http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9130997/sources-former-big-east-named-american-athletic-conference
No number in their name
AAC will be ahead of the ACC in alpha listings...... :D
So pretty much another way of saying Conference USA.
Smart move putting "Athletic" in the name. When you've got Memphis, UCF, and ECU in the conference you want to make that very clear that the only association is athletics...I guess option 1B was the American Non-Academic Conference.
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I don't hate it. Wish that had been our conference name back in the C-USA days.
Just think how happy Louisville fans will be with an American Athletic Conference title banner in their rafters after next year.
I like it. Good work Old Big East!
LOL.
That is all.
Now when the schools' representatives meet they have to call it an "AA meeting"
Quote from: Heavy Gear on April 03, 2013, 05:22:27 PM
Just think how happy Louisville fans will be with an American Athletic Conference title banner in their rafters next year.
Cant happen as louisville is going to be in the ACC next season
Not like they had a lot of good choices. It'll be fine.
Quote from: bobnoxious on April 03, 2013, 07:17:03 PM
Cant happen as louisville is going to be in the ACC next season
Did I miss something about Louisville joining the ACC next season or is it still 2014-15 season?
Quote from: bobnoxious on April 03, 2013, 07:17:03 PM
Cant happen as louisville is going to be in the ACC next season
I'm pretty sure they can't enter until Maryland leaves after next year, so they have to spend a year in this conference. Cuse, ND and Pitt are gone next year. Not a terrible conference as they should have 3-5 tourney teams (Louisville, Memphis, Cincy, UConn?) but nothing special.
Quote from: MUFanatic4Life on April 03, 2013, 07:24:39 PM
I'm pretty sure they can't enter until Maryland leaves after next year, so they have to spend a year in this conference. Cuse, ND and Pitt are gone next year. Not a terrible conference as they should have 3-5 tourney teams (Louisville, Memphis, Cincy, UConn?) but nothing special.
Louisville needs a football conference. Next year's ACC football schedule was set (and I believe tickets have already been sold) so they could not move and still have a football schedule. So, they were stuck for another year in the AAC before moving to the ACC.
ND will not be a ACC football member. So, they don't need a football conference to complete their schedule like Louisville. This allowed them to get out early.
Sounds like a jockstrap manufacturer.
Quote from: MARQCAT on April 03, 2013, 07:22:26 PM
Did I miss something about Louisville joining the ACC next season or is it still 2014-15 season?
Adding Lousville next season would've given the ACC an odd number of football schools, so yes they can't officially join until Maryland leaves a spot open for them.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on April 03, 2013, 08:36:50 PM
Sounds like a jockstrap manufacturer.
Wouldn't that be their fan base?
As the "American Athletic" composition has often been considered the de facto re-birth of C-USA, perhaps I shouldn't be so taken aback. However...
"The American Athletic Conference will be the third Division I conference with a variation of America or American in its name. The others: America East and Mid-American. There's also Conference USA, which, ironically, is the league where nine of the 12 teams in the American Athletic Conference came from."
I never realized that NINE of TWELVE were Conference USA members. I guess I just never counted and assumed it was about half. Calling this a "new" conference is completely overstating it.
Sounds like a cheaper, knockoff Abercrombie.
It's only fitting for this league that when read phonetically, its new name sounds like a dying, last gasp for breath.
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I like it - if the whole thing doesn't work they could open a line of apparel with that name
They could have done worse. In fact, I expected them to.
Glad we got the Big East name, though!
Quote from: 4everwarriors on April 03, 2013, 08:36:50 PM
Sounds like a jockstrap manufacturer.
"Because remember... if you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter."
Quote from: MUFlutieEffect on April 03, 2013, 09:14:55 PM
I never realized that NINE of TWELVE were Conference USA members. I guess I just never counted and assumed it was about half. Calling this a "new" conference is completely overstating it.
If you count Boston College and Miami, then seven ACC schools came from the Big East (once all the known reshuffling is done).
CUSA is becoming the AAC
The old Big East is becoming the ACC
It's the circle of life, not to be confused with a circle jerk.
It sounds like a clothing brand because it is a trademark owned by an existing entity... Russell Brands, LLC owns the trademark AMERICAN ATHLETIC, INC. and there are other entities out there using some variety of this mark for other items (e.g., gymnastic and cheerleading equipment, shoes, etc.). If they adopted a name without doing a trademark clearance that would be a major F-up.
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on April 04, 2013, 06:36:39 AM
If you count Boston College and Miami, then seven ACC schools came from the Big East (once all the known reshuffling is done).
CUSA is becoming the AAC
The old Big East is becoming the ACC
It's the circle of life, not to be confused with a circle jerk.
Former Big East schools now or scheduled to be in the ACC:
Boston College
Miami (FL)
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
So glad we're off that roller coaster!
Haaaaa.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9130997/former-big-east-named-american-athletic-conference
If CUSA is taken, go w/American.
Amer-i-caaaaaa. (F*ck yeahh!!!)
Better than the America 12 or whatever it was called before
It could have been much, much worse.
Quote from: Heavy Gear on April 04, 2013, 08:21:18 AM
Former Big East schools now or scheduled to be in the ACC:
Boston College
Miami (FL)
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
So glad we're off that roller coaster!
And, might I add, for years ACC fans have stated that the Big East was overrated. Too funny.
Honestly, given the circumstances, American Athletic Conference is probably the best they could do. Its not a ridiculous number or geography that isn't represented by its teams. It doesn't scream mid-major. And it sounds better than Conference USA. Props to them for thinking of something decent.
We can poke fun at it all we want, but if we didn't get the Big East name, we'd have the AAC or something even worse.
Quote from: MARQCAT on April 04, 2013, 08:11:52 AM
It sounds like a clothing brand because it is a trademark owned by an existing entity... Russell Brands, LLC owns the trademark AMERICAN ATHLETIC, INC. and there are other entities out there using some variety of this mark for other items (e.g., gymnastic and cheerleading equipment, shoes, etc.). If they adopted a name without doing a trademark clearance that would be a major F-up.
Maybe they signed and EXCLUSIVE sportswear/apparel deal with the hottest name in the game - you guessed it - Russell Brands' subsidiary American Athletic.
Wow, I wonder if they even did a clearance search on the name.
http://www.americanathletic.com/
Hey! American Athletic is the same brand that made my jock strap!
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on April 04, 2013, 06:36:39 AM
If you count Boston College and Miami, then seven ACC schools came from the Big East (once all the known reshuffling is done).
CUSA is becoming the AAC
The old Big East is becoming the ACC
It's the circle of life, not to be confused with a circle jerk.
While CAA teams join the A-10. IMO everyone is moving up but no one's getting better (except Louisville and maybe TCU).
I'd say Utah and Butler got better situation also.
AAC to much like ACC.
Quote from: bilsu on April 04, 2013, 05:42:15 PM
AAC to much like ACC.
Like the MAC versus the MAAC.... confusing.
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on April 04, 2013, 06:36:39 AM
It's the circle of life, not to be confused with a circle jerk.
I'll take "Dukie V's Meeting In Coach K's Office" for $1,000, Alex.