Are you guys ready for this? Here you go.

Temple
Memphis
USF
E Carolina
Tulane
UAB
Georgia St
Army/VCU

Navy/Wichita St
SMU
Tulsa
Colorado St
Air Force
UTSA
San Diego St
UNLV

All good markets (even ECU is 102)
3 Academies
California, Texas, Florida recruiting
Inventory in all time zones
Definite Power conference

Get rid of UTSA and Georgia State and you have instant improvement. Otherwise I hope SMU pays the exit fee and moves to the MWC.

Atlantic:
Temple
Memphis
USF
E Carolina
Tulane
SMU
Tulsa
Army/VCU

Pacific
Navy/Wichita St
SDSU
Colorado St
Air Force
UTSU
BSU
UNLV
Nevada/Fresno State
*Gonzaga?

This sounds pretty strong to me

Atlantic:
Temple
USF
E Carolina
Tulane
App St
Army
Navy

Pacific
Memphis/Wichita St
SDSU
Colorado St
Air Force
SMU
BSU
Nevada/Fresno State

(09-21-2021 12:32 PM)emeraldcoastwave Wrote:  Atlantic:
Temple
USF
E Carolina
Tulane
App St
Army
Navy

Pacific
Memphis/Wichita St
SDSU
Colorado St
Air Force
SMU
BSU
Nevada/Fresno State

Why are Memphis/Wichita and Nevada/Fresno paired?

East
Army/VCU
Temple
UAB
ECU
Memphis
Tulane
USF
App State (Football quality add that splits the state of NC population of 12M)

West
Navy/Wichita
SMU
Tulsa
AFA
CSU
SDSU
Nevada
Fresno State

Going to 16 takes care of anticipated defectors. Don't want anything to do with Boise. Possibly loose 2 at the max if the Big 12 survives the next round of raids. We could get as much as $3M more with a GOR, but some lack commitment. Go AAC!!!

Yuck

(09-21-2021 12:50 PM)mtmedlin Wrote:  Yuck

What did you expect. We're adding AFA, CSU, UAB and someone else or someone else's. There are no great gets.

I think 16 is the ultimate target, but not before the P4 all go to 16, so I think we add 6 now 2 more in 2-4 years.

The 6 now in my best guess:

CSU
AFA
UNLV
UAB
SDSU ( I think they grow tired of BSU treating them like their ride-along bi*** & gain the most with the move & surpasses BSU for future NB12 invite).
6th is either BSU ( who doesn’t want SDSU to leave them and pass them by) or whoever ESPN tells us between Fresno/Rice/FAU/NM

When you get the next round & getting to 16 teams the landscape will be changed enough you can make a better case for market long shots like GSU/UTSA because you’re likely adding more than 2 at that time.

(09-21-2021 11:26 AM)40smokingcannon Wrote:  Are you guys ready for this? Here you go.

Temple
Memphis
USF
E Carolina
Tulane
UAB
Army/VCU

Navy/Wichita St
SMU
Tulsa
Colorado St
Air Force
San Diego St
UNLV

All good markets (even ECU is 102)
3 Academies
California, Texas, Florida recruiting
Inventory in all time zones
Definite Power conference

FIFY

(09-21-2021 11:26 AM)40smokingcannon Wrote:  Are you guys ready for this? Here you go.

Temple
Memphis
USF
E Carolina
Tulane
UAB
Georgia St
Army/VCU

Navy/Wichita St
SMU
Tulsa
Colorado St
Air Force
UTSA
San Diego St
UNLV

All good markets (even ECU is 102)
3 Academies
California, Texas, Florida recruiting
Inventory in all time zones
Definite Power conference

Replace Georgia State with Liberty.

East

Temple
South Florida
East Carolina
Memphis
Tulane
UAB

West

Tulsa
SMU
Air Force
Navy
Colorado State
Rice? UTSA?

or send Memphis west and add one of Army, FAU, Marshall, or ODU? Or grow to 14? by adding a combination of Air Force, CSU, UTSA, Rice, UAB, Army , Marshall, or ODU.

(09-21-2021 02:07 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  East

Temple
South Florida
East Carolina
Memphis
Marshall
UAB

West

Tulsa
SMU
Air Force
Navy
Colorado State
Tulane

or send Memphis west and add one of Army, FAU, Marshall, or ODU? Or grow to 14? by adding a combination of Air Force, CSU, UTSA, Rice, UAB, Army , Marshall, or ODU.

Fixed in bold.

What is the fascination with Georgia St? and don't tell me the Atlanta market because that belongs to Georgia Tech

(09-21-2021 03:57 PM)gotigers1 Wrote:  What is the fascination with Georgia St? and don't tell me the Atlanta market because that belongs to Georgia Tech

The Braves even got the hell out of Atlanta.

(09-21-2021 03:57 PM)gotigers1 Wrote:  What is the fascination with Georgia St? and don't tell me the Atlanta market because that belongs to Georgia Tech

No, actually it belongs to UGA. GT just wants folks to think it's their market.

(09-21-2021 03:40 PM)vick mike Wrote:  

(09-21-2021 02:07 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  East

Temple
South Florida
East Carolina
Memphis
Marshall
UAB

West

Tulsa
SMU
Air Force
Navy
Colorado State
Tulane

or send Memphis west and add one of Army, FAU, Marshall, or ODU? Or grow to 14? by adding a combination of Air Force, CSU, UTSA, Rice, UAB, Army , Marshall, or ODU.

Fixed in bold.

Marshall and App State play this Thursday night in Boone. Should be a good one. Go AAC!!

What about this? This is with the assumption that Boise stays put where they are because of the expected future Big12 invite. And I don’t feel confident about San Diego State coming, unless there are a number of other Mountain West schools brought into the mix.

So that leaves us with this. I think we will be at 12 football schools. Army and VCU are the big question marks. If we could get them both, I think we should try to go after two more solid basketball schools that carry baseball as well since we are losing so much with the departing schools.

Hesitant to grab two more football schools at this time, until we absolutely need to get them. Maybe two more later if we have more departures.

East
Army / VCU
ECU
Memphis
Temple
UAB
USF
Maybe Dayton here for basketball
West
Air Force
Colorado State
Navy / Wichita State
SMU
Tulane
Tulsa
And maybe Saint Louis here for basketball

(09-21-2021 11:20 PM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  What about this? This is with the assumption that Boise stays put where they are because of the expected future Big12 invite. And I don’t feel confident about San Diego State coming, unless there are a number of other Mountain West schools brought into the mix.

So that leaves us with this. I think we will be at 12 football schools. Army and VCU are the big question marks. If we could get them both, I think we should try to go after two more solid basketball schools that carry baseball as well since we are losing so much with the departing schools.

Hesitant to grab two more football schools at this time, until we absolutely need to get them. Maybe two more later if we have more departures.

East
Army / VCU
ECU
Memphis
Temple
UAB
USF
Maybe Dayton here for basketball
West
Air Force
Colorado State
Navy / Wichita State
SMU
Tulane
Tulsa
And maybe Saint Louis here for basketball

That may be your best effort yet.

If Army's a no-go, substitute App. State or Coastal (whichever would do FB-only)

Otherwise, this might be close to what we can expect to see, though I would prefer Marshall, ULL, LTU, and Buffalo to UAB.

I like how you've penciled in Dayton and St. Louis (noting that one of those could equally go to a Loyola-Chicago).

If the AAC doesn't add enough good basketball schools, it will fall behind the "Major 7" BB conferences. . Crucially, being a "Major 7" (like the Big East) may be the only thing that keeps the American from being described as a "mid-major" conference.

Being referred to as a "mid-major" would be the kiss of death for the AAC.

(09-21-2021 06:53 PM)Pirate Rep Wrote:  

(09-21-2021 03:40 PM)vick mike Wrote:  

(09-21-2021 02:07 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  East

Temple
South Florida
East Carolina
Memphis
Marshall
UAB

West

Tulsa
SMU
Air Force
Navy
Colorado State
Tulane

or send Memphis west and add one of Army, FAU, Marshall, or ODU? Or grow to 14? by adding a combination of Air Force, CSU, UTSA, Rice, UAB, Army , Marshall, or ODU.

Fixed in bold.

Marshall and App State play this Thursday night in Boone. Should be a good one. Go AAC!!

Go Marshall! Go App. State! tied in 3 OT; game called due to early snow blizzard.

(I don't want either team to lose that game!).