Good Article on the BE/AAC

[Frishmanflz]

Good read...

 

http://newcollegesports.com/end-big-east-bias-my-open-letter-to-mainstream-media/

 

[Bear]

Great read! And I do enjoy his perspective!

[WoolyBully]

Good article and although the statistics bear out what the author is trying to convey, the SEC/ESPN alliance does have the upper hand. 

I never looked at Florida's scheduling before, but I guess that is true...every game is a home game. Smart scheduling. 

 

I also like the lottery idea...but it ain't gonna happen (but would make for some great football). 

[MaltLiquorBull]

Great article.  I liked the part about the Big East/AAC being the "Zombie" conference that won't go down easy.  The problem is that with the new TV contracts, the revenue gap between the AAC and the pee 5 is almost insurmountable compared to what it used to be.

[Gismo]

The only stats that matter are related to TV markets, viewership and advertising.

Also, look at the SEC and realize every member school was founded before 1900. The new kids on the block like USF and UCF, Boise st, just do not pull in as many viewers even if we have a better team. Realignment is more about how good your fan base is than your football team. As a fan I think the most we can do is to watch every game on television, and that is probably more important than how the team performs. TV is driving this stuff, not performance.

[charsibb]

The only stats that matter are related to TV markets, viewership and advertising.

Also, look at the SEC and realize every member school was founded before 1900. The new kids on the block like USF and UCF, Boise st, just do not pull in as many viewers even if we have a better team. Realignment is more about how good your fan base is than your football team. As a fan I think the most we can do is to watch every game on television, and that is probably more important than how the team performs. TV is driving this stuff, not performance.

 

True, but winning drives TV. If we lose, nobody will watch us. If we won, they will.

 

So, let's win!

 

Sorted.

[smazza]

sounds alot like sour grapes

 

at the end of the day aac and usf are outside looking in

 

other big east teams were more appealable to the  big 5 conferences

 

rutgers is now a big ten team!!!!!!

 

usf stunk up the football field for years when we should have dominated it

 

our only hope is that  usf/orlando schools together(i-4 corridor) is too attractive to pass uo

 

this alliance would guarantee conference mates one trip to florida every year(who doesnt want that?)