(04-17-2024 11:28 AM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(04-17-2024 09:10 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(04-17-2024 06:23 AM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(04-16-2024 01:40 PM)andybible1995 Wrote:  

(04-16-2024 12:00 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  As a member of the Nashville media with some indirect connections to WKU sports, I have heard nothing about talks between WKU and the MAC. That's not to say such talks are not happening.

WKU is better suited overall (culturally, geographically and rivalries, in particular) for C-USA than the MAC.

I don't anticipate WKU leaving. But who knows?

I agree on the C-USA being the better fit for WKU than the MAC. I would take it a step further and say why settle for the MAC when you can pair up with MTSU for a possible move the AAC in the future if that conference gets raided again.

WKU doesn't fit the Market model that the AAC covets, so I doubt they get in. It's not impossible, but just like Marshall and App State, WKU doesn't fit the AAC market first approach (sorry you're the odd man out ECU). And there's nothing wrong with that.

Depending on how many (if any) members the AAC loses, the league may have no choice but to abandon its previous approach of focusing on schools located in large cities. Of course, if the AAC loses, say, four members, it will have been so wounded that it might not be very attractive to those schools with a chance to join the league — thus making any AAC model rather moot.

If the AAC loses Memphis, Tulane and USF, then I don't see the upside. AAC will get a haircut for sure.