American Athletic Conference

[Cdizzle]

Ummm, not to be a stickler, but the presser didn't exactly say she worked at those exact FBS schools.

Agreed. I'm not believing anything until I see a sealed envelope.

[_kai_]

Ummm, not to be a stickler, but the presser didn't exactly say she worked at those exact FBS schools.

To add to that, it says "from colleges in Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Nebraska and Oklahoma." Not those specific institutions like OU, UNC, UCONN.

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

The real question is: Is this a new position? The press release is rather unclear. It is says the role has been restructured to comply with regulations, and I don't know what that means.

[jdshock]

The official stance of the school is that the new hire is wholly unrelated to the football discussion: http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/n...ordinator.html

[ripemupshocks]

We would be the ONLY public school in the big east. That means their would probably be a different set of regulations involving funding, taxes, etc) that would have to be followed for the whole league. I'm sure it would open up more "books" to more scrutiny. So no that isn't happening.

Maybe WSU is converting to Catholicism!

[SB Shock]

So my mother gave me some reliable(she said) information she received at work, from her friend and a close friend of the program/Marshall. Long story short, he said he was fairly confident that the Shockers would be joining the Big East after this season.

Her information from him went more in depth, but I don't want to get her into trouble. Haha. Just thought I'd pass it along.

Interesting.......i had heard something similiar (but didn't have a conference information). I also heard somebody had seen Danny Ainge at the airport.

[pogo]

I believe he was in town to broker the deal with the new conference.

[SHOXAAC]

Interesting.......i had heard something similiar (but didn't have a conference information). I also heard somebody had seen Danny Ainge at the airport.

I wonder how he like the new look of the place.

[ShockerPrez]

Vote Bernie Sanders. He promised free conferences and football for all colleges.

Sorry if this is too political.

This is not endorsed by any candidate or candidates committee.

[Yellow Bellied]

I would think any talk about done deals should include a second member to keep things even, unless we may be the AAC Olympic only member. Have any other schools been public recently with similar desires as WSU?

[Play Angry]

I would think any talk about done deals should include a second member to keep things even, unless we may be the AAC Olympic only member. Have any other schools been public recently with similar desires as WSU?

Navy will be a football-only member in the AAC starting next year, similar to Hawaii's football-only arrangement with the Mountain West.

But I have not heard anything regarding pairs of non-football schools being looked at.

[pogo]

Maybe WSU is converting to Catholicism!

Education through intimidation.

[12eagle]

http://mobile.gazettenet.com/home/21193445-108/matt-vautour-wichita-state-can-i-interest-you-in-the-atlantic-10

An article about Wsu to the A-10

[Slalomshocker]

No offense to the A10, but I don't think that is the best direction to go. Geography is not favorable, and if Dayton did leave.... while a step up from the MVC, it is much less attractive. I don't believe WSU HAS to add football to get into the AAC or MWC. And my pick would honestly be the AAC for geographic and competitive reasons. But.... if the only one willing to open their doors is the A10.... I'll start packing boxes and preparing for the move.

[pinstripers]

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/article_b7c1727b-f10c-533a-b4f0-fa4b1eceafad.html