Xudash wrote:Hall2012 wrote:Now I realize I'm defending Stever here a bit, so don't crucify me - but I think many of you guys are missing his point. Stever isn't trying to say the AAC is performing as well as (or anywhere close to) the Big East. He's just saying the AAC needs to walk before it can run - and despite lacking any impressive wins so far, it's doing much better than in the past by not piling up quite as many bad losses. In the AAC's current state, just winning games, regardless of who they're against, is going to help more than getting pasted by Big East and F5 teams. Once they get the embarrassing losses down to a decent level, then they can start sprinkling in some tough opponents. Right now, it wouldn't make any sense.
Please consider yourself crucified.
So, in other words, the fragile, brand-phobic AAC is taking baby steps to improve its otherwise weak position.
Xudash wrote:Hall2012 wrote:Now I realize I'm defending Stever here a bit, so don't crucify me - but I think many of you guys are missing his point. Stever isn't trying to say the AAC is performing as well as (or anywhere close to) the Big East. He's just saying the AAC needs to walk before it can run - and despite lacking any impressive wins so far, it's doing much better than in the past by not piling up quite as many bad losses. In the AAC's current state, just winning games, regardless of who they're against, is going to help more than getting pasted by Big East and F5 teams. Once they get the embarrassing losses down to a decent level, then they can start sprinkling in some tough opponents. Right now, it wouldn't make any sense.
Please consider yourself crucified.
So, in other words, the fragile, brand-phobic AAC is taking baby steps to improve its otherwise weak position.
MullinMayhem wrote:By bringing in WSU, the AAC is definitely more credible as a conference but again they are 1 team. UConn has never been the same, Brown is gone from SMU, Memphis is not Memphis anymore, Temple hasn't really done much. Really the only legit teams nationally are WSU and Cincy. WSU will do well but let's remember they will not get automatic blowout wins anymore since they upgraded their conference. They will be tested against UConn, SMU, Memphis, Temple, Cincy, etc. even though I just said some of those are not world beaters, they are a clear step up from what they used to face in the MVC. Plus, not sure why no one mentions this, but Greg Marshall will be snatched away very shortly to a big football school. Who's to say WSU will be the same under another coach? Look what happened to VCU when Shaka left....they are still decent but nowhere near what they were. Keno Davis had Drake ranked not too long ago, then he left for PC and they just fell back to being nobodies.
Above all else though, the biggest weakness regarding the AAC is that EVERY school that wants to focus on football wants out and have no allegiance. UConn, Cincy, Temple, UCF, ECU, Houston, and Memphis would leave at the drop of a hat for an F5 conference. Hell, UConn would leave in a second for the Big East if they would just come to terms with the fact that they will never be great in football. That's what happens when you have a mish mosh of schools with no central value. Ours is private schools focused on basketball. People know the Big East. They know the success and the tradition. They know the schools (and Creighton and Butler are making names for themselves). No one knows what the AAC is or who's in it. I actually come across many people who don't even know UConn is in the AAC. ESPN was recently tipping their caps to the Big East as the top to bottom best conference thus far just as in previous years. You will never hear that with the AAC.
Edrick wrote:The AAC is what its going to be. It's always going to be the crappiest 'high major' or king "mid major" based on your perspective. It doesn't have construction to allow for change. It's always going to be the 7th or 8th best conference, which is kind of why people laugh at it. That level isn't laughable in of itself, its laughable when representatives of it (this site included) discuss it in terms of true high majors.
Its a fine league for what it is.
stever20 wrote:Well, right now just looked and the AAC is up to #9 in the RPI.
The AAC jumped up 7 spots today. That should tell you how early it is.
And sorry, but when the WAC is #4 in conference RPI with a 12-17 record, that should tell you everything you need to know about the validity of the RPI currently. It'll balance out- but it takes a while.
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