https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...qG&cf=1


"The Ramblers make plenty of sense as an addition to more competitive conferences across the country, and most notably the American Athletic Conference (AAC)."

"Loyola’s head coach Porter Moser has been an outspoken critic of the difficulty for mid-majors to get to The Big Dance, and a move to the AAC would greatly help his team’s chances of building the resume good enough for an at-large bid going forward."

Wonder if Wichita State would favor Loyola to The AAC

(06-15-2020 08:22 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...qG&cf=1


"The Ramblers make plenty of sense as an addition to more competitive conferences across the country, and most notably the American Athletic Conference (AAC)."

"Loyola’s head coach Porter Moser has been an outspoken critic of the difficulty for mid-majors to get to The Big Dance, and a move to the AAC would greatly help his team’s chances of building the resume good enough for an at-large bid going forward."

No

No. That guy is so dumb he thinks Memphis to the SEC as a basketball only is a good idea, lol.

Memphis could win 10 straight football and basketball national titles and the SEC wouldn't invite us.

(06-15-2020 08:22 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...qG&cf=1


"The Ramblers make plenty of sense as an addition to more competitive conferences across the country, and most notably the American Athletic Conference (AAC)."

"Loyola’s head coach Porter Moser has been an outspoken critic of the difficulty for mid-majors to get to The Big Dance, and a move to the AAC would greatly help his team’s chances of building the resume good enough for an at-large bid going forward."

NO

(06-15-2020 08:42 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Memphis could win 10 straight football and basketball national titles and the SEC wouldn't invite us.

Might be if we won 10 straight national football and basketball titles we wouldn't need them.

No.

(06-15-2020 08:22 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...qG&cf=1


"The Ramblers make plenty of sense as an addition to more competitive conferences across the country, and most notably the American Athletic Conference (AAC)."

"Loyola’s head coach Porter Moser has been an outspoken critic of the difficulty for mid-majors to get to The Big Dance, and a move to the AAC would greatly help his team’s chances of building the resume good enough for an at-large bid going forward."

University of Northern Iowa might have a comparable chance of getting invited as a non-FB member from the Missouri Valley Conference.

(06-15-2020 09:54 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(06-15-2020 08:22 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...qG&cf=1


"The Ramblers make plenty of sense as an addition to more competitive conferences across the country, and most notably the American Athletic Conference (AAC)."

"Loyola’s head coach Porter Moser has been an outspoken critic of the difficulty for mid-majors to get to The Big Dance, and a move to the AAC would greatly help his team’s chances of building the resume good enough for an at-large bid going forward."

University of Northern Iowa might have a comparable chance of getting invited as a non-FB member from the Missouri Valley Conference.

Whatever school you root for to the Sun Belt

an Olympic sports only bid to the SEC (just playing along) would be ~12.9 million per year in TV money. I'd be cool with that if we could get a football only deal with someone like CUSA or MAC for Access Bowl potential.

that said, It'll NEVER happen.

I get the unwelcome in hybrid conferences... But are they're any other solid basketball programs that have won a NCAA Championship recently and resides in a huge eyeballs market??? Market wise UMass comes to mind but the Chicago market, c'mon now it looks way to sexy to overlook, IMO.

I am not saying Loyola is a hands down splash candidate but they are a basketball program who does more with less.

Chicago Loyola

NCAA Tournament Champions1963
NCAA Tournament Final Four1963, 2018
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight1963, 2018
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen1963, 1964, 1985, 2018
NCAA Tournament Round of 321985, 2018
NCAA Tournament Appearances1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1985, 2018
Conference Tournament Champions1985, 2018
Conference Regular Season Champions1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 2018, 2019

(06-15-2020 09:59 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  I get the unwelcome in hybrid conferences... But are they're any other solid basketball programs that have won a NCAA Championship recently and resides in a huge eyeballs market??? Market wise UMass comes to mind but the Chicago market, c'mon now it looks way to sexy to overlook, IMO.

I am not saying Loyola is a hands down splash candidate but they are a basketball program who does more with less.

Chicago Loyola

NCAA Tournament Champions1963
NCAA Tournament Final Four1963, 2018
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight1963, 2018
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen1963, 1964, 1985, 2018
NCAA Tournament Round of 321985, 2018
NCAA Tournament Appearances1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1985, 2018
Conference Tournament Champions1985, 2018
Conference Regular Season Champions1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 2018, 2019

I'd rather have Loyola over DePaul...

We only halfway need a single football member, so the answer is adding a basketball member?

(06-16-2020 08:59 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  We only halfway need a single football member, so the answer is adding a basketball member?

Adding a basketball member wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing, as UConn’s value was in their basketball and we lost that, but Loyola Chicago is definitely NOT the answer.

(06-15-2020 09:59 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  I get the unwelcome in hybrid conferences... But are they're any other solid basketball programs that have won a NCAA Championship recently and resides in a huge eyeballs market??? Market wise UMass comes to mind but the Chicago market, c'mon now it looks way to sexy to overlook, IMO.

I am not saying Loyola is a hands down splash candidate but they are a basketball program who does more with less.

Chicago Loyola

NCAA Tournament Champions1963
NCAA Tournament Final Four1963, 2018
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight1963, 2018
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen1963, 1964, 1985, 2018
NCAA Tournament Round of 321985, 2018
NCAA Tournament Appearances1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1985, 2018
Conference Tournament Champions1985, 2018
Conference Regular Season Champions1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 2018, 2019

Loyola draws like 2k in that huge Chicago market. They have a tiny High School level gym.

This article was posted on the shocker boards. My comments

1. Memphis as a basketball only? Memphis ... no offense but your football program is better than your basketball program. If they are getting pulled somewhere, it's for football. No one is clamoring for a basketball program that hasn't made the tourney in 6 years ... Penny or not.

2. Loyola ... lol. As stated above, they have next to no influence in the Chicago market. Their flukey final four was more about Sister Jean than the team. They not only required 2-3 lucky last seconds shots, they also played 5 games in the tourney without facing a 1 or 2 seed. They were the benefit of a crazy busted bracket. They have only made the tourney 1 time in the last 35 years. There are way better moves for the AAC than Loyola.

Also ... since when is 57 years ago considered "recently".....

(06-15-2020 10:09 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(06-15-2020 09:59 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  I get the unwelcome in hybrid conferences... But are they're any other solid basketball programs that have won a NCAA Championship recently and resides in a huge eyeballs market??? Market wise UMass comes to mind but the Chicago market, c'mon now it looks way to sexy to overlook, IMO.

I am not saying Loyola is a hands down splash candidate but they are a basketball program who does more with less.

Chicago Loyola

NCAA Tournament Champions1963
NCAA Tournament Final Four1963, 2018
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight1963, 2018
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen1963, 1964, 1985, 2018
NCAA Tournament Round of 321985, 2018
NCAA Tournament Appearances1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1985, 2018
Conference Tournament Champions1985, 2018
Conference Regular Season Champions1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 2018, 2019

I'd rather have Loyola over DePaul...

So you would rather have a dog turd vs a cat turd ... neither are good options lol

(06-15-2020 09:54 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(06-15-2020 08:22 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...qG&cf=1


"The Ramblers make plenty of sense as an addition to more competitive conferences across the country, and most notably the American Athletic Conference (AAC)."

"Loyola’s head coach Porter Moser has been an outspoken critic of the difficulty for mid-majors to get to The Big Dance, and a move to the AAC would greatly help his team’s chances of building the resume good enough for an at-large bid going forward."

University of Northern Iowa might have a comparable chance of getting invited as a non-FB member from the Missouri Valley Conference.

No ... just no. They are the best of the Valley that's left ... but they are a once every 4 years or so being decent type team. They aren't consistently good and have zero market.

I've been on the Dayton or bust train for years even before they finished #2 in the nation or whatever it was last year. They averaged some crazy number of fans, have the resources to sustain through coaching change, and win. They got to be the obvious invite.

I'd invite them as a basketball only and try to hope to get Army football only in a deal like Navy. Get Army and Navy and then put the full court press on Air Force to join for all sports and you got the most ideal conference we can build IMO that still makes some geographic sense.

USF
UCF
Temple
Cincy
ECU
Army/Dayton

SMU
Houston
Memphis
Tulsa
Tulane
Navy/Wichita St

try to bring in Air Force possibly for all sports too.

(06-16-2020 09:37 AM)BraveKnight Wrote:  

(06-16-2020 08:59 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  We only halfway need a single football member, so the answer is adding a basketball member?

Adding a basketball member wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing, as UConn’s value was in their basketball and we lost that, but Loyola Chicago is definitely NOT the answer.

Their value was in their basketball, but have to keep things in perspective. Basketball makes up, what, 15% of the contract value? You'd basically be replacing 2%, by adding another member that doesn't have football priorities.