(01-08-2020 08:51 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  One western school will not bring value to the AAC unless it is BYU. They are essential to any western expansion. Without BYU western expansion makes no sense. App St is a better one off choice to get back to 12 than any western expansion that doesn't include BYU. And adding no one may be a better choice than App St.

That's where we are if $$ value is the criteria.

That's not even a slightly convincing argument, since you haven't presented any evidence at all for these conclusions, and because it is certainly an exaggeration to suggest that "One western school will not bring (any) value (at all) to the AAC."

The truth of the matter is that one western school (since the AAC would only offer membership to the better MWC schools) would expand the conference's footprint into the mountain or pacific States, and would almost undoubtedly add more value than UConn has added in the past few years.

Everyone would agree that a Boise or BYU would bring greater viewership than the lower-tier AAC FB schools.

However, the same could be said for SDSU and Air Force. SDSU is in a large metro area and would add a slice of the southern California FBS viewership.

Air Force's viewership ratings in 2019 have been quite similar to those of BYU and Boise St.