(09-11-2021 07:01 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  I think this was already posted elsewhere on the board but apparently not everyone has seen it:

Aresco said his conference plans to move "deliberately and expeditiously" to add two to four teams and beef up the league to 10 or 12 following the three departures. Aresco declined to name specific schools the AAC is interested in, but said it would only "entertain institutions that have shown an interest in us."

"We're not trying to poach, we're not trying to persuade," he said. "There have been schools that have shown interest in us. I'm trying not to create any instability in the system. We're just trying right now to regroup. We know we need to get bigger. That's just a fact of life based on what's happened, but I'm trying not to rile things up."

Aresco said the AAC would likely look for members in all sports, not just football, but that's also a possibility.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...r-exit-fee

That sounds like weeks to me, not months or years.

He says that geography matters less and less because travel is better. I would say he's 12 months behind on that. Gas prices have gone through the roof and Covid has changed travel.