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Hey, what are message boards for except for fans to vent their hot air about how their school should be boosted to a better place?

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Few would disagree with the proposition that every one of these schools would demonstrably improve the AAC if they were to join as FB-only members:

San Diego State has won an average of 9 games per season since 2010 - - including 10+ wins in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019 - - and has won 3 of their last 4 bowl games. They have won nearly as many (49) games since 2015 as Boise State has won (51), and have had top 25 ranked FB teams in 2016, 2017, and 2019.

Air Force finished 11-2 last season and was the #22 ranked team in the Final AP Top 25 in 2019. They had outstanding 10-win seasons in 2014 and 2016, and have won 3 of their last 4 bowl games. Air Force is currently #38 in the AP rankings.

Appalachian State has won an average of 10.2 games per season since 2014, and has won all 5 of their bowl games. Moreover, they had a top 25 team in 2018, are currently ranked #30 in the Sagarin ratings, and finished in the Final AP Top 25 in 2019.

Marshall has won an average of 8.7 games per season since 2013, 7 of their last 8 bowl games, and currently has a top 25 ranked (4-0) team.

Louisiana-Lafayette, a State Flagship school, finished 11-3 last season and is currently #32 in the AP rankings. The Cajuns program is resurgent, with two consecutive bowl-qualifying teams, has had 5 seasons with 9+ wins since 2011, and has won 6 of their last 8 bowl games.
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(10-24-2020 04:05 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  Louisiana-Lafayette, a State Flagship school

A self-proclaimed flagship school. Obviously LSU is the state's flagship. There is no official flagship of the UL system, even if ULL considers itself to be in that role.
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(10-24-2020 04:05 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  Louisiana-Lafayette, a State Flagship school

A self-proclaimed flagship school. Obviously LSU is the state's flagship. There is no official flagship of the UL system, even if ULL considers itself to be in that role.

You're correct of course - the UL System has no flagship. And FWIW, to my knowledge ULL does not claim to be its flagship.

But, "Nerdlinger's" post is an example of why everyone else in the state rejects ULL's use of "Louisiana" for sports - it is obviously intended to create the (false) impression that ULL is somehow above the other UL-System schools, that it is its flagship. It is an example of false or misleading advertising, and at least in one mind, it has worked.

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(10-24-2020 10:01 AM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  
(10-24-2020 04:05 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  Louisiana-Lafayette, a State Flagship school

A self-proclaimed flagship school. Obviously LSU is the state's flagship. There is no official flagship of the UL system, even if ULL considers itself to be in that role.

Regardless, Louisiana-Lafayette may be of the five best options to replace Connecticut's football program in the American, behind:

1. San Diego State

2. Air Force

3. Appalachian State or Marshall
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Update only from my original post grouping.
Through week 9.

As it stands #7 Cincinnati vs #11 BYU in the AAC champ game for CFP spot per my OP.


East
——————
#7 Cincinnati 4-0
#19 Marshall 5-0
(#30) Army 6-1
UCF 3-2
Temple 1-2
Navy 3-3
East Carolina 1-3
USF 1-5


Central
—————
#22 SMU 5-1
(#26) Memphis 3-1
(#28) Tulsa 2-1
Houston 2-1
Air Force 1-1
Tulane 2-4
Southern Miss 1-4
New Mexico 0-0


West
—————
#11- BYU 6-0
#25- Boise St 1-0
Hawaii 1-0
San Diego St. 1-0
Colorado St 0-0
Wyoming 0-1
UNLV 0-1
Fresno St 0-1
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RE: Would you do an AAC like this for AQ?
(10-25-2020 11:57 PM)ThunderDent Wrote:  Update only from my original post grouping.
Through week 9.

As it stands #7 Cincinnati vs #11 BYU in the AAC champ game for CFP spot per my OP.


East
——————
#7 Cincinnati 4-0
#19 Marshall 5-0
(#30) Army 6-1
UCF 3-2
Temple 1-2
Navy 3-3
East Carolina 1-3
USF 1-5


Central
—————
#22 SMU 5-1
(#26) Memphis 3-1
(#28) Tulsa 2-1
Houston 2-1
Air Force 1-1
Tulane 2-4
Southern Miss 1-4
New Mexico 0-0


West
—————
#11- BYU 6-0
#25- Boise St 1-0
Hawaii 1-0
San Diego St. 1-0
Colorado St 0-0
Wyoming 0-1
UNLV 0-1
Fresno St 0-1

With a conference semifinal championship structure:

AAC SEMIFINAL 1: #22 SMU @ #7 Cincinnati
AAC SEMIFINAL 2: #19 Marshall @ #11 BYU

But, I wouldn't have included Marshall in the expanded AAC structure (or Southern Miss, New Mexico, Fresno or Wyoming). So that semifinals would be:

AAC SEMIFINAL 1: #25 Boise State @ #7 Cincinnati
AAC SEMIFINAL 2: #22 SMU @ #11 BYU
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RE: Would you do an AAC like this for AQ?
Week 10 update from OP.

Current AAC Champ game would be:
#6 Cincinnati vs #9 BYU


East
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#6 Cincinnati 5-0
#16 Marshall 5-0
(#31) Army 6-1
UCF 4-2
Navy 3-4
Temple 1-3
East Carolina 1-4
USF 1-5


Central
—————
#18 SMU 6-1
(#30)Tulsa 3-1
Memphis 3-2
Houston 2-2
Air Force 1-2
Tulane 3-4
Southern Miss 1-5
New Mexico 0-1


West
—————
#9 BYU 7-0
#21 Boise St 2-0
(#38) San Diego St. 2-0
Hawaii 1-1
Fresno St 1-1
Wyoming 1-1
Colorado St 0-1
UNLV 0-2

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RE: Would you do an AAC like this for AQ?
(10-27-2020 05:32 PM)YNot Wrote:  
(10-25-2020 11:57 PM)ThunderDent Wrote:  Update only from my original post grouping.
Through week 9.

As it stands #7 Cincinnati vs #11 BYU in the AAC champ game for CFP spot per my OP.


East
——————
#7 Cincinnati 4-0
#19 Marshall 5-0
(#30) Army 6-1
UCF 3-2
Temple 1-2
Navy 3-3
East Carolina 1-3
USF 1-5


Central
—————
#22 SMU 5-1
(#26) Memphis 3-1
(#28) Tulsa 2-1
Houston 2-1
Air Force 1-1
Tulane 2-4
Southern Miss 1-4
New Mexico 0-0


West
—————
#11- BYU 6-0
#25- Boise St 1-0
Hawaii 1-0
San Diego St. 1-0
Colorado St 0-0
Wyoming 0-1
UNLV 0-1
Fresno St 0-1

With a conference semifinal championship structure:

AAC SEMIFINAL 1: #22 SMU @ #7 Cincinnati
AAC SEMIFINAL 2: #19 Marshall @ #11 BYU

But, I wouldn't have included Marshall in the expanded AAC structure (or Southern Miss, New Mexico, Fresno or Wyoming). So that semifinals would be:

AAC SEMIFINAL 1: #25 Boise State @ #7 Cincinnati
AAC SEMIFINAL 2: #22 SMU @ #11 BYU

If Marshall moves up to #16 in the week 9 AP top 25, as projected:

AAC SEMIFINAL 1: #22 SMU @ #7 Cincinnati
AAC SEMIFINAL 2: #16 Marshall @ #11 BYU
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Week 11 update to OP.


East
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#7 Cincinnati 6-0
#16 Marshall 6-0
(#27) Army 6-1
UCF 4-2
Navy 3-4
Temple 1-4
East Carolina 1-5
USF 1-6


Central
—————
#19 SMU 7-1
(#28) Tulsa 3-1
Memphis 4-2
Tulane 4-4
Air Force 1-2
Houston 2-3
Southern Miss 2-5
New Mexico 0-2


West
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#8 BYU 8-0
(#34) Boise St 2-1
San Diego St. 2-1
Hawaii 2-1
Fresno St 2-1
Colorado St 1-1
Wyoming 1-2
UNLV 0-3
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RE: Would you do an AAC like this for AQ?
This thread has now been going for about two months. If I understand the premise here, schools in some non-P5 conferences aren't satisfied with the situation that they find themselves in, namely that they aren't automatically included in the Big Boy Club. If the idea is that they shouldn't be excluded because everybody deserves a shot at the perks that go along with that membership (like automatic access to NY6 bowls and lucrative media contracts), then isn't a bit hypocritical to try to create a new conference that would exclude 60% of the schools that are currently in the same boat?

The argument that "we deserve to be included, but these other (lesser) schools don't" is pretty much the same argument that the P5 conferences are making about the so-called "best of the rest".
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(11-08-2020 10:24 PM)ken d Wrote:  This thread has now been going for about two months. If I understand the premise here, schools in some non-P5 conferences aren't satisfied with the situation that they find themselves in, namely that they aren't automatically included in the Big Boy Club. If the idea is that they shouldn't be excluded because everybody deserves a shot at the perks that go along with that membership (like automatic access to NY6 bowls and lucrative media contracts), then isn't a bit hypocritical to try to create a new conference that would exclude 60% of the schools that are currently in the same boat?

The argument that "we deserve to be included, but these other (lesser) schools don't" is pretty much the same argument that the P5 conferences are making about the so-called "best of the rest".


That is one - but only one - way to look at the situation.

Another way to see it is that the G5 conferences are all trying to move up in every respect, from viewership to attendance to revenue to media exposure. From that standpoint, the AAC is just the first in line.

It's already clear that the MWC is close behind the AAC in their media revenue package, and that the 3 other G5 conferences are generating more revenue as well, through their own network deals.

.

Rather than viewing it as an attempt by the AAC to join the exclusive power club, it can be seen as a move forward by all of the G5s.

For example, there has been a steady increase in the number of non-P5 top 25 FB programs over the past five seasons.

Five years ago, there were only about three non-P5 top 25 teams by season's end, but that doubled by 2018 (6 teams), and increased to 7 teams in 2019. Currently, there are 7 non-P5 AP top 25 teams (only two of which are AAC teams), and there are a few other non-P5 teams that are in the top 35 and could move up.

.

When you look at the situation from "30,000 feet," it appears that the whole G5 is getting more attention, viewership, etc.

It also appears that the networks realize, increasingly, that in the long run, they will be able to get more bang (net profit) for their buck (games that they broadcast) by promoting the G5/indies than by promoting the P5 (since they have to pay the P5s 5 times as much).
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(11-08-2020 11:29 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  
(11-08-2020 10:24 PM)ken d Wrote:  This thread has now been going for about two months. If I understand the premise here, schools in some non-P5 conferences aren't satisfied with the situation that they find themselves in, namely that they aren't automatically included in the Big Boy Club. If the idea is that they shouldn't be excluded because everybody deserves a shot at the perks that go along with that membership (like automatic access to NY6 bowls and lucrative media contracts), then isn't a bit hypocritical to try to create a new conference that would exclude 60% of the schools that are currently in the same boat?

The argument that "we deserve to be included, but these other (lesser) schools don't" is pretty much the same argument that the P5 conferences are making about the so-called "best of the rest".


That is one - but only one - way to look at the situation.

Another way to see it is that the G5 conferences are all trying to move up in every respect, from viewership to attendance to revenue to media exposure. From that standpoint, the AAC is just the first in line.

It's already clear that the MWC is close behind the AAC in their media revenue package, and that the 3 other G5 conferences are generating more revenue as well, through their own network deals.

.

Rather than viewing it as an attempt by the AAC to join the exclusive power club, it can be seen as a move forward by all of the G5s.

For example, there has been a steady increase in the number of non-P5 top 25 FB programs over the past five seasons.

Five years ago, there were only about three non-P5 top 25 teams by season's end, but that doubled by 2018 (6 teams), and increased to 7 teams in 2019. Currently, there are 7 non-P5 AP top 25 teams (only two of which are AAC teams), and there are a few other non-P5 teams that are in the top 35 and could move up.

.

When you look at the situation from "30,000 feet," it appears that the whole G5 is getting more attention, viewership, etc.

It also appears that the networks realize, increasingly, that in the long run, they will be able to get more bang (net profit) for their buck (games that they broadcast) by promoting the G5/indies than by promoting the P5 (since they have to pay the P5s 5 times as much).

If this thread were about all G5 conferences moving up, we can talk about that, and whether that's a good strategy for the networks. But this thread is about the AAC moving up to AQ status at the expense of the other G5 conferences. It's essentially about a de facto smaller FBS, but one that includes all AAC schools and excludes more than 30 other schools.
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There is no addition that would elevate AAC to autonomy status. If there was I would be all for it. The closes it would get likely would be from a 1 or 3 school add. BYU has to be one of those added.
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(11-09-2020 07:25 AM)ken d Wrote:  
(11-08-2020 11:29 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  
(11-08-2020 10:24 PM)ken d Wrote:  This thread has now been going for about two months. If I understand the premise here, schools in some non-P5 conferences aren't satisfied with the situation that they find themselves in, namely that they aren't automatically included in the Big Boy Club. If the idea is that they shouldn't be excluded because everybody deserves a shot at the perks that go along with that membership (like automatic access to NY6 bowls and lucrative media contracts), then isn't a bit hypocritical to try to create a new conference that would exclude 60% of the schools that are currently in the same boat?

The argument that "we deserve to be included, but these other (lesser) schools don't" is pretty much the same argument that the P5 conferences are making about the so-called "best of the rest".


That is one - but only one - way to look at the situation.

Another way to see it is that the G5 conferences are all trying to move up in every respect, from viewership to attendance to revenue to media exposure. From that standpoint, the AAC is just the first in line.

It's already clear that the MWC is close behind the AAC in their media revenue package, and that the 3 other G5 conferences are generating more revenue as well, through their own network deals.

.

Rather than viewing it as an attempt by the AAC to join the exclusive power club, it can be seen as a move forward by all of the G5s.

For example, there has been a steady increase in the number of non-P5 top 25 FB programs over the past five seasons.

Five years ago, there were only about three non-P5 top 25 teams by season's end, but that doubled by 2018 (6 teams), and increased to 7 teams in 2019. Currently, there are 7 non-P5 AP top 25 teams (only two of which are AAC teams), and there are a few other non-P5 teams that are in the top 35 and could move up.

.

When you look at the situation from "30,000 feet," it appears that the whole G5 is getting more attention, viewership, etc.

It also appears that the networks realize, increasingly, that in the long run, they will be able to get more bang (net profit) for their buck (games that they broadcast) by promoting the G5/indies than by promoting the P5 (since they have to pay the P5s 5 times as much).

If this thread were about all G5 conferences moving up, we can talk about that, and whether that's a good strategy for the networks. But this thread is about the AAC moving up to AQ status at the expense of the other G5 conferences. It's essentially about a de facto smaller FBS, but one that includes all AAC schools and excludes more than 30 other schools.

Disagree. There is nothing in this thread that says that the AAC is the only G5 conference that deserves to become a power conference.

This thread is simply about the AAC and the prospects of it becoming a power conference - - that's all. There could be a thread like this for every other G5 conference.
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(11-09-2020 09:16 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  
(11-09-2020 07:25 AM)ken d Wrote:  
(11-08-2020 11:29 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  
(11-08-2020 10:24 PM)ken d Wrote:  This thread has now been going for about two months. If I understand the premise here, schools in some non-P5 conferences aren't satisfied with the situation that they find themselves in, namely that they aren't automatically included in the Big Boy Club. If the idea is that they shouldn't be excluded because everybody deserves a shot at the perks that go along with that membership (like automatic access to NY6 bowls and lucrative media contracts), then isn't a bit hypocritical to try to create a new conference that would exclude 60% of the schools that are currently in the same boat?

The argument that "we deserve to be included, but these other (lesser) schools don't" is pretty much the same argument that the P5 conferences are making about the so-called "best of the rest".


That is one - but only one - way to look at the situation.

Another way to see it is that the G5 conferences are all trying to move up in every respect, from viewership to attendance to revenue to media exposure. From that standpoint, the AAC is just the first in line.

It's already clear that the MWC is close behind the AAC in their media revenue package, and that the 3 other G5 conferences are generating more revenue as well, through their own network deals.

.

Rather than viewing it as an attempt by the AAC to join the exclusive power club, it can be seen as a move forward by all of the G5s.

For example, there has been a steady increase in the number of non-P5 top 25 FB programs over the past five seasons.

Five years ago, there were only about three non-P5 top 25 teams by season's end, but that doubled by 2018 (6 teams), and increased to 7 teams in 2019. Currently, there are 7 non-P5 AP top 25 teams (only two of which are AAC teams), and there are a few other non-P5 teams that are in the top 35 and could move up.

.

When you look at the situation from "30,000 feet," it appears that the whole G5 is getting more attention, viewership, etc.

It also appears that the networks realize, increasingly, that in the long run, they will be able to get more bang (net profit) for their buck (games that they broadcast) by promoting the G5/indies than by promoting the P5 (since they have to pay the P5s 5 times as much).

If this thread were about all G5 conferences moving up, we can talk about that, and whether that's a good strategy for the networks. But this thread is about the AAC moving up to AQ status at the expense of the other G5 conferences. It's essentially about a de facto smaller FBS, but one that includes all AAC schools and excludes more than 30 other schools.

Disagree. There is nothing in this thread that says that the AAC is the only G5 conference that deserves to become a power conference.

This thread is simply about the AAC and the prospects of it becoming a power conference - - that's all. There could be a thread like this for every other G5 conference.

The thread title says different. It's about the AAC becoming an AQ conference -- not a power conference. There could be a thread like this for other conferences, but there isn't. Because it is clear that whatever it might take for the AAC to get AQ status would leave every other G5 conference with no path to join them.
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(11-09-2020 10:50 AM)ken d Wrote:  The thread title says different. It's about the AAC becoming an AQ conference -- not a power conference. There could be a thread like this for other conferences, but there isn't. Because it is clear that whatever it might take for the AAC to get AQ status would leave every other G5 conference with no path to join them.

I, like the poster you replied to, have assumed that "AQ = Power". You seem to feel otherwise, that it would be possible for a conference to be fully AQ, meaning it would be elevated to the same status as the current P5 conferences in the CFP contract - their champ guaranteed a spot in an NY6 bowl game and the conference guaranteed an annual CFP payment of around $60 million from that contract, but still not be "power" as in what? Having a media deal far less than the $30 million and up the current P5 get? And/or not having NCAA "Autonomy" status?

I am struggling with that. IMO, if any of the current G5 are admitted to the CFP as AQ members, and included in the NCAA rules as an "autonomy" member, it will be *because* their value and status has risen to the point that they now command a media deal that is in the same ballpark as what the current P5 are getting.
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I think you are conflating things that do not have to occur simultaneously. Those things are AQ status, autonomy status, and comparable media contracts.

Autonomy is in the purview of the NCAA, not the CFP. If the NCAA were to grant autonomy status to a conference, that doesn't obligate the CFP to give them an automatic berth in an NY6 bowl. The same is true in reverse. An NY6 autobid doesn't obligate the NCAA to grant autonomy.

Nor does one G5 conference being given the G5 slot in the NY6 obligate the media partners to give that conference parity in payouts to that conference. ESPN might decide that putting the best G5 schools into a single conference justifies giving that conference, and only that conference, an automatic berth in the NY6, which would result in them receiving a nice payday from the CFP every year. But the media contract is based on ESPN's judgement about the commercial value of that conference's games - both football and basketball - during the entire regular season, not just bowl season.

IMO, the gap in value is too great now for any reshuffling of G5 teams to close it. You could increase per school payouts significantly (but still not enough to match any current P5 contract) if you are willing to not just add high value teams, but also to shed all low value teams. Maybe then you could get into the $12-15 million range. If the public wants to call that league a "power conference" they can. But they still aren't likely to be viewed as being fully on a par with the current P5 conferences.
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RE: Would you do an AAC like this for AQ?
(11-09-2020 01:11 PM)ken d Wrote:  IMO, the gap in value is too great now for any reshuffling of G5 teams to close it. You could increase per school payouts significantly (but still not enough to match any current P5 contract) if you are willing to not just add high value teams, but also to shed all low value teams. Maybe then you could get into the $12-15 million range.

I basically agree with that. If we could form a 14-team league of say:

BYU
SDSU
Boise
USF
UCF
Cincy
Houston
Memphis
Temple
Navy
Air Force
UConn
SMU
Colorado State

Or something similar, that might command about $10 million a school. But it would not be granted NCAA autonomy or CFP "contract bowl" status and would not be a "power" league in the public eye.
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RE: Would you do an AAC like this for AQ?
(11-09-2020 03:40 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(11-09-2020 01:11 PM)ken d Wrote:  IMO, the gap in value is too great now for any reshuffling of G5 teams to close it. You could increase per school payouts significantly (but still not enough to match any current P5 contract) if you are willing to not just add high value teams, but also to shed all low value teams. Maybe then you could get into the $12-15 million range.

I basically agree with that. If we could form a 14-team league of say:

BYU
SDSU
Boise
USF
UCF
Cincy
Houston
Memphis
Temple
Navy
Air Force
UConn
SMU
Colorado State

Or something similar, that might command about $10 million a school. But it would not be granted NCAA autonomy or CFP "contract bowl" status and would not be a "power" league in the public eye.

Get CCG deregulated and then add BYU, Boise, SDSU, and Air Force to the 15-team expanded AAC. So much easier to use what is already in place. UConn and Colorado State aren't going to be difference-makers over Tulane, ECU, and Tulsa.

Then, do a 2020-ACC-like deregulated schedule. Also add Gonzaga for Olympic sports. With six Central time-zone schools, plenty of room for scheduling flexibility such that no team would have more than one East-West road trip per season, if needed.

$160M per year for football and basketball inventory, including the football CCG and the conference basketball tournament. Includes awesome ESPN football and basketball inventory for 12pm ET to 10pm ET kickoffs and tipoffs.

Officially opt out of the Group of Five...P6, remember.

With the expanded AAC champion likely to be highly ranked, work like crazy to get a central-time-zone bowl for the champion, held around New Year's, against top-3 PAC or top-3 B12 school. Similar to ACC's Orange Bowl relationship with B1G and SEC. The AAC Champion's bowl, branded as a New Year's bowl, would usually stage a top 15-20 matchup.
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