The Pac-12 and Big 12 wish they had someone this competent in charge.” He will continue to promote and whip the conference into shape, facing criticism head on. He is just a victim of his own success with the top three teams leaving the conference. They might be better off entering into some kind of UConn arrangement soon.” But most of the new AAC members either don’t have a long football history or don’t have a good recent one so it’ll be interesting to say the least.” Maybe the schools will be able to tap into markets and invest to get that viewership.
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“They’re taking a huge risk on media markets to prop up a TV deal when the numbers have shown that networks really only care about brand and viewership per game. He’s done a great job as a promoter of the league, especially considering what he inherited.” “With the conference getting stripped of its top three programs, leaving only SMU and Memphis among those teams that could even force an argument, I hope Aresco parks that particular (Power 6) puffery to the side for a while, until the new-look conference sorts out its new haves and have-nots.” Reader comments illustrated that uncertainty: Last year, 85.1 percent of respondents rated the AAC at the best G5 league. Now it’s 44.6, with a lot of people remain on the fence around a 3. Similarly, Aresco had nearly 70 percent rating him a 4 or 5 last year. Post-realignment, that’s down to just 19.4 percent. Last year, 63 percent of respondents rated the league’s membership as a 4 or 5. The league is losing Cincinnati, Houston and UCF and adding Charlotte, FAU, North Texas Rice, UAB and UTSA. Where would you rank the AAC among the G5 leagues?ĪAC fans’ opinions have changed quite a bit since last year, and it’s not hard to see why. How happy are you with the AAC’s TV situation? How would you rate commissioner Mike Aresco’s performance? How happy are you with the AAC’s future membership post-realignment? (Cincinnati, Houston, UCF fans skip this one) (David Butler II / USA Today) American Athletic Conference (around 850 responses) Houston is entering its last AAC season before joining the Big 12. What should we call FBS teams and conferences outside the P5? I will acknowledge USF should have been among the listed options, but the Bulls didn’t receive many votes in “other” either. UTSA’s Conference USA title run changed its outlook, as the Roadrunners didn’t receive a vote last year. But with the pending departure of Cincinnati, UCF and Houston, the Mustangs leaped Boise State and Marshall to No. Last year, prior to realignment, SMU came in sixth. What will be the best job in the G5 after realignment? Houston received less than 0.3 percent of the vote last year and nearly won the spot.
Despite the loss of major star power, the Bearcats are still the plurality favorite. Who will get the Group of 5 New Year’s Six spot this year?Īll others received less than 1 percent eachĬincinnati received more than 50 percent of the vote last year and went on to reach the CFP. (Jerome Miron / USA Today) Best of the G5 Has the one-time transfer rule helped or hurt the P5/G5 divide?Ĭincinnati became the first Group of 5 team to make the Playoff. That’s down to just 3.8 percent one year after the rules went into effect. Last year, 20.7 percent of respondents thought NIL would help the G5. Unsurprisingly, G5 fans see NIL widening the gap between the P5 and the G5. One year in, has NIL been a positive or negative for college sports? You’ll see later that the geographic-focused conferences have the strongest approval of their membership.
Perhaps that’s why 65 percent don’t want a G5 superconference, because it might not make a difference. Nearly 80 percent of respondents believe we’re heading toward a consolidation of conferences at some point. Should the top 12-16 Group of 5 schools form their own football conference? How confident are you that college football is heading to one or two superconferences? Conference realignmentĭoes conference realignment make you more or less interested in college sports? So let’s get into the results on realignment, the Playoff and more. We take a lot of pride in our G5 coverage and the fans that want to read it. I posted the survey last Monday and it got more than 1,900 responses, the most ever in three years. Spoiler alert: Sun Belt fans are very, very happy. It’s about rivalries and geographic identity. It’s not about the money as much anymore because everyone realizes the money will never match the Power 5. Conference realignment over the past year has brought into focus what fans of Group of 5 programs care about the most. This year? It’s a mix of pride and acceptance.
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