USF athletic director: AAC evaluating possible expansion amidst Pac-12 chaos

[Jonnyeagle]

Michael Kelly said American Athletic Conference members have held several meetings with commissioner Mike Aresco over the past week.

TAMPA — American Athletic Conference members have spoken about the possibility of adding schools left behind during the most recent round of conference realignment.

USF athletic director Michael Kelly said Friday that he and administrators from other conference schools have been in communication with AAC commissioner Mike Aresco after six Pac-12 schools announced their departures for other conferences in recent weeks.

The remaining Pac-12 members — Washington State, Oregon State, Cal and Stanford — would be considered among the best schools left behind by this round of realignment. ESPN’s Heather Dinich first reported last week that the AAC was open to adding a combination of all four schools from the Pac-12.

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[wardly]

23 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:

Michael Kelly said American Athletic Conference members have held several meetings with commissioner Mike Aresco over the past week.

TAMPA — American Athletic Conference members have spoken about the possibility of adding schools left behind during the most recent round of conference realignment.

USF athletic director Michael Kelly said Friday that he and administrators from other conference schools have been in communication with AAC commissioner Mike Aresco after six Pac-12 schools announced their departures for other conferences in recent weeks.

The remaining Pac-12 members — Washington State, Oregon State, Cal and Stanford — would be considered among the best schools left behind by this round of realignment. ESPN’s Heather Dinich first reported last week that the AAC was open to adding a combination of all four schools from the Pac-12.

read more: https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bulls/2023/08/11/michael-kelly-aac-conference-realignment-pac-12-cal-stanford-mike-aresco/?outputType=amp

 

 

On the other hand, the PAC 4 offers Mike Aresco their commissioners job and he brings 8 AAC schools with him. How about SMU, Rice, Tulane, USF, Navy, Temple,Memphis, Tulsa ? Maybe UTSA because of market size instead of Tulsa.

[NT93]

1 hour ago, wardly said:

On the other hand, the PAC 4 offers Mike Aresco their commissioners job and he brings 8 AAC schools with him. How about SMU, Rice, Tulane, USF, Navy, Temple,Memphis, Tulsa ? Maybe UTSA because of market size instead of Tulsa.

[UNTLifer]

On 8/13/2023 at 8:30 PM, wardly said:

On the other hand, the PAC 4 offers Mike Aresco their commissioners job and he brings 8 AAC schools with him. How about SMU, Rice, Tulane, USF, Navy, Temple,Memphis, Tulsa ? Maybe UTSA because of market size instead of Tulsa.

Does Stanford cover his salary?  They have no media rights and are currently floating aimlessly trying desperately to save a conference just for the name. Outside of the west coast, the nation doesn’t care about the PAC? Conference especially with UCLA and USC gone.