New Big East to be named American Athletic Conference

[NT03]

Nfm

[NT03]

@CBSSports: How does the American Athletic Conference sound? That's what the current Big East will be called. http://t.co/PFuLP8Ujtp

[Harry]

AAC sure sounds like ACC!!

Clearly picked it to be at the top of the lists!

[Harry]

AAC sure sounds lie ACC!!

Clearly picked it to be at the top of the lists!

[Harry]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9130997/sources-former-big-east-named-american-athletic-conference?src=mobile

[Cooley]

Aka / The original CUSA

So will the AAC play its tournament games at the AAC?

Edited April 3, 2013 by Cooley

[LakeTravis]

Someone pointed out its sounds like a cheap athletic wear company that sells sweatpants

[adman]

AAC sure sounds like ACC!!

Clearly picked it to be at the top of the lists!

That way they will be the first number you see in the yellow pages when shopping for a new league.

[ragpicker]

Bland, predictable, uninspiring and bordering on the inane.

[letsgiveacheer]

I have to agree. If they paid for this, someone should be getting a refund. Also, if I were the ACC, I'd have my attorney on the phone.

AA

AAA

AAC

AAU

ACC

AARP

NAACP

NCAAA

etc etc

[PlummMeanGreen]

In 5 years will it really be so much difference in most of our Go5 conferences no matter the name?

The social standing or pecking order environment (which I think all but came from the old Southwest Conference lower tier group of schools who we know so well will always be in place and only thing that will break that up for schools like North Texas is to truly become the next Boise State and have their kind of success for 2 plus decades or more.

As far as the new C-USA as a Go5 conference, one really has to be impressed with many of our league's destination cities (and areas) compared to other leagues in the NCAA. We all hope the TV advertisers will be as impressed.

The prime goal for CUSA should be to make sure our top 1 or 2 football teams are annually in a Top 25 poll most of the season or at season's end. That will be the defining or determining factor of which Go5 conference will succeed over another similar conference. Right now I count only 3 schools that will remain in CUSA who have broken that barrier and those being Southern Miss, La Tech and (albeit years ago)..........North Texas.

A school's athletic department staff having friends in high NCAA and media places, ie, voters in these polls can really help with that. Yes, admittedly Hayden Fry got his Mean Green football team in Top 20 polls because he had a few good teams and ol' Hay-Boy probably made a few strategic phone calls, too. Anyone out there really don't think Sonny and (dad) Spike Dykes didn't do the same for La Tech last Fall? Sometimes for schools like North Texas it becomes a matter of..................who your top athletic department officals know in the NCAA and moreso, the coaches and sports media types who cast those poll votes, having officials who have also pressed the flesh with same and for damn sure not pissed off. Some call it, uh.....P.R.?

GMG!

Edited April 5, 2013 by PlummMeanGreen