(02-27-2018 11:55 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-27-2018 07:32 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(02-27-2018 07:24 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  In developing criteria for what a P5 looks like, we also have to be aware of circumstances. E.g., Louisville is in the ACC because the B1G raided Maryland. If that didn't happen, they are in the AAC.

Sometimes, shock events can cause schools without the apparent on-paper credentials to get upped, kind of like a "battle-field promotion" in the military.

That's really the most likely scenario for any current G5 to get a P5 bid - if one P5 raids another, and the raided P5 feels the need to back-fill. That's more likely than a P5 deciding to expand directly via G5, because the ROI just isn't there to do it.

If someone were to tell me "within 5 years, USF will be in a Power conference, how did it happen?", I'd guess it 91% likely that it happened because a P5 got raided and needed to backfill, 8% chance it was because we were just so darn pretty that a P5 pro-actively took us, and a 1% chance that the AAC was promoted to Power status.

Aren't you being just a bit optimistic about this?

Hahahahaha. He’s not an AAC fan. So a 1% chance for the AAC to get promoted up is extremely optimistic for him.