Beefin' Up

[golfnut69]

the schedule
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -state-byu

[HoustonWave]

the schedule
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -state-byu

Maybe we can entice BYU and Boise St to jump to the AAC. Tulane and other AACers should consider doing the same in scheduling. I’d love to see the AAC go to a 16 team conference, with a four division pod play structure. Add BYU, Boise St, CSU and pick two more (one more in the West).. it would be far better than this screwy 11 team round robin stuff that we are currently headed for.

[golfnut69]

the schedule
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -state-byu

Maybe we can entice BYU and Boise St to jump to the AAC. Tulane and other AACers should consider doing the same in scheduling. I’d love to see the AAC go to a 16 team conference, with a four division pod play structure. Add BYU, Boise St, CSU and pick two more (one more in the West).. it would be far better than this screwy 11 team round robin stuff that we are currently headed for.

I don't want Boise or BYU.... Boise, outside of Football brings nothing, but terrible travel expenses, and zero TV market.... BYU has it's issues, no Sunday games and 25 year old freshman, there was a good reason the PAC12 took Utah and not BYU, learn a lesson from them...west coast teams...no way in hell, TV for those games go unwatch by the majority of central and east coast time zones..anything west of Colorado, is a waste of expansion expenses

[HoustonWave]

the schedule
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -state-byu

Maybe we can entice BYU and Boise St to jump to the AAC. Tulane and other AACers should consider doing the same in scheduling. I’d love to see the AAC go to a 16 team conference, with a four division pod play structure. Add BYU, Boise St, CSU and pick two more (one more in the West).. it would be far better than this screwy 11 team round robin stuff that we are currently headed for.

I don't want Boise or BYU.... Boise, outside of Football brings nothing, but terrible travel expenses, and zero TV market.... BYU has it's issues, no Sunday games and 25 year old freshman, there was a good reason the PAC12 took Utah and not BYU, learn a lesson from them...west coast teams...no way in hell, TV for those games go unwatch by the majority of central and east coast time zones..anything west of Colorado, is a waste of expansion expenses

Boise is a rapidly growing city, as people bail out of California. And western TV markets, outside of California, are growing rapidly. As far as BYU, how many Sunday games do we play? The PAC didn’t take BYU because of liberalism in the PAC 12 California schools—which is the same reason that the AAC should never look to the PAC 12 for any kind of guidance as to what the AAC should do or not do.

[anEngineer]

the schedule
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -state-byu

Maybe we can entice BYU and Boise St to jump to the AAC. Tulane and other AACers should consider doing the same in scheduling. I’d love to see the AAC go to a 16 team conference, with a four division pod play structure. Add BYU, Boise St, CSU and pick two more (one more in the West).. it would be far better than this screwy 11 team round robin stuff that we are currently headed for.

I don't want Boise or BYU.... Boise, outside of Football brings nothing, but terrible travel expenses, and zero TV market.... BYU has it's issues, no Sunday games and 25 year old freshman, there was a good reason the PAC12 took Utah and not BYU, learn a lesson from them...west coast teams...no way in hell, TV for those games go unwatch by the majority of central and east coast time zones..anything west of Colorado, is a waste of expansion expenses

I agree that Boise is too far away and brings nothing else. BYU isn't worth it either, for the stated reasons. If we need to expand, I'd rather get an up-and-coming school east of the Mississippi or if Wichita St is still investigating football. We should not sell the current AAC short. Look at the strides the conference has made in the last 2-3 years. We are definitely moving much closer to the Ps farther from the Gs.

[DfromCT]

There's no 25 year old Freshman at BYU. That's a HUGE overstatement. And it's not like they're on campus working out with football related drills during their "missions" . They get back from their 2 year sabatical and they're juniors, typically at 21 or 22. After an additional redshirt they might make it to 24 as Seniors. The average age of their roster this year is 21.5. The NCAA affords the players that go on a 2 year mormon mission 6 years to complete their 4 years of eligibility, nothing more.

That being said, I don't want them or Boise State in the AAC.

[golfnut69]

the schedule
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -state-byu

Maybe we can entice BYU and Boise St to jump to the AAC. Tulane and other AACers should consider doing the same in scheduling. I’d love to see the AAC go to a 16 team conference, with a four division pod play structure. Add BYU, Boise St, CSU and pick two more (one more in the West).. it would be far better than this screwy 11 team round robin stuff that we are currently headed for.

I don't want Boise or BYU.... Boise, outside of Football brings nothing, but terrible travel expenses, and zero TV market.... BYU has it's issues, no Sunday games and 25 year old freshman, there was a good reason the PAC12 took Utah and not BYU, learn a lesson from them...west coast teams...no way in hell, TV for those games go unwatch by the majority of central and east coast time zones..anything west of Colorado, is a waste of expansion expenses

Boise is a rapidly growing city, as people bail out of California. And western TV markets, outside of California, are growing rapidly. As far as BYU, how many Sunday games do we play? The PAC didn’t take BYU because of liberalism in the PAC 12 California schools—which is the same reason that the AAC should never look to the PAC 12 for any kind of guidance as to what the AAC should do or not do.

regarding BYU and Sunday games...Basketball, both womens and mens, Baseball and womens softball have Sunday games, as does Volleyball...we ain't just talking Football here, but the total package...Boise may be growing, but it is a pain in the ass to get to..been there several times on business...as much as Boise growns, people in the central and eastern time zones are not going to tune in, unless their school happens to be playing there, and they still bring nothing to the table but football...Hell bring in Nevada, at least they have some damn good golf courses and casinos to visit !!!

[DfromCT]

I'd explore North Dakota State. If they wanted to move up, they'd be picked no worse that 3rd or 4th in the AAC, and have more wins against ranked teams than most of the conference in the last 10-15 years. Or even James Madison, which is geographically more logical.

[golfnut69]

There's no 25 year old Freshman at BYU. That's a HUGE overstatement. And it's not like they're on campus working out with football related drills during their "missions" . They get back from their 2 year sabatical and they're juniors, typically at 21 or 22. After an additional redshirt they might make it to 24 as Seniors. The average age of their roster this year is 21.5. The NCAA affords the players that go on a 2 year mormon mission 6 years to complete their 4 years of eligibility, nothing more.

That being said, I don't want them or Boise State in the AAC.

21.5 years of age...sure it is...check out the ages of Arizona and Arizona state...they make BYU look like pre schoolers, if you actually beleive this info
https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/ ... is-not-old

[DfromCT]

There's no 25 year old Freshman at BYU. That's a HUGE overstatement. And it's not like they're on campus working out with football related drills during their "missions" . They get back from their 2 year sabatical and they're juniors, typically at 21 or 22. After an additional redshirt they might make it to 24 as Seniors. The average age of their roster this year is 21.5. The NCAA affords the players that go on a 2 year mormon mission 6 years to complete their 4 years of eligibility, nothing more.

That being said, I don't want them or Boise State in the AAC.

21.5 years of age...sure it is...check out the ages of Arizona and Arizona state...they make BYU look like pre schoolers, if you actually beleive this info
https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/ ... is-not-old

READ THE ARTICLE!!!

How do 18 year old kids with 6 years of eligibility become 25 year old players? The math doesn't add up. And also read about their missions. If you go away to a third world nation on a two year mission are you really coming back that much bigger, stronger and faster than your counterpart whom had intense physical training and nutrition for those years but may be a year younger? It's not as big a deal as some make it out to be. Certainly the service academies, which routinely send their recruits to a PG high school year have a bigger advantage than BYU.

[golfnut69]

There's no 25 year old Freshman at BYU. That's a HUGE overstatement. And it's not like they're on campus working out with football related drills during their "missions" . They get back from their 2 year sabatical and they're juniors, typically at 21 or 22. After an additional redshirt they might make it to 24 as Seniors. The average age of their roster this year is 21.5. The NCAA affords the players that go on a 2 year mormon mission 6 years to complete their 4 years of eligibility, nothing more.

That being said, I don't want them or Boise State in the AAC.

21.5 years of age...sure it is...check out the ages of Arizona and Arizona state...they make BYU look like pre schoolers, if you actually beleive this info
https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/ ... is-not-old

READ THE ARTICLE!!!

How do 18 year old kids with 6 years of eligibility become 25 year old players? The math doesn't add up. And also read about their missions. If you go away to a third world nation on a two year mission are you really coming back that much bigger, stronger and faster than your counterpart whom had intense physical training and nutrition for those years but may be a year younger? It's not as big a deal as some make it out to be. Certainly the service academies, which routinely send their recruits to a PG high school year have a bigger advantage than BYU.

I read the article....even at 24, that is still one to tow years older than most kids who grad from college...regarding the Academies, they all send their "signees' to prep schools since they cannot red shirt players, their biggest advantage is the sheer number of players they can sigh each year, since they are not on grant in aids but are "appointed'...I bet they have close to 80 players per year "apppointed" by their athletic abilities..I bet the Navy roster has about 125 players on it

[greenie78]

If the conference added another school, I would still prefer Buffalo since they would replace UCANT in the East Division while brining success in football and basketball in a decent media market. The conference should stay a bit more regional and not go too West.

[DfromCT]

If the conference added another school, I would still prefer Buffalo since they would replace UCANT in the East Division while brining success in football and basketball in a decent media market. The conference should stay a bit more regional and not go too West.

As bad as their football program is now, the school you call UCANT has accomplished some things since moving up to FBS in a short time frame that Tulane hasn't done in 120 years of play. They did it playing a higher level of opponents than we were as well. And that's just football. We all know they've been better in basketball and baseball.

It's fine to beat on them as they leave the AAC, but don't overlook the fact that, overall, they've be a far superior athletic program than our Green Wave.

And I'd have no issues adding Buffalo, they've come a long way in a short time.