Fthechips
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RE: MAC->AAC
(03-20-2018 09:43 AM)GRBRONCO Wrote: (03-20-2018 08:55 AM)Fthechips Wrote: (03-19-2018 06:00 PM)GRBRONCO Wrote: No matter in mac or aac, if you go undefeated in football you play in same access bowl, not much of a difference there. The mac will never catch them in bball. They are top heavy with a few historically good programs, (cinci, Houston, uconn)
True but I'm talking in terms of fan bases, attendance, prestige, etc.
As far as fan base/attendance, AAC has the inherent advantage of bigger schools in huge metro areas and also warmer climates.
Comparison:
UCF 2017 season - avg att: 36,000 *66,000 students in Metro area over 2 million
WMU 2016 season - avg att: 23,800 *20,000 students in metro area of 340,000
True but UCF plays much more favorable opponents, in 2016 when WMU went undefeated, we were consistently blowing out other MAC teams, nobody wants to watch us beat Ball St by 50 points that's not exciting, people would much rather show up and watch us play more favorable schools, not saying that we necessarily deserve it, just saying. Just look at the WMU fanbase attendance for the cotton bowl
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RE: MAC->AAC
MAC women basketball were #7 in RPI, AAC was #8. In the tournament, Buffalo hammered South Florida in a head to head. Both leagues finished 4-2 in the NCAA tourney.
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RE: MAC->AAC
(03-23-2018 09:43 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote: If the AAC ever gets raided deeply, like 4 schools, and backfills with existing G5's then they will be about level with the MAC.
AAC is a hard conference to get excited about for this reason.
Its the place where you land when you are shut out of a P5 conference.
(This post was last modified: 04-17-2018 07:45 PM by Kittonhead.)
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RE: MAC->AAC
(03-25-2018 03:04 PM)DICK Wrote: How about the MAC is greater than the PAC 12 ? Bowl games we were 1-4, they were 0-9, NCAA tournament, we were 1-1, they were 0-3, and our champion drilled their champion. lol
They really need those Texas and Oklahoma schools badly to regain stature as a national player.
They should have had them before of course but politics came into play.
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Kittonhead
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RE: MAC->AAC
(04-17-2018 07:35 PM)DICK Wrote: MAC women basketball were #7 in RPI, AAC was #8. In the tournament, Buffalo hammered South Florida in a head to head. Both leagues finished 4-2 in the NCAA tourney.
You can also say MAC>AAC wrestling when the AAC doesn't have wrestling.
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