American Athletic Conference

[EPJr]

Ben Fairclough‏@bigeast_ben36m
The American will launch its new website at its new domain July 1. Twitter handles for The American have not been used to date.

[DeltaV]

Seems like pretty much the same branding concept they used when they started Conference USA.

Considering this basically is CUSA, that makes sense.

The AA Conference...we'll drive you back to the bottle!

[admin]

Look at the mess this league is going to be:

To compensate for those defections, the American Athletic Conference will add full members UCF, Houston, Memphis and SMU on July 1; East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa on July 1, 2014; and football-only member Navy on July 1, 2015.

In 2013, the members are: Louisville, Rutgers, Central Florida, Temple, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Cincinnati, UConn and South Florida. In 2015, what will then be a 12-team league will split into two six-team divisions, the makeup of which is still to be determined. It also will hold a conference football championship game, which will be televised on either ABC or ESPN.

[ArmyVet]

It's just Conference USA and they essentially named it the same thing too.

[PMThor]

I really wonder what Temple is thinking now. Really, I don't have ANY idea what they are thinking. I do know they are regretting their move, but where they go otherwise? No idea. Gawd, they were SO much better off just staying in the A10.

[cm5yz6]

I really wonder what Temple is thinking now. Really, I don't have ANY idea what they are thinking. I do know they are regretting their move, but where they go otherwise? No idea. Gawd, they were SO much better off just staying in the A10.

A-10 bball and MAC fball or AAC bball & fball, i actually think, with memphis, cinci, and uconn in bball, the aac fball advantage outweighs the slight disadvantage of aac vs a-10 bball. i dont think they are too upset, especially if/when 2 more schools leave the a-10 for the big east and if umass heads out somewhere.