(12-14-2019 01:01 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(12-13-2019 09:41 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(12-13-2019 08:39 PM)Agust Wrote:  

(12-13-2019 06:53 PM)rebar619 Wrote:  

(12-13-2019 12:55 PM)mtmedlin Wrote:  This is one of the points Ive made in the past. ESPN could save money by helping the AAC add three teams. If we were to take Air Force, Boise St and SDSU, that would be enough inventory out west to fill ESPNs needs and then they wouldnt have to even bid on teh MWC.

If they give the MWC $3 million each, it will cost them $36 million a year. They can add 3 teams to the AAC and pay $21 million.

In the end, I still think Air Force will be in the AAC by the end of 2021.

I find the hard on that many on this board have for Air Force amusing. If AF ever gets added to the AAC I will look forward to the posts of people complaining about having to play football and basketball games in Colorado Springs. There are few places more miserable to travel to in the fall and winter than Colorado Springs. All of the others are in the Mountain West. Trust me, the AAC would be best to add SDSU over AF. I have a lot of respect for the academy, but the travel to play FB and BB is the worst.

i prefer SDSU over AF also and san diego is in a major metro market that fits the profile that the american teams have.it will also add a good basketball team. the bad thing is that its a loner out there and we don't have enough money to add an additional 3 teams to make it work.

and if it were so that would actually be the AAC West and the current AAC West will be renamed AAC Central and the conference will really be American from coast to coast.

The only way SDSU makes sense at this point is if the AAC went to 14 or 16 addint 3 to 5 MW teams. ESPN might spring for the pro-rata increase for 3 MW teams (21 million). Thats 18 games from the 3 top MW draws. That probably gives ESPN all the western late night ESPN2/ESPNU content they really need.

No---but in a 8 team playoff with a G5 slot---that 14-16 member AAC basically has an auto-bid for that G5 playoff slot. The AAC champ would have to be a 3 loss team to have much of any chance of losing the slot. The main reason would be the league would have such quality that the winner would almost always have to have several top 25 wins GARNERED DURING CONFERENCE play. NO other G5 is getting that schedule boost.

Whew! I thought I was the only one that understood that major point. Once you understand that, everything else is secondary. Even the Boise hate would have to be secondary to that. Once you see the future from that perspective it'll really help some people focus in on the few programs that actually make sense and it'll help some realize how far fetched others are. Just remember the p5 are starting to open up about an expanded playoff with a 5-1-2 format.