Something's gotta give in the AAC CG

Actually, this is a refreshing thread and gives me reason to tune in a game I might not otherwise have watched.

Navy will romp I think.

AAC>>>>>>>Big 12.

Navy scoring 70+ last weekend is nuts.

Thankfully they are playing the game in December.

Here's more fuel to the fire.

Bowl Powers-that-be rooting against Navy ???

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When Navy hosts Temple on Saturday for the American Athletic Conference title game, there will be a large contingent of bowl officials with a rather specific rooting interest.

"I don't want to be un-American," one bowl official said, "but nearly everyone in the bowl industry, quite frankly, is rooting against Navy."

That official technically isn't rooting against Navy, just what happens if Navy wins. That's because if Navy wins the American and is in contention for the Group of 5 bid in a New Year's Six bowl, the College Football Playoff selection committee could delay announcing the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion team until Dec. 10 when Navy plays Army, six days after its final rankings are revealed.

The domino effect on other bowls could "paralyze" the system, a source said.

Delaying the Group of 5's bid to the Cotton Bowl would affect many bowl games involving Group of 5 teams. Officials would have to delay placing teams in bowls without knowing whether a conference champion could get pulled up to the Cotton Bowl. Additionally, opponents in those bowl games wouldn't know whom they were playing in addition to the obvious logistic and financial issues involved with waiting another seven days before planning travel, buying tickets and other factors.
If Navy wins the AAC title game Saturday, the Cotton Bowl likely would wait until after the Midshipmen's game vs. Army to make its selection. That would prevent other bowls -- with five to be played Dec. 17 -- from making their selections until then.

The bowl season begins Dec. 17 with five bowls -- all involving Group of 5 teams. Teams usually arrive to those bowl sites on Wednesday, Dec. 14, so those schools would have little more than a 72-hour turnaround between learning what bowls they are in and traveling to the sites. The short time frame would also likely affect fans' ability to travel and potentially hurt the communities hosting those games, sources said.

In Tuesday's rankings, Western Michigan, which plays for the MAC title Friday, was ranked No. 17, and Navy was only two spots back at No. 19.

"If the committee believes the result of the Army-Navy game could affect Navy's ranking and therefore its place in the playoff or its selection as the Group of 5 representative, only the pairings that affect Army and Navy would be delayed until after the Army-Navy game," College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said.

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"The bottom line is if the rankings are delayed, it would be a disaster to the bowl system," a bowl official said.

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hmm, in that case,

Yvan Eht Nioj

He's done a great job there for sure. On a side, very nice matchup.

Not sure how Temple's Coach did not win

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Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo was voted the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year it was announced Wednesday by the league office. The awards are voted on by the 12 head coaches in the conference.

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And then there's this:

AAC butt-hurt

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No. 19 Navy is 9-2 on the year entering Saturday’s AAC Championship Game against Temple (9-3). The Mids are averaging 61 points per game over their last three games and have scored over 60 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 1917. In the month of November, the Navy offense scored on 34 of 38 possessions, with 33 of those possessions resulting in touchdowns. Last week, against SMU, Navy became the first team in FBS history to have two quarterbacks rush for 100 yards in the same game.



Senior quarterback Will Worth, who did not receive any postseason recognition from the league’s coaches, has rushed for 1,181 yards and 25 touchdowns while passing for 1,363 yards and 8 touchdowns. Over the last seven games, Worth has rushed for 1,012 yards and 20 touchdowns, while throwing for 836 yards and seven touchdowns. He is six touchdowns away from tying Keenan Reynolds’ record of 31 for the most touchdowns rushing in FBS history by a quarterback.

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What's awesome about navy's dominance this year is the meme going around pre-season was that "everyone has seen their offense last year so they will stop it this year"

They turn around to become ruthlessly efficient

Thought about you this morning when I looked at the spreads for the CCGs. I remembered you posting the stat about Navy's scoring and thinking, "what the shite? Temple must have a solid defense."

Yep, Temple is the Navy offense of Temple defense