(09-03-2016 09:12 PM)Rich52c Wrote:  

(09-03-2016 08:47 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(09-03-2016 07:59 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(09-03-2016 07:48 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(09-03-2016 11:18 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  ASN is an "air it if you want to" network of stations, many of them the alternate channels on digital broadcast TV. It's up in the air which stations carry whxich games, and it will mostly be watched by people with the interest to hunt the game down. But it is an opportunity for local and sometimes basic cable exposure, especially in the area of the school.UMass is playing.

Coulda / woulda / shoulda ... with the clout of BBall supporters, ain't no way it was.going to happen, so whether UMass should have done it objectively is a moot point.

It could be after a round of non-FB subdivision realignment spurred by the new Big East getting told by Fox that it's time to expand, the A10 vs MAC BBall comparison.might no longer be insurmountable.

So basically Umass is saying that realignment has to happen. If realignment happens then maybe UMASS has a chance to move to the AAC. If UMASS is counting on an AAC invite and it doesn't happen I don't see how they stay in FBS. How is that possible? Hindsight 20/20 etc. but it sure looks like leaving the MAC was a terrible decision for UMASS right now. I'm a betting man and I'm betting UMASS goes back down to FCS in 2 years.

No psrticular reason they can't survive to 2020.

Ok let's say they survive until 2020. Then what? If the MAC is willing to take them back then they should go back. I don't understand why this is any different than Idaho. Idaho could have stayed Indy and hoped for the MWC invite to come calling just like Umass is doing with the AAC. Risky
Cheers!

what happens to UMASS depends on what happens to the AAC.If UCONN wants out of the AAC that also could help UMASS get into the AAC.

See, i think the opposite. I think UMASS's only chance at the AAC is if UCONN demands it

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