(05-03-2021 01:22 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(05-03-2021 01:19 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  So many details to work out, but here is a thought: if the 5-1-2 model gets approved, and the G5 gets a guaranteed access spot, does the AAC still fight to be disassociated from the G5?

Of course they'll still fight to be looked as differently from the G5. It will actually probably intensify since the reward for being the top G5 champ will become a shot in the playoff for a national championship as opposed to a consolation bowl game. The AAC will definitely want to be seen as a material step above over all of the G5 leagues.

So how do they go about that? Do they attempt to solidify themselves as the top-G5 conference by regularly securing the G5 bid in a hypothetically expanded CFP? Or, do they say we are already better than the G5, so we do not need they guaranteed playoff spot (and wish to compete for one of the open wildcard spots)?

Option A still groups the AAC with the G5 (after Aresco has repeatedly said they do not want to be associated with the G5); Option B makes the AAC Champion's pathway into the expanded playoff harder (with no guaranteed playoff spot pathway).