(08-30-2013 10:02 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  The AAC is a brand new conference, there is no flagship. That’s the great part, being the football or basketball flagship is wide open to be taken by anyone. It’s a level playing field.

I hope you don't even believe that. I think it actually shows that this isn't the 'football conference' people on this board were trying their best to make themselves believe it was. Maybe it's time to quit pointing the finger at Aresco or some other scapegoat. As far as football and basketball in this conference .... don't even compare the two.

Tulane won! ;p

(08-30-2013 10:08 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  Tulane won! ;p

Yep, Tulane beat Jackson State.

(08-30-2013 10:07 AM)Tigers2B1 Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 10:02 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  The AAC is a brand new conference, there is no flagship. That’s the great part, being the football or basketball flagship is wide open to be taken by anyone. It’s a level playing field.

I hope you don't even believe that. I think it actually shows that this isn't the 'football conference' people on this board were trying their best to make themselves believe it was. Maybe it's time to quit pointing the finger at Aresco or some other scapegoat. As far as football and basketball in this conference .... don't even compare the two.

Well at least we have someone else besides Memphis to complain about in football.

(08-30-2013 09:32 AM)bearcatlawjd Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 09:28 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 09:04 AM)msm96wolf Wrote:  http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...rry-lville

It did not help future member Tulsa steam rolled by Bowling Green of MAC. Fair or Unfair, the AAC needed to come out swinging and not lose games like this. Congrats to UCF for showing what the AAC needs to be doing to against non P5 opponents. I know on any given night a time can win, but sadly the AAC doesn't have that luxary.

The UConn loss hurts mightily because they are arguably our flagship institution. It's a colossal embarrassment. Only good thing about it is that the AAC has fallen so far off the sports media radar that shows like SC aren't really even bothering to air the lowlights. Tulsa's loss doesn't hurt at all because Tulsa is not an AAC school.

As for UCF, if we are ever reduced to congratulating each other for beating the likes of Akron, well, we're not the "challenger" league that Aresco says we are.

No way is UConn our football flagship. Cincinnati, ECU, Houston, SMU, UCF, and USF will be doing the heavy lifting in football for this conference.

In a sense, I think UConn is the flagship. No, nobody sees them as a national flagship football program, but after Rutgers leaves, ithey'll be the conference's sole surviving state flagship institution.

I wonder how many UConn fans wish they were still in the Big East? I do wonder if their football program should join UMass in the MAC and petition that both of them get to join the Big East. Would Temple go along for that ride too? This Bearcat fan thought that Cincinnati, UMass, UConn, and Temple should do a Big East/MAC combo, at least during the time period this league looked like it was falling apart and only other option was the Mountain West.

(08-30-2013 10:42 AM)bearcatlawjd Wrote:  I wonder how many UConn fans wish they were still in the Big East? I do wonder if their football program should join UMass in the MAC and petition that both of them get to join the Big East. Would Temple go along for that ride too? This Bearcat fan thought that Cincinnati, UMass, UConn, and Temple should do a Big East/MAC combo, at least during the time period this league looked like it was falling apart and only other option was the Mountain West.

After going 2-3 in the AAC's debute against the Weak Sisters of the Worthless in football --- don't even talk about pulling out all of the basketball value. Talk about CUSA redux.

(08-30-2013 10:52 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 10:42 AM)bearcatlawjd Wrote:  I wonder how many UConn fans wish they were still in the Big East? I do wonder if their football program should join UMass in the MAC and petition that both of them get to join the Big East. Would Temple go along for that ride too? This Bearcat fan thought that Cincinnati, UMass, UConn, and Temple should do a Big East/MAC combo, at least during the time period this league looked like it was falling apart and only other option was the Mountain West.

After going 2-3 in the AAC's debute against the Weak Sisters of the Worthless in football --- don't even talk about pulling out all of the basketball value. Talk about CUSA redux.

I don't think any of this is happening but you do wonder what UConn people are thinking about their athletic department.

UConn crapped all over the AAC with this loss. A disgrace. Coach should be fired.

(08-30-2013 10:42 AM)bearcatlawjd Wrote:  I wonder how many UConn fans wish they were still in the Big East? I do wonder if their football program should join UMass in the MAC and petition that both of them get to join the Big East. Would Temple go along for that ride too? This Bearcat fan thought that Cincinnati, UMass, UConn, and Temple should do a Big East/MAC combo, at least during the time period this league looked like it was falling apart and only other option was the Mountain West.

As a Temple fan, as the MAC is constructed now, no. The MAC did a huge favor for Temple giving them a place to call home while rebuilding football, but even in a watered down BE / AAC the football difference is like night and day. Would that change if UConn and UC also went to the MAC? Maybe, but Temples recruiting and TV coverage in the AAC is light years ahead of of where it was when Temple played in the MAC. Personally i wouldn't want Temple back in the MAC even with a Big East basketball tie in, the football upside just isn't there.

(08-30-2013 11:00 AM)No Bull Wrote:  UConn crapped all over the AAC with this loss. A disgrace. Coach should be fired.

Agree.

(08-30-2013 09:54 AM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  +1, if SMU beats TT, and UC beats Cincy, all will be forgotten.

I hope we don't beat ourselves. I think TT will have 'em playing disciplined ball though.

(08-30-2013 10:54 AM)bearcatlawjd Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 10:52 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 10:42 AM)bearcatlawjd Wrote:  I wonder how many UConn fans wish they were still in the Big East? I do wonder if their football program should join UMass in the MAC and petition that both of them get to join the Big East. Would Temple go along for that ride too? This Bearcat fan thought that Cincinnati, UMass, UConn, and Temple should do a Big East/MAC combo, at least during the time period this league looked like it was falling apart and only other option was the Mountain West.

After going 2-3 in the AAC's debute against the Weak Sisters of the Worthless in football --- don't even talk about pulling out all of the basketball value. Talk about CUSA redux.

I don't think any of this is happening but you do wonder what UConn people are thinking about their athletic department.

Thinking about the same ultimate goal they've been thinking about since realignment began --- how they can get out of this conference. Same for Cincinnati. Just that now Cincinnati's chances look more realistic. IMO UConn had better fire their coach --- at least that creates the appearance of positive movement. Then use some of that 20 million coming to them from the Big East breakdown and apply it on all the sore spots.

(08-30-2013 11:09 AM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 11:00 AM)No Bull Wrote:  UConn crapped all over the AAC with this loss. A disgrace. Coach should be fired.

Agree.

I was being sarcastic. I am begining to wonder about your head coach though. I hope UConn bonces back quickly.

Please feel free to direct all criticism of UConn's performance to our AD Warde Manuel, who insists on keeping this dried up corpse (see pic below of said dried up corpse) on the sidelines while what's left of our football program plummets into the abyss:



He is a cancer to our program. Our sincere apologies to the rest of the AAC. We're going through our Kragthorpian era at the worst possible time.

You guys are completely out of synch if you believe that losing to 1AA one year on opening day will hurt any realignment decisions.

Pitt lost to a 1AA. Are they here?

(08-30-2013 12:19 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  You guys are completely out of synch if you believe that losing to 1AA one year on opening day will hurt any realignment decisions.

Pitt lost to a 1AA. Are they here?

We've watched Colorado, Maryland, Cuse, Pitt, Rutgers, and Tulane all get invites to better conferences following years of abysmal to mediocre performance in football. Clearly your name means a lot more than your performance in college realignment and UConn still has the best name in the AAC.

(08-30-2013 10:02 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  The AAC is a brand new conference, there is no flagship. That’s the great part, being the football or basketball flagship is wide open to be taken by anyone. It’s a level playing field.

Not a brand new conf. It's the old BE with a number of new members. The BE name was sold. If it were a brand new conf there would be no BCS tie in.

All this will do is accelerate U Conn getting a new coach, which they obviously need. I don't know if they are as indulgent with non-performing coaches as we are (few are so indulgent), but this will increase the sense of urgency of their admin to get this fixed.
No long term ill effect at all.

Am I going to be able to read any game recap or AAC article that doesn't mention how it will affect Louisville? Sheesh!