UA BOT OK with UAB moving to AAC

BamaNation · Jun 26, 2019

Looks like there may be some talk about UAB moving its football program to the AAC to replace UCONN's move back to the Big East:

https://www.al.com/uab/2019/06/ua-bot-would-support-uabs-push-for-new-conference.html

Maybe they can draw more than 25K for home games if they do that. Possibly even 26K. Moving to AAC would make them the best of the worst. There's always that.

BamaNation · Jun 26, 2019

CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE AAC

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname
University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	1963	2013	Public	68,571	Knights
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	1819	2005	Public	45,949	Bearcats
University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	1881	1979	Public	32,257	Huskies
East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	1907	2014	Public	29,131	Pirates
University of Houston	Houston, Texas	1927	2013	Public	46,324	Cougars
University of Memphis	Memphis, Tennessee	1912	2013	Public	21,521	Tigers
University of South Florida	Tampa, Florida	1956	2005	Public	50,755	Bulls
Southern Methodist University	Dallas, Texas	1911	2013	Private	11,789	Mustangs
Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1884	1991, 2012	Public	40,240	Owls
Tulane University	New Orleans, Louisiana	1834	2014	Private	13,581	Green Wave
University of Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1894	2014	Private	4,433	Golden Hurricane
Wichita State University	Wichita, Kansas	1895	2017	Public	15,081	Shockers

from wikipedia.com

BamaNation · Jun 26, 2019

ps don't confuse the AAC with the AAF.

There are some good teams in the AAC, to be sure. But there are some clunkers.

UCF/USF/Memphis/UH are legit. The others not so much. Sure, the others may win a year or two out of 5 but they would almost always be in the bottom quintile of any P5 conference.

Tider_in_GA · Jun 26, 2019

Is the Big East doing football again? Or is UConn dropping football.

Or maybe I’m confused but I thought the Big East did all sports except football.

DzynKingRTR · Jun 26, 2019

After reading the article and some of the comments, I have a question. Do they know the Big East is not a football conference?

BamaNation · Jun 26, 2019

Sounds like UCONN may go independent in football. They're hooking back into the Big East hoops scene.

https://twitter.com/abc/status/1142802923996569600

RTR91 · Jun 26, 2019

Tider_in_GA said:
Is the Big East doing football again? Or is UConn dropping football.

Or maybe I’m confused but I thought the Big East did all sports except football.

UConn is going independent in football in hopes another conference will pick up the football team. IOW, they have pretty much killed the football program for a few years.

rgw · Jun 26, 2019

Their football program was pretty well heading towards program death anyway. They made the money move for basketball and understandably so. UCONN football has been a big "loss leader" for the university and I wouldn't be surprised in 5 years if they were playing Delaware and Villanova in FCS.

TideEngineer08 · Jun 26, 2019

Hopefully UConn will move back down to FCS in football. They were the one team that just didn't fit in after all the dust up with the Big East/ACC. They have no football identity, and their basketball belonged with all the teams that left. I would imagine the AAC has been a massive step down in basketball prestige, although the women have won titles since the realignment occurred. I know they were desperate for an ACC invite that ultimately went to Louisville, but that's never going happen.

As for UAB... more power to them if they can swing it. It'll help, but I'm not sure it will change the lack of a fanbase.

CoolBreeze · Jun 26, 2019

I am no big UAB fan but I am a big Bill Clark fan. Had it not been for him college football would have left downtown Birmingham for good. I am still amazed he stayed with UAB but even more baffled as to how any well established football program needing a head coach did not snap him up when they had the chance. Colorado, for example, would have been well served by Bill Clark IMHO.

rolltide_21 · Jun 26, 2019

This would no doubt be a step up for them financially if the AAC would have them. It is the better of the group of 5 conferences. I wonder how much this will influence the bottom line of the entire sports program. The AAC put four teams in the basketball tournament in addition to a few mid level bowls. Would other AAC programs be good with this move? What does UAB bring to the table? Perhaps as much as UConn.

RTR91 · Jun 26, 2019

CoolBreeze said:
I am no big UAB fan but I am a big Bill Clark fan. Had it not been for him college football would have left downtown Birmingham for good. I am still amazed he stayed with UAB but even more baffled as to how any well established football program needing a head coach did not snap him up when they had the chance. Colorado, for example, would have been well served by Bill Clark IMHO.

I believe Bill and his wife each were close to getting 20+ years in the state system, so that played a big part in him staying.

GrayTide · Jun 26, 2019

NCAA FBS Football Independents

1. Notre Dame
2. Army
3. BYU
4. UMass
5. New Mexico State
6. Liberty University
7. UConn ??

Ole Man Dan · Jun 27, 2019

RTR91 said:
I believe Bill and his wife each were close to getting 20+ years in the state system, so that played a big part in him staying.

Even at loser programs, retirement and SS become more attractive when the coach and his wife get near time to retire.
(Alabama State Retirement programs are based on the best 3 of the last 10 years)

Redwood Forrest · Jun 27, 2019

AAC has 12 teams: EAST -- Cincy, UConn, E Carolina, Temple, UCF and USF. WEST-- Houston, Memphis, Navy, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa.

rgw · Jun 27, 2019

I'll add, mostly concerned myself with UCONN in my first post, that this is a great move for UAB but their competition will stiffen greatly in the AAC.

GP for Bama · Jun 28, 2019

Moving to the AAC would be a good prestige move for UAB. However... suddenly competition in all sports would stiffen dramatically. So do they want to be a big dog in C-USA or take on the challenge ( and probably be middle of the road) in the AAC. If offered the chance, they probably can't turn down the AAC. Most say others are higher on the list for the AAC.
If they get into the AAC then expect Navy to move to the East and UAB to land in the West.
The AAC might not add a team if they can't find a team to help with TV revenue.

ALA2262 · Jun 28, 2019

GP for Bama said:
Moving to the AAC would be a good prestige move for UAB. However... suddenly competition in all sports would stiffen dramatically. So do they want to be a big dog in C-USA or take on the challenge ( and probably be middle of the road) in the AAC. If offered the chance, they probably can't turn down the AAC. Most say others are higher on the list for the AAC.
If they get into the AAC then expect Navy to move to the East and UAB to land in the West.
The AAC might not add a team if they can't find a team to help with TV revenue.

And what is the highest rated CFB market in the nation?

DzynKingRTR · Jun 28, 2019

So when the AAC does not invite them to join, do they still blame us?

ALA2262 · Jun 30, 2019

GrayTide said:
NCAA FBS Football Independents

1. Notre Dame
2. Army
3. BYU
4. UMass
5. New Mexico State
6. Liberty University
7. UConn ??

The last four on that list would come to Tuscaloosa, Alabama and play The University of Alabama football team on the next to last weekend of the season. And you could probably add the oddball out on AAC scheduling that weekend. Just saying in case anyone in the Athletic Department is paying attention to the complaints of FCS scheduling.

UA BOT OK with UAB moving to AAC

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