(05-31-2021 03:56 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  Covid-19 will almost certainly see the NCAA --really the other FBS conferences-- approve an extension of the waiver another two years, as nobody really wants to see the AAC raid them in G5 and the P5 put the whole CCG requirements review on hold that last 15 months and are loathe to be forced into a hasty decision.

The AAC has only one addition in mind and that is Boise State football. But that the hang up is, and has been and will be, Olympic Sports. With no good solution the AAC will hold at 11 and ask for another waiver. They are not going to chase whatever school is hot for a couple years out of CUSA. They have one spot to allocate and they will be very deliberate. Any school they add has to increase the value to the conference above the average of the current 11. That means they have to be roughly equal to Cincy, Houston, Memphis, UCF and USF in value. Whatever their virtues, Rice, ODU, UAB and other schools not names Boise State or BYU simply don't bring.

So expect instead a waiver extension through the 2023 football season. Then see what happens on CCG reform.

^^^ This is spot on. So tired of the, "add team a, b, or c. Oh and the AAC could be so much better adding 3 subpar teams at once."