(09-01-2013 10:39 AM)CincyBro Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:52 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Cincy looked damn solid. Purdue may really blow goats for all i know but for now Cincy looked for real

People forget, this program won or shared 5 of the last BE titles, there was a reason for this, they are damn good. Dantonio, Kelly and Jones have laid an excellent foundation for Tubberville.

People forget this factoid because it's not true. In their entire history in the Big East, Cincinnati never won or shared 5 Big East titles.

(09-01-2013 12:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Thinking bowls will make decisions based on what happens in Week 1 is like thinking conferences will invite new teams based on what happens in Week 1. No correlation whatsoever.

Usually, but this is a unique time, when bowl ties are actually being decided on as we speak. If we are neck-and-neck with another G5 for a primary tie to bowl X or backup to bowl Y, this week's dreadful showing might just tip the needle against us.

(09-01-2013 12:43 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 10:39 AM)CincyBro Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 10:52 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Cincy looked damn solid. Purdue may really blow goats for all i know but for now Cincy looked for real

People forget, this program won or shared 5 of the last BE titles, there was a reason for this, they are damn good. Dantonio, Kelly and Jones have laid an excellent foundation for Tubberville.

People forget this factoid because it's not true. In their entire history in the Big East, Cincinnati never won or shared 5 Big East titles.

correct...it was four. Which was more than you ever did. suck it loser

(09-01-2013 12:42 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:38 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 09:38 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  Aresco should've signed the best possible bowls before the season started just in case something bad happened when the games started and the AAC's perception took a hit. This start for the AAC could not have been worse IMO; Disaster of epic proportions. USF and UCONN were supposed to be two of the reasons why P5 bowl match ups were possible for this league!! Cinci did well, but don't be shocked if they end up in the Big 12 rather than do anything to bolster the AAC's rep with the bowls. The Military Bowl is signed, but all the other bowls vs P5 opponents that a lot of people on here have said are in the bag, are in fact not done deals yet. The contracts have not been signed, just heavily speculated. Don't assume that some of these bowls will happen with 100% certainty now...Imagine If he waits any longer to sign the bowls and more results like week 1 come in?

Don't be surprised if Cincy ends up in the Big XII? I won't be. I'll be shocked.

LOL I see your perpetual ax to grind against UC keeps swinging, even after you pos team lost to an FCS school. I'm not saying we will move on to the B12 or not but one thing is certain, we will move on to a P5 conference long before you guys do you can take that to the bank. The p5 has no interest in a school who has an fcs level football progam, a scandalous bball program who was good under a single coach is now gone, and a team that captures less market share in your area than BC and Cuse.

Gee, you're awfully thin skinned about this. Why attack me? I'm not the one making the outrageous claims.

1. Cincinnati does not fit the profile of a Big XII school.
2. The Big XII gives every indication of being happy with 10. No rumors of them expanding.
3. The Big XII's bigger worry than expanding is surviving. More rumors of Texas and/or Oklahoma leaving than the Big XII adding. No one can be added to the Big XII if it doesn't exist.
4. The only thing that Cincy has going for it as a possible addition is West Virginia. That makes it a long shot at best.

As long as the ridiculous claims continue to be posted by Cincy fans, you guys make yourselves an easy target. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

(09-01-2013 12:49 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:42 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:38 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 09:38 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  Aresco should've signed the best possible bowls before the season started just in case something bad happened when the games started and the AAC's perception took a hit. This start for the AAC could not have been worse IMO; Disaster of epic proportions. USF and UCONN were supposed to be two of the reasons why P5 bowl match ups were possible for this league!! Cinci did well, but don't be shocked if they end up in the Big 12 rather than do anything to bolster the AAC's rep with the bowls. The Military Bowl is signed, but all the other bowls vs P5 opponents that a lot of people on here have said are in the bag, are in fact not done deals yet. The contracts have not been signed, just heavily speculated. Don't assume that some of these bowls will happen with 100% certainty now...Imagine If he waits any longer to sign the bowls and more results like week 1 come in?

Don't be surprised if Cincy ends up in the Big XII? I won't be. I'll be shocked.

LOL I see your perpetual ax to grind against UC keeps swinging, even after you pos team lost to an FCS school. I'm not saying we will move on to the B12 or not but one thing is certain, we will move on to a P5 conference long before you guys do you can take that to the bank. The p5 has no interest in a school who has an fcs level football progam, a scandalous bball program who was good under a single coach is now gone, and a team that captures less market share in your area than BC and Cuse.

Gee, you're awfully thin skinned about this. Why attack me? I'm not the one making the outrageous claims.

1. Cincinnati does not fit the profile of a Big XII school.
2. The Big XII gives every indication of being happy with XII. No rumors of them expanding.
3. The Big XII's bigger worry than expanding is surviving. More rumors of Texas and/or Oklahoma leaving than the Big XII adding. No one can be added to the Big XII if it doesn't exist.
4. The only thing that Cincy has going for it as a possible addition is West Virginia. That makes it a long shot at best.

As long as the ridiculous claims continue to be posted by Cincy fans, you guys make yourselves an easy target. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

Yes, the percentage chance that Cincy joins the Big XII during this decade approaches zero.

(09-01-2013 12:51 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:49 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:42 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:38 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(08-31-2013 09:38 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  Aresco should've signed the best possible bowls before the season started just in case something bad happened when the games started and the AAC's perception took a hit. This start for the AAC could not have been worse IMO; Disaster of epic proportions. USF and UCONN were supposed to be two of the reasons why P5 bowl match ups were possible for this league!! Cinci did well, but don't be shocked if they end up in the Big 12 rather than do anything to bolster the AAC's rep with the bowls. The Military Bowl is signed, but all the other bowls vs P5 opponents that a lot of people on here have said are in the bag, are in fact not done deals yet. The contracts have not been signed, just heavily speculated. Don't assume that some of these bowls will happen with 100% certainty now...Imagine If he waits any longer to sign the bowls and more results like week 1 come in?

Don't be surprised if Cincy ends up in the Big XII? I won't be. I'll be shocked.

LOL I see your perpetual ax to grind against UC keeps swinging, even after you pos team lost to an FCS school. I'm not saying we will move on to the B12 or not but one thing is certain, we will move on to a P5 conference long before you guys do you can take that to the bank. The p5 has no interest in a school who has an fcs level football progam, a scandalous bball program who was good under a single coach is now gone, and a team that captures less market share in your area than BC and Cuse.

Gee, you're awfully thin skinned about this. Why attack me? I'm not the one making the outrageous claims.

1. Cincinnati does not fit the profile of a Big XII school.
2. The Big XII gives every indication of being happy with XII. No rumors of them expanding.
3. The Big XII's bigger worry than expanding is surviving. More rumors of Texas and/or Oklahoma leaving than the Big XII adding. No one can be added to the Big XII if it doesn't exist.
4. The only thing that Cincy has going for it as a possible addition is West Virginia. That makes it a long shot at best.

As long as the ridiculous claims continue to be posted by Cincy fans, you guys make yourselves an easy target. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

Yes, the percentage chance that Cincy joins the Big XII during this decade approaches zero.

your opinion....just like the opinion of the UC fans that are saying we will get an invite. Just opinions folks. So please stop acting like the bastion and pillar of truth because nobody, including you and Melky have a clue.

Interesting: Posters who support teams that lost horribly and embarrassed the conference in the process decide it's ok to talk **** about the school that crushed its Cartel opponent. Sore losers should go home, lick their wounds and pray next week is better.

(09-01-2013 12:59 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Interesting: Posters who support teams that lost horribly and embarrassed the conference in the process decide it's ok to talk **** about the school that crushed its Cartel opponent. Sore losers should go home, lick their wounds and pray next week is better.

this

it takes some sack for your team to get beat by an fcs team and then come in here and talk smack to a fan who's team destroyed a B1G in their opener. Unreal.

Melky...instead of worrying about UC you guys need to hire a real coach. In fact you need a new AD if that's the best he can do. I would never have hired that clown.

(09-01-2013 12:59 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Interesting: Posters who support teams that lost horribly and embarrassed the conference in the process decide it's ok to talk **** about the school that crushed its Cartel opponent. Sore losers should go home, lick their wounds and pray next week is better.

I'm not any kind of sore loser, and I congratulated Cincy on their fantastic thumping of Purdue.

Was just agreeing with Melky's assessment of their chances of joining the Big XII. For what it's worth, I think Cincy's chances, though very slight, are better than ours.

(09-01-2013 12:59 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Interesting: Posters who support teams that lost horribly and embarrassed the conference in the process decide it's ok to talk **** about the school that crushed its Cartel opponent. Sore losers should go home, lick their wounds and pray next week is better.

I don't know why you've got your panties in a bunch.

I haven't said anything bad about Cincy. My fist comment was simply that I'll be shocked if they get invited to the Big XII. I don't see how that's a knock on Cincy. First of all, it says something about me, not about them. Second, it says more about where the Big XII is than about where Cincy is. I don't think that the Big XII is looking to expand and in the unlikely scenario that they do, I don't think that Cincy is the kind of program they're looking to partner with. How is that a knock on Cincy.

My 2nd comment simply corrected a factual error made by an over-the-top Cincy booster. How is that my bad?

Some folks around here are going to have to grow a little thicker skin. Cincy posters screw up when they can't get their facts straight. Sorry, but that's on them.

(09-01-2013 01:01 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:59 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Interesting: Posters who support teams that lost horribly and embarrassed the conference in the process decide it's ok to talk **** about the school that crushed its Cartel opponent. Sore losers should go home, lick their wounds and pray next week is better.

this

it takes some sack for your team to get beat by an fcs team and then come in here and talk smack to a fan who's team destroyed a B1G in their opener. Unreal.

Melky...instead of worrying about UC you guys need to hire a real coach. In fact you need a new AD if that's the best he can do. I would never have hired that clown.

I never would have hired that clown either and I said so at the time. Terrible hire.

If you think my 2 earlier posts in this thread add up to talking smack, then you've got bigger problems than me.

American, Big XII, Big East, or Big Whatever, The Cincinnati Bearcats are one of the better football programs in the country. If UC becomes the flagship for the American and an annual contender for an Access Bowl/Playoff spot, I am cool with that. If someone else wants Cincinnati, thats works too.

UConn has its own issues. Its football program went from solid major conference program to desperate mid-major with one coaching hire.
USF, is in rebuild mode. I still believe they have the resources to get it done; however, it looks like UCF might pass them.

(09-01-2013 01:09 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:59 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Interesting: Posters who support teams that lost horribly and embarrassed the conference in the process decide it's ok to talk **** about the school that crushed its Cartel opponent. Sore losers should go home, lick their wounds and pray next week is better.

I don't know why you've got your panties in a bunch.

I only stated a simple fact. Projecting your own emotions on me won't change anything.

(08-31-2013 10:14 PM)TigerSeth Wrote:  I hear ECU and Tulsa can play a little bit......yes, iknow Tulsa got rolled. Relax guys.....it's week 1.

Haven't heard much of Panicstricken since... He ran quite a string of smack directed at UC over the offseason.

And, yes, it's one game. Sometimes you have to step back, if temporarily, in order to move forward.

(09-01-2013 12:43 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 12:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Thinking bowls will make decisions based on what happens in Week 1 is like thinking conferences will invite new teams based on what happens in Week 1. No correlation whatsoever.

Usually, but this is a unique time, when bowl ties are actually being decided on as we speak. If we are neck-and-neck with another G5 for a primary tie to bowl X or backup to bowl Y, this week's dreadful showing might just tip the needle against us.

Who exactly would we be "tied" with? CUSA #7? Sunbelt #4? MAC #4? MW #6? The MW and CUSA have already tied up their top 5/6 selections. The MAC and Sunbelt have tied up their top 3 selections. The slots left open are the slots left open. The remaining bowls really don't have any other available choices and we really don't have any other available choices. There's some details (ticket allotments, room occupancy requirements, etc.) and rotations I guess to work out---but I think our bowl line up can pretty much be doped out by looking at what hasn't been announced. This week doesn't mean a thing bowl wise---that ship has sailed.

(09-01-2013 12:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Thinking bowls will make decisions based on what happens in Week 1 is like thinking conferences will invite new teams based on what happens in Week 1. No correlation whatsoever.

Couldn't disagree with you more TripleA. To act like what happened to the AAC in week 1 is not a big deal is just foolish. 2 of the 3 bcs programs of the league were blown away by FCS schools on their home fields. (Ok technically, one. USF was blown away on Tampa Bay's field because they are one of the only programs in the country that don't own a football stadium) Yeah McNesse St beating one of the superstars of the conference by a record setting blowout is no big deal. The SEC won't factor that in when they consider who they play in the last few remaining bowl slots. You heard it hear first: Don't be surprised if bowls like the beefy or Armed Forces happen without the AAC getting a tie in, and I'd bet you money that if the Marlins/aresco bowl ever happens it won't be vs a P5 team.

None of the other conferences of the G-5 who we would be competing against for bowl slots have done or will do any better.... the top 3 teams of the MWC lost, two of the top 3 of the CUSA lost (the winner was ECU who will be AAC next year), 2 of top 4 of the MAC went down... The AAC is fine!

(09-01-2013 03:04 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  This week doesn't mean a thing bowl wise---that ship has sailed.

I sure hope you're right, because if it does, we're in trouble.

What's a bowl going to say... "Gee the AAC lost two games to FCS, we'd better sign with the Sun Belt"? Not going to happen. We are so solidly ensconced between the 5 above and 3 below (I'm making us coequal with MWC here...), nothing immediate is going to change that.

Not to mention the B12 also lost two to FCS... Pac had a ranked team lose to FCS... MWC lost one to FCS also. (right?) It's just a really weird year...

Sanity will return, and the AAC will be fine.

The only thing we are waiting on are the Miami Bowl and Cure Bowl approvals. Other than that, I don't think we had anything under our sleeve or in the works.