(05-13-2022 05:59 PM)Milwaukee Wrote:  

(05-13-2022 03:37 PM)b2b Wrote:  

(05-11-2022 11:01 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  I feel like people are sleeping on the possibility that, should the AAC lose Memphis, USF, and SMU to the Big XII, it will either do nothing - the league has been fine operating with 11 football members, and it seems the mandatory round-robin division CCG rule is being scrapped - or it adds UMass in all sports to shore up basketball and as an inducement to try to keep Temple happy. Then just go with an 8 game schedule with 3 annual opponents, and rotate through the remaining 8 in a way where, in a 2 year cycle, you also play a home-home with 2 schools and play the remaining 6 once. In basketball have 3 permanent home-home opponents, then play 6 of the remaining 8 twice and the other 2 schools once in a given year for a 20 game slate.

FB: UMass, Temple, Navy, ECU, Charlotte, UAB, FAU, Tulane, Rice, UTSA, UNT, Tulsa.
BB: UMass, Temple, ECU, Charlotte, UAB, FAU, Tulane, Rice, UTSA, UNT, Tulsa, Wichita State.

In that scenario the AAC loses 2 eastern schools and one right in the center. Plus it's really ugly from a FB quality standpoint. I'd hope ECU is on the phone with the SBC.

If they were to join the SBC, the American would probably respond by adding MTSU or WKU, either of which would be a larger market, and do fine from the exchange.

However, ESPN has made clear their preference for the AAC to have 14 members, so it's unlikely that their membership would drop from 14 to 12. Thus, if they were to lose Memphis, SMU, USF, and ECU (to the SBC), and to add UMass, the American would probably add 3 more schools such as MTSU, WKU, and Air Force, CSU, FIU, or LaTech

FB: WKU, UTSA, UNT, UAB, Tulsa, Tulane, Temple, Rice, Navy, MTSU, Massachusetts, FAU, Charlotte, and Air Force, CSU, FIU, or LaTech.

MBB: WKU, Wichita State, UTSA, UNT, UAB, Tulsa, Tulane, Temple, Rice, MTSU, Massachusetts, FAU, Charlotte, and Air Force, CSU, FIU, or LaTech.

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