Pick your top 6 football programs (in terms of future, long term on the field success and potential). I will use the results from this poll to create an additional poll later this week.
I voted for the Florida schools, Houston, and ECU because they're big, public schools in good recruiting areas. I voted for Cincinnati because they have a proven track record. And I voted for UConn because they've already been very respectable in a BCS conference and they're a flagship, land grant, public school.
Even though I believe SMU has tremendous potential, I didn't vote for them. Just like Miami, SMU is an elite private school in a fertile recruiting area. But it's going to take a special coach to take SMU to the next level and I don't know if/when that's going to happen.
It was hard to leave Tulsa off with all of their success. This is art more than science.
(04-21-2013 08:55 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote: [ -> ]Based the results as of right now, long-term expected success would be balanced in the divisions:
East
USF
UCF
ECU
UConn
West
Cincinnati
Tulsa
Houston
Since things rarely turn out as expected, Tulane will probably win the most conference championships.
For the last time, there is a 99.99999999% chance that both divisions will have a presence in Florida.
Is that a guess? Or was that info published somewhere? If it was reported, I missed it.
It wasn't reported anywhere its because he is a Cincy fan and wants to make sure they play the FL schools for recruiting reasons. It would be dumb if they didnt put both FL schools in the same division. Besides with 12 teams you will play 3 cross over games each season so just rotate UCF and USF on Cincy schedule and they will play a FL school each season plus two Texas schools. And it will keep the divisions making sence.
Accidentally only voted for five: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, South Florida, and Tulsa. My sixth choice would be UCF. So tack on an extra vote for UCF.
(04-22-2013 05:26 AM)UConn-SMU Wrote: [ -> ]Oh. So Bearcat Man was using some wild speculation not based in fact.
Got it.
Yep, my wild speculation was not at all based on the handshake agreement made by the leadership of the three Big East school regarding scheduling that took place two months ago in which they expressly stated that they'd be playing each other from now until the end of time (or the conference).
Also, Navy has openly admitted that they would like to be placed in the "Western" division when they are added to the fold in 2015. That HAS been report, numerous times.
(04-21-2013 08:55 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote: [ -> ]Based the results as of right now, long-term expected success would be balanced in the divisions:
East
USF
UCF
ECU
UConn
West
Cincinnati
Tulsa
Houston
Since things rarely turn out as expected, Tulane will probably win the most conference championships.
For the last time, there is a 99.99999999% chance that both divisions will have a presence in Florida.
If teams like Louisville and Rutgers especially (both rely heavily on FLA recruiting) were going to stay in this new AAC....then yes, I think neither of them would have accepted a division without Florida exposure...but since both of those teams will be gone after the 2014 season....I wouldn't be surprised if UCF and USF are now put in the same division.
With "less presence" up north (now just Cinci, Temple and UCONN), and with the 2014 addition of ECU....(Navy in 2015), probably won't see ANY divisional make-up till AAC reaches 12 teams in 2015 (i.e. divisional winners play in first championship game).
Till then...it will be a 10-11 team conf....no divisions.