(10-10-2014 02:13 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(10-10-2014 01:49 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(10-10-2014 12:31 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  The bowl, created and owned by the AAC, was originally scheduled to pit teams from the American and Conference USA this year. However, the AAC gave C-USA its spot in the Bahamas Bowl and C-USA allowed BYU to take its spot in the Miami Beach Bowl, sources said.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...beach-bowl

I assume it's American champ v CUSA champ (obviously this year aside, and ignoring BCS games)

No. AAC could send champ to this bowl, although there is no pecking order among first 5 AAC bowls. AAC will send #1 team, if not in CFP or Access Bowl, to whichever bowl provides the best matchup from among the Military Bowl (vs ACC), Birmingham Bowl (vs SEC), St Pete Bowl (vs ACC/CUSA), Miami Beach Bowl (vs BYU), and Armed Forces Bowl (occasional B12 here).

The BYU deal is a one year deal. Aresco has stated on several occasions he is trying to get a Pac 12 tie in here. Speculation has it that he would trade away the AAC's future slots in the Bahamas bowl to make it happen. If he can't get the Pac, then the bowl could sign BYU a few more times or could revert back to a CUSA/MAC type tie in.

Yes I know Aresco has been trying to get PAC #8 in the Miami Bowl, but are you saying that if he doesn't that he can opt out the AAC entirely? Create a bowl, not like the match up, and "revert it back to a CUSA/MAC tie in". Or do you mean AAC vs CUSA/MAC in the bowl?