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Said it before, but the (football) Big East should just be called the "Conference of Misfit Toys."

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So James Madison, who spent five of the last seven years in federal court to justify cutting $550K/year by dropping ten varsity sports (seven men's; three women's), now wants to add 23 more men's scholarships, additional coaching costs and move up to FBS only to lost more money or to have the student's subsidize even more. Eighty-three (83) of JMU's total attletic revenue comes from student fees. Hell, their student body is already 61% female.

But their enrollment is only 4% Black. Oh, I see why they may want those additional scholarships.
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It is better than bringing back the Metro. Reviving a dead league name is problematic, plus it'd be the same problem if they go out of region again (ECU isn't metro) or whatever. This name gives them the flexibility to do whatever they want and it's a nice trick to force people to start calling them the AAC and to get them confused.

I like it.

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Old Big East now...

The American Athletic Conference

http://m.espn.go.com...storyId=9130997

So now we have the ACC and the AAC.

Ack.

It is better than bringing back the Metro. Reviving a dead league name is problematic, plus it'd be the same problem if they go out of region again (ECU isn't metro) or whatever. This name gives them the flexibility to do whatever they want and it's a nice trick to force people to start calling them the AAC and to get them confused.

I like it.

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On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said:
You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now.
On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said:
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People are just going to start calling them the American Conference. AAC is already too close to ACC.

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People are just going to start calling them the American Conference. AAC is already too close to ACC.

Maybe they should have considered calling it the American Athletic League (AAL).

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It is better than bringing back the Metro. Reviving a dead league name is problematic, plus it'd be the same problem if they go out of region again (ECU isn't metro) or whatever. This name gives them the flexibility to do whatever they want and it's a nice trick to force people to start calling them the AAC and to get them confused.

I like it.

"Metro" doesn't refer to a region, which makes it perfect for this league. Greenville, NC may not be a bustling metropolis, but neither were Blacksburg, VA or Hattiesburg, MS.

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The AAC... it doesn't roll off the tongue like the ACC does. I can't believe they would go with an accronym that is so close to another conference's. I guess it could just reinforce that they are going to try and push farther west and pick up more little brother schools in major markets across the country.

The AAC is nothing but a renamed Mid Major.

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Most/all of the Missouri Valley beat writers and some officials are saying no decision has been made yet.

On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said:
You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now.
On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said:
Today, we are all otaku.

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The AAC... it doesn't roll off the tongue like the ACC does. I can't believe they would go with an accronym that is so close to another conference's. I guess it could just reinforce that they are going to try and push farther west and pick up more little brother schools in major markets across the country.

The AAC is nothing but a renamed Mid Major.

I see what you did, there. ;)

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Most/all of the Missouri Valley beat writers and some officials are saying no decision has been made yet.

I say it's still gonna happen and they're just trying to hush up that speculation until after the tourney's over (one of their teams is in the Final Four, and that's where they want all of the attention focused)

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People are just going to start calling them the American Conference. AAC is already too close to ACC.

Maybe they should have considered calling it the American Athletic League (AAL).

They should call it the AA, because by the time the dust settles in conference realignment, it will be equivalent to Double A Baseball.

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