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[exit322]

The JMU side of the JMU/Miami/UConn "American" move is true...so is Miami actually going to try this?

 

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/2109645818395324794

Edited 3 hours ago by exit322

[kreed5120]

6 minutes ago, exit322 said:

The JMU side of the JMU/Miami/UConn "American" move is true...so is Miami actually going to try this?

 

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/2109645818395324794

 

JMU is actually a nationally relevant G6 program. Meanwhile, Miami has had a 10 win season only 2x within the last 20 years. I feel the AAC has better options available. Now the possibility of backfilling the SBC becomes a possibility.

[exit322]

8 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

JMU is actually a nationally relevant G6 program. Meanwhile, Miami has had a 10 win season only 2x within the last 20 years. I feel the AAC has better options available. Now the possibility of backfilling the SBC becomes a possibility.

 

The Sun Belt absolutely becomes a possibility, and I think Miami/Ohio might go there as a combo.  The MAC is in deep deep trouble, and no number of empty stadium night games is going to fix that.

[UAZipster0305]

48 minutes ago, exit322 said:

 

The Sun Belt absolutely becomes a possibility, and I think Miami/Ohio might go there as a combo.  The MAC is in deep deep trouble, and no number of empty stadium night games is going to fix that.

Statement of the year. Finding a few more schools to fill their spots would be underwhelming and uninteresting. Not that either Miami or Ohio are the class of the MAC, but they are two of the better athletic performers and are also at the top of the academic pile. Filling their spots with inferior schools is not viable for a conference that is already marginalized. Instead, I think this would means the MAC is forced to FCS, which could actually be a good thing for the schools that remain.

[kreed5120]

46 minutes ago, exit322 said:

 

The Sun Belt absolutely becomes a possibility, and I think Miami/Ohio might go there as a combo.  The MAC is in deep deep trouble, and no number of empty stadium night games is going to fix that.

 

I wouldn't be surprised to see the SB lose another school and to then go pluck 2 MAC school. I just don't see how that suddenly makes the MAC in trouble.

 

The AAC would be done with their round of expansion and the SB would be done backfilling. The MAC would still be left with 10 full-time members and the conference would still be battling C-USA for the honor of being the 9th best FBS conference. That's really no different than how things are now. We would just have 2 fewer teams, which has some advantages. It's less mouths to feed when splitting league revenue; corporate sponsorships, NCAA tournament credits, TV revenue, etc.

[kreed5120]

6 minutes ago, UAZipster0305 said:

Statement of the year. Finding a few more schools to fill their spots would be underwhelming and uninteresting. Not that either Miami or Ohio are the class of the MAC, but they are two of the better athletic performers and are also at the top of the academic pile. Filling their spots with inferior schools is not viable for a conference that is already marginalized. Instead, I think this would means the MAC is forced to FCS, which could actually be a good thing for the schools that remain.

 

I wouldn't see that at all. Going to and remaining at 10 teams is a viable option. It actually works nice once we implement the 9 game conference schedule as we would play all teams once Sac State leaves.

 

Conferences don't need to be 12, 14, or 16 members. No need to add subpar teams. The MAC in the grand scheme of things won't be much different than it is now. It's currently the 9th or 10th best FBS conference prior to this hypothetical. That's what it will be after as well.

Edited 2 hours ago by kreed5120

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W/O looking name 5 teams in SB

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Sorry meant to say AAC