(05-03-2021 08:22 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(05-02-2021 07:11 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(05-02-2021 03:51 PM)colohank Wrote:  Boise and BYU are must-see TV? Maybe in the 1-15/I-84 corridor, but in the existing AAC footprint, I doubt many viewers give a hoot about either school or its fortunes.

You don't think that Cincinnati fans or Memphis fans or UCF fans or Navy fans would be interested in seeing their teams play Boise and BYU?

I don't see the desirability of adding BYU and/or Boise. TV will not pony up much, if any, more money, and we do not need them to dominate a playoff spot in a 5-1-6 system.

They would just be two more mouths to feed, and two teams that could take away playoff spots from current AAC members, and they add massive travel distance.

The AAC would be throwing them a life-line to playoff relevance. I say let them drown.

As I see it, the only driver for expansion will be if the AAC is required to add a 12th team to get to divisions in order to have a championship game, because the rules continue to be either divisions with a full round robin or a full round robin without a division. There have been rumblings that some other conferences would also like to do away with divisions, so if we tap into that and thus aren't forced to add a 12th school to hold the championship game, I don't think we'll expand at all. If, however, we ARE forced to add schools, THEN I think there's considerable value in adding one (or more) of BYU, Boise, etc.

So many of us are putting the cart WAY in front of the horse, though...

USFFan