(08-10-2018 02:33 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(08-10-2018 02:00 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(08-10-2018 01:24 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(08-10-2018 12:11 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  They don't have a P6 argument to begin with, stopping at 9 wouldn't change that. They may be tops among all G5 conferences, but they're still considerably closer to the Sun Belt than they are to any P5 member.

I think the P6 branding is an attempt to keep the unfair playoff system from becoming permanently baked-in and challenging the misperception that G5 schools can't compete on the field with P5 schools.

I think it benefits all G5 schools. Most other G5 conferences don't seem to be actively challenging the P5 status quo narrative. I also don't think the other G5 conferences should be offended by the AAC doing it. The target is the P5 conferences, not the G5.

That's all well and good, but it doesn't mean their argument is at all sound.

Again, the gap between the AAC and the P5 is larger than the gap between the AAC and the Sun Belt.

If there wasn't a gap there would be no reason to push it.

Five guys enter a bar, they are 7', 6'11", 6'9" 6'8" and 6'6".

Five more guys enter a bar, they are 5'8", 5'7" 5'6", 5'5" and 5'1".

The 5'8" man proudly exclaims "I am the 6th tallest man in this bar, I AM TALL!" the other four men he entered with have a good laugh, especially when the 5'8" man approaches the first group and tries to join their conversation and they don't hear or acknowledge any of his efforts to join them.