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Stanford...YES!  I'm still not sure about Cal.  They're playing us, aren't they?

If we could get Cal, Oregon State and Washington State in the American Conference and eventually add San Diego State and Boise State, we would have a much better conference than we have now.  Oh yes, and Air Force as well.  Maybe SMU would stay with those additions.  If they won't; it's been nice. That might induce South Florida to stay as well.  Yes, I know that most might say "Good Riddance" but having SMU in the conference does make the AAC stronger.  We would be the next closest team for the west but if they don't want us in the same division, we could go east and have UTSA, Rice or Tulsa as the eighth and/or ninth member of the West Division. I doubt that SMU will get an offer from the ACC.

 

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Actually pretty typical coach. Coaches tend to not want to face tougher competition.

UNC women's soccer has 21 national championships and six second place finishes and made final four another four times. Forty total NCAA appearances, yes they've won basically every other tournament appearance and only failed to make final four 9 times and only failed to make championship game 13 times.

In three seasons before NCAA took over women's sports missed AIAW tournament once with a 10-2 record, finished as a semi-finalist and then won it last year AIAW was in business so 22 total national titles. They've made every NCAA Tournament and made two of three AIAW tournaments. 1979 only time haven't played in national championship tournament.

Despite those gaudy numbers, haven't won the NCAA Tournament since 2012.

After 47 years think he's hearing the footsteps.

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57 minutes ago, GrayEagle said:

Maybe SMU would stay with those additions.

Honestly I would like for SMU to leave. The reality is as long as they have the money to keep buying players the talent is going to get wider and we can moan and groan but it's going to get harder to compete with them

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1 hour ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Honestly I would like for SMU to leave. The reality is as long as they have the money to keep buying players the talent is going to get wider and we can moan and groan but it's going to get harder to compete with them

Donors give to a cause.  If schmoo is stuck in the aac after this round of realignment, do they start to doubt if they’ll ever reach that next rung again?  Does that affect how much they give to programs like nil?

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1 hour ago, meanrob said:

All I know is Stanford really doesn’t know what “by the end of week” means. 

I think there are a lot like SMU in the fact that cannot believe people don't want them and feel they are a vital part of any conference

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11 hours ago, ADLER said:

Their current NIL is an anomaly in that boosters were convinced a PAC 12 invitation was attainable. It wasn't. Then they were lead to believe the ACC was an option. It wasn't.

Next will be the "We'll get in the ACC after it gets cherry picked by the BIG 10 and SEC". That won't happen either. The few remaining ACC programs will be snapped up by the BIG 12 as it attempts to keep pace with the BIG 10 and the SEC.

Smut's reality of their place in the FBS should become clearer to them with each rejection, but it doesn't.  Then they try to money-whip people or have VIPs speak for them and that doesn't work either.  

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17 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Smut's reality of their place in the FBS should become clearer to them with each rejection, but it doesn't.  Then they try to money-whip people or have VIPs speak for them and that doesn't work either.  

In reality, if their money guys continue to support them and they keep bringing in talent, staying in the AAC might give them their best chance of reaching the playoffs. The question becomes how long can they keep it going and convincing players to go there? 

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