Here's a scenario to ponder. Would never happen in a million years, but I'd be curious to see what the preference is.
If you woke up tomorrow and the American was part of the "Power Six," would you still want to join the Big 12? For the sake of argument, we will assume the AAC gets money perhaps a little less than the ACC, let's say in the $15M range per year. Originally, that was the hope before things fell apart. And access isn't a problem - the AAC champ has a guaranteed spot to an access bowl.
So basically the AAC is the Big East of the BCS era.
If that was the case, would you really want UCF to attach itself to a league full of small market, plains schools knowing Texas/Oklahoma could bolt at some time in the next decade? In the meantime, the money would be a little better but the AAC may be considered more stable and geographically friendly for travel, having schools located in major cities.
If you woke up tomorrow and the American was part of the "Power Six," would you still want to join the Big 12? For the sake of argument, we will assume the AAC gets money perhaps a little less than the ACC, let's say in the $15M range per year. Originally, that was the hope before things fell apart. And access isn't a problem - the AAC champ has a guaranteed spot to an access bowl.
So basically the AAC is the Big East of the BCS era.
If that was the case, would you really want UCF to attach itself to a league full of small market, plains schools knowing Texas/Oklahoma could bolt at some time in the next decade? In the meantime, the money would be a little better but the AAC may be considered more stable and geographically friendly for travel, having schools located in major cities.
