Any possible moves to DI football in there future? I do know there basketball would help a lot...

(08-27-2015 11:05 AM)mike012779 Wrote:  Any possible moves to DI football in there future? I do know there basketball would help a lot...

Because it worked so well having Nova in the conference the first time? I'd rather this year's Nova/UCONN game be be a death-match, with the loser going to the Big Priest for the right to play on the Speed Channel.

they almost joined the AAC as a football member and probably would have been on our side of the divide if the c7 split had waited 3 years

theyd in a heart beat jump on a aac football only invite (we'd never offer them that) and unfortunately the mac isnt doing that anymore ..but they do want to join the fbs

I honestly wouldn't be opposed. The bottom of this league in football is already horse sh&^. We might as well get the good basketball program.

I'd be happy to have them if they built a stadium. Nova v Temple would be a sweet rivalry for the league.

I don't see any correlation between the hire and moving up to FBS. A couple years ago Georgia Tech hired Mike Bobinski from Xavier University (do not have football). It didn't mean Tech was looking to drop the football program.

Villanova is happier with their peers in the Big East than they'd be in any FBS conference except the ACC.

They'd love to jump from right where they are to the ACC. They have no intention to build an OCS. Radnor township would never allow them to build an OCS for the AAC, let alone the ACC. They are having difficulty with the parking garages and basketball arena now.

And then there is the attendance and funding issues. Nova claims attendance of 9K per game, but in reality, outside of the regional Delaware and Temple games, it's usually between 5K and 6K. Add "Cost of Attendance" into the mix to a private school the size of Nova makes the AAC and ACC a tough leap.

Yes, as you would guess, I'm against adding Nova for other reasons too, but there are better candidates for the AAC than Nova that would help the AAC grow our market reach and TV contract.

(08-27-2015 11:52 AM)HartfordHusky Wrote:  I'd be happy to have them *if they built a stadium*. Nova v Temple would be a sweet rivalry for the league.

(Emphasis added).

Yes, if they built a stadium they'd be a good add. Until they do, adding Villanova makes as much sense as adding Duquesne.

Watch them move up, go right to the ACC and permascrew Temple.

(08-27-2015 12:59 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(08-27-2015 11:52 AM)HartfordHusky Wrote:  I'd be happy to have them *if they built a stadium*. Nova v Temple would be a sweet rivalry for the league.

(Emphasis added).

Yes, if they built a stadium they'd be a good add. Until they do, adding Villanova makes as much sense as adding Duquesne.

Makes me wonder why there was never a build your own stadium for an existing program feature in EA's NCAA Football series. (It may have changed since it moved up to the PS3, maybe even the PS4 before EA nixed the series.) I would've definitely given quite a few programs new stadiums.

Add BYU, Villanova, Army (FB Only), AFA (FB Only), Wichita State (Oly Sports), VCU (Oly Sports), UMass (Oly Sports) then sit back and call it a day as the benjamin's roll in.

Football North
• UConn
• Army
• Temple
• Villanova
  

Football Central
• Navy
• Memphis
• Cincinatti
• Tulsa
  

Football South
• Tulane
• UCF
• USF
• ECU
  

Football West
• SMU
• Houston
• AFA
• BYU
  

Pod scheduling, 9 games (3 in, 6 out, 2 per other division), conference semifinal (or highest ranked 2)

Basketball East
• Temple
• UConn
• VCU
• Nova
• UMass
• ECU
• UCF
• USF
  

Basketball West
• Cinci
• Memphis
• Houston
• SMU
• Tulsa
• Wichita State
• BYU
• Tulane
  

(08-27-2015 01:56 PM)Kruciff Wrote:  Add BYU, Villanova, Army (FB Only), AFA (FB Only), Wichita State (Oly Sports), VCU (Oly Sports), UMass (Oly Sports) then sit back and call it a day as the benjamin's roll in.

Football North
• UConn
• Army
• Temple
• Villanova
  

Football Central
• Navy
• Memphis
• Cincinatti
• Tulsa
  

Football South
• Tulane
• UCF
• USF
• ECU
  

Football West
• SMU
• Houston
• AFA
• BYU
  

Pod scheduling, 9 games (3 in, 6 out, 2 per other division), conference semifinal (or highest ranked 2)

Basketball East
• Temple
• UConn
• VCU
• Nova
• UMass
• ECU
• UCF
• USF
  

Basketball West
• Cinci
• Memphis
• Houston
• SMU
• Tulsa
• Wichita State
• BYU
• Tulane
  

Just curious...why UMASS for just the Olympic sports? UMASS could already knock off some of our so called "bottom dwellers" in football.

(08-27-2015 01:13 PM)justinslot Wrote:  Watch them move up, go right to the ACC and permascrew Temple.

LOL... The odds are a million-to-one against. But even if it ever does happen, Temple couldn't avoid it by helping V get into the American.

(08-27-2015 02:23 PM)suburban owl Wrote:  

(08-27-2015 01:56 PM)Kruciff Wrote:  Add BYU, Villanova, Army (FB Only), AFA (FB Only), Wichita State (Oly Sports), VCU (Oly Sports), UMass (Oly Sports) then sit back and call it a day as the benjamin's roll in.

Football North
• UConn
• Army
• Temple
• Villanova
  

Football Central
• Navy
• Memphis
• Cincinatti
• Tulsa
  

Football South
• Tulane
• UCF
• USF
• ECU
  

Football West
• SMU
• Houston
• AFA
• BYU
  

Pod scheduling, 9 games (3 in, 6 out, 2 per other division), conference semifinal (or highest ranked 2)

Basketball East
• Temple
• UConn
• VCU
• Nova
• UMass
• ECU
• UCF
• USF
  

Basketball West
• Cinci
• Memphis
• Houston
• SMU
• Tulsa
• Wichita State
• BYU
• Tulane
  

Just curious...why UMASS for just the Olympic sports? UMASS could already knock off some of our so called "bottom dwellers" in football.

Assuming 16 is the magic number, who would you drop in favor of UMass football?

(08-27-2015 02:23 PM)suburban owl Wrote:  Just curious...why UMASS for just the Olympic sports? UMASS could already knock off some of our so called "bottom dwellers" in football.

UMass and/or Villanova could help the AAC land Army. With Army on board, there would be a shot at AFA and the military trifecta and the western division - which I really like.

Football North
• UConn
• Temple
• Army
• UMass
• Villanova
  

(weak division, but good for Army's program)

Football South
• UCF
• USF
• Memphis
• ECU
• Cincinnati
  

Football Central
• Navy
• SMU
• Houston
• Tulane
• Tulsa
  

Football West
• AFA
• BYU
• Boise
• SDSU
• CSU/Fresno/UNLV
  

8 games(4 in, 4 out - Army-Navy-AFA in cross-division), conference semifinal (or highest ranked 2)

Basketball East
• UConn
• Temple
• Villanova
• UMass
• Cincinnati
• ECU
  

Basketball South
• Tulane
• SMU
• Houston
• Memphis
• UCF
• USF
  

Basketball West
• Tulsa
• AFA
• BYU
• Boise
• SDSU
• CSU/Fresno/UNLV
  

18-game bball schedule, 10 in (h-h x 5) 8 out, rotating through 12 others.

3 of top-4 conf. tournament seeds to division winners; tournament venue rotate among Northeast, South, Plains, and West venues - NYC/Philly, Atlanta/Orlando, Dallas/OKC, and Las Vegas/Los Angeles.

UMass. UMass 1000x before Nova

Only temple folks seem to think that

(08-27-2015 01:13 PM)justinslot Wrote:  Watch them move up, go right to the ACC and permascrew Temple.

Where exactly would they play?

(08-27-2015 03:35 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(08-27-2015 01:13 PM)justinslot Wrote:  Watch them move up, go right to the ACC and permascrew Temple.

Where exactly would they play?

PPL Park will suffice for the first few years. Then they could pay to have it expanded to seat 30k.

http://articles.philly.com/2011-04-12/sp...e-nicastro