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Post by utoolity on Oct 18, 2021 20:48:19 GMT -5
AAC will extend applications to Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB and UTSA this week, with the expectation that the six schools will be accepted into the league.
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Post by psuvbfan10 on Oct 18, 2021 21:29:19 GMT -5
This could cascade throughout the non-power 5 huh?
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Post by volleav on Oct 18, 2021 21:32:39 GMT -5
I thought I read this was just football & basketball
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Post by vbnerd on Oct 18, 2021 21:43:15 GMT -5
AAC lost UConn (Pablo 121) last year and is losing the following to the Big 12
UCF (Pablo 31)
Cincinatti (72)
Houston (58)
With these additions we are looking at something like
East
x Charlotte (140)
East Carolina (193)
x FAU (239)
Memphis (208)
South Florida (218)
Temple (244)
x UAB (155)
West
x North Texas (114)
x Rice (30)
SMU (100)
Tulane (122)
Tulsa (172)
x UTSA (186)
Wichita (95)
What's left of CUSA is
FIU (220)
La Tech (292)
Marshall (168)
Middle Tennessee (192)
Old Dominion (221)
Southern Miss (178)
UTEP (89)
Western Kentucky (21)
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Post by avid 2.0 on Oct 18, 2021 21:44:25 GMT -5
the biggest question is trojansc staying with the #rocket or launching to the Big 12 lol |
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Post by trojansc on Oct 18, 2021 21:50:59 GMT -5
the biggest question is trojansc staying with the #rocket or launching to the Big 12 lol I'm super disappointed it's FAU and not FIU being added to the AAC.... Rita the Rocket Crocket just belongs. |
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Post by jwvolley on Oct 18, 2021 22:02:25 GMT -5
WKU supports this move in their quest to play *nobody* all season lol #ByeRice
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Post by WahineFan44 on Oct 18, 2021 22:21:35 GMT -5
Would the pac or WCC ever invite Hawaii?
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Post by vbnerd on Oct 18, 2021 22:26:22 GMT -5
There is speculation that the Sun Belt gets aggressive and picks up Marshall and Southern Miss, and possibly Old Dominion and UTEP, ending CUSA. They hypothesize that Western Kentucky and MTSU would go to the MAC (which seems weird, but I guess) and then FIU and La Tech are left by the roadside. IDK if I buy all of that, but it's out there.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 19, 2021 4:17:22 GMT -5
Would the pac or WCC ever invite Hawaii? Hawaii is not a good thematic fit with the PAC, and is an even worse thematic fit with the WCC. The WCC is 100% private, Christian schools. |
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Post by babybacksets on Oct 19, 2021 5:19:45 GMT -5
Would the pac or WCC ever invite Hawaii? Hawaii is not a good thematic fit with the PAC, and is an even worse thematic fit with the WCC. The WCC is 100% private, Christian schools. Whatâs your definition of âthematic fitâ that makes Hawaii not a good fit for the PAC? |
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Post by tomclen on Oct 19, 2021 5:42:41 GMT -5
I realize it makes no sense from a football or 'education' standpoint, but I'd love to see the PAC add Hawaii and Gonzaga.
Gonzaga could become the WSU travel partner. UW and UH would become travel partners.
If not the Zags, then substitute Idaho.
But don't tell me it makes no sense, I already know that.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 19, 2021 5:59:12 GMT -5
Hawaii is not a good thematic fit with the PAC, and is an even worse thematic fit with the WCC. The WCC is 100% private, Christian schools. Whatâs your definition of âthematic fitâ that makes Hawaii not a good fit for the PAC? We have covered this ground a million times now, but Hawaii would be really marginal as a PAC school. All the other schools are bigger except Stanford. All the other schools have a "travel partner" (although Utah and Colorado kind of push that). The least "researchy" schools in the PAC are Oregon and WSU, and Hawaii falls in with them in that regard. It would have the smallest endowment of all the PAC schools by a large gap. It's just not a good fit. Hawaii fits MUCH better with the smaller schools in the Big West. It's not at all clear why the PAC would want to take Hawaii. And it's also not clear that it would be a good move for Hawaii to try to spend the money to compete in the PAC. They don't have the economic base. Just look at how Rutgers is struggling in the Big Ten. Rutgers was super-excited to join the Big Ten, but now they are running a massive debt. www.northjersey.com/story/news/2021/09/15/rutgers-athletics-debt-investigation-takeaways-report-big-ten/8324221002/ |
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Post by n00b on Oct 19, 2021 6:09:21 GMT -5
Would the pac or WCC ever invite Hawaii? Even setting aside "thematic fit", those conferences would need to be convinced that the increased revenue by adding Hawaii offsets the massively increased travel costs of sending every team to Hawaii once per year. It's awesome that Hawaiians are passionate about their teams, but I don't think there is the interest on the mainland to move the needle when it comes to TV deals. |
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Post by pelican on Oct 19, 2021 8:09:35 GMT -5
Whatâs your definition of âthematic fitâ that makes Hawaii not a good fit for the PAC? We have covered this ground a million times now, but Hawaii would be really marginal as a PAC school. All the other schools are bigger except Stanford. All the other schools have a "travel partner" (although Utah and Colorado kind of push that). The least "researchy" schools in the PAC are Oregon and WSU, and Hawaii falls in with them in that regard. It would have the smallest endowment of all the PAC schools by a large gap. It's just not a good fit. Hawaii fits MUCH better with the smaller schools in the Big West. It's not at all clear why the PAC would want to take Hawaii. And it's also not clear that it would be a good move for Hawaii to try to spend the money to compete in the PAC. They don't have the economic base. Just look at how Rutgers is struggling in the Big Ten. Rutgers was super-excited to join the Big Ten, but now they are running a massive debt. www.northjersey.com/story/news/2021/09/15/rutgers-athletics-debt-investigation-takeaways-report-big-ten/8324221002/âNot a good fitâ is the kind of BS line university presidents come up with when they donât want to do something. Never believe a word they say about fit or academics or culture or anything else. College presidents are whores who will do anything for money. Thatâs their job. Fundraise. Youâre probably right that financially it wouldnât benefit the PAC or Hawaii, so thatâs why it wonât happen. Not because of âfit.â |
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