bulloni Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 67 Content Count: 2,409 Reputation: 1,395 Days Won: 22 Joined: 02/01/2015 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Wonder if we can convince BYU to join football only now. 5 of the last 7 AAC champs would have made the playoffs under this format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theman123 Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 411 Content Count: 5,591 Reputation: 204 Days Won: 3 Joined: 12/10/2006 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Was telling a buddy of mine we should scrap the rest of the bowl game system and implement a backup tournament of the next best 16 teams. Kind of like footballs version of the NIT. Can name each game of that tournament after current bowl games and set the championship as the most recognized bowl game not taken by the CFP already. Better than having half of CFB in a bowl game and could add some really exciting games if you ask me... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,714 Reputation: 10,932 Days Won: 424 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted June 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, bulloni said: Wonder if we can convince BYU to join football only now. 5 of the last 7 AAC champs would have made the playoffs under this format. This news would be better incentive for them to join the MWC .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandBull Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,518 Content Count: 42,125 Reputation: 8,834 Days Won: 344 Joined: 11/29/2009 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, bulloni said: Wonder if we can convince BYU to join football only now. 5 of the last 7 AAC champs would have made the playoffs under this format. Their only path is to be in the top 6. An AAC champ could get in at 17 or 18 even. I still think they will say no unless they get shut out over many years. Their competition with Utah decreases their chances for a G5. 3 minutes ago, Triple B said: This news would be better incentive for them to join the MWC .... Again, unlikely in the short term based on my opinion above. Edited June 10, 2021 by NewEnglandBull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandBull Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,518 Content Count: 42,125 Reputation: 8,834 Days Won: 344 Joined: 11/29/2009 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) The other news is that up to 10 bowls will be dropped. I wonder how many AAC bowls this will include...I’ll say about 3. Bowls will be used as a part of the playoffs... Edited June 10, 2021 by NewEnglandBull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandBull Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,518 Content Count: 42,125 Reputation: 8,834 Days Won: 344 Joined: 11/29/2009 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Wow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBus Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 15 Content Count: 740 Reputation: 185 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/02/2011 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Hell yeah! This is much better than the 8-team proposal I figured would be the result. This would be a massive boon to the AAC. It's just a **** shame that this change will come just a few years into the AAC's current 12-year TV deal with ESPN. If we were renegotiating at any point after today, with this 12-team playoff on the table, our TV rights would certainly be higher. Not by a significant amount, but a noticeable amount sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Nut Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 18 Content Count: 1,327 Reputation: 597 Days Won: 1 Joined: 08/19/2018 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandBull Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,518 Content Count: 42,125 Reputation: 8,834 Days Won: 344 Joined: 11/29/2009 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, OnTheBus said: Hell yeah! This is much better than the 8-team proposal I figured would be the result. This would be a massive boon to the AAC. It's just a **** shame that this change will come just a few years into the AAC's current 12-year TV deal with ESPN. If we were renegotiating at any point after today, with this 12-team playoff on the table, our TV rights would certainly be higher. Not by a significant amount, but a noticeable amount sure. I wonder if there is a “look in” clause at the mid point of the contract? Edited June 10, 2021 by NewEnglandBull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puc86 Posted June 10, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 147 Content Count: 19,272 Reputation: 6,157 Days Won: 255 Joined: 10/13/2002 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Triple B said: CCS, CJS and CJL never thought of it ..... but at least CCS thought of finishing in the Top 21. Blackwell, Daniels, Grothe and Barnhardt would like to have a word with you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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