(01-07-2020 11:39 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 07:10 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 07:03 PM)mtmedlin Wrote:  If the AAC had wanted any team from CUSA, MAC or the Sunbelt, we would have already taken them. We could have added them anytime... and we haven’t.

There’s is absolutely no advantage to waiting. All of them are under contract, we know exactly what we would need to do to move them and waiting only makes it harder on us.

If we were considering ANY of them, we wouldn’t have asked for a 2 year waiver. We could take them now.... but let’s for some wild and stupid speculation say that we’re using that time to transition, then we would have invited them already to start the process in order to help minimize their costs.

The entire conversation about any of those teams being added is stupid and in no way is supported by any evidence or logical line of thinking.

Along this line of thinking, the only one that makes any sense at all, is Liberty. Because they are independent, they would need extra time to clear their schedule of a conference slate. But I don't think it's that. I think we are waiting on MWC TV deal to finalize. That, and to "talk sense" to BYU. The problem with BYU is, they haven't really had good football seasons lately, so there's nothing for our leadership to point to, and say "See? If you had that record in OUR conference, you would be able to go to XYZ bowl. You would have been able to host a conference championship game."

Liberty has no value either. However, if you replace "BYU" with "Air Force"---your last few sentences could be on to something.

Oh, I'm with YOU. I want AirForce, Boise, and Colorado State for a 3 team all sports western pod. If we only get one, I want AirForce. That's it. End of story. I was just answering the statement in the post above mine. That being:

"If the AAC had wanted any team from CUSA, MAC or the Sunbelt, we would have already taken them. We could have added them anytime... and we haven’t."

I took that to FULLY mean, "G5s that are East of the Mississippi".