(12-22-2020 05:21 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(12-22-2020 03:00 PM)esayem Wrote:  Nothing about adding a school in Boise or San Diego screams “stability” for an eastern/central conference. Somebody needs to do some homework because San Diego State is not a popular eastern property. That is not a transcendent brand.

Also, I can’t believe some of the posters here think adding BSU and SDSU is going to somehow guarantee a monopoly on the G5 bowl. Do those teams dominate the G5 bowl bids? I wonder how many southern football teams are going to look forward to those November trips to play on frigid blue turf?

Also, Navy can play Notre Dame in San Diego if they want to make the trip. You know there’s a giant naval base within the AAC footprint, and there just so happens to be a university right down the road?

Good luck!

Stability is not a goal.

Stability is not even possible. Every single American Conference member would eagerly enter a Thunderdome match if a P5 conference showed the slightest interest in adding the winner.

Nay, the goal is to be in the best conference we can piece together for the next decade.

That’s fair, although I don’t see Boise State/AAC being a long term solution. I’m wondering if history is repeating itself here like the WAC16 disaster. BSU is going to burn the bridge to their only viable western conference while the AAC really has nothing to lose. It’s easy to can an affiliate. I suppose BSU might just be ready to go at it alone if the AAC doesn’t work out. It will be interesting.