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Don't look at the AAC for what it is now but what it will become after realignment. The bigger budget programs will be gone.

And back in 2010 you were saying this about Tech and CUSA. Yet, if there had been one opening in CUSA in 2012, it was going to Tech. Two openings and it was Tech and FIU. And how many reputable...

Correct. All you have to do is look at Tech and NMSU's academics compared to the rest and you will see why SMU lobbied for these two.

One school would have SMU's support for AAC membership before Tech and that would be Rice. We would have their support for any opening past that. Reneau is long-time friend of their president, and...

Actually, we never had problems with SMU, Tulsa, or ECU. Memphis on the other hand.... And that may be Tech's biggest advantage in the next round of realignment. Our biggest detractors may have...

Actually, Houston and several others like Cincy and UConn may be gone, but ECU, Tulsa and SMU are likely in the AAC for the long haul. Their geography will really hamper their ability to move up.

Correct. The schools the AAC spoke to back in 2011 when the realignment game was put on hold were Rice and Southern Miss. How attractive is CUSA without Rice, Southern Miss, and UAB? What if...