Perhaps we are going about this all wrong. The AAC should be courting Texas and Oklahoma. Promise to kick out the bottom feeders Tulane and UCONN and bring them in.
AAC still has legit shot at CFB...Big 12 eliminated
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I already suggested that, C-Mont. They have all the program money (including from billionaire oil tycoons), rep, recruiting advantage, and highest-priced coaches. They rigged the system in their favor in every possible way, yet can't take care of business. Arrogance and entitlement that almost puts Hillary to shame.
That's why I was thinking the big 12 should have acted way sooner. Times they are a changing! Go AAC 
It would be great, but there's no way (particularly Oklahoma) turn their back on the guaranteed CFP money.
It doesn't matter if the Big12 never puts another team in the playoffs, they automatically get a big cut of the pie.
The Big12 created a red herring in expansion this off season to stop people from talking about Baylor. They don't want any part of weeks of conversation revolving around them.
I think the AAC can dream on! It's not going to happen. LOUISVILLE. Loserville takes out Houston, Houston takes out usf, and maybe UCF get corrected by then and beats both of them. Either way, 1 loss AAC quickly drops in the rankings like a dead dream, and begins the month's long bitching about being left out to a 1 or probably 2 loss P5 team.
Technically yes... I'd estimate the increase went from .0000001% to .000001%. Actually an order of magnitude better.
Seriously, the only way Houston gets in is if they go undefeated AND the Big12 announces they're adding them. The Big12 gets to argue that they're increasing competition by adding a playoff team and the other P5 get a silver bullet against any legal action brought by the G5.
I don't think they get past UL anyway. FSU has an Achilles heel exposed by UH last bowl season. They can't defend a hurry up offense with an athletic dual-threat QB. UL showed they play that game even better than UH does.
If Houston beats Louisville convincingly, they could still afford to lose to USF (or us), as long as the other top teams beat each other as they very well could.
You really think a committee of P5 ADs is going to set the precedence that a G5 school can get into "their" playoffs with a loss?
If only to continue the lie that things are equal, they need to let an outsider in once in awhile. Otherwise, the U.S. Senate get to calling conferences to testify.
No AAC champ is getting in, even if undefeated. No way at all. The playoff is an even more exclusive club than the BCS was.
I'd only disagree this year where Houston is already in the Top 6 and has a chance to beat a Top 5 team left on the schedule. Unless there are 4 undefeated P5 teams, there is a chance Houston could get in.
Except that they are going to lose to UCF.
Just like with the BCS, the AP poll has little to do with who gets in. It's a separate panel and Houston could be #1 in the AP poll, but if the playoff committee thinks that 4 teams from power conferences, even with 2 losses each, will be a better draw, then they're getting in and Houston will have to channel their inner Boise State.
Let's call the 4 team playoff what it is: nepotism.
That's a popular narrative, but the committee poll and the Coaches/AP polls were pretty close and consistent the last 2 years, especially at the top.
For those of you that think a G5 will get a playoff spot, I'd like to ask you one question: Is pixie dust in season? I don't make it to fairytale wonderland often and I can't remember if it's a fall or winter magically commodity. Thanks in advance.
That's an apples and oranges comparison. The BCS had a national championship game and then some steak knife parting gift bowls for the also rans. The Players chooses 4 teams instead of 2, so all 4 have a chance at the big prize!
It's a different equation but it's the same variables. Fact is, Houston, as well as any other school outside the P5 doesn't belong in the club. It won't happen.
Which is good. Injustice is meant to bring upon change. Or we could all just join the B12 and not give a shit anymore about the G5.
If Houston wins all of their games including beating an undefeated Louisville (would be a top 3 team)they are in, especially over B12 and probably PAC
Houston won't climb any higher than 5. No way they leapfrog a blueblood team. They'll sit at six until they happen to beat Louisville, then they'll go to 5 and the committee will say their SOS wasn't as hard as some POS SEC or B10 team.
It won't happen. Not that I don't want it to happen, believe me I do, but it just won't. College football is not designed that way.
Houston might wind up with wins over 2 ranked teams.
They NEED Louisville to stay undefeated. If they beat an undefeated Louisville in week 11, they'll get ranked high enough to stay in.
I think Louisville beats them though.
And UCF.
They NEED Louisville to stay undefeated. If they beat an undefeated Louisville in week 11, they'll get ranked high enough to stay in.
I think Louisville beats them though.
And UCF.
You may be on to something. Rename the AAC the Power 5 conference. They we'll be the 6th of the 5 Power 5 conferences. Sorta like our amps going up to 11, not 10. Of course we have 11 or 12 schools, but the Big 10 and Big 12 don't abide by their counts either.It's a different equation but it's the same variables. Fact is, Houston, as well as any other school outside the P5 doesn't belong in the club. It won't happen.
Which is good. Injustice is meant to bring upon change. Or we could all just join the B12 and not give a shit anymore about the G5.
