Do we have a shot at the AAC if the Big 12 expands?

[Woof!]

You guys crack me up...you have about as much of a chance going to AAC as your local high school does. Your facilities are poor at best. Your in Ruston(need I say more). You have very little athletic success and you still have tarps over your seats in that hole you call a stadium...and you LOST to an FCS school. Your a little school in the UL system and we are the biggest school so shut your mouth and speak only when spoken to...lol I love poking at you ladies....

You're not to be taken seriously.

[ETXBULLDOG]

I am fairly sure that Big 12 is going to expand and take Cinn & UCF. That will leave 2 open slots in the AAC. They will probably look at Marshall and Tech or Western KY to replace openings in the East. Do not think Memphis, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa or Houston will support
Tech unless in different Division. We shall see over next few months.

[Champ967]

I am fairly sure that Big 12 is going to expand and take Cinn & UCF. That will leave 2 open slots in the AAC. They will probably look at Marshall and Tech or Western KY to replace openings in the East. Do not think Memphis, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa or Houston will support
Tech unless in different Division. We shall see over next few months.

Nah. I think Navy backs out and they stand pat at 9.

[parialex]

If it's Cincinnati and UCF, the AAC can keep its TV contact if it stays at 12. UCF oddly isn't on the list that would trigger contract renegotiation.

[parialex]

I would be surprised is WKU or Marshall got any real consideration. Most likely it would be one east team and one west. Rice, NIU, and UMass would probably be high considerations.

[PawDawg]

Yes, Rice for the "prestige" thing. Logically they make more sense than either Tulane or Tulsa made, but I understand the Texas issue. All the crappy privates back together with good markets...makes sense in the college football world.

[parialex]

Rice has prestige and is a sentimental choice for the other privates. It'll be a test of SMU's influence, as they don't add a market unless they're replacing UH and they have limited potential as a program. But two of the three last additions were western privates, so you have to like their odds.

[parialex]

On the other hand, if UH has any influence, Rice is dead to us right now, from what I understand.

[PawDawg]

On the other hand, if UH has any influence, Rice is dead to us right now, from what I understand.

Interesting. Something new or old hate?

Yes, I knew y'all already had the market, but "the market" is always thrown in when discussing the privates.

[parialex]

New. We were slated to pay a game at Rice Stadium last year against Cincy, and allegedly they would not let us use the home locker room. We ended up moving it to the soccer stadium.

Then they pulled out of the rivalry game this season at the last minute, leaving us without a game and without a team to play in our first game in the new stadium. Fortunately we worked something out with UTSA (moving the game to start the season) and UNLV (who could play a 13th game bacause Hawaii).

On the other hand, given how our game went with UTSA, maybe it would have been better to open against Tennessee Tech (which was the plan after Rice and prior to UTSA and UNLV).

I'm not actually sure if the first one is true (though apparently we did move heaven and earth to avoid playing at Rice Stadium). But from what I understand there is a lot of bad will right now (for all I know, maybe we already opposed their joining the AAC and so we "started it.")

[Champ967]

"the market" is always thrown in when discussing the privates.

Someone's been visiting Bernice ....

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Interesting. Something new or old hate?

Yes, I knew y'all already had the market, but "the market" is always thrown in when discussing the privates.

So true MD because the privates don't have many fans that attend their games or even watch on TV for that matter.
ESPN and others will figure it out eventually.

[champion110]

So true MD because the privates don't have many fans that attend their games or even watch on TV for that matter.
ESPN and others will figure it out eventually.

I hope they figure it out soon. Empty stadiums and poor tv rankings. If they want name programs - they should take Southern Miss and Tech.

[parialex]

Southern Miss choose a really bad time to play some really bad football.

[champion110]

Southern Miss choose a really bad time to play some really bad football.

Yeah, but they are still a name. They will recover. I don't think the private schools will ever bring much more than they do now.