The New Big East Opens Today

[TallTitan34]

New website coming soon.
http://www.bigeast.org/

[chapman]

It's Independence Day!  No more dealing with football schools and their new CUSA friends.

[sarcastro]

Lead story- "Times, Television Announced for Select 2013 Football Games"

[77ncaachamps]

Can't stand the AAC! They've been posting crap.

[The Lens]

Really bummed about Louisville losing to Oregon State in baseball.  


So it's 9:45am on the east coast and the American Athletic Conference has two websites and we have none.

[Tums Festival]

Can't stand the AAC! They've been posting crap.

They did post a benign sort of "We're here!" on Facebook this morning.

[MileHigh]

A picture of Hinkle Fieldhouse this morning courtesy of the IndyStar

[Tums Festival]

For those on Twitter, here's a good follow: https://twitter.com/BigEastDaily

[TallTitan34]

What are the two AAC websites?

[MileHigh]

What are the two AAC websites?

Here's one: http://www.theamerican.org/
Not sure about a second...unless someone was referring to this http://americanathleticconference.net/

[The Lens]

What are the two AAC websites?

bigeast.org

The lead story is AAC Football Sked and TV Listings are coming soon.  Other top stories include Louisville & UConn baseball, Memphis & Uconn hosting conf tourneys, etc.  There is a AAC logo and link to that website also. 

But any stories of Val Ackrman, Bill Raff, New Year's Eve Hoops?  No.

[jmayer1]

bigeast.org

The lead story is AAC Football Sked and TV Listings are coming soon.  Other top stories include Louisville & UConn baseball, Memphis & Uconn hosting conf tourneys, etc.  There is a AAC logo and link to that website also. 

But any stories of Val Ackrman, Bill Raff, New Year's Eve Hoops?  No.

That's been changed now, as posted above.

[GOO]

I know nothing about Val Ackerman or how she normally looks.  However, does she always have the burn mark on her lip.  Kind of the doobie smoking or pipe smoking burn mark?

[The Lens]

That's been changed now, as posted above.

I've refreshed bigeast.org a few times to clear any cookies etc.  It's still AAC content.  But hey I love Cuse LAX so it's cool.

[Aughnanure]

I've refreshed bigeast.org a few times to clear any cookies etc.  It's still AAC content.  But hey I love Cuse LAX so it's cool.

I just get the landing page that was posted above with Val in the middle. Nothing to click on besides Twitter and Facebook buttons.

[keefe]

Really bummed about Louisville losing to Oregon State in baseball.  


So it's 9:45am on the east coast and the American Athletic Conference has two websites and we have none.

It's tough to beat a Beaver

[TallTitan34]

Looks like ESPN doesn't know who is in what conference now.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/teams

[MUCam]

I know nothing about Val Ackerman or how she normally looks.  However, does she always have the burn mark on her lip.  Kind of the doobie smoking or pipe smoking burn mark?

For a holding, "website coming soon" site, it is not too bad. I would have expected they would be ready to launch today, but whatever; bigger fish to fry, I suppose.

That said, the Val Ackerman picture is pretty amateur. Did they really need to cut and past that picture in there? It looks cheap and terrible.

[keefe]

New website coming soon.
http://www.bigeast.org/

Website should have been operational today. Inexcusable.

I think the conference should keep the logo.

[GOO]

The logo looks great.  I agree that they should keep it.

[GGGG]

Website should have been operational today. Inexcusable.

Agreed.  They needed to have more than a simple landing page. 

[Schmidtyfactor]

landing page is fine. They've had a lot to do in little time.

But why even have Val's mug shot on there? does any one person define the conference? No. the collective schools do. It's not as if she's some household name that will create excitement? (though I don't disagree with her hire).

[The Lens]

Butler, Creighton & X are all out pumping up this move to their respective towns and you would hope locals there could have a place to go and learn more about the conference.  This is why some ADs were complaining to Dana O'Neill about not having an infrastructure in place already.  From a marketing & PR perspective it is a big missed opportunity.

[Coleman]

But why even have Val's mug shot on there? does any one person define the conference? No. the collective schools do. It's not as if she's some household name that will create excitement? (though I don't disagree with her hire).

+1000000000000

It looks goofy.

[GGGG]

landing page is fine. They've had a lot to do in little time.

They've had four months since the membership and name issued as been settled.  Plenty of time.