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New Conference name per Tommy G.
"American Athletic Conference".
 
04-03-2013 05:41 PM
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Not horrible, but still kinda yucky. The AAC. Nah.
 
04-03-2013 05:46 PM
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Sounds like it is sponsored by a sporting goods store. I hope they didn't pay a marketing firm to come up with that one. "Hm, they play sports and they're in America.....American Athletic Conference!" "Good job Johnny, you pass third grade."
 
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04-03-2013 06:09 PM
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Eh...Whatever
 
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The logo will probably incorporate a hot dog and an apple pie.
 
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Eh. It's a conference name. I never saw the big deal. Let's jus play ball.





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America!!!! F**** yeah!
 
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On the bright side we only have to switch one letter to get from the AAC to the ACC
 
04-03-2013 07:36 PM
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Whatever, just win baby. BCS Bowl for this season.
 
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I'll throw this in here even though it is goes beyond criticizing the name to a critique on the basketball:

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What's in a name? American Athletic Conf. has much to prove in hoops
By Matt Norlander | Senior Blogger
April 3, 2013 6:48 pm ET

The Big East, which still stands as its own league for a few more months, will soon be splitting. The Catholic 7 has bought the rights to the name "The Big East," and so the other half of the league has finally decided on a brand and designation.

Wednesday night, the conference sent out a press release that "American Athletic Conference" will be the new name of the new union. It's boring, bland, corporate, and I'm bummed that "Metro League" or "Metro Conference" wasn't the final choice.

AAC. Instead of ACC.

Perhaps there's a coup in place to trick Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville and Notre Dame to join the wrong league and just settle after the mistake.

The name change and branding redesign, everything about this league, will take effect on July 1 of this year.

“We worked with our institutions, sports marketing experts, media partners, and also solicited opinions and reactions from collegiate sports fans to create a compelling list of names,” league commissioner Mike Aresco said in a statement. “Versions that included the word 'American' led every list. American Athletic Conference represents a strong, durable and aspirational name for our reinvented Conference."

The conference also tweeted out that the intention will be to call this league "The American" for short. I guess that's all right. I'm not in love with it. Basketball-wise, what's the impact? I'm not sure. The league will be just OK. It remains to be seen how its teams and success will translate following the fracture.

The name's the name. It doesn't mean that much. What will matter and what will impact branding and perception is how the league wins going forward. There's a diversity of opinion on this. Some believe Memphis, UConn, Temple and Cincinnati can lead the conference in the thick of the chase, to be a top-six league. Others think it's doomed for unstable ground and will hover around where the Atlantic 10 had been in recent years: OK, but not putting out national-title contenders.

It will start off in perception as a peg or two below the new Big East, which will have the Catholic 7 -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's and Villanova -- in addition to Xavier, Creighton and Butler.


With Tulsa included, below is the expected membership of the new American Athletic Conference.

2013-14: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, SMU, Temple, UCF, USF.

2014-15: Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, USF.

2015-16: Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Navy, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, USF.

-- Chip Patterson contributed to this report.
 
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I hear this guy will be a conference spokesman


 
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As much as Bearcats fans complain about the league, the various groupings of schools is really the group of schools Cincinnati belongs with. Louisville, Memphis, Tulsa, Houston, Rutgers, ECU, Temple, and Tulane are all near the top of our games against opponent list in football. Next year grouping would have been ideal but the Big Ten had to wreck everything.

I have always said that I respected this group of schools but understand the desire to seek out a better destination. I hope some our old friends will eventually come along for the ride too.

Lets wins an American and National championship next season.
 
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