La Tech mentioned as Top Candidate for AAC

[Coach Bill Lewis]

Don't shoot the messenger.  From "Inside sources" posting on the C-USA message board.

 

[southsideguy]

where is my gun lol

This is getting scary i guess when the dust settles what is left of the other conference should divide up teams that are in the same regions

[NorthTexan95]

eh ... I could see it. 

[UTSA Fan]

Yes. Rice isn't it. LA Tech or Marshall. Ask yourself,  if you could pick 1 team to join your conference from CUSA, who would you pick?

[NorthTexan95]

7 minutes ago, UTSA Fan said:

Yes. Rice isn't it. LA Tech or Marshall. Ask yourself,  if you could pick 1 team to join your conference from CUSA, who would you pick?

Marshall. 

[outoftown]

10 hours ago, UTSA Fan said:

Yes. Rice isn't it. LA Tech or Marshall. Ask yourself,  if you could pick 1 team to join your conference from CUSA, who would you pick?

Depends extremely on where I am geographically. I would guess in that sense La tech is the best compromise candidate.

Could C-USA get ULL to replace them, or has it fallen so much that it cannot poach the belt at will anymore?

[GrandGreen]

If SMU can shoot for the Big 12, there is no reason that NT should not be aiming for the AAC.   Wins and losses can change, but location, academics, and size of school are a lot more stagnant.   The good news is that one good year can turnaround the perception of a program.   

I believe that NT is in as good of a position to move up as any other Western division CUSA team even with an awful recent record in the major sports.  In terms of a combination of location, markets, size, academics and potential; NT has advantages over every team.    Based on winning in the big three sports, NT would be at the bottom; but that is actually the easiest factor to change.   

[TreeFiddy]

If Rice was already in the AAC and UH was not, do you think the AAC would pass on UH if given the opportunity?

We are the only thing standing in our way, not dirty smoo.

[DeepGreen]

11 hours ago, UTSA Fan said:

Yes. Rice isn't it. LA Tech or Marshall. Ask yourself,  if you could pick 1 team to join your conference from CUSA, who would you pick?

FIU

[MCMLXXX]

17 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

FIU

Join your conference not leave your conference.

[DeepGreen]

FIU needs to leave.

[Ben Gooding]

Ugh. Makes no sense. Minimal fan base, horrible location, and 0 TV market to speak of. 

[VideoEagle]

During the last big reorganization, a winning record was secondary to other factors. Look at Tulane, SMU, Memphis, San Jose State, Utah State and others. 

[UNT90]

2 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

If SMU can shoot for the Big 12, there is no reason that NT should not be aiming for the AAC.   Wins and losses can change, but location, academics, and size of school are a lot more stagnant.   The good news is that one good year can turnaround the perception of a program.   

I believe that NT is in as good of a position to move up as any other Western division CUSA team even with an awful recent record in the major sports.  In terms of a combination of location, markets, size, academics and potential; NT has advantages over every team.    Based on winning in the big three sports, NT would be at the bottom; but that is actually the easiest factor to change.   

Not one good year. Not at UNT. Multiple good years with wins that matter is what will turn heads and perception around. 

No one will buy the "we just need facilities and we will explode" argument anymore. And they shouldn't.

Edited July 30, 2016 by UNT90

[UNTexas]

No conference wants a team at the FBS level that gets stomped 66-7 by an FCS team. It's just honesty. Our athletics are pathetic these days. Our sports need to improve and then maybe we can worry about conferences. Right now we bring nothing to the table other location.

[GrandGreen]

1 hour ago, UNT90 said:

Not one good year. Not at UNT. Multiple good years with wins that matter is what will turn heads and perception around. 

No one will buy the "we just need facilities and we will explode" argument anymore. And they shouldn't.

Obviously, the more good years the better.   However, one good year will turn the perception around at least till it is followed by a disaster such as occurred the season after the Dallas Bowl.    

Edited July 30, 2016 by GrandGreen

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Interesting. Right now the hierarchy is definitely Sun Belt, CUSA, and Mac at the bottum; AAC and MWC as the stepping stones to P5 conferences. Will be interesting to see how the shake-up goes. However, I bet SMU will end up in a worse situation either way. 

[RBP79]

I still see Rice replacing Houston if they get a promotion. NT ain't going anywhere right now.....if they do some one needs a raise.  

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

13 minutes ago, RBP79 said:

I still see Rice replacing Houston if they get a promotion. NT ain't going anywhere right now.....if they do some one needs a raise.  

Most likely scenario is Houston and BYU to the Big 12. AAC will likely take Rice and MWC might take a team like UTEP. Either way, we aren't going anywhere and could be left with one or two fewer in-state rivals. I'd rather AAC take La Tech and MWC take someone besides UTEP. That way we can easily replace LaTech with ULL and not be much the lesser. 

[MCMLXXX]

Why would the MWC expand?  BYU is an independent.

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

6 minutes ago, MCMLXXX said:

Why would the MWC expand?  BYU is an independent.

Whoops--I always forget that and was thinking of Boise State. 

[wardly]

The AAC is not going to leave the Houston market for Ruston, La. Rice will slide in nicely with SMU,Tulas, and Tulane.Book it, Dano!

[TreeFiddy]

We couldn't get so lucky.  The odds are that we lose some combination of Rice, Southern Miss, Marshall.  Hopefully just one.

[UNT90]

6 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Obviously, the more good years the better.   However, one good year will turn the perception around at least till it is followed by a disaster such as occurred the season after the Dallas Bowl.    

Keep in mind season ticket sales DROPPED the year after the HOD bowl. 

Its going to take wins that matter and winning consistently. 

Sadly, that's the state this thing is in. 

[UTSA Fan]

1 hour ago, TreeFiddy said:

We couldn't get so lucky.  The odds are that we lose some combination of Rice, Southern Miss, Marshall.  Hopefully just one.

My uneducated guess would be adding LA Tech to those three as the top 4. I hope there is very little movement this go around to buy time. I hate to think things are finally in place and then there is a major shake up/realignment and then all the teams are stuck in place for a long time.