(08-03-2017 09:15 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:05 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 03:10 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  Magic formula for OOC games:
- 1 1AA
- 1 MAC, CUSA, or Sunbelt
- 1 MW or Low/Mid P5
- 1 High P5

An objective is to have 7 home games. Hard to do with that formula. Maybe 1 out of 3 years is all.

I have to disagree. The 1-AA is always a home game. The others are often a Home and Home series.

It makes sense to play other regional FBS. It's a close trip and we all have alumni in each other's cities. I personally have never understood our scheduling schools in the Midwest or West. I would rather play Memphis, UAB, Charlotte and East Carolina. We have five states bordering us and we should be playing the schools in those five states plus Georgia.

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also a buy game against a Sun Belt team costs more than a million now.

(08-03-2017 05:46 PM)mairving Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:35 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Georgia State should be in the American. Been saying it since they got their football team

Tied for 9th last year and have won 11 games in 5 years... in the Sunbelt... and you want them in the AAC.

By those standards, Memphis should have never been in the American or even CUSA before these last couple of seasons. And no one can ever say again, " if Memphis could only get in a power conference then their programs would take off".

In my opinion, if we are looking as a conference to become a true challenger brand, then schools like Georgia State and Texas State, in high growth states and high populated areas, should be added to our conference. Continuing to recycle the old failed schools into the same conference but with a different name is leading us slowly to irrelevancy. It's time to try something new. There is a second wave of state schools out there to be had. And there's a reason that schools like the SEC and Big Ten are only expanding with those types of schools as well.

Our conference should look like the following:

Houston
UCONN
Memphis
Cincinnati
Temple
UCF
USF
SMU
UMASS
Georgia State
Texas State
Arkansas State
Missouri State (maybe)
Louisiana Tech
Ohio University
South Carolina State

Trolling? Yeah Trolling. LOL

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(08-04-2017 10:54 AM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 05:46 PM)mairving Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:35 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Georgia State should be in the American. Been saying it since they got their football team

Tied for 9th last year and have won 11 games in 5 years... in the Sunbelt... and you want them in the AAC.

By those standards, Memphis should have never been in the American or even CUSA before these last couple of seasons. And no one can ever say again, " if Memphis could only get in a power conference then their programs would take off".

In my opinion, if we are looking as a conference to become a true challenger brand, then schools like Georgia State and Texas State, in high growth states and high populated areas, should be added to our conference. Continuing to recycle the old failed schools into the same conference but with a different name is leading us slowly to irrelevancy. It's time to try something new. There is a second wave of state schools out there to be had. And there's a reason that schools like the SEC and Big Ten are only expanding with those types of schools as well.

Demographics will win out, which I think is a major plus to the AAC. We are for the most part in high growth cities in the Southern United States.

There isn't a better collection of cites in any other conference.

(08-03-2017 04:42 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:35 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Georgia State should be in the American. Been saying it since they got their football team

I agree. They are a peer university. No reason to prop up another suburban school.

You guys are insane. No disrespect to GSU, but they have zero fanbase, zero tradition, zero brand. But sure, they're in Atlanta so let's add them to the AAC. SMFH.

(08-04-2017 01:38 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:42 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:35 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Georgia State should be in the American. Been saying it since they got their football team

I agree. They are a peer university. No reason to prop up another suburban school.

You guys are insane. No disrespect to GSU, but they have zero fanbase, zero tradition, zero brand. But sure, they're in Atlanta so let's add them to the AAC. SMFH.

Talk to me after this and next year...

Again we are not spending $400M JUST on this project to be in the SBC. And I can promise you AAC leadership that counts is aware...

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(08-04-2017 01:38 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:42 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:35 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Georgia State should be in the American. Been saying it since they got their football team

I agree. They are a peer university. No reason to prop up another suburban school.

You guys are insane. No disrespect to GSU, but they have zero fanbase, zero tradition, zero brand. But sure, they're in Atlanta so let's add them to the AAC. SMFH.

Meh. Tradition is overrated. All I need is a large motivated alumni base whose wealthy enough and politically connected enough to get things done. IPF. Primary tenant in their own stadium. Good recruiting base in a growing state.

This country is changing as we speak. It's going to look a hell of a lot different in 2030.

(08-04-2017 02:07 PM)panama Wrote:  

(08-04-2017 01:38 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:42 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:35 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Georgia State should be in the American. Been saying it since they got their football team

I agree. They are a peer university. No reason to prop up another suburban school.

You guys are insane. No disrespect to GSU, but they have zero fanbase, zero tradition, zero brand. But sure, they're in Atlanta so let's add them to the AAC. SMFH.

Talk to me after this and next year...

Again we are not spending $400M JUST on this project to be in the SBC. And I can promise you AAC leadership that counts is aware...

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We are the AAC leadership that counts. Our president and the SMU president are the ones negotiating the new TV deal.

(08-04-2017 02:12 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(08-04-2017 02:07 PM)panama Wrote:  

(08-04-2017 01:38 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:42 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 04:35 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Georgia State should be in the American. Been saying it since they got their football team

I agree. They are a peer university. No reason to prop up another suburban school.

You guys are insane. No disrespect to GSU, but they have zero fanbase, zero tradition, zero brand. But sure, they're in Atlanta so let's add them to the AAC. SMFH.

Talk to me after this and next year...

Again we are not spending $400M JUST on this project to be in the SBC. And I can promise you AAC leadership that counts is aware...

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We are the AAC leadership that counts. Our president and the SMU president are the ones negotiating the new TV deal.

By we you mean message board posters?

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(08-03-2017 06:36 PM)panama Wrote:  Hope some of you can make it down. Should be a fun trip.

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Would you recommend purchasing tickets in advance or on game day? Current online selection is terrible.

(08-04-2017 05:40 PM)JAB Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 06:36 PM)panama Wrote:  Hope some of you can make it down. Should be a fun trip.

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Would you recommend purchasing tickets in advance or on game day? Current online selection is terrible.

Buy from the Tiger Ticket Office. If all Tiger fans sit in the same sections, we may actually have more in attendance than GSU. GSU has historically poor event attendance.

(08-04-2017 05:40 PM)JAB Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 06:36 PM)panama Wrote:  Hope some of you can make it down. Should be a fun trip.

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Would you recommend purchasing tickets in advance or on game day? Current online selection is terrible.

Wait til closer to game day. There will likely be better deals than now.

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(08-04-2017 05:47 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(08-04-2017 05:40 PM)JAB Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 06:36 PM)panama Wrote:  Hope some of you can make it down. Should be a fun trip.

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Would you recommend purchasing tickets in advance or on game day? Current online selection is terrible.

Buy from the Tiger Ticket Office. If all Tiger fans sit in the same sections, we may actually have more in attendance than GSU. GSU has historically poor event attendance.

Lol. That would be impossible. You're not bringing 15k. Youre not Georgia Southern.

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(08-03-2017 03:03 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Unsure if GT would give us a home and home

Been done before



Tigers 28. Gatech 15

(08-04-2017 11:11 PM)panama Wrote:  

(08-04-2017 05:47 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(08-04-2017 05:40 PM)JAB Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 06:36 PM)panama Wrote:  Hope some of you can make it down. Should be a fun trip.

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Would you recommend purchasing tickets in advance or on game day? Current online selection is terrible.

Buy from the Tiger Ticket Office. If all Tiger fans sit in the same sections, we may actually have more in attendance than GSU. GSU has historically poor event attendance.

Lol. That would be impossible. You're not bringing 15k. Youre not Georgia Southern.

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Of course we aren't.

(08-05-2017 02:24 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 03:03 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Unsure if GT would give us a home and home

Been done before



Tigers 28. Gatech 15

Was there, it was a wonderful day!

(08-04-2017 11:11 PM)panama Wrote:  

(08-04-2017 05:47 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(08-04-2017 05:40 PM)JAB Wrote:  

(08-03-2017 06:36 PM)panama Wrote:  Hope some of you can make it down. Should be a fun trip.

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Would you recommend purchasing tickets in advance or on game day? Current online selection is terrible.

Buy from the Tiger Ticket Office. If all Tiger fans sit in the same sections, we may actually have more in attendance than GSU. GSU has historically poor event attendance.

Lol. That would be impossible. You're not bringing 15k. Youre not Georgia Southern.

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For sure we aren't GS in the SB - but you're right they have much better fan support that GSU. And it may be a stretch for GSU to get 15K to the Memphis game, 4K-5K is more likely.

(08-03-2017 03:03 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Unsure if GT would give us a home and home

FYI, UCF starts a home-home deal with Ga Tech in Orlando next month. UCF returns to ATL in 2020.

Next year, Ga Tech starts a home-home-home with usf (Tampa 2018, ATL in 2019)