(06-08-2021 03:38 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(06-08-2021 03:34 PM)esayem Wrote:  

(06-08-2021 02:01 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(06-08-2021 01:53 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  I agree to some extent. Guess I was putting them in the same category as Tulane. Though they do have a recent history of excellent sports unlike Tulane. A football game between Buffalo and Tulane would be about as exciting as a Princeton vs Dartmouth game.

I'd actually tune in for a Buffalo vs Tulane football game. Tulane isn't a doormat anymore, they've been a 7-6 type team the past few years and their talent has upgraded. I'd think that would make for a good minor-level bowl game.

Buffalo does have some good fundamentals. But as "coog" said, they have zero brand value. They just have no name recognition at all. Save for Syracuse, NY state is just an empty wasteland for college athletics, in terms of national interest.

Army is national interest.

Army is located on federal territory. And Army's interest is very narrow, not like a normal university.

Yuck. Again I'm on here defending Army West Point...
The Black Knight Mule Cadets of the Hudson have national brand. 8 million don't watch Army Navy just for Navy.
Oklahoma was willing to go to Michie. Army games that are buy games at the big boys do okay for the networks - they were acceptable substitutes for "P5" ooc opponents when the various conferences were looking at those sorts of scheduling rules.
I don't think they're a game changer for the AAC, but they have national brand interest AND they're the sort of institution Presidents (rather than ADs) could get behind.