re: How Long Will the American Athletic Conference Last?

Geno Aureima (SP?) has been recently answering questions from alumni about the concerns over the competition level in the AAC for basketball. He actually blew up about it on a radio interview. Sooner or later, the premier schools in the AAC like already mentioned, are going to be looking for greener fields. While the top half of the AAC is solid, the bottom is downright awful.

I think you've got your head in the sand a bit about Cincy. There is a lot of talk about Big 12 expansion and the top two candidates are BYU and Cincy. Would make sense to get another school out east, and BYU is a no brainer. This is the talk I hear quite a bit here in OKC

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I'm not saying it doesn't. Just that adding Cinci won't make recruits in Ohio want to play for Iowa State or Kansas

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How do you know? Look at how good the MAC is in certain years...like this year. Toledo, Bowling Green and Ohio are all really good football teams with tons of kids from Ohio. I bet some of those kids would have liked to have gotten an offer from a P5 school. Conversely, i bet Kansas and Iowa State would probably like to have a couple of those kids.

Geno would do what he's doing in any conference. He owns that sport

Yes a team in Ohio increases Big XII exposure for every recruit there. they'll see Cincy become P5 and take them more seriously. we always use this argument about the SEC and Texas A&M, the Big XII and Tulane, they want the Louisiana recruits.

Illinois St is not moving up and neither is NDSU.

The Redbirds are sitting way pretty in the Valley.

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neither is NDSU

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A certain segment of the fan base wants NDSU to join the MWC, but I don't see that happening.

I would much rather have WVU in our conference than Cincinatti

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what's going to happen? You actually think Texas is going to go independent? You think theyll drop the LHN and join another conference? I highly doubt it. The argument is whether or not adding cincy would have been better for the big 12 than WVU and I think it would, at the bare minimum, be a wash

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Even if the Big12 expands, which I doubt they do, it does nothing for the GOR. Texas is not going to allow it to be extended past the current contract. If the LHN doesn't improve ESPN will drop at the end of the contract and then 4 Big12 teams will head west and the rest will be left scrambling for homes. The American will be the best landing spot for those left out of the BIG, SEC, and ACC. The American might have lesser teams but those teams are in areas with a lot larger population for tv rights and recruiting.

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WVU is 45mins from Pittsburgh and is part of the Pittsburgh tv market.

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You serious clark? Downtown Pittsburgh to donwtown Morgantown is like 75+ miles.

I don't think Cincy will ever be in the Big 12. They are not the most popular team even in Cincy. It's Ohio State. And in Northern Kentucky you have Kentucky fans. Plus I bet there are more Notre Dame fans in Ohio and more Michigan fans in all of Ohio than Cincy fans.