(10-09-2017 04:50 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  

(10-09-2017 12:20 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  AAC West Division might be better than the SEC East or the Big 10 West this year.

Sagarin puts the West below both, estimating that the difference between them and the SEC East is about as large as the difference between the SEC West and ACC Coastal.

http://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm

(10-09-2017 12:37 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  The MWC tried the same scheme as the 7th AQ conference and they had a better trio at the top than the AAC. How did the cartel respond? By taking Utah and TCU and opening the door for BYU to go independent. Schools get promoted, not entire conferences. Look at the MWC and the Big East/AAC being demoted to G5 status.

This is what the AAC fanboys do not understand. I give the conference all the credit in the world for pushing to be the best and improve their lot, but anyone who thinks the cartel will see you as equals and eventually give you an auto-bid is delusional. If your goal is to expand your media deals and change your national perception then have at it, but the big boys and sports media will always see you as the little brother - does any UC fan think OSU will see them as legit competition, or Texas with UH, or UF/FSU with UCF/USF? And if you're trying to the G5 NY6 bid into a de facto AAC slot then have at it, but college football has too much parity to turn the last point into reality imo. We're not even a year removed from Western freaking Michigan from playing in the Cotton Bowl.

They're the MWC fans of yesteryear.

It's cute they use all this P6 talk. In fact, I think is clever. But when each AAC school makes 5% of what former conference mate Rutgers will make in the B1G then reality hits. That and the fact they could have 4 teams ranked and only one will get the G5 slot and the other three will play in the "nobody cares Bowl". In the P5, you can get your champ in the CFP and another in a NY6 bowl. Your #3-5 will play in a bowl like the Citrus, Holiday, Alamo, Gator, Outback, etc. While the AAC has a lot of good things going for them and they're clearly the best G5 just like the MWC was the best nonAQ in the BCS era, at the end of the day, you get judged by the company, pay and bowls you get as a P5 rather than being the tallest midget. Expect some P5 programs to open their checkbooks at the end of the season.