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It would of course have been better if they had of acted as you deem appropriate.
However, after that debacle of a game; IMO it was a minor oversight not the afront you think.
Money talks and private equity is willing to pump a boatload into this type of concept. I may not be able to by a NFL team, but I can buy a college team.
Oregon State and Washington State have added an extra layer to realignment chaos by opting to keep the Pac-12 name and history alive.
If Memphis, Tulane, and USF leave the American, whether to the Pac-12 or ACC, leaving the American without its top seven brands that got it the best TV deal for the G5, what about this scenario? The Mountain West invites the westernmost AAC programs including us and we rebrand as the Southwest Conference. The new SWC adds Texas State, and sprinkles in some other non-football members to put together a respectable and somewhat regional 12-team football conference and 16-team basketball conference looking like:
FOOTBALL
WEST
Air Force
Hawaii
Nevada
San Jose State
UNLV
Wyoming
EAST
New Mexico
North Texas
Texas State
UAB
UTEP
UTSA
BASKETBALL
WEST
Air Force
Grand Canyon
Nevada
Saint Mary's
San Francisco
San Jose State
UNLV
Wyoming
EAST
New Mexico
North Texas
Texas State
UAB
UT Arlington
UTEP
UTSA
Wichita State
In this scenario, the AAC teams avoid an exit fee because us, UTSA, and UAB collaborate with the other remaining members to effectively kill the conference as Rice and Tulsa go back to CUSA, Charlotte, ECU, and FAU go to the Sun Belt, Army and Navy go back to independents for football, and Temple is thrown a bone by the Big East for its history while football either goes independent as well or down to FCS.
Who says no?
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