CrawfishBucket wrote:
Actually, the ACC could stake a claim to the Big East name... which is a peripheral part of this issue.
The reason they call it the New (or 'Present') Big East is because the 10 Charter members essentially created something new but bought the old logos from the lineal group.
That's what happened and there is nothing wrong with that.
stever20 wrote:I don't think folks call it the New Big East any more really. But I also do think the pre-2014 version of the conference is viewed as being the Old Big East. It's not viewed as a continuous entity by most people.
Why they don't do the same for the other conferences? Because the other conferences didn't basically split in half all at once. Huge difference there.
Savannah Jay wrote:EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL in the AAC would leave for another conference if any of the big football-playing conferences came calling. Every one of them would leave.
CrawfishBucket wrote:Savannah Jay wrote:EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL in the AAC would leave for another conference if any of the big football-playing conferences came calling. Every one of them would leave.
That frame needs a little adjusting.
EVERYONE not included in an autonomy conference would leave at the drop of the hat to join one. That includes programs in basketball-centric conferences as well. The AAC is just the conference that provides the most realistic chance to get the golden ticket.
CrawfishBucket wrote:Savannah Jay wrote:EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL in the AAC would leave for another conference if any of the big football-playing conferences came calling. Every one of them would leave.
That frame needs a little adjusting.
EVERYONE not included in an autonomy conference would leave at the drop of the hat to join one. That includes programs in basketball-centric conferences as well. The AAC is just the conference that provides the most realistic chance to get the golden ticket.
CrawfishBucket wrote:Savannah Jay wrote:EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL in the AAC would leave for another conference if any of the big football-playing conferences came calling. Every one of them would leave.
That frame needs a little adjusting.
EVERYONE not included in an autonomy conference would leave at the drop of the hat to join one. That includes programs in basketball-centric conferences as well. The AAC is just the conference that provides the most realistic chance to get the golden ticket.
CrawfishBucket wrote:Savannah Jay wrote:EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL in the AAC would leave for another conference if any of the big football-playing conferences came calling. Every one of them would leave.
That frame needs a little adjusting.
EVERYONE not included in an autonomy conference would leave at the drop of the hat to join one. That includes programs in basketball-centric conferences as well. The AAC is just the conference that provides the most realistic chance to get the golden ticket.
GoldenWarrior11 wrote:Ok, the AAC has not had any programs poached by a P5 conference. In this regard, they are in the same vein as the MWC, C-USA, MAC and Sun Belt. Louisville and Rutgers, while in the AAC for a single year, were poached before the branding of the American and when they were still under the Big East banner. Last fall, the Big 12 decided not to extend any invitations to any programs within the G5. Factually speaking, the AAC is as good as sending teams into the P5 as the Mountain West et al.
This whole movement about the AAC being a power conference, or - even better - not to be associated with the G5, is really quite amusing. They don't have the autonomy. They don't have the budgets. They don't have the on-field/on-court success. They don't have the fan support. They don't have facilities. They don't have the acceptance, period. Does not being a power conference make them a bad conference? Absolutely not, but this beating the chest slash defiance saying that the parameters for P5 inclusion are not what they are (or what they should be) is truly bizarre. It's like a hippo in disbelief that it is not a zebra.
Must be off-season...
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