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(05-23-2016 11:23 AM)monarx Wrote:  

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(05-22-2016 05:47 PM)GhentFan Wrote:  I'd give them the last 6 months to count to an AAC invite, as the report was supposed to come out November at first if I remember correctly, and then pushed to late winter.. and now June.

And I'll give them a year for trying to figure out the schools master plan.

Leaving 2 years of WTF

The landscape is changing. 4 years ago, TH was our QB, there was a huge waiting list for season tickets and the general public could not get into a game. This is no longer the case... but the AAC would get us back to where we were.

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We get in the AAC and it would take us where we have never been but always wanted to go!!!!!!!

We would get a home game against ECU and Navy every other year that would be sure to demand 30k tickets and we might get a top 25 team from time to time and this would demand more capacity, but if we wind up there, it would be because their best team(s) are going to the Big 12. That conference is also pretty far flung and we'd have several low demand games as well. It would certainly boost football and there would be more rivalry, but it would be huge for basketball.

I'd love to move, but in all fairness, CUSA has had many top 25 teams, including WKY just last season and Marshall the year before.

Agree. CUSA isn't terrible in football. The boost in football will come from the AAC being slightly better and the potential rivalries giving us a couple more attendence demanding games, hopefully justifying going big on the stadium so we are ready for ECU and Navy along with UVA and VT. The biggest competition benefit will likely come in basketball. They got 5 teams in last year and would have been 6 if SMU was eligible. Even if 2 bolt to the Big 12, it is a huge upgrade, but chances are 1 of the 2 will be UCF or USF, which is not a huge loss... at least from a competitive standpoint (big market loss).