1. Former CUSA6?

2. Legacy AAC?

3. Other (detail in comments, please)?

The reader may wish to consider the below facts:

Massey Composite
2022 Ave for Departed Three......46

2022 Ave for CUSA6..................88
Former CUSA6 as of 9/18/23....104

2022 Ave for Legacy AAC..........79
Legacy AAC as of 9/18/23.........82

The AAC was pretty good because we usually had 4-5 decent teams. The bottom teams normally suck, and this is true with most conferences. We lost three of the good ones, UCF, Cinci, and Houston. We’re going to lose SMU. Tulane has quickly improved and is possibly our best football program (or Memphis). We’ve replaced the better teams with C-USA teams and most are lousy.

Wait until basketball. Who wants to see us play Houston or Cinci? Now we get UTSA and Rice.

It’s a terrible conference. We need to find any way possible to escape.

Wonder what the ACC thinks about adding 1-2 Stanford, that just lost to Sac State???

this is a bit confusing, so I'm abstaining

(09-18-2023 09:30 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  this is a bit confusing, so I'm abstaining

I did the same....

3 weeks in and its a failure already?

departed 3s ratings are extremely skewed.

who they play in the future is factored into their CURRENT ratings

what

I would hope the incoming teams were told by the conference office that they would be expected to increase their commitment to football.

I'm looking at the scheduling and wondering just WTF were some of the legacy schools thinking. It's one thing to schedule a Cartel school, plenty of low and mid level options to choose from, but why are schools scheduling Michigan and Alabama? These are guaranteed losses unless a drastic sea change has occurred and ECU and USF are perennial top ten teams and someone just forgot to tell the pollsters. I get why the CUSA6 still have some of the juggernauts on their schedule, it'll take time for things to clear off the books so that they can schedule more middle of the road match-ups in which they at least won't be embarrassed. That does not apply to the legacy schools, they know better and the conference as a whole is paying for it.

(09-18-2023 09:45 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-18-2023 09:30 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  this is a bit confusing, so I'm abstaining

I did the same....

Same here

(09-18-2023 09:30 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  this is a bit confusing, so I'm abstaining

Only a bit?

(09-18-2023 05:12 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(09-18-2023 09:30 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  this is a bit confusing, so I'm abstaining

Only a bit?

Lol

Ike’s confused

(09-18-2023 01:45 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  I'm looking at the scheduling and wondering just WTF were some of the legacy schools thinking. It's one thing to schedule a Cartel school, plenty of low and mid level options to choose from, but why are schools scheduling Michigan and Alabama? These are guaranteed losses unless a drastic sea change has occurred and ECU and USF are perennial top ten teams and someone just forgot to tell the pollsters. I get why the CUSA6 still have some of the juggernauts on their schedule, it'll take time for things to clear off the books so that they can schedule more middle of the road match-ups in which they at least won't be embarrassed. That does not apply to the legacy schools, they know better and the conference as a whole is paying for it.

Play big teams, have a chance at big wins and exposure. Plus get some cash?

(09-18-2023 12:35 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  I would hope the incoming teams were told by the conference office that they would be expected to increase their commitment to football.

This is true but by the time they do it will be too late - AAC will be eating dust.

(09-18-2023 09:49 AM)fsquid Wrote:  3 weeks in and its a failure already?

Yes it is and just wait until basketball.

(09-18-2023 09:33 PM)memtiger1987 Wrote:  

(09-18-2023 01:45 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  I'm looking at the scheduling and wondering just WTF were some of the legacy schools thinking. It's one thing to schedule a Cartel school, plenty of low and mid level options to choose from, but why are schools scheduling Michigan and Alabama? These are guaranteed losses unless a drastic sea change has occurred and ECU and USF are perennial top ten teams and someone just forgot to tell the pollsters. I get why the CUSA6 still have some of the juggernauts on their schedule, it'll take time for things to clear off the books so that they can schedule more middle of the road match-ups in which they at least won't be embarrassed. That does not apply to the legacy schools, they know better and the conference as a whole is paying for it.

Play big teams, have a chance at big wins and exposure. Plus get some cash?

What exposure, that they suck and are willing to lose for some money. Thought this was supposed to be a serious football conference, this kind of scheduling shows the opposite.

(09-19-2023 08:15 AM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(09-18-2023 09:33 PM)memtiger1987 Wrote:  

(09-18-2023 01:45 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  I'm looking at the scheduling and wondering just WTF were some of the legacy schools thinking. It's one thing to schedule a Cartel school, plenty of low and mid level options to choose from, but why are schools scheduling Michigan and Alabama? These are guaranteed losses unless a drastic sea change has occurred and ECU and USF are perennial top ten teams and someone just forgot to tell the pollsters. I get why the CUSA6 still have some of the juggernauts on their schedule, it'll take time for things to clear off the books so that they can schedule more middle of the road match-ups in which they at least won't be embarrassed. That does not apply to the legacy schools, they know better and the conference as a whole is paying for it.

Play big teams, have a chance at big wins and exposure. Plus get some cash?

What exposure, that they suck and are willing to lose for some money. Thought this was supposed to be a serious football conference, this kind of scheduling shows the opposite.

A serious football conference plays good teams. They don’t just rack up wins against $hit teams. USF led (or tied) Alabama for much of the game. Would have been a signature win. Go big or go home.

Fresno State - “Anybody, Anywhere, Anytime”
App State beat Michigan

Schools like ECU, Temple, USF… schools that have enjoyed the benefit of increased exposure & payouts, yet are still struggling to compete with lower level G5 schools… are killing the conference. Hard to blame UAB, FAU, UTSA or UNT when they’re just getting adjusted.

If the AAC is such a failure then why are we 6-10 the last two years?