(09-14-2021 07:59 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 10:04 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  One of the reasons I believe UAB will be added for sure.

While their ranking isn't as high as USF, Temple, SMU, and Tulane, it's not bad and will not be a drag on the conference.

Rice is too bad athletically to be added, and Buffalo is too far out of the footprint.

It bears mentioning that while maybe we’re bad in Football right now (or maybe we just had a bad game), that nevertheless overall athletically Rice is elite (for a G5) Nearly half our sports are or have been nationally ranked top 25 in the last couple years. We were top in Directors Cup last year and near the top among AAC teams and all of G5s.

Men’s Basketball has improved back up to “mediocre” and has some good promise for this year with the entire core returning.

I am also keenly aware that football drives the bus and that our football is not where it needs to be to pull our weight in a league like the AAC.

But I’m quite proud of our athletics overall. That is all!

Rice would be an excellent all-round addition to the AAC. I would be 100 percent happy to have RU join.