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(06-01-2016 09:33 AM)MechaKnight Wrote:  
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(05-31-2016 11:21 AM)Pirate1 Wrote:  Holy Cow!! Speaking of growth, UCF projects 68,000 students. UCF 68,000

It's mind boggling, especially when you consider that admission standards are actually increasing

I bet a lot of that increase is going to be due to the new downtown Orlando campus. I remember reading they expect it to attract 8k-10k students.

We're following a similar model as Arizona State. They've got over 80k students now and 11k of them are at a downtown Phoenix campus.

Correct...as the goal, as of now, is to have 7,700 UCF Students attend their new downtown campus (along with several thousand Valencia College Students too).

Of course, that number could change/grow in the coming decades as the specific need of majors/courses for downtown businesses could continue to change as UCF wants to make that campus "downtown core" specific.
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(06-01-2016 08:44 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  
(05-31-2016 06:15 PM)HoustonRocks Wrote:  Perceptions are the AAC is above the G4 schools. Forums from P5 conferences make that clear. Even G4 forums indicate so, including the MWC Board.

No school other than those in the AAC is getting serious Big 12 consideration.

The AAC is more valuable than any G4 conference and will be paid accordingly.

Just continue building and keep saying G4.

The previous year was the MWC was above the G4. This past year its the AAC. This upcoming year is TBD.

the perception was indifferent ..no one thought the mwc was deep just that boise and csu were carrying your league

the perception of the mwc is boise and the bunch

2 years ago the mwc was seen as the best g5..
last year and 3 years ago the AAC was viewed on another level above than the other g5
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@DanWolken 6m6 minutes ago
American Athletic Conference spring meetings are beginning in Key Biscayne. Lots of people here wondering what's going on in Dallas.
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Here is what is going on in Dallas:

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(06-01-2016 12:07 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  @DanWolken 6m6 minutes ago
American Athletic Conference spring meetings are beginning in Key Biscayne. Lots of people here wondering what's going on in Dallas.

lol...35 press credentials requested in Dallas. Is anyone even at the AAC meetings?
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(05-31-2016 05:04 PM)pesik Wrote:  
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(05-30-2016 12:08 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  Even with a Big XII raid that includes Cincinnati and UConn there is still a good chance the American could increase their TV deal if they expand to the west by 4. SDSU, Boise State, UNLV, and Colorado State could join Houston, SMU, and Tulsa in a western division. While ECU, Temple, UCF, USF, Tulane, Navy, and Memphis make up the east. That conference would clearly be the best G5 conference in football and basketball which could command around 4 to 7 million during a ten year TV deal.

The MWC sucks so I would personally love to see the Aztecs get the hell out. However, word I've heard from a trustworthy source inside SDSU is that the administration really soured on the nBE/AAC the way the Tulane thing was handled. Granted, SDSU wasn't yet a member but Aresco didn't think enough of SDSU to even tell my school adding the Green Wave was in the offing and they heard of it through the media. I know another Aztec who is in real estate development in the West and interacts with a peer in Boise whose buddy works in Boise's AD and that school's experience was identical.

Bottom line is Craig Thompson is a moron but at least from what I can tell, so is Aresco. Therefore, as long as that doofus is commissioner of the AAC, I don't see either school having much interest in being asked to join again.

SDSU made numerous comments about being fully committed after tulane was added publicly and loudly...
sdsu and smu were the 2 most vocals schools about being committed, even more than a few current members

the part about learning about tulane through the media is a lie, and flat out false.. a ton of emails from the whole thing was chronicled and released. it showed that all the new schools had a vote ..meaning SDSU didn't just know about it they voted for it

tulane isnt the greatest school but they get blamed for the destruction of the big east and common sense proves otherwise
THE PRESIDENTS VOTE ON ADDITIONS, not the commish.. SDSU and Boise had votes, tulane gets blamed for that entire group leaving when that group would have had the majority vote and could have all voted no

Boise reason for leaving is publicly documented..it had zero to do with tulane absolute zero..

SDSU's was so soured by the addition that sdsu president after boise left decided to attend numerous AAC meeting and personally fly down to dallas to have a meeting to discuss possibilities, it was so soured that your president aswell as the C7 presidents personally thanked aresco in their public statement and how well he handled everything

and heres the biggest part and most flawed part of your argument.. it was so soured that SDSU after leaving decided to add 2 women sports to the AAC ..meaning sdsu administration are still in constant contact with the AAC

Here is sdsu's womens rowing page..read the headline story..
actually ill quote it for you
"On Saturday, the San Diego State rowing team concluded its season at the American Athletic Conference Championship"
http://www.goaztecs.com/sports/w-crew/sd...-body.html

sdsu technically is still part of the AAC

Aresco has done an amazing job, everything you can fault him with was beyond his control.

your source is fooling you, or is a booster who likes to pretend he knows more than he does..or he himself is the doofus

there is bad blood with boise, because they sued us (not tulane)..but unlike sdsu fans..the sdsu administration is on GREAT terms with the AAC..aresco has been an amazing commish

Link(s) to the highlighted part please.

As to rowing or whatever, lmao. I honestly didn't know that, nor do I care. Hell, I doubt SDSU's administration much cares although that would never be said publicly.

Speaking of which, do you actually think everything a university tells the media is the God's honest truth? You could be correct about the first point above but although nobody within SDSU would ever even whisper it publicly, nobody on earth is as hamstrung by Title IX as CSU schools. I won't bother breaking it down but you can Google "CalNOW" and learn it for yourself. Trust me on this. Political correctness is very much alive and well in California.
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(05-31-2016 05:14 PM)goodknightfl Wrote:  Tulane will end up being a solid member of this conf. They are building and working just like everyone else. Expansion is dead for at least more year.

Well, since your school was rumored to have been the first to advocate adding Tulane, I'm shocked!, shocked! to hear you say that.
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(05-31-2016 06:09 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  
(05-31-2016 05:00 PM)SleepingGiantsFan Wrote:  
(05-30-2016 12:47 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  
(05-30-2016 12:40 PM)SleepingGiantsFan Wrote:  
(05-30-2016 12:08 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  Even with a Big XII raid that includes Cincinnati and UConn there is still a good chance the American could increase their TV deal if they expand to the west by 4. SDSU, Boise State, UNLV, and Colorado State could join Houston, SMU, and Tulsa in a western division. While ECU, Temple, UCF, USF, Tulane, Navy, and Memphis make up the east. That conference would clearly be the best G5 conference in football and basketball which could command around 4 to 7 million during a ten year TV deal.

The MWC sucks so I would personally love to see the Aztecs get the hell out. However, word I've heard from a trustworthy source inside SDSU is that the administration really soured on the nBE/AAC the way the Tulane thing was handled. Granted, SDSU wasn't yet a member but Aresco didn't think enough of SDSU to even tell my school adding the Green Wave was in the offing and they heard of it through the media. I know another Aztec who is in real estate development in the West and interacts with a peer in Boise whose buddy works in Boise's AD and that school's experience was identical.

Bottom line is Craig Thompson is a moron but at least from what I can tell, so is Aresco. Therefore, as long as that doofus is commissioner of the AAC, I don't see either school having much interest in being asked to join again.

Sorry no comparison between the two, as for Boise's relationship with the AAC there has been enough on that one for everyone here to know how Boise behaved as part of that expansion and it was their backing out that cost SDSU to have to leave and return to the MWC

Sorry but there certainly is. Maybe it would have behooved Karl Benson, aka Mr. Peanut, to push his SBC bosses to add Tulane but it's difficult to conceive of a more stupid move by the commissioner of a conference which aspires to be the best of the G5.

Additions are not just made on athletics and what have you done lately. Yes Tulane has struggled in football and basketball in the recent past. But it is also an outstanding academic private school which is attractive to members like Navy that the league was trying to keep on board. No surprise that Navy chose to go west with SMU, Tulane and Tulsa. It is located in a large metropolitan area as most of the other AAC schools and in the geographic footprint of the league. Since being added Tulane has made commitments to improving.
As for the last sentence a league that aspires to be the best of the G5. I will take 1000 Tulanes over San Jose State that the MWC added.

I don't disagree with your final comment as to the worth, or lack thereof, of SJSU. However, because SDSU was headed to the nBE and the Big (cough, cough) West, my school didn't have a vote on that.

As to Tulane academics, I certainly can't disagree with that either. Indeed, one of my son's friends is attending that school as I type and I'm proud of him for getting admitted. That said, Tulane is the antithesis of Boise State and I would much prefer being partnered with Boise. Yeah, if our two conferences were in the P5 I wouldn't feel that way. However, facts are facts and other than being located in a big city, Tulane brings absolutely nothing athletically to non-power conferences which need every quality athletics department they can get.
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(05-31-2016 06:15 PM)HoustonRocks Wrote:  Perceptions are the AAC is above the G4 schools. Forums from P5 conferences make that clear. Even G4 forums indicate so, including the MWC Board.

No school other than those in the AAC is getting serious Big 12 consideration.

The AAC is more valuable than any G4 conference and will be paid accordingly.

Just continue building and keep saying G4.

Totally agree with this too. Of course, that doesn't at all mean that adding "Just One More Mouth to Feed" Tulane is any reason for that perception.
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(05-31-2016 07:34 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  
(05-30-2016 12:40 PM)SleepingGiantsFan Wrote:  
(05-30-2016 12:08 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  Even with a Big XII raid that includes Cincinnati and UConn there is still a good chance the American could increase their TV deal if they expand to the west by 4. SDSU, Boise State, UNLV, and Colorado State could join Houston, SMU, and Tulsa in a western division. While ECU, Temple, UCF, USF, Tulane, Navy, and Memphis make up the east. That conference would clearly be the best G5 conference in football and basketball which could command around 4 to 7 million during a ten year TV deal.

The MWC sucks so I would personally love to see the Aztecs get the hell out. However, word I've heard from a trustworthy source inside SDSU is that the administration really soured on the nBE/AAC the way the Tulane thing was handled. Granted, SDSU wasn't yet a member but Aresco didn't think enough of SDSU to even tell my school adding the Green Wave was in the offing and they heard of it through the media. I know another Aztec who is in real estate development in the West and interacts with a peer in Boise whose buddy works in Boise's AD and that school's experience was identical.

Bottom line is Craig Thompson is a moron but at least from what I can tell, so is Aresco. Therefore, as long as that doofus is commissioner of the AAC, I don't see either school having much interest in being asked to join again.

If the addition of Tulane is the reason that the SDSU administration soured on the AAC/nBE; then why was there talk about SDSU still looking for a western partner to stay in the Big East after Boise State had already backed out?

Not "the" reason, A reason. And FWIW, joining the nBE/AAC while having to place our Olys in the BigLots conference was very controversial even when before Tulane joining was presented to the C7 as a virtual fait accompli. Aztecs like me that are big football fans thought the tradeoff was worthwhile. However, Aztecs who are emotionally invested in basketball thought the world was about to end. That philosophy has died down with diminution of the quality of MWC hoops but at that time there were a number of knockdown drag-out fights over the issue.
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(05-31-2016 08:31 PM)Pirate1 Wrote:  The idea was the schools would get around 10 million each for the super Big East but when it came down to 2 million or so Boise took the Sweetheart 3.75 million MWC deal. The AAC presidents did an about face on SDSU when the numbers came down. That left SDSU with few options.

Before your school was even a twinkle in the BE's eye, SDSU hired a consultant who estimated that the pre-ACC raid Big East was going to earn so much money with its new TV deal that even being in solely for football, SDSU and Boise would earn about $6.2 million per year just from that source. That and the substantial savings in travel money from parking our Olys in the BigLots was why I greatly supported the move.

Look, my thesis is this. Those of us not part of the power conference cabal simply can't afford to make mistakes if our football programs aren't going down the drain to FCS status. Although the MWC undoubtedly screwed up by adding SJSU, the nBE/ACC did the same in adding Tulane rather than SDSU and Boise and I've yet to read anything on this board to persuade me to the contrary.
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(06-01-2016 08:17 AM)PT_american Wrote:  
(06-01-2016 05:56 AM)Knightbengal Wrote:  
(05-31-2016 08:31 PM)Pirate1 Wrote:  The idea was the schools would get around 10 million each for the super Big East but when it came down to 2 million or so Boise took the Sweetheart 3.75 million MWC deal. The AAC presidents did an about face on SDSU when the numbers came down. That left SDSU with few options.

The big east did not do an about face on sdsu, sdsu did.

I recall them trying to get another partner so they could stay but it has been a long time and who knows if that was fact or someone's opinion but I know I read that. I honestly think they wanted to stay just couldn't get it to work out. I would add SDSU, UNLV, BYU and New Mexico if it was possible. There is geographical cohesion to the adds. You get the 3 top basketball schools from the MWC and the two best football adds outside of Boise. Would be a homerun in my opinion.

To reiterate, something akin to what you advocate is exactly what I would personally like to see happen. I'm merely saying on this thread that word I hear from within SDSU's athletics department is they no longer agree and your conference's addition of Tulane was the beginning of that change of attitude.
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(06-01-2016 01:17 PM)SleepingGiantsFan Wrote:  
(06-01-2016 08:17 AM)PT_american Wrote:  
(06-01-2016 05:56 AM)Knightbengal Wrote:  
(05-31-2016 08:31 PM)Pirate1 Wrote:  The idea was the schools would get around 10 million each for the super Big East but when it came down to 2 million or so Boise took the Sweetheart 3.75 million MWC deal. The AAC presidents did an about face on SDSU when the numbers came down. That left SDSU with few options.

The big east did not do an about face on sdsu, sdsu did.

I recall them trying to get another partner so they could stay but it has been a long time and who knows if that was fact or someone's opinion but I know I read that. I honestly think they wanted to stay just couldn't get it to work out. I would add SDSU, UNLV, BYU and New Mexico if it was possible. There is geographical cohesion to the adds. You get the 3 top basketball schools from the MWC and the two best football adds outside of Boise. Would be a homerun in my opinion.

To reiterate, something akin to what you advocate is exactly what I would personally like to see happen. I'm merely saying on this thread that word I hear from within SDSU's athletics department is they no longer agree and your conference's addition of Tulane was the beginning of that change of attitude.

Tulane is a shoe-in for the Big 12, so that shouldn't get in the way.
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(06-01-2016 12:56 PM)SleepingGiantsFan Wrote:  
(05-31-2016 05:04 PM)pesik Wrote:  
(05-30-2016 12:40 PM)SleepingGiantsFan Wrote:  
(05-30-2016 12:08 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  Even with a Big XII raid that includes Cincinnati and UConn there is still a good chance the American could increase their TV deal if they expand to the west by 4. SDSU, Boise State, UNLV, and Colorado State could join Houston, SMU, and Tulsa in a western division. While ECU, Temple, UCF, USF, Tulane, Navy, and Memphis make up the east. That conference would clearly be the best G5 conference in football and basketball which could command around 4 to 7 million during a ten year TV deal.

The MWC sucks so I would personally love to see the Aztecs get the hell out. However, word I've heard from a trustworthy source inside SDSU is that the administration really soured on the nBE/AAC the way the Tulane thing was handled. Granted, SDSU wasn't yet a member but Aresco didn't think enough of SDSU to even tell my school adding the Green Wave was in the offing and they heard of it through the media. I know another Aztec who is in real estate development in the West and interacts with a peer in Boise whose buddy works in Boise's AD and that school's experience was identical.

Bottom line is Craig Thompson is a moron but at least from what I can tell, so is Aresco. Therefore, as long as that doofus is commissioner of the AAC, I don't see either school having much interest in being asked to join again.

SDSU made numerous comments about being fully committed after tulane was added publicly and loudly...
sdsu and smu were the 2 most vocals schools about being committed, even more than a few current members

the part about learning about tulane through the media is a lie, and flat out false.. a ton of emails from the whole thing was chronicled and released. it showed that all the new schools had a vote ..meaning SDSU didn't just know about it they voted for it

tulane isnt the greatest school but they get blamed for the destruction of the big east and common sense proves otherwise
THE PRESIDENTS VOTE ON ADDITIONS, not the commish.. SDSU and Boise had votes, tulane gets blamed for that entire group leaving when that group would have had the majority vote and could have all voted no

Boise reason for leaving is publicly documented..it had zero to do with tulane absolute zero..

SDSU's was so soured by the addition that sdsu president after boise left decided to attend numerous AAC meeting and personally fly down to dallas to have a meeting to discuss possibilities, it was so soured that your president aswell as the C7 presidents personally thanked aresco in their public statement and how well he handled everything

and heres the biggest part and most flawed part of your argument.. it was so soured that SDSU after leaving decided to add 2 women sports to the AAC ..meaning sdsu administration are still in constant contact with the AAC

Here is sdsu's womens rowing page..read the headline story..
actually ill quote it for you
"On Saturday, the San Diego State rowing team concluded its season at the American Athletic Conference Championship"
http://www.goaztecs.com/sports/w-crew/sd...-body.html

sdsu technically is still part of the AAC

Aresco has done an amazing job, everything you can fault him with was beyond his control.

your source is fooling you, or is a booster who likes to pretend he knows more than he does..or he himself is the doofus

there is bad blood with boise, because they sued us (not tulane)..but unlike sdsu fans..the sdsu administration is on GREAT terms with the AAC..aresco has been an amazing commish

Link(s) to the highlighted part please.

As to rowing or whatever, lmao. I honestly didn't know that, nor do I care. Hell, I doubt SDSU's administration much cares although that would never be said publicly.

Speaking of which, do you actually think everything a university tells the media is the God's honest truth? You could be correct about the first point above but although nobody within SDSU would ever even whisper it publicly, nobody on earth is as hamstrung by Title IX as CSU schools. I won't bother breaking it down but you can Google "CalNOW" and learn it for yourself. Trust me on this. Political correctness is very much alive and well in California.

i linked to the official sdsu site

and i definitely think the rowing thing is major deal and showed sdsu cares alot. its a major deal (ill explain later) despite you trying to downplay it

heres the announcement link (notice the date)
http://www.goaztecs.com/sports/w-crew/sp...14aaa.html
also notice how it says you are associate members of the aac

note there are numerous conferences in the west coast that have womens rowing

now let me show you my reasons:
literally 1 month after after leaving sdsu adds 2 womens sports to the league

the questions to ask?
- if there was bad blood why go join a league you just left a month prior?
- why go through all the effort and expense of moving just 2 womens sports?
-sdsu rowing wasnt looking or desperate for home (sdsu rowing wasnt even going to be added to the Big East When SDSU was joining)

there is one simple answer i can come up with... it was a deliberate move to still keep sdsu at the AAC table and gives both sides a reason to keep in touch

SDSU never wanted to leave that was well documented.

as for the whole second part of sdsu being politically correct and lying to the media. look at all the other schools in our league..when the rumors of smu and houston to the MWC came, houstons public statement was "we'll do whats best for the university"..smu on the other hand completely said they wouldnt even consider it. cincy was making public declarations when they hired their AD that they were going to the big 12

heres an article example for example...after tulane was added, after it was all but a certainty boise was leaving..sdsu was still 100% commited to the league
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news...-boise-st/

your AD at the time(not sure if things have changed) was vocal about how sdsu needed eastern exposure and how essential that was for branding and making sdsu a national brand..it is already confirmed sdsu orchestrated the move to the big east and talked boise into coming

here's the reality you dont want to accept..sdsu never wanted to leave tulane and all, they just couldn't find a partner..there is nothing soured with sdsu and the AAC

if i was a betting man sdsu is likely hoping the mwc collapses so they can grab a team or 2 and trying the AAC again

and aresco has done a great job to date
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(06-01-2016 12:18 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  Here is what is going on in Dallas:

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LOL

That's a good one...

Anyone else SICK of hearing about the B12... SICK of our 'fate' being in someone else's hands (at least to some degree)... SICK of the never-ending media angst about when B12 may or may not happen... SICK of certain members of our own conference publicly clamoring for that invite, instead of publicly lauding the AAC and advocating the B12 in private?

God let this BS nonsense end so everyone will just focus on sports... something that will go on no matter what conference we play in... At this point I really don't give a fig what happens. No matter who goes, the AAC will continue to be strong and a great conference, routinely playing on NYE/NYD.
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(06-01-2016 02:14 PM)pesik Wrote:  ...
here's the reality you dont want to accept..sdsu never wanted to leave tulane and all, they just couldn't find a partner..there is nothing soured with sdsu and the AAC

if i was a betting man sdsu is likely hoping the mwc collapses so they can grab a team or 2 and trying the AAC again

and aresco has done a great job to date

SDSU has probably soured a lot more on the MWC after winning both the football championship and the men's basketball championship this year - their hard-earned reward? The 6th place AAC team in the Hawaii bowl on Christmas Eve and a 2-seed in the NIT.

I'm guessing that SDSU would readily exchange road trips to Logan, Reno, and Laramie for Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans if they could get those 2 or 3 western mates to follow.
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(06-01-2016 02:33 PM)YNot Wrote:  
(06-01-2016 02:14 PM)pesik Wrote:  ...
here's the reality you dont want to accept..sdsu never wanted to leave tulane and all, they just couldn't find a partner..there is nothing soured with sdsu and the AAC

if i was a betting man sdsu is likely hoping the mwc collapses so they can grab a team or 2 and trying the AAC again

and aresco has done a great job to date

SDSU has probably soured a lot more on the MWC after winning both the football championship and the men's basketball championship this year - their hard-earned reward? The 6th place AAC team in the Hawaii bowl on Christmas Eve and a 2-seed in the NIT.

I'm guessing that SDSU would readily exchange road trips to Logan, Reno, and Laramie for Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans if they could get those 2 or 3 western mates to follow.

What do you think BYU will do if there is a certainty (however that may be) that any P5 league will not include BYU? Does BYU remain independent indefinitely or does it become apparent that they would have to join a conference? MWC or AAC? All sports? ND type deal?
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(06-01-2016 02:40 PM)Kruciff Wrote:  
(06-01-2016 02:33 PM)YNot Wrote:  
(06-01-2016 02:14 PM)pesik Wrote:  ...
here's the reality you dont want to accept..sdsu never wanted to leave tulane and all, they just couldn't find a partner..there is nothing soured with sdsu and the AAC

if i was a betting man sdsu is likely hoping the mwc collapses so they can grab a team or 2 and trying the AAC again

and aresco has done a great job to date

SDSU has probably soured a lot more on the MWC after winning both the football championship and the men's basketball championship this year - their hard-earned reward? The 6th place AAC team in the Hawaii bowl on Christmas Eve and a 2-seed in the NIT.

I'm guessing that SDSU would readily exchange road trips to Logan, Reno, and Laramie for Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans if they could get those 2 or 3 western mates to follow.

What do you think BYU will do if there is a certainty (however that may be) that any P5 league will not include BYU? Does BYU remain independent indefinitely or does it become apparent that they would have to join a conference? MWC or AAC? All sports? ND type deal?

Give them a few years of 10 win seasons with crap bowls...... that will get them moving.
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RE: Aresco To Focus On AAC Growth
(06-01-2016 01:25 PM)Chappy Wrote:  
(06-01-2016 01:17 PM)SleepingGiantsFan Wrote:  
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(05-31-2016 08:31 PM)Pirate1 Wrote:  The idea was the schools would get around 10 million each for the super Big East but when it came down to 2 million or so Boise took the Sweetheart 3.75 million MWC deal. The AAC presidents did an about face on SDSU when the numbers came down. That left SDSU with few options.

The big east did not do an about face on sdsu, sdsu did.

I recall them trying to get another partner so they could stay but it has been a long time and who knows if that was fact or someone's opinion but I know I read that. I honestly think they wanted to stay just couldn't get it to work out. I would add SDSU, UNLV, BYU and New Mexico if it was possible. There is geographical cohesion to the adds. You get the 3 top basketball schools from the MWC and the two best football adds outside of Boise. Would be a homerun in my opinion.

To reiterate, something akin to what you advocate is exactly what I would personally like to see happen. I'm merely saying on this thread that word I hear from within SDSU's athletics department is they no longer agree and your conference's addition of Tulane was the beginning of that change of attitude.

Tulane is a shoe-in for the Big 12, so that shouldn't get in the way.

Lol. Yeah, you have to wonder how much some rich alumni must be paying a couple pundits to put Tulane's name out there for yet another undeserved promotion.
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