Anyone Else Worried???

[jbreeds1]

I have a hard time believing that the Big East is done expanding. Anyone else think they'll try to poach from the AAC? Wichita State seems pretty appealing and would be a great addition to their conference.
We need to make leaving harder. Up the exit fees. Do something. Aresco needs to be ahead of the next move. Don't sit there and bang your chest about a decent deal with ESPN. Keep moving forward. I feel like we're the only conference who doesn't think ahead. We just react. It's embarrassing...

 

[AZ BEARCAT]

I have a hard time believing that the Big East is done expanding. Anyone else think they'll try to poach from the AAC? Wichita State seems pretty appealing and would be a great addition to their conference.
We need to make leaving harder. Up the exit fees. Do something. Aresco needs to be ahead of the next move. Don't sit there and bang your chest about a decent deal with ESPN. Keep moving forward. I feel like we're the only conference who doesn't think ahead. We just react. It's embarrassing...

Not worried about the big east, They can have UCONN, and please take East Carolina. Tulsa and Tulane.

 

[Helicopter]

I have a hard time believing that the Big East is done expanding. Anyone else think they'll try to poach from the AAC? Wichita State seems pretty appealing and would be a great addition to their conference.
We need to make leaving harder. Up the exit fees. Do something. Aresco needs to be ahead of the next move. Don't sit there and bang your chest about a decent deal with ESPN. Keep moving forward. I feel like we're the only conference who doesn't think ahead. We just react. It's embarrassing...

Let's not act like we intend to be in this conference for another 10 years. 2022 we will announce we are leaving for ACC or B12.

 

[Bearcats1232002]

Let's not act like we intend to be in this conference for another 10 years. 2022 we will announce we are leaving for ACC or B12.

We hope.

 

[Bearcats1232002]

Not worried about the big east, They can have UCONN, and please take East Carolina. Tulsa and Tulane.

Losing Uconn was a loss. It wasn't a crippling death blow but I think they will get better under Hurley.

The Big East wouldn't take Tulsa, Tulane or East Carolina.

 

[cincyguy13]

I have a hard time believing that the Big East is done expanding. Anyone else think they'll try to poach from the AAC? Wichita State seems pretty appealing and would be a great addition to their conference.
We need to make leaving harder. Up the exit fees. Do something. Aresco needs to be ahead of the next move. Don't sit there and bang your chest about a decent deal with ESPN. Keep moving forward. I feel like we're the only conference who doesn't think ahead. We just react. It's embarrassing...

The conference did add Wichita 2 years ago. That was a good get. The conference is in a tricky spot. Teams with football can’t really go anywhere except to a P5. I also don’t want them to add another team just to have another team. We already have 3-4 garbage teams at the bottom.

 

[jbreeds1]

The conference did add Wichita 2 years ago. That was a good get. The conference is in a tricky spot. Teams with football can’t really go anywhere except to a P5. I also don’t want them to add another team just to have another team. We already have 3-4 garbage teams at the bottom.

Dayton or VCU would both provide value to this conference. More than most. I think it's a mistake to sit back and wait for another move to happen. UConn may have sucked for the past 5 years, but they are a state school with a very rich basketball tradition. Let's get past the whole "who cares?" sentiment. It's a loss for our conference. Time to move forward, not stay the same and hope nothing else bad happens.

We aren't a big, mighty conference who can throw money at schools to lure them here. Time to think outside of the box. Or else this conference will die if/when we or another big program decides to jump ship.

We have leverage in this conference. Bohn or someone needs to push the needle or else we'll just remain a conference for misfit toys.

 

[waterhead]

Let's not act like we intend to be in this conference for another 10 years. 2022 we will announce we are leaving for ACC or B12.

I think this outlook depends on the idea that everything is still trending towards the power conferences. I have read some interesting input about the big tech companies like Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Google, etc to think those entities will be bidding on teams not conferences. In other words they will be bidding on OSU and Mich and not Rutgers or Northwestern. That could break up the power conference deals. Perhaps the conferences try to thwart big tech from doing this but I'm not sure Alabama or OSU are going to turn down the bigger payouts by going it alone. It's the Power conference bottom feeders that will want to hold it all together.

We have to be looking at both avenues because big tech will likely have more money to throw around. UC could end up with a decent single team package deal if big tech wins out over the Power conference deals. In either scenario UC has to be a money maker of course. If we can continue to keep pace in football and basketball we have a very good shot in either scenario but I think the single team deal might be our best option.

 

[itsamemario]

Dayton or VCU would both provide value to this conference. More than most. I think it's a mistake to sit back and wait for another move to happen. UConn may have sucked for the past 5 years, but they are a state school with a very rich basketball tradition. Let's get past the whole "who cares?" sentiment. It's a loss for our conference. Time to move forward, not stay the same and hope nothing else bad happens.

We aren't a big, mighty conference who can throw money at schools to lure them here. Time to think outside of the box. Or else this conference will die if/when we or another big program decides to jump ship.

We have leverage in this conference. Bohn or someone needs to push the needle or else we'll just remain a conference for misfit toys.

no thanks, But also, why do we have to add anyone? We just added Wichita as a basketball only and just lost Uconn...a basketball only. It all evens out, we just get 1 less buy football game

 

[cincyguy13]

Dayton or VCU would both provide value to this conference. More than most. I think it's a mistake to sit back and wait for another move to happen. UConn may have sucked for the past 5 years, but they are a state school with a very rich basketball tradition. Let's get past the whole "who cares?" sentiment. It's a loss for our conference. Time to move forward, not stay the same and hope nothing else bad happens.

We aren't a big, mighty conference who can throw money at schools to lure them here. Time to think outside of the box. Or else this conference will die if/when we or another big program decides to jump ship.

We have leverage in this conference. Bohn or someone needs to push the needle or else we'll just remain a conference for misfit toys.

Like I said, they just added Wichita 2 years ago. I’m sure they are considering their options. I think they want a football school though and there just aren’t many of them.

I agree with you, would take vcu or Dayton for basketball. I wish we played Dayton every year anyway. I would also consider saint louis.

 

[waterhead]

Multiple reports of coming sanctions for Uconn...

 

[mdchick]

College football rules everything in perception of conference as a whole, our league literally just got better with the subtraction of UConn.

UCF, UC, HOUSTON, TEMPLE, MEMPHIS, NAVY and USF have all been in the top 25 for football within the last 3 years

Basketball: UC, HOUSTON, whichita state,UCF and smu have all been ranked in the last 3 years

UCONN was not ranked in ether sport in the last 3 years.... cya later

 

[AZ BEARCAT]

College football rules everything in perception of conference as a whole, our league literally just got better with the subtraction of UConn.

UCF, UC, HOUSTON, TEMPLE, MEMPHIS, NAVY and USF have all been in the top 25 for football within the last 3 years

Basketball: UC, HOUSTON, whichita state,UCF and smu have all been ranked in the last 3 years

UCONN was not ranked in ether sport in the last 3 years.... cya later

Was looking at their recruits in football last two years. Very bad. Good Bye!!!

 

[waterhead]

College football rules everything in perception of conference as a whole, our league literally just got better with the subtraction of UConn.

UCF, UC, HOUSTON, TEMPLE, MEMPHIS, NAVY and USF have all been in the top 25 for football within the last 3 years

Basketball: UC, HOUSTON, whichita state,UCF and smu have all been ranked in the last 3 years

UCONN was not ranked in ether sport in the last 3 years.... cya later

I think most of the football teams we would want to add are out west. BYU, Boise, etc. With the exception of Army. Army would really only be a good add for the Navy game which is one of the most watched games of the year. And I don't know how you schedule a game like that which is typically played after the conference championship games and therefore the only game in town (which is why it gets such high ratings). You put that game in the middle of the season and they don't do college game day there and the viewership goes way down.

I think Boise seems unlikely. Adding Army really only makes sense for the Navy game. So BYU (football only) is really the only one that moves the needle enough to make sense to add anyone. AAC is in a good position right now with a new TV deal and none of the other power conferences (football) adding teams right now. We can be picky. Teams should be knocking down our door.

In terms of basketball I would say the same thing. We don't need to be adding teams just to add them. They have to add value or we just stay with what we have. Who moves the needle? Gonzaga? lol. Maybe a team like VCU can move it a little?

 

[mdchick]

Army is actually going to be good in football again, they had a rule for the longest time for west point university about every cadet being at a certain weight, so they never could get a big o-line. Ever since they switched they’ve been really good, they have a really good qb and there boosters are unbelievable.

I’ve been to 2 army navy games there’s no way they won’t do it any other way and it’s more publicity for the aac anyways. If army would join for football I’d be shocked if the aac turned them down.

 

[waterhead]

Army is actually going to be good in football again, they had a rule for the longest time for west point university about every cadet being at a certain weight, so they never could get a big o-line. Ever since they switched they’ve been really good, they have a really good qb and there boosters are unbelievable.

I’ve been to 2 army navy games there’s no way they won’t do it any other way and it’s more publicity for the aac anyways. If army would join for football I’d be shocked if the aac turned them down.

So how do you do it? Play a conference game after the championship is already settled and has no bearing on a bowl? You would have to keep them from playing each other during the actual season??

 

[AZ BEARCAT]

So how do you do it? Play a conference game after the championship is already settled and has no bearing on a bowl? You would have to keep them from playing each other during the actual season??

play the very first day the ncaa would allow one day earlier and be the kick off to the season.Example, prime time game espn at 8pm to kick the season off August 30th Navy vs Army from the AMERICAN aac ??? just a thought

 

[MylesFoxMorrisey]

UCF, Houston, Cincinnati, Memphis, USF are the core All sports programs of the AAC. Losing one of these would stink and the Big East isn't taking any of them.

 

[BoomBoomRoom]

Count me as not worried. The Big East was below average last season with a pathetic NCAA performance. The BE is just a shell of it's former self plus no football.

 

[DSquare]

The reconfigured big east will take a hit when Wright hangs it up or moves on from Nova. He's the linchpin that holds it together nationally. In a lot of ways he benefited more from the breakup of the league than anyone. His last several years in the old configuration they had declined from when Uc first got into the league, and without butting heads with the Uconn, Syracuse, Lvl, Pitt's et. al he was somewhat reborn.