(04-14-2021 10:50 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  

(04-14-2021 08:11 AM)panite Wrote:  

(04-13-2021 02:26 PM)Realignment Wrote:  I don't think the AAC will keep their waiver. What I could see happen is Navy leaves the conference and does a 5-game scheduling agreement. Just play the 5 west teams one year and the 5 east teams the next and keep the rotation. Then the AAC can do a round-robin championship game. I really don't think Navy cares about playing for the AAC championship, it's hurt them in the lead-up to the Army-Navy game.

Sorry - Navy is not leaving. Current options:

1. Add one all sports school to balance to FB and BB.
2. Add three all sports schools to balance FB and BB.
3. Add a FB only school to balance FB divisions - BB / Olympic additions optional.
4. Stay as is if new legislation replaces the current waiver.

My first play would be to attempt to get Army. I doubt it is likely but if the AAC could land Army football as an East division school, the conference could schedule non-division games in a way to avoid Army-Navy. The issue, I would think, is Army's willingness to join. In a similar way, BYU could be an option but I think they're less likely to join than Army.

I have an affinity for mid-2000s CUSA schools and would like to see Marshall, Southern Miss, and UAB join. CUSA drops to 11 and adds...James Madison as #12. This alignment would look like this:

AAC
East: Central Florida, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Marshall, South Florida, Temple, UAB
West: Houston, Memphis, Navy/Wichita St, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa

CUSA
East: Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, James Madison, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky
West: Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee St, North Texas, Rice, UTEP, UTSA

You lost me with that second paragraph. Not one of those schools are additive, much less three.