additional members it would increase our SOS and chance at breaking into the playoffs, which are most likely going to expand to eight in the near future.

I know some want Air Force, but that wouldn't improve our blueprint nor perception much nationally.

They wouldn't move the money needle either. Besides, we already have one military school.

We need markets to expand the AAC brand.

"Just go get........ BYU, Boise, UNLV and SDSU".

What if they do not want to join the AAC? Then what?

The only way I could see something like this happening is as if the Power5 had some big major shakeup and reformed into four super conferences. It has been discussed before when the Big 12 was on shaky ground. I am not all that confident in it happening anymore. The Big 12 seems to be more stabilized. We will see where it goes from here. But this won’t even potentially happen unless the other happens first. Just my opinion.

Also, Aresco said he is not raiding any conferences. So I see one team joining before anything else happens and I feel like it will be a team located somewhere in our current geographic footprint.

(08-30-2020 05:21 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  I'd rather eat Tide pods.

I'm with you! Sounds like a high school setup.

NoQuarterBrigade said:
"Also, Aresco said he is not raiding any conferences. So I see one team joining before anything else happens and I feel like it will be a team located somewhere in our current geographic footprint"

I don't think Army is interested, and I don't think Liberty would receive an invitation. So who else is available in our footprint without raiding another conference?

(08-30-2020 06:35 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  NoQuarterBrigade said:
"Also, Aresco said he is not raiding any conferences. So I see one team joining before anything else happens and I feel like it will be a team located somewhere in our current geographic footprint"

I don't think Army is interested, and I don't think Liberty would receive an invitation. So who else is available in our footprint without raiding another conference?

you both misinterpret his meaning... "we will not raid" what he meant was - they have to call us first...
any team we add have to reach out to the aac first (we will not solicit for potential interest), it doesnt not mean we will not look at teams in other conferences

imagine having access to west teams AND STILL taking uab

(08-30-2020 06:40 PM)pesik Wrote:  imagine having access to west teams AND STILL taking uab

That's hard to imagine.

(08-30-2020 06:22 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(08-30-2020 05:21 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  I'd rather eat Tide pods.

I'm with you! Sounds like a high school setup.

High school?

You do realize that this will most likely be what happens when the 4 super conferences realign, right?

An SEC coach, I believe it was Steve Courier when he was at South Carolina, proposed it first.

(08-30-2020 06:40 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(08-30-2020 06:35 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  NoQuarterBrigade said:
"Also, Aresco said he is not raiding any conferences. So I see one team joining before anything else happens and I feel like it will be a team located somewhere in our current geographic footprint"

I don't think Army is interested, and I don't think Liberty would receive an invitation. So who else is available in our footprint without raiding another conference?

you both misinterpret his meaning... "we will not raid" what he meant was - they have to call us first...
any team we add have to reach out to the aac first (we will not solicit for potential interest), it doesnt not mean we will not look at teams in other conferences

Yeah you’re right. I got that wrong.

But still, I don’t see it happening unless there is a big shake up first with the P5. I think we will add someone else nearby before something out west even potentially happens. The big question is who the nearby school would be. That’s what I think will happen.

(08-30-2020 05:16 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  No to UAB or UNLV either. We need teams with winning reputations. Not potential or more mouths to feed.

SMU has no room to talk about winning reputations.

One year doesn't make you have a winning reputation.

Memphis, despite our latest constancy, doesn't even have room to talk about others not being worthy.

In fact, I remember most AAC/Big East fans blasting our football program when we got invited. Now look where we are.

Who's to say UNLV or UAB won't have the same success?


https://www.al.com/uab/2019/06/ua-bot-wo...rence.html

(08-30-2020 05:37 PM)texoma Wrote:  

(08-30-2020 02:42 PM)Penny1 Wrote:  If Aresco really wants to make the AAC a legit P6 conference and separate from the "group of 5" then he needs to think outside of the box.

Instead of staying put at 11 or adding a team to get back to 12, why not go BIG by expanding to 16 and become the first nationwide pod super conference?

The best option would be to raid the challenging MWC. Go get San Diego State, Boise State and UNLV as full memberships.

Convince BYU to join as a full member by allowing them to keep their tv deal with ESPN.

Add UAB as a full member who is putting money into football and building a strong program.

UAB is opening a new 50,000 seat stadium next year and wants to join the AAC and have been vocal about it.

Create four regional divisional pods of four teams each.

Atlantic Pod: East Carolina, Temple, UCF, USF

Central Pod: Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulane, UAB

Southwest Pod: Houston, Navy(fb only), SMU, Tulsa (Wichita State for bb)

Pacific Pod: Boise State, BYU, San Diego State, UNLV

In basketball keep the four pod setup.

Each pod group would play home & home with their pod members and just one game against everyone else, resulting in a 18-game conference schedule.

Being in pod groups would also balance out traveling expenses.

ESPN would probably up the payout with more football talent and potential added.

UNLV may not be good in football right now, but they have great potential by moving into the new Raiders stadium.

The basketball side would be upgraded too with additions of SDSU, UNLV (traditionally good), BYU and UAB (also traditionally good). Boise State would have potential to grow their bb program potential by being in a power conference.

With the additional members it would increase our SOS and chance at breaking into the playoffs, which are most likely going to expand to eight in the near future.

I know some want Air Force, but that wouldn't improve our blueprint nor perception much nationally.

They wouldn't move the money needle either. Besides, we already have one military school.

We need markets to expand the AAC brand.

"Just go get........ BYU, Boise, UNLV and SDSU".

What if they do not want to join the AAC? Then what?

But what if they do? Then what?

SDSU, BSU, UNLV, and UAB are all making peanuts opposed to what the AAC is making.

I think they would want more money than what they're getting.