American Athletic Conference

[whiskeyboarder]

Yeah, I can deal with this.  Any name will be more likely to embarrass than astound.  And, this one does neither.  So, that's a win in my book.  "American Metro," for example, made for immediate jokes. 

 

Good enough. 

[Oldsmobull]

No one will ever confuse AAC with ACC...not!

[macphisto]

Not a bad name.  Just work to make it so people take the conference seriously - then it won't matter.  We can all wish for an invite to some better place, but for now we have to make good with what we have.  Do well in our last BCS year (both as USF and as a conference) and earn respect by winning on the field.  That means each program, Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, etc must commit to excellence and each member is surrounded by talent.  Houston and SMU are in loaded Texas.  We've seen what Oklahoma and OK State have done there.  Louisiana is not a slouch either.  Sure the Carolinas are a bit dry, but East Carolina actually has better football potential than the other NC teams.  Cincy is in football rich Ohio.  UConn is in the populous NE.  UCF and USF are in football rich Florida. 

 

There is great potential for success, but the members of the conference will have to build it.  This is a fresh start and a time to commit to growing the conference and working to challenge the bottom of the Big 5 conferences, the ACC, to start.  This is going to take investment on the part of all the teams, but there is great potential in this very urban centric conference.

[Atlanta Bull]

Forgettable name, forgettable conference

[slick1ru2]

Apparently no response was solicited from The Bulls Pen members.

 

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=6373
 

“The response that we got on the name from the surveys we took was very positive and the Presidents all loved it,†said Big East commissioner Mike Aresco on Wednesday night. “It was clean and concise and gives us a wide appeal. I think its a great starting point for us.â€

 

An official logo will be unveiled in a few weeks, promoting the conference which will have 10 teams playing  next fall in football, 11 in 2014 and 12 in 2015.

[Skingraft]

ho-hum

Bro, I may be wrong, but I think that costs extra

[hm101]

Love the positive comments here.

Time to put ourheads up, roll our sleeves up, and build this thing. The was LRS would have wanted.

[bull-71]

Love the positive comments here.

Time to put ourheads up, roll our sleeves up, and build this thing. The was LRS would have wanted.

Yes WE need to make LRS PROUD

 

Go Bulls

[bullwark]

Not bad, could have been worse. Now we just have to win!

[Ricky the Bull]

I like it.  A simple, yet dignified-sounding name that doesn't limit us to a region or a number of teams.