(03-09-2020 03:00 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  If App State keeps finishing in the top 25 for the next 3 or 4 years in a row, the AAC might show some significant interest in them as a FB only member.

The name wouldn't be great for the image of the conference, but perhaps that could be adjusted to UNC-Appalachian, UNCA, or something along those lines to emphasize that it is a campus of the Univ. of North Carolina system.

Their names fine. But I do agree with your first point. If they continue to win they’ll likely start winning over some voting members.

(03-09-2020 07:26 PM)MidknightWhiskey Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 03:00 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  If App State keeps finishing in the top 25 for the next 3 or 4 years in a row, the AAC might show some significant interest in them as a FB only member.

The name wouldn't be great for the image of the conference, but perhaps that could be adjusted to UNC-Appalachian, UNCA, or something along those lines to emphasize that it is a campus of the Univ. of North Carolina system.

Their names fine. But I do agree with your first point. If they continue to win they’ll likely start winning over some voting members.

I reckon that they should be aw'right, since me, Granny, Ellie Mae and Jethro are all from that neck o'the woods.

We already have Memphis from that area. Arkansas State would dilute the value of the AAC. Not a big TV market in Jonesboro. Nothing else to recommend it. Not academics, nor athletics, there are better choices.