(11-03-2015 06:41 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 04:48 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 02:20 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  They and Hawaii go to the Zombie Football Conference, joining Wichita State, Long Beach State, Pacific, Hofstra, Northeastern, Boston U, UC Santa Barbara and Kansas.

Gee thanks. Pretty soon DavidSt will have some asinine thread about that very conference being formed.

Too few teams and no West Texas A&M

Good catch!

NIU!!!!

(11-03-2015 01:17 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 12:54 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  North Texas and Rice, because Cincinnati replaced Louisville in the ACC.

North Texas wouldn't sniff the AAC. They are a poor FCS/D-2 team cloaked as an FBS team. Rice, with its academics, would be a good fit as they aren't generally too shabby in football.

The American already has the Houston market, unless if I missed the Big 12's expansion announcement.

(11-03-2015 06:46 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 12:18 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  Given SMU's rap sheet and current woes, the death penalty is not out of the question for Basketball. No basketball, no Division 1 sports.

So, who would replace them in the AAC and why?

The Soviet Union because.....well.....because they are the damn Soviet Union.

A whole country can't join the NCAA. It would be the Soviet Army Academy football team.

(11-03-2015 12:54 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  North Texas and Rice, because Cincinnati replaced Louisville in the ACC.

Oh, I see what you did there. Very well played, sir.

(11-03-2015 10:14 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 01:17 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  North Texas wouldn't sniff the AAC. They are a poor FCS/D-2 team cloaked as an FBS team. Rice, with its academics, would be a good fit as they aren't generally too shabby in football.

The American already has the Houston market, unless if I missed the Big 12's expansion announcement.

They already have a team in the Houston market ... but in terms of exposure or viewership, they don't "have" the Houston market, they only have a slice of it. It's a dang big market, so maybe getting a slightly bigger slice of it would be worth something.

(11-03-2015 10:23 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 06:46 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 12:18 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  Given SMU's rap sheet and current woes, the death penalty is not out of the question for Basketball. No basketball, no Division 1 sports.

So, who would replace them in the AAC and why?

The Soviet Union because.....well.....because they are the damn Soviet Union.

A whole country can't join the NCAA. It would be the Soviet Army Academy football team.

(11-03-2015 12:54 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  North Texas and Rice, because Cincinnati replaced Louisville in the ACC.

Oh, I see what you did there. Very well played, sir.

(11-03-2015 10:14 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 01:17 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  North Texas wouldn't sniff the AAC. They are a poor FCS/D-2 team cloaked as an FBS team. Rice, with its academics, would be a good fit as they aren't generally too shabby in football.

The American already has the Houston market, unless if I missed the Big 12's expansion announcement.

They already have a team in the Houston market ... but in terms of exposure or viewership, they don't "have" the Houston market, they only have a slice of it. It's a dang big market, so maybe getting a slightly bigger slice of it would be worth something.

Adding Rice still wouldn't give the AAC the Houston market.

(11-03-2015 08:37 PM)TheNealT Wrote:  NIU!!!!

Riding the momentum from that victory in toledo no doubt

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Nice upset win, though I haven't been impressed with Toldeo this year..

(11-03-2015 06:12 PM)ESE84 Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 01:50 PM)BIgCatonProwl Wrote:  Has anyone even watched a Rice game huge stadium with about maybe 3k fans in attendance if that. Great academic school huge endowment and all. They need to work on getting fans to the games.

Rice has had respectable attendance of 18296 (FCS Wagner), 20124 (Western Kentucky), 24409 (Army), and 18010 (Louisiana Tech on a Friday night). It has been accomplished with donors who purchase and donate large blocks of tickets to youth programs, and promotions such as veterans free (Army), and free tickets for kids (Louisiana Tech).

Even with the disappointing play of the team this year (2015 has been a throwback to the SWC days where the fans left the stadium after the Marching Owl Band performance at halftime because the Western Kentucky and Louisiana Tech games were already out of reach), the Homecoming game against Southern Mississippi should have ok attendance. The Thanksgiving weekend attendance for the final home game against Charlotte, though, might be scary.

If Rice has gate problems, peg it to administrative failure. You are Ivy-like and used to play with other esteemed schools. Now, your plate is full of directional and system schools. Yes, loyal fans show up regardless, but throw them a bone and let them run with other academic studs. And not in the non-conference.

Highest ceiling of the G5...I wish they'd realize it.

Rice would be a great add to the AAC, given that Navy, Tulane and SMU are already part of the conference. Throw in Army and Air Force, and you have the makings of a conference that is a cross between the Ivy League and the ACC. Houston may be making its way to the Big 12 anyway.

(11-04-2015 01:14 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  Rice would be a great add to the AAC, given that Navy, Tulane and SMU are already part of the conference. Throw in Army and Air Force, and you have the makings of a conference that is a cross between the Ivy League and the ACC. Houston may be making its way to the Big 12 anyway.

I think a Frankenstein/best of conference is still possible between AAC/MWC/CUSA and certain independents, but it's very slim. The problems lie with flagships who aren't athletically great or big, but look good academically, to city schools without the academic prestige but competitive programs. I don't see how Memphis, UNLV, and Temple (most years) make for consistently good football, even though you have a pretty sick and sweet basketball conference there. But, you can't with UConn, CSU, USU, and others of their kind, either.