(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