If I got to cherry pick with no bearing on real life circumstances:Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbine
Tulsa
Memphis
Tulane
USM
Texas State
Rice
South Al
Troy
Louisiana
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If I got to cherry pick with no bearing on real life circumstances:Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbine
Tulsa
Memphis
Tulane
USM
Texas State
Rice
South Al
Troy
Louisiana
If worthwhile for Memphis, Tulane, and UTSA to bolt for the refurbished PAC 12 the AAC is left with 10 all sports members:
Tulsa
North TX
Rice
UAB
So. FL
FAU
East Carolina
Charlotte
Navy
Temple
Army joined for football only. Wichita St. for Olympic sports only.
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Originally Posted by CajunNation
Pac 12 would be smart to stay west… I think they will eventually add Air Force and UNLV to get to 8…. After that they might try to push east into Texas, but right now no one knows the TV deal they will get… if I was them I would push hard to bring CAL and Standford back into the fold… the ACC is a dead man walking….if the ACC implodes the sunbelt will be in trouble if they keep a substantial portion of their TV deal intact…. Also could be a good situation for the belt to as the AAC could take the more northeast schools into their fold and the belt could pick up some southern schools… I think more than anything it will be what happens to the ACC tv deal in basketball that could decide if it can with stand the earthquake that is about to happen….. Memphis and Tulane want out the AAC so they will probably push hard to be a back fill if just FSU and Clemson leave. One thing for sure is as this playoff deal changes after next year you will see conferences make moves that will be the next big shift.
https://www.si.com/fannation/name-im...-12-conference
Texas st. Listed as #1 option outside of the MWC
They also list North Texas as being in CUSA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Esqueleto
Click bait.
Well he did say "My methodology is admittedly hasty"Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoomZoom
My guy lost all credibility when he listed North Texas in CUSA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Esqueleto
I just saw a blurb online saying they could go after Texas State, among other schools.
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How about a blind draw for all conference memberships every five years?
Put a few different bins of ping pong balls and you can line up so each conf gets 2 or 3 "blue bloods" or 2 or 3 bottom dweelers or a certain amount per region, see world cup bracket Draw as an example
You could probably even sell the ping pong balls with the logos, yeah more branding!!!
From what I have been reading, the PAC 12 appears to be looking at markets that teams are in for additional members, using a similar format that the AAC used. Matter little if those schools have little presence in those markets.Quote:
Originally Posted by NOCajun
Tulane - New Orleans
Memphis - Memphis ?
N. Texas - Dallas
Texas State - San Marcos - in between San Antonio & Austin (perceived as having a winning program - last year only)
UTSA - San Antonio, but would only take one of the two schools
Then, other MWC schools.
UNLV - Las Vegas (obvious - should have been one of the first added)
San Jose State - San Francisco market
New Mexico - Albuquerque market
Hawaii - attractive destination
It will be interesting to see where this goes.
They money has to be at least $15 Million/Year for Tulane and Memphis to make the jump…and even then it’s a huge gamble.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonCajun
AAC and Air Force flirting.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...to-pac-12/amp/
If MWC gets gutted, they should merge with CUSA. I’m sure though egos will get in the way though.
Both schools have the finances to make it work (Fed Ex for Memphis and endowment for Tulane), but only if the PAC 12 retains P5 status which they both seek. Otherwise, not worth the move and just wait for the ACC to implode and create openings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Buds
UL beating Tulane would be a signature win this year and open eyes to us. Big game in a lot of ways.
Also on cbssports.com a PAC 12 story by Dennis Dodd takes a deep dive about current innerworkings of the renewed conference. Projects top choices for next PAC 12 invites:
1. Air Force, 2. UNLV, 3. Memphis, 4. UTSA.
If so drops the MWC to 6 members but they could add UTEP and NMSU pretty quick. MWC could then look for western based move ups if they desire. Then does AAC rebuild its western flank or stand pat?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tulane is expected to join the PAC 12 Conference, sources tell Yahoo Sports.<br><br>“We have been a proud member of the AAC for 11 years” a Tulane spokesperson said. “After looking at some of the scores from this weekend, it was time to go”<br><br>Deal could be finalized in the coming days. <a href="https://t.co/Ti6FvGQQ4U">pic.twitter.com/Ti6FvGQQ4U</a></p>— Ross Dellenger (@sohowistexas) <a href="https://twitter.com/sohowistexas/status/1836027438729396661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Just making sure you know this is a fake account, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginCajun77
You got got
Clue: "When I saw the scores. " LOL
I'm OUT, changing conferences :)
Let's say Tulane does go to the Pac-12, do we push to try to get an invite to the American?
I really don't think we are attractive to them, and no amount of pushing will change that.
I think our next 2 games vs Tulane and Wake Forest will define UL football nationally. Win both games and we are back to where we were when Napier left and we may see our name mentioned in various realignment scenarios. These are huge games for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunNation