(01-01-2020 02:10 PM)shere khan Wrote:  We need to kick one out.

Tulane

(01-06-2020 05:19 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(01-01-2020 02:10 PM)shere khan Wrote:  We need to kick one out.

Tulane

Coming off the heels of Tulane's bowl victory, which brought the AAC's bowl record to 4-3, and tying the AAC for second place in 2019-20 bowl winning percentage - as well as Tulane's upset win over Cincy - within the past two days, it should perhaps come as no surprise that a couple of people want to try take them down a notch. They won't succeed.

Commissioner Aresco has made it crystal-clear that the AAC is not going to be giving any consideration, whatsoever, to the idea of dropping any members now, or at any point in the future.

The idea of dropping one of the most distinguished universities in the conference, one of only 63 AAU universities in the nation, with R1 ressearch status, is utterly preposterous, given that Tulane is a former member of the SEC - - for 34 seasons - - and was one of the original SEC charter members), which won three SEC FB championships, and has played in 12 bowl games, including a victory in the inaugural Sugar Bowl game in 1935.

Anyone who continues to express the completely unfounded idea that the AAC would even consider "dropping" Tulane simply exposes the fact - for all to see - that they're not paying any attention to the reality of the situation.

If there is any misfit involved in this banter, it is certainly not Tulane University.

(01-02-2020 01:06 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(01-01-2020 10:39 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  SO. BASICALLY, NO ONE CAN GIVE A SCHEDULING REASON WE NEED TO ADD ANY BASKETBALL SCHOOLS...
Pretty much what I thought, and the reason I started this thread.

There is no scheduling reason---and frankly, scheduling "inconvenience" is an incredibly WEAK reason to add anyone. Money, prestige, athletic accomplishment, fan base size, and institutional quality are all miles ahead of "slightly inconvenient scheduling" when it comes to "reasons to add a school to a conference".

Amen.

No one is getting the boot... Period end of subject.

(01-06-2020 08:35 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  No one is getting the boot... Period end of subject.

I wish we set so standards to maintain over a 5 year period. There might be some that just can't keep up.

(01-06-2020 08:40 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(01-06-2020 08:35 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  No one is getting the boot... Period end of subject.

I wish we set so standards to maintain over a 5 year period. There might be some that just can't keep up.

That ship has sailed, or rather, it was never built and will never set sail.

The AAC member schools are not a bunch of cut-throats or con artists who will say or do anything to get ahead of the pack. Thank goodness for that. When it comes to membership, theirs are the kinds of standards that matter the most in life. "Dog eat dog" ain't where it's at.

The members have set their standards for original membership the way that the original ACC and SEC and PAC and Big-10 set their standards, the old-fashioned way, with a mixture of large and small, private and public universities, selected not only on the basis of athletic prowess, but also on academics and other factors.

The hope is that, while developing as an athletic conference, the schools like Cincinnati and Memphis and Temple, etc. with tons of growth potential will become stronger and stronger academically and in the fields of research.

When it comes to future membership, the conference has set an outstanding example by selecting Navy and Wichita State. That, along with intra-conference development, is the way to improve the AAC going forward.

(01-02-2020 11:20 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  There is at least one more FB program that belongs on the list: SDSU. The Aztecs have played 10 bowl games in the past 10 years.

I think that would be great. AAC teams get a trip to a West Coast destination city. They would get great trips too, but a lot of them. They'd have to move their other sports to the WCC...which might be okay with them (certainly in hoops),but the WCC may not want the big state school.

(01-05-2020 08:09 PM)sierrajip Wrote:  

(01-04-2020 06:16 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt advises us to not add any other one sport schools.

Who is us.

clt says the AAC.

(01-06-2020 10:09 AM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  

(01-05-2020 08:09 PM)sierrajip Wrote:  

(01-04-2020 06:16 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt advises us to not add any other one sport schools.

Who is us.

clt says the AAC.

What... Are y'all an AAC member in rowing or some such?

https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/wo...can-invite

clt says we aren't officially an aac member yet.

I think the AAC should consider the 69ers just so they can have clt and his ghost. Best schtick since NIT Stan.

(01-06-2020 02:03 PM)Garrettabc Wrote:  I think the AAC should consider the 69ers just so they can have clt and his ghost. Best schtick since NIT Stan.

CLT is not schtick. CLT lives the 3rd Person Life 24/7/365 from on high in the Zep.