(04-03-2013 07:40 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:30 PM)AntiG Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 06:50 PM)jlbphila Wrote:  "Eastern" Athletic would been stupid considering multiple teams are west of the Mississippi River and further western expansion hasn't been ruled out.

every school in the conference is in the Eastern half of the continental states. Mississippi river is not the halfway point unless you are living in the era right after the Louisiana Purchase...

Multiple schools not in the Eastern Time zone. What is your suggestion for the conference name.

Eastern half of the United States, nothing to do with time zones.

(04-03-2013 07:45 PM)AntiG Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:40 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:30 PM)AntiG Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 06:50 PM)jlbphila Wrote:  "Eastern" Athletic would been stupid considering multiple teams are west of the Mississippi River and further western expansion hasn't been ruled out.

every school in the conference is in the Eastern half of the continental states. Mississippi river is not the halfway point unless you are living in the era right after the Louisiana Purchase...

Multiple schools not in the Eastern Time zone. What is your suggestion for the conference name.

Eastern half of the United States, nothing to do with time zones.

You really think Memphis, SMU, Tulsa, Houston, etc., are considered Eastern in any capacity? Does anybody in NY or NJ even think Cincinnati is Eastern?

(04-03-2013 07:49 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:45 PM)AntiG Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:40 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:30 PM)AntiG Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 06:50 PM)jlbphila Wrote:  "Eastern" Athletic would been stupid considering multiple teams are west of the Mississippi River and further western expansion hasn't been ruled out.

every school in the conference is in the Eastern half of the continental states. Mississippi river is not the halfway point unless you are living in the era right after the Louisiana Purchase...

Multiple schools not in the Eastern Time zone. What is your suggestion for the conference name.

Eastern half of the United States, nothing to do with time zones.

You really think Memphis, SMU, Tulsa, Houston, etc., are considered Eastern in any capacity? Does anybody in NY or NJ even think Cincinnati is Eastern?

Geographically it is a fact that they are all located within the eastern half of the continental US, and originally they had signed up to be part of the Big East Conference which unfortunately has gone through a divorce. Eastern Athletic Conference sounds a helluva lot better than the American Athletic Conference, and is a nice homage to the conference's highly successful roots.

(04-03-2013 07:52 PM)AntiG Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:49 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:45 PM)AntiG Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:40 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 07:30 PM)AntiG Wrote:  every school in the conference is in the Eastern half of the continental states. Mississippi river is not the halfway point unless you are living in the era right after the Louisiana Purchase...

Multiple schools not in the Eastern Time zone. What is your suggestion for the conference name.

Eastern half of the United States, nothing to do with time zones.

You really think Memphis, SMU, Tulsa, Houston, etc., are considered Eastern in any capacity? Does anybody in NY or NJ even think Cincinnati is Eastern?

Geographically it is a fact that they are all located within the eastern half of the continental US, and originally they had signed up to be part of the Big East Conference which unfortunately has gone through a divorce. Eastern Athletic Conference sounds a helluva lot better than the American Athletic Conference, and is a nice homage to the conference's highly successful roots.

The AAC is already taken. The Real AAC

I don't like the name, way to similar to the ACC. I'm surprised they didn't announce it on April 1st. What's wrong with Metro or even Big America?

Stupid name sold to all the EX-CUSA schools by a bunch of overpaid marketing consultants.

Conference names are rarely original and usually just a "safe" pick. Big 10? Big 12? So unoriginal and the numbers don't even reflect true number of teams. All conf names are pretty stupid really unless they reflect geography IMHO. SEC and ACC are good but don't reflect current membership either. Louisville Pitt and Cuse are on the Atlantic coast?? Really? College station is in the southeast?

Ever taken math or geography classes? Lol

AAC is okay. "The American" sounds like a sandwich from Arby's however and should be thrown out.

(04-03-2013 08:06 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Stupid name sold to all the EX-CUSA schools by a bunch of overpaid marketing consultants.

Who are obviously too young or too old to remember Bill the Cat.

Or as FtT thought of, Bill Joel's song-Moving Out "Ack, Ack, Ack, Ack". And the song includes the lyrics "If this is movin' up, then I'mmmmm movin' out.

In a way it is understandable. 7 current or future members were charter members of the new 1996 conference which chose the name Conference USA. Since that is taken, they took something similar. I do like the Eastern Athletic Conference. That name has a history.

I would love for anyone who posts that they don't like the name to propose a better name. Then we can evaluate whether their criticism is warranted....

We live in a world where "Atlantic Coast" is a good name? Big 12 even though there are only 10 members and Big 10 even though there is 14 members.

Seriously people...American Athletic Conference is not really that bad. There is Pacific Athletic Conference 12..is it really that much different than that?

(04-03-2013 08:09 PM)Carolina Stang Wrote:  Conference names are rarely original and usually just a "safe" pick. Big 10? Big 12? So unoriginal and the numbers don't even reflect true number of teams. All conf names are pretty stupid really unless they reflect geography IMHO. SEC and ACC are good but don't reflect current membership either. Louisville Pitt and Cuse are on the Atlantic coast?? Really? College station is in the southeast?

Ever taken math or geography classes? Lol

AAC is okay. "The American" sounds like a sandwich from Arby's however and should be thrown out.

The Big Ten is an extremely historical name. It comes from a time when no one living now could even begin to understand the culture except for our most elderly and they likely would have a hard time explaining it to you.

The Big 12 came about from the Big 8's name. The usage of the word "Big" is an old tradition. That is something that is American. The usage of the word American in a conference name is NOT American. It is just a cheap marketing ploy and that is all.

This is nothing personal against fans of the schools in the conference, please dont take it personal. It is JUST a name after all. I am just taking a shot at the marketing consultants for taking the easy road and selling something to the Ex CUSA schools that would obviously feel some affinity to this name.

It was a very safe pick. Some would say that makes it a smart pick.

As far as the SEC and ACC names? They represent where they started. The ACC absolutely started as an Atlantic Coast conference. The SEC absolutely started in the Southeast. Any additions out of those regions are periphery schools, their addition does not require a name change at all nor does that make sense.


Had they been able to maintain BSU and SDSU I would have loved to see them go with a name such as CCAC or CtCAC, Coast to Coast Athletic Conference or Cross Country Athletic Conference. That would have really staked a claim at trying to be the first of it's kind and taking some pride in it.

Now...all they have is generic.

Hey, we are in SE Texas which is culturally and geographically (East texas is lakes, pine woods and bayous y'all) close to the other SE states anyway

(04-03-2013 08:16 PM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  I would love for anyone who posts that they don't like the name to propose a better name. Then we can evaluate whether their criticism is warranted....

We live in a world where "Atlantic Coast" is a good name? Big 12 even though there are only 10 members and Big 10 even though there is 14 members.

Seriously people...American Athletic Conference is not really that bad. There is Pacific Athletic Conference 12..is it really that much different than that?

It's not that bad except that it kinda rhymes with Atlantic Coast Conference.

I think Eastern 12 would have been a better name.

(04-03-2013 05:27 PM)LastMinuteman Wrote:  First conference listed in the yellow pages.


So the conference logo: The American

If I was a marketing consultant for them I would have tried to use a simple term that could become a symbolic name much like how the word Big used to be that term used.

If they had to be the American Athletic Conference, I would have gone with something like the Great American Athletic Conference, GAAC.

(04-03-2013 08:16 PM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  I would love for anyone who posts that they don't like the name to propose a better name. Then we can evaluate whether their criticism is warranted....

We live in a world where "Atlantic Coast" is a good name? Big 12 even though there are only 10 members and Big 10 even though there is 14 members.

Seriously people...American Athletic Conference is not really that bad. There is Pacific Athletic Conference 12..is it really that much different than that?

Worse names:
The Horizon (I sure don't think of the Great Lakes region).
The Summit (sounds like a name that might fit the MWC, not a Great Lakes conference)

That's about it. Even the 3 mathematically challenged names are better.

(04-03-2013 08:16 PM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  I would love for anyone who posts that they don't like the name to propose a better name. Then we can evaluate whether their criticism is warranted....

We live in a world where "Atlantic Coast" is a good name? Big 12 even though there are only 10 members and Big 10 even though there is 14 members.

Seriously people...American Athletic Conference is not really that bad. There is Pacific Athletic Conference 12..is it really that much different than that?

No takers so far. It is not easy to come up with a new, unique, descriptive name for a conference with teams located in the northeast, mid-atlantic, florida, midwest, mid-south, & southwest. There are schools who are public & private & even a national academy. There are schools located in huge cities down to a small city (ECU). In the future, another school located in a small city, Southern Miss, could join this new league.

Again, it is easier to trash the new name than give a good descriptive name that fits this new league.

(04-03-2013 08:16 PM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  I would love for anyone who posts that they don't like the name to propose a better name. Then we can evaluate whether their criticism is warranted....
We live in a world where "Atlantic Coast" is a good name? Big 12 even though there are only 10 members and Big 10 even though there is 14 members.

Seriously people...American Athletic Conference is not really that bad. There is Pacific Athletic Conference 12..is it really that much different than that?

OK, "The Continental East Conference"

(04-03-2013 08:30 PM)Lurker Above Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 08:16 PM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  I would love for anyone who posts that they don't like the name to propose a better name. Then we can evaluate whether their criticism is warranted....
We live in a world where "Atlantic Coast" is a good name? Big 12 even though there are only 10 members and Big 10 even though there is 14 members.

Seriously people...American Athletic Conference is not really that bad. There is Pacific Athletic Conference 12..is it really that much different than that?

OK, "The Continental East Conference"

Thanks...I think the American Athletic Conference is better than that.

(04-03-2013 08:29 PM)Tulsafanzz Wrote:  

(04-03-2013 08:16 PM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  I would love for anyone who posts that they don't like the name to propose a better name. Then we can evaluate whether their criticism is warranted....

We live in a world where "Atlantic Coast" is a good name? Big 12 even though there are only 10 members and Big 10 even though there is 14 members.

Seriously people...American Athletic Conference is not really that bad. There is Pacific Athletic Conference 12..is it really that much different than that?

No takers so far. It is not easy to come up with a new, unique, descriptive name for a conference with teams located in the northeast, mid-atlantic, florida, midwest, mid-south, & southwest. There are schools who are public & private & even a national academy. There are schools located in huge cities down to a small city (ECU). In the future, another school located in a small city, Southern Miss, could join this new league.

Again, it is easier to trash the new name than give a good descriptive name that fits this new league.

I have made two posts already with name ideas in it so you are wrong.

GAAC, Great American Athletic Conference
This one suggests Greatness in respect to American. If you are going to appeal to American Patriotism, atleast go all the way with it. Also, the word great is like the word big. It is simple and easily identifiable with the idea of success. Could be shortened to GAC, Great American Conference.

NSAC, North Star Athletic Conference
For a conference that is anything but resilient, this name would be meant as a statement that the conference's history is not what the conference wishes to continue going into the future. Nothing is more permanent than the North Star.

NAC, National Athletic Conference
This is boring too but atleast the blatent patriotic begging is dialed down a notch to the acceptable level.

ECC, East Coast Conference
Technically the Gulf Coast is part of the East Coast so this one Would be a decent geographical descriptor of the current conference. Geography would definitely be hard to use for naming this conference.


This is all just off the top of my head and I am not a paid professional at this. The fact that there was an obscene amount paid out to "professionals" and the end result was the AAC....its damn near a crime.