#AmericaRising
America Rising is the battle cry of the newest athletic conference in the NCAA FBS division. A cobbled together league from the shards of the Big East and C-USA. The former Big East was raided into oblivion and the smaller Catholic basketball schools took the name with them and moved on.
What happened in the first year of the AAC? Success and expectations exceeded. Central Florida defeated Baylor in a BCS is bowl. UConn won the NCAA Championship (and Justin Bieber is out there still looking for a Yukon hat).
Despite the success in the first year, the effects of realignment continue to ripple through the league. Gone this summer are Rutgers and Louisville for the Big 10 and ACC respectively. UConn and Cincinnati have made no bones about wanting to move to a Power 5 conference. No doubt, any team in the American will make the jump should one of the big money leagues call. My own Houston Cougars would take say yes before the Big 12 finished the question. No doubt about it.
For the time being though, the league is here and the current members need to make the best of it. So far so good. While I don't see a banner year like this year for the American, I see some sustained success. Which can only be a good thing.
I think the main goal for the conference is to make the best of the situation. Maybe they won't ever reach the stratosphere of the Power 5 but they can strive to be the next best thing. They definitely need to distinguish themselves from the other 4 lower tier conferences. Other than the Mountain West, the American has no real competition for the title of "Best of the Rest." Right now the American, based on BCS and NCAA title win, can make that claim. Next football season the race begins all over again.
One, I'd like to start blogging again on my sports blog. The Houston Cougars have always been my college passion since I started attending in 1987 and receive my degree there. Now I'd like to expand into The American Athletic Conference and watch it move forward.
Part of my inspiration is the lack of a dedicated blog on SB Nation. I love what they have built there and maybe in the future if I can get some help from fans of other AAC schools, I'd love to have a dedicated SB Nation blog. But I have to start somewhere.
For now, I'd like to subtitle this section of my blog The New American Frontier.
America Rising is the battle cry of the newest athletic conference in the NCAA FBS division. A cobbled together league from the shards of the Big East and C-USA. The former Big East was raided into oblivion and the smaller Catholic basketball schools took the name with them and moved on.
What happened in the first year of the AAC? Success and expectations exceeded. Central Florida defeated Baylor in a BCS is bowl. UConn won the NCAA Championship (and Justin Bieber is out there still looking for a Yukon hat).
Despite the success in the first year, the effects of realignment continue to ripple through the league. Gone this summer are Rutgers and Louisville for the Big 10 and ACC respectively. UConn and Cincinnati have made no bones about wanting to move to a Power 5 conference. No doubt, any team in the American will make the jump should one of the big money leagues call. My own Houston Cougars would take say yes before the Big 12 finished the question. No doubt about it.
For the time being though, the league is here and the current members need to make the best of it. So far so good. While I don't see a banner year like this year for the American, I see some sustained success. Which can only be a good thing.
I think the main goal for the conference is to make the best of the situation. Maybe they won't ever reach the stratosphere of the Power 5 but they can strive to be the next best thing. They definitely need to distinguish themselves from the other 4 lower tier conferences. Other than the Mountain West, the American has no real competition for the title of "Best of the Rest." Right now the American, based on BCS and NCAA title win, can make that claim. Next football season the race begins all over again.
One, I'd like to start blogging again on my sports blog. The Houston Cougars have always been my college passion since I started attending in 1987 and receive my degree there. Now I'd like to expand into The American Athletic Conference and watch it move forward.
Part of my inspiration is the lack of a dedicated blog on SB Nation. I love what they have built there and maybe in the future if I can get some help from fans of other AAC schools, I'd love to have a dedicated SB Nation blog. But I have to start somewhere.
For now, I'd like to subtitle this section of my blog The New American Frontier.
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