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Originally posted by SHURTZtheHERTZ View PostWish they could start one with the BE, but they have two less teams (maybe get Dayton and VCU involved). PAC-12 would make sense, for obvious reasons.
ACC (15 teams) / Big 10 (14)
Big 12 (10) / SEC (14)
Big 10 (14) / Big East (10) Tip Off Series
MVC (10) / MWC (11)
I don't see the P5 or Big East doing any favors for the AAC. As you can tell, the Big 10 now has 2 of these "challenges" going on.
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Originally posted by Rlh04d View PostOne of the happiest days of my life.
Congrats to every Wichita State fan. You willed this program to these levels.I just want to stand on land...
@rjl:
If I had a gun with two bullets and was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and a Creighton fan, I think I'd shoot the Creighton fan twice.
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Originally posted by 1972Shocker View PostI may have misheard what ADDB said but I'm pretty sure he said Utah State."You Just Want to Slap The #### Outta Some People"
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Originally posted by WstateU View Post
Also said he was going to deal with a marketing strategy to have regarding WSU adopting Navy as their football team.
This is a good interview by Mike and a worthwhile listen.
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Another great article by Sully
The American is a football conference with schools that played in the Orange and Sugar bowls in recent seasons.
The American doesn’t need help with football. It wants help with basketball and it chose Wichita State.
It chose Wichita State because Wichita State is all about basketball. Wichita State stays all about basketball and it’s OK to wonder if the American knows what it did.The Assman
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Originally posted by ShockTalk View PostThe number of teams in a conference does break these challenges. The ones I know that are currently going on are:
ACC (15 teams) / Big 10 (14)
Big 12 (10) / SEC (14)
Big 10 (14) / Big East (10) Tip Off Series
MVC (10) / MWC (11)
I don't see the P5 or Big East doing any favors for the AAC. As you can tell, the Big 10 now has 2 of these "challenges" going on.
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This quote right here is the difference between Elgin and Aresco. Elgin is reactive while Aresco is being proactive. Fits right in to how our administration thinks as well.
“We really couldn’t see a downside,” Aresco said. “Just because we don’t need to do something, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do something, or you shouldn’t consider something it if helps you. This strengthens us. This helps us in so many ways.”
Big 12’s decision to stand pat opened American’s door to Wichita State
"He called me around noon and was thrilled," Brandt said. "He said he was going to be a Shocker forever." -- RIP Guy, you WILL indeed be a Shocker forever!
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Originally posted by shockerfan View PostThis quote right here is the difference between Elgin and Aresco. Elgin is reactive while Aresco is being proactive. Fits right in to how our administration thinks as well.
“We really couldn’t see a downside,” Aresco said. “Just because we don’t need to do something, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do something, or you shouldn’t consider something it if helps you. This strengthens us. This helps us in so many ways.”
Big 12’s decision to stand pat opened American’s door to Wichita State
http://www.kansas.com/sports/college...143550084.htmlBe who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
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Originally posted by SHURTZtheHERTZ View Post
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Originally posted by pony94 View PostI love the Bearcats
LOL @ the UCONN fan who said they were carrying the AAC. In what? Women's hoops I guess. Not men's hoops. We swept them 3-0 last year. Yeah...carry on UCONN. Your coach SUCKS you losers.
Anyway, welcome WSU!!!
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Originally posted by rrshock View PostPac 12 is open. That is an equal amount of teams.
Look at the seeds of WSU, Cincinnati, SMU, Rhode Island, and VCU. Dayton and St. Mary's got decent seeds, so they put them up against WSU and VCU. To me, the seeding this year reeked of "if the 1st round doesn't get'em, the 2nd round will".
I really do not believe the P5+1 will try to move to their own tournament. Too strong a viewership to watch the "Cinderellas" the first weekend. So, the manipulation will take other forms like "how many top 50 wins did you have". We will see in the future just how much the committee will look at other metrics.
Just my opinion, but I feel the AAC is, by far, in the best position to challenge this wave. However, it will take more than just 3 or 4 teams rotating at the top. The bottom of the conference needs to be no worse than 200 or better RPI. ECU may have a good football program from time to time, but they need to up their basketball program. Same goes for South Florida.
The AAC is not going to challenge the P5 football as a conference (sorry, the AAC is just the next best). However, the AAC can challenge the P5+1 in basketball. If the AAC is consistently ahead of some of those 6 conferences, it may find that their football programs, from top to bottom, will improve because of that recognition in basketball.
Look at the schools the Big 12 have lost: Nebraska, Texas A&M, Missouri, Colorado. They are still the best source for the other P4 conferences to pillage and are 1 quality school leaving from falling apart and a couple of AAC schools being added to the Big 12 wouldn't stop that.
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