(09-11-2020 12:20 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(09-11-2020 11:15 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  

(09-11-2020 09:18 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  If we're going to be critical of less competition for postseason play then please make sure you apply that criticism across the board to all of the remaining conferences. For some the AAC can never be seen in a positive light LOL. The red headed, coke bottle glasses wearing stepchild of the college football family LOL. It's all good gents. Obviously, COVID has made this a weird season but I'm thankful my Bearcats and our league is able to play and hopefully finish with some high visibility success.

Remember when the MWC had BYU, Utah and TCU? Remember the constant chirping from their fans about them being better than the BE, and how they constantly bragged about being the best non BCS conference? They drove all the other conference fans crazy about how great they were. Most other conference fans, bcs and non bcs respected that league for their accomplishments on the field but were weary of them constantly telling everyone how great they were. No one treated the MWC as a red headed stepchild. Their fans felt that way because no one agreed with them about deserving to be part of the BCS. There is a hugely striking resemblance between the MWC of the early 2000's and todays AAC and their fans.

I’m extremely jaded, but IMHO there has been a long standard bias against the urban public schools rooted in the MVC and Metro Conference, particularly Louisville, UC, Memphis and Houston. The urban metros in the MWC like Boise and Fresno State don’t get nearly the flack and are championed as the underdog. Schools like UC are constantly told they are second class citizens, but then never get the “lovable underdog” support.

Fresno and Boise aren't large metros like Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis and Houston. San Diego St. and UNLV would be better comparisons.