(12-22-2019 11:20 AM)everyone Wrote:  

(12-22-2019 11:13 AM)shere khan Wrote:  I gotta go with App State and Southern Miss.

Georgia State or bust.

I prefer bust.

(12-22-2019 11:39 AM)TripleA Wrote:  Auburn. Closest to my house.

If you can convince them to join tell them to "come on down".

1 Army - they are a national brand that will attract a lot of ticket sales when they come to play. They are not competing for the same recruits as the rest of the AAC.

2 Rice - on the condition they have a plan to emphasize football. Texas is a big football crazy state, over lapping in Texas is perfectly fine when you have a historic program like Rice as well as AAU status.

3a UAB - Urban area, new market, will instantly beef up the middle of the AAC in football and basketball with the potential to reach the top consistently.

3b Ga. St. - the intangibles fit the AAC profile. The potential for this school to compete is through the roof.

Of the teams that haven't already changed their minds on the AAC or cost too much in travel I say App State in football and VCU in B-Ball. Sure Boise, if it worked out, and obviously BYU before the ESPN deal, but the rest are at best equal to App State and/or too far west.

(12-22-2019 12:14 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  I'm thinking Buffalo or UAB.

NO and NO.

(12-22-2019 12:17 PM)RockyMTNTiger Wrote:  Bemidji State Beavers - for their Ice Hockey.

Face it: we've achieved P6 status in Football and without UConn dragging us down we should prosper in hoops. There is literally nothing left to conquer. But Ice Hockey - is booming, and we could be leading edge for the growing number of eyeballs dying for more hockey, Now lets mine that Ice Hockey hidden gem diamond field to cement the conference status.

Well, if hockey is key, then Buffalo is you answer... they don't even need to build any hokey facilities, they can just water down the football field and label every home game "Winter Classic Spectacular"

(12-22-2019 12:28 PM)EvilVodka Wrote:  

(12-22-2019 12:14 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  I'm thinking Buffalo or UAB.

Buffalo and New England would help the conference

I don't know about New England, heard Brady is unhappy and might be entering the "Transfer Portal"

(12-22-2019 12:52 PM)sfink16 Wrote:  Of the teams that haven't already changed their minds on the AAC or cost too much in travel I say App State in football and VCU in B-Ball. Sure Boise, if it worked out, and obviously BYU before the ESPN deal, but the rest are at best equal to App State and/or too far west.

App State were to win 1000 football games in a row the answer would still be no.

(12-22-2019 11:59 AM)Lush Wrote:  new mexico basketball

I'd be down with that.

(12-22-2019 12:42 PM)brovol Wrote:  You guys start a thread like this every year, and say the same things each time. You always want (A) the G5 teams which were ranked that season and the academies. Army has less than no interest. Independence works for USMA in football, and Army would never be competitive enough in basketball to be in the AAC. Your conference, moreover, has way too large a geographical footprint for schools with any practical fiscal responsibility. Your less desirable than you all think you are.

And plus, you lose all your bowl games.

I guess I imagined Houston and UCF winning the Peach Bowl...Cincy beating Va Tech...Navy beating Virgina...USF beating Texas Tech...and on and on[/rollseyes]

(12-22-2019 11:43 AM)UCF_SystemsEng Wrote:  Georgia State or FAU please.

No thank you to any school from oversaturated North Carolina or in a poor, tough to reach rural area.

Anything in Georgia is in a poor, tough to reach rural area. That includes Atlanta. Although there are a few very nice looking girls in Atlanta. I am talking about you Mary Beth.

(12-22-2019 01:00 PM)Shox Wrote:  

(12-22-2019 11:59 AM)Lush Wrote:  new mexico basketball

I'd be down with that.

No... To far, to expensive to travel to, and to convenient for the Left wing of the AAC.

For Olympic Sports VCU (Close to Temple).

"Close to Temple" this is the only criteria that matters from now on.

All things being equal, I prefer schools with polite and deferential fans.

(12-22-2019 12:42 PM)brovol Wrote:  You guys start a thread like this every year, and say the same things each time. You always want (A) the G5 teams which were ranked that season and the academies. Army has less than no interest. Independence works for USMA in football, and Army would never be competitive enough in basketball to be in the AAC. Your conference, moreover, has way too large a geographical footprint for schools with any practical fiscal responsibility. Your less desirable than you all think you are.

And plus, you lose all your bowl games.

If we discuss adding Army, Air Force or even BYU for that matter then the large footprint of the AAC will serve those 3 well.

(12-22-2019 01:08 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  All things being equal, I prefer schools with polite and deferential fans.

I think you may be on the wrong site.

UNLV (Un-Love). Amazing new stadium, Great city for entertainment, fun trip for everyone, legal brothels, what happens here stays here, and most of all, where I live.

(12-22-2019 01:16 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  UNLV (Un-Love). Amazing new stadium, Great city for entertainment, fun trip for everyone, legal brothels, what happens here stays here, and most of all, where I live.

And the girls are hot...

(12-22-2019 01:18 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  

(12-22-2019 01:16 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  UNLV (Un-Love). Amazing new stadium, Great city for entertainment, fun trip for everyone, legal brothels, what happens here stays here, and most of all, where I live.

And the girls are hot...

(12-22-2019 01:08 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  All things being equal, I prefer schools with polite and deferential fans.

West Virginia?

(12-22-2019 01:16 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  UNLV (Un-Love). Amazing new stadium, Great city for entertainment, fun trip for everyone, legal brothels, what happens here stays here, and most of all, where I live.

There are NO legal brothels in Vegas. The state is county option and you must go about 49 miles outside the city to find what you are looking for.
There are however about 89 million illegal working girls in and around the city. About 87.8 million of them have STD. Those that don't are still in their first month of service.