(03-23-2021 10:46 AM)Attackcoog Wrote: (03-23-2021 07:32 AM)panama Wrote: (03-23-2021 12:09 AM)Attackcoog Wrote: (03-22-2021 08:07 PM)panama Wrote: (03-22-2021 07:58 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: lol...so now Georgia State is Mizzo, Syracuse, S Carolina, Rutgers, Maryland, and Pitt? ALL those schools were decades at the P5 level. Hell, even Tulane had decades in the SEC before they went indy and then joined CUSA......so--if YOU knew your history, you'd know Georgia St is not Mizzo, S Carolina, Syracuse, Maryland, Rutgers or Pitt. And if you knew your history, you'd know Georgia State isnt even Tulane...heck, they arent even close to being Tulane.
Don't be obtuse. Surely you're smarter than this. It's the history of the last realignment in all conferences. What matters is cultural fit, institutional support, and then maybe 3rd or 4th what was their record. Record is a snapshot and every program is a hire away from winning a conference or going 0-12.
Frankly I bcould care less. As I have posted before we are fine where we are. If anything I want more regional schools on our schedule. You will find that most GSU fans have pined for the Big East/AAC for 20 plus years. I have backed off that in the last few years.
Now where did the stAte dude go who started this thread?
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lol....I shudder to think how often you might post in a thread you actually cared about.
There there now...
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And make that two MORE posts in the thread you allegedly dont care about....just sayin....
There's an argument to be made that perhaps AAC fans should be glad that there appear to be multitudes of fans of G5 teams that seem to be hoping, beyond hope, to make their way into the AAC in the future.
At least, one could say that, even if it's a minor annoyance to keep coming across those kinds of posts, it's a much better "problem" to have than the opposite - - which would be a complete absence of interest in joining the conference.
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On the other hand, it does seem slightly puzzling that there are a handful of true believers in their (usually FB, it seems) or BB programs that are extraordinarily persistent in posting, despite having gotten a steady stream of discouraging responses.
Examples have included UAB, ODU, Georgia State, and a few others, and there have also been inquires about Arkansas St., NDSU, and a host of others.
The thing is that none of these schools are anywhere near the top of the list when it comes to possible expansion candidates.
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Not to discourage guys from Georgia State or another school from participating in the discussions on this board - - to the contrary, the more the merrier, but...
The truth is that programs such as UAB, Georgia State, and ODU are probably 3 or 4 tiers below the tier of schools that would receive strong consideration for AAC membership:
Tier 1: Most of these would probably be welcomed into the AAC at some point in the near or foreseeable future, and might even prompt the conference to expand to 14 teams.
BYU (FB/all-sports)
Boise (FB)
Air Force (FB)
Army (FB)
SDSU (FB)
VCU (BB)
Dayton (BB)
Tier 2: Some of these might have a shot in a few years, if they're consistently successful,
if the conference loses one or two teams, and needs to reload, or decides to expand.
Appalachian State (FB)
Marshall (FB)
Louisiana (FB)
St. Louis (BB)
Loyola (IL) (BB)
SDSU (all-sports?)
Tier 3: These might be considered at some point, if they improve
dramatically, or
if the conference were to lose 3+ teams in a realignment.
UAB (FB)
Buffalo (FB (
possibly BB?))
Davidson (BB)
New Mexico St (BB)
Richmond (BB)
URI (BB)
Tier 4: Might receive consideration one day,
if the conference were to lose several teams and had to reboot as "AAC 1.1"
UMass (FB or all-sports)
WKU (all-sports)
Drake (BB)
ODU (BB)
Rice (?) - - If the conference should ever need to add an AAU university.
Tier 5: Probably wouldn't be considered under any circumstances, unless the conference were to completely implode and attempt to reboot as AAC 2.0.
FAU, FIU, Georgia St., or
Georgia Southern - - If the conference were to implode and lose most of its southeastern members
Tier 6: Probably wouldn't be considered under any circumstances
FCS FB schools (NDSU)
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The point is that, unless the "Tier 5" teams suddenly become the Boise State of the southeastern U.S., it doesn't seem likely that any of those schools would ever be invited to join the American, unless it were to lose so many teams that it would end up being less competitive than the conferences that they're currently in...
...and if that were to happen, such schools would probably lose any interest that they once might have had in joining the conference.
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Regardless it would be interesting if anyone else has a different set of "Tiers" that they would arrange the various schools into. Some might rate UAB as a Tier 2, rather than a Tier 3 or SDSU (all-sports) as a Tier 1...
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