puc86 Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 147 Content Count: 19,272 Reputation: 6,158 Days Won: 255 Joined: 10/13/2002 Share Posted September 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, Triple B said: The term "no brainer" immediately comes to mind ... The term probably comes to you more naturally… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbsak Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 85 Content Count: 2,019 Reputation: 303 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/22/2011 Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Brad said: Is it possible for three or four other conferences to find enough profitable members to get to 16 that won't lower individual payouts? I don't think so and therefore, without a governing body it does not have to happen. Am I wrong? I don't know. Landscape is changing. What do I know about it? The bigger point is: Will the bigxii be pulling in that same $ without Texas and Oklahoma? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,087 Reputation: 10,858 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted September 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, gibbsak said: The bigger point is: Will the bigxii be pulling in that same $ without Texas and Oklahoma? That answer is "no". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbsak Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 85 Content Count: 2,019 Reputation: 303 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/22/2011 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Don't forget, there have been discussions about the bigxii imploding since before the great big east debacle Marinutto(?) Pulled off in 2011 by trying to get Villanova to play BCS AQ football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbsak Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 85 Content Count: 2,019 Reputation: 303 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/22/2011 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Another question is:. What about that alleged ESPN:AAC collusion mess just a few weeks ago? Big swing again from bigxii imploding and BE/AAC to the rescue to some sort of "magical" recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,087 Reputation: 10,858 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted September 5, 2021 It's all interesting I guess. Aresco not saying much, Kelly quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Style Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 109 Content Count: 21,137 Reputation: 4,642 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/2007 Share Posted September 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Brad said: It's all interesting I guess. Aresco not saying much, Kelly quiet. Hoping Kelly drops some bombs at the groundbreaking and that's why all the silence. I won't hold my breath though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monktified Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 20 Content Count: 170 Reputation: 90 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/30/2014 Share Posted September 5, 2021 So where does the American go from here? What teams out there would then view the American as a step up? Coastal, App State, UAB, FAU? Would any West Coast Teams make sense. Would it be viable or make sense for the American to be one of the first conferences to go to 20 Teams and have an American East/ American West? I am not overly familiar with the Mountain West but why not merge both of the those conferences and then take the next best 4 programs out there from the Sunbelt, C-USA, MAC. Are any of these conference strong enough to cause the American to dissolve and be poached further? I would not think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandBull Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,518 Content Count: 42,125 Reputation: 8,834 Days Won: 344 Joined: 11/29/2009 Share Posted September 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, monktified said: So where does the American go from here? What teams out there would then view the American as a step up? Coastal, App State, UAB, FAU? Would any West Coast Teams make sense. Would it be viable or make sense for the American to be one of the first conferences to go to 20 Teams and have an American East/ American West? I am not overly familiar with the Mountain West but why not merge both of the those conferences and then take the next best 4 programs out there from the Sunbelt, C-USA, MAC. Are any of these conference strong enough to cause the American to dissolve and be poached further? I would not think so. MWC is now better and will be making more $ pretty soon. So I don’t think we are in position to poach them. If a new conference is created keep in mind you don’t get any ncaa basketball qualifiers for a number of years. On the conference board they had the following teams as the top three: UAB, App State, and Rice. The conference could just choose two. I suspect Aresco will say something on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted September 5, 2021 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,732 Reputation: 10,959 Days Won: 425 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted September 5, 2021 6 hours ago, Triple B said: Forgot that I was in Seattle a couple of weeks ago and went to a museum that had this beauty ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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