(07-20-2014 11:28 PM)TrojanCampaign Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 09:06 AM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 08:09 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 06:45 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  So 10 of 77 football games will not be broadcast at all.

And 30 of 67 broadcasted games will be on Sinclair's regional/digital ASN?

That's better than having those 30 games go untelevised, but good grief that's a lot of Tier 3 inventory and untelevised games.

3 of the 10 not televised by the cbssn, fox and asn contracts have already been picked up by local tv stations in the affected areas. That leaves only 7, some of which will get a tv nod later in the fall, that could be internet exclusives. Not bad for a conference ravaged by realignment and rebuilt. The AAC has great exposure and while C-USA can't compare with our expsoure there are still 7 AAC games listed as internet exclusives by Mattz tv schedule so our 7 is not that big a deal.

This new deal is for 2 years and will undoubtedly go thru some growing pains. We have not seen one broadcast yet to gauge the production quality or reach of the broadcasts. Some games may be widely distributed and most just regionally, but the added exposure is certainly better than no added exposure. I just hope that it does well enough to grow in popularity and get renewed and expanded in the future. C-USA has a lot of recovering to do and it's going to take time and effort to get it's footing back underneath it and this is just one step that needed to be taken.

I disagree with the bolded statement. The retooled and rearmed CUSA has already established a nice set of bowls and, most of all, those bowls are nicely balanced between east and west. Second, the new CUSA-14 has DOUBLED the number of its TV telecasts, something the old CUSA-12 with Houston, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, ECU, Memphis, and UCF, were not able to do.

In terms of building competitive football teams, I agree with your statement. Remember both UCF and TCU built their very strong teams in CUSA....but it took both schools some time to do that after hiring their good football coaches.

Please also remember that Nbe/AAC, excluding UCF, also has some proving to do. The Nbe/AAC invitees are assuming that they have suddenly been transformed to powerhouses via a simple conference name change. The Nbe/AAC invitees struggled in CUSA and did not put together the outstanding season/seansons that UCF, TCU, and Boise have done. For those Nbe/AAC fans contemplating responding to this post, tell me, what was your record in the Liberty Bowl against 6-6 BCS teams?

Lol Wut?

I'm no college football historian but it was not long ago matter fact 2011 that Houston was 13-1 with a bowl win against Penn State. They were arguably one win from playing in a BCS bowl that season.

And dude I really wonder about you sometimes. Are you claiming TULSA struggled in CUSA? Tulsa arguably has been the best or one the best programs CUSA has ever seen if you look at all the championships. And again it was only 2012 when they were 11-3 and conference champs. Not to mention all the other 9+ win seasons they have had the last 15 years.

And ECU? How in the world have they struggled in CUSA?

Your seriously delusional man. The best programs were taken away.

And the Liberty Bowl is not just against 6-6 teams from some rag tag conference. 6-6 SEC teams would be CUSA champs most years. And 6-6 SEC teams would beat many 8 win Big Ten and Pac-12 teams.

Lol. You act like facts matter in this Alice in Wonderland thread....

Summary of Nbe/AAC teams and records:

Cincy is 0-2 in BCS Bowls.
UConn is 0-1 in BCS Bowls.
UCF is 1-0 in BCS Bowls.
The Nbe/AAC is 1-3 in BCS Bowls.

Liberty Bowl from1996-2012: Nbe/AAC teams excluding Tulsa won 3 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

(07-21-2014 09:30 AM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Summary of Nbe/AAC teams and records:

Cincy is 0-2 in BCS Bowls.
UConn is 0-1 in BCS Bowls.
UCF is 1-0 in BCS Bowls.
The Nbe/AAC is 1-3 in BCS Bowls.

Liberty Bowl from1996-2012: Nbe/AAC teams excluding Tulsa won 3 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

Lol. Nice cherry picking. I can do that too.

Number of BCs bowl participants in the current CUSA--0

Liberty Bowls from 1996-2012--Current CUSA teams excluding S Miss won 0 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

Nothing like slicing and slanting the data until it has virtually no meaning.

(07-21-2014 12:08 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  At least with the SBC you have some long term members like Ark St, UARL, ULL, South Alabama that have been there decades. That is the core of that conference.

In CUSA all you have is USM and UAB in a 14 team conference that have been there over 10 years. I don't know what CUSA 3.0 is, quite honestly its a pretty bizarre grouping of schools.

UTEP, UTSA, UNT are very western oriented. Marshall, WKU and MTSU are in the OVC territory.

FAU /FIU are the odd couple. UAB, ODU, Charlotte is another grouping. Rice, LaTech, USM are your South Central schools.

Its a multiregional conference of 5-6 distinct regional groupings

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You must not have a strong understanding of Texas, Texas football, or C-USA 3.0.

North Texas, Rice, UTSA, and UTEP are Texas oriented. UTEP is some distance away, but they are still in Texas, and have large numbers of alumni in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. LA Tech and Southern Miss are also good strong regional program for the western division. The western division of C-USA is a great geographic lineup. Out of all the G5 divisions, I'd say C-USA West has the tightest geography of important and connected regional markets. Sports fans in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio already view each other as rivals, and most have family in each of those cities. I live in the Dallas area. I graduated from UNT, and have season tickets. My brother lives in the Houston area and has Rice season tickets. We have cousins in San Antonio. The Texas C-USA programs enjoy a shared regional sports culture, especially for football. That's why Fox Sports has all of UNT's games against other C-USA Texas teams scheduled to air on Fox Sports Southwest or Fox Sports 1.

The only odd alignment in C-USA is the situation with the Florida schools. FAU and FIU are out on an island in the east, but they are in an important recruiting location for the other C-USA East programs.

No one down here believes C-USA 3.0 is a "bizarre grouping of schools".

Watch some of our game against Rice from last season. We had around 23,000 in our stadium on Halloween, which was a Thursday night. This grouping of schools is working great.

(07-21-2014 10:50 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 09:30 AM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Summary of Nbe/AAC teams and records:

Cincy is 0-2 in BCS Bowls.
UConn is 0-1 in BCS Bowls.
UCF is 1-0 in BCS Bowls.
The Nbe/AAC is 1-3 in BCS Bowls.

Liberty Bowl from1996-2012: Nbe/AAC teams excluding Tulsa won 3 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

Lol. Nice cherry picking. I can do that too.

Number of BCs bowl participants in the current CUSA--0

Liberty Bowls from 1996-2012--Current CUSA teams excluding S Miss won 0 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

The difference, of course, current CUSA teams are not making Alice in Fairyland boasts foolishly made in Times Square and still continue. Just as a reminder, eight of CUSA's current 14 teams were not eligible for the Liberty Bowl from 1996 to 2012 as they were not a member of the conference. Nbe/AAC has one more BCS bowl victory than CUSA.

(07-21-2014 10:51 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 12:08 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  At least with the SBC you have some long term members like Ark St, UARL, ULL, South Alabama that have been there decades. That is the core of that conference.

In CUSA all you have is USM and UAB in a 14 team conference that have been there over 10 years. I don't know what CUSA 3.0 is, quite honestly its a pretty bizarre grouping of schools.

UTEP, UTSA, UNT are very western oriented. Marshall, WKU and MTSU are in the OVC territory.

FAU /FIU are the odd couple. UAB, ODU, Charlotte is another grouping. Rice, LaTech, USM are your South Central schools.

Its a multiregional conference of 5-6 distinct regional groupings

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You must not have a strong understanding of Texas, Texas football, or C-USA 3.0.

North Texas, Rice, UTSA, and UTEP are Texas oriented. UTEP is some distance away, but they are still in Texas, and have large numbers of alumni in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. LA Tech and Southern Miss are also good strong regional program for the western division. The western division of C-USA is a great geographic lineup. Out of all the G5 divisions, I'd say C-USA West has the tightest geography of important and connected regional markets. Sports fans in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio already view each other as rivals, and most have family in each of those cities. I live in the Dallas area. I graduated from UNT, and have season tickets. My brother lives in the Houston area and has Rice season tickets. We have cousins in San Antonio. The Texas C-USA programs enjoy a shared regional sports culture, especially for football. That's why Fox Sports has all of UNT's games against other C-USA Texas teams scheduled to air on Fox Sports Southwest or Fox Sports 1.

The only odd alignment in C-USA is the situation with the Florida schools. FAU and FIU are out on an island in the east, but they are in an important recruiting location for the other C-USA East programs.

No one down here believes C-USA 3.0 is a "bizarre grouping of schools".

Watch some of our game against Rice from last season. We had around 23,000 in our stadium on Halloween, which was a Thursday night. This grouping of schools is working great.

College sports tv today is all about TV. The best positive of CUSA/West is FOX/Southwest. FOX/SW covers the states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, CUSA/West's primary tv and recruiting base. Throw in the Longhorn Network too.

(07-21-2014 11:04 AM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 10:50 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 09:30 AM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Summary of Nbe/AAC teams and records:

Cincy is 0-2 in BCS Bowls.
UConn is 0-1 in BCS Bowls.
UCF is 1-0 in BCS Bowls.
The Nbe/AAC is 1-3 in BCS Bowls.

Liberty Bowl from1996-2012: Nbe/AAC teams excluding Tulsa won 3 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

Lol. Nice cherry picking. I can do that too.

Number of BCs bowl participants in the current CUSA--0

Liberty Bowls from 1996-2012--Current CUSA teams excluding S Miss won 0 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

The difference, of course, current CUSA teams are not making Alice in Fairyland boasts foolishly made in Times Square and still continue. Just as a reminder, eight of CUSA's current 14 teams were not eligible for the Liberty Bowl from 1996 to 2012 as they were not a member of the conference. Nbe/AAC has one more BCS bowl victory than CUSA.

And there you have it. "Facts" finally exhausted, your thread runs headlong into Alice in Wonderland with yet another rant involving the advertising banners in Times Square. In real life, the AAC's first year of existence resulted in a BCS bowl victory over the Big-12 champion and an outright national championship in basketball. The reality you are struggling with is the AAC's first year went much better than most anyone could have expected. However, in your Wonderland, the AAC totally "under-delivered and "overpromised" in thier first year. Frankly, i dont think the AAC could have delivered much more in thier first year. You might want to adjust the focus knob on your view through the looking glass.

Easy Britton (Trollgrass). The biggest CUSA apologist in the civilized world.

(07-21-2014 11:20 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:04 AM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 10:50 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 09:30 AM)Tallgrass Wrote:  Summary of Nbe/AAC teams and records:

Cincy is 0-2 in BCS Bowls.
UConn is 0-1 in BCS Bowls.
UCF is 1-0 in BCS Bowls.
The Nbe/AAC is 1-3 in BCS Bowls.

Liberty Bowl from1996-2012: Nbe/AAC teams excluding Tulsa won 3 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

Lol. Nice cherry picking. I can do that too.

Number of BCs bowl participants in the current CUSA--0

Liberty Bowls from 1996-2012--Current CUSA teams excluding S Miss won 0 Liberty Bowls in 16 years.

The difference, of course, current CUSA teams are not making Alice in Fairyland boasts foolishly made in Times Square and still continue. Just as a reminder, eight of CUSA's current 14 teams were not eligible for the Liberty Bowl from 1996 to 2012 as they were not a member of the conference. Nbe/AAC has one more BCS bowl victory than CUSA.

And there you have it. "Facts" finally exhausted, your thread runs headlong into Alice in Wonderland with yet another rant involving the advertising banners in Times Square. In real life, the AAC's first year of existence resulted in a BCS bowl victory over the Big-12 champion and an outright national championship in basketball. The reality you are struggling with is the AAC's first year went much better than most anyone could have expected. However, in your Wonderland, the AAC totally "under-delivered and "overpromised" in thier first year. Frankly, i dont think the AAC could have delivered much more in thier first year. You might want to adjust the focus knob on your view through the looking glass.

Over Promised, Under Delivered: No BCS, no $18M tv contract, no Orlando, Charlotte, or PInstripe Bowls. I thought I would never see anything as dumbfound as the Denver Airport episode but darned if it didn't.

Congrats to UCF on their marvelous special season and superb BCS bowl victory. Congrats to UConn for double national basketball champs.

Congrats to Big East for their marvelous tv contract.

Congrats to MAC and SBC in a very substantial improvement in their bowls.

Congrats to CUSA for their nice set up of bowls, doubling of tv appearances from 2012 CUSA, and steadily, quietly, and diligently working to become better.

Congrats to Sinclair, who had a vision that they could start small and slowly and quietly and diligently build a national tv program.

Congrats to ACC for the Notre Dame affiliation, binding GOR contract, and the fine additions of Pitt, Syracuse, and Louisville.

Congrats to B12 for Sugar Bowl agreement with SEC and another $4M per B12 school.

Congrats to everyone who works hard, diligently, and quietly in pursuit of their dreams. BCS is a monopoly but there is no monopoly on working hard to achieve a vision. My best to all.

I am a NonBCS football fan and hope each NonBCS conferences places a team or two in the Top 25. That sure would make it hard for BCS to keep excluding the NonBCS teams.

The BCS doesn't exist anymore, before the old "Non BCS" Wasn't guaranteed a slot, now they are...it's about the Playoffs and the Contract/Access Bowls...Right now for the Group of Five the AAC has the schools with the most money, most exposure and schools with National Brands like UConn...Right now they are in the best position of the G5 and that why Tulsa left as soon as the AAC offered them membership, the same applies to Tulane, East Carolina and Navy-(another huge brand).

Tulsa Basketball will have schools like Cincinnati, Temple and the Defending and 4 Time National Champion Huskies coming to town...just saying....

All I did was a simple post that 67 home CUSA games out of a total of 77 CUSA home games would be telecasted in 2014 and then....

(07-21-2014 01:55 PM)Maize Wrote:  The BCS doesn't exist anymore, before the old "Non BCS" Wasn't guaranteed a slot, now they are...it's about the Playoffs and the Contract/Access Bowls...Right now for the Group of Five the AAC has the schools with the most money, most exposure and schools with National Brands like UConn...Right now they are in the best position of the G5 and that why Tulsa left as soon as the AAC offered them membership, the same applies to Tulane, East Carolina and Navy-(another huge brand).

Tulsa Basketball will have schools like Cincinnati, Temple and the Defending and 4 Time National Champion Huskies coming to town...just saying....

So the 60 or so NonBCS teams are guaranteed one spot in the 4 Game National Playoff and 4 BCS Bowls? How nice of BCS! Perhaps NonBCS fans should pass the hat to build a monument to honor BCS generosity.

For this 1 out of 60 "generous" chance of one spot in a "guaranteed" BCS bowl, MWC lost Holiday, Copper, and Freedom Bowls against BCS opponents and AAC lost Orlando, Charlotte, and Pinstripe Bowls, also against BCS opponents. NonBCS was also pushed out of the Liberty Bowl.

Then for some reason you went on a nBe-(which doesn't exist) AAC Rant.

The deal might be good for C-USA but the fact remains they are starting all over again with schools that are either FCS Callups or Sun Belt Schools.

The AAC is basically the "Real C-USA" with Navy, USF, Cincinnati and UConn with a much better TV Deal...it is what it is...

(07-21-2014 03:09 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 01:55 PM)Maize Wrote:  The BCS doesn't exist anymore, before the old "Non BCS" Wasn't guaranteed a slot, now they are...it's about the Playoffs and the Contract/Access Bowls...Right now for the Group of Five the AAC has the schools with the most money, most exposure and schools with National Brands like UConn...Right now they are in the best position of the G5 and that why Tulsa left as soon as the AAC offered them membership, the same applies to Tulane, East Carolina and Navy-(another huge brand).

Tulsa Basketball will have schools like Cincinnati, Temple and the Defending and 4 Time National Champion Huskies coming to town...just saying....

So the 60 or so NonBCS teams are guaranteed one spot in the 4 Game National Playoff and 4 BCS Bowls? How nice of BCS! Perhaps NonBCS fans should pass the hat to build a monument to honor BCS generosity.

In reality it more like especially early the AAC/MWC shared slot...doubt the P5 wants to play against C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt...also before you wasn't even guarantee that...you had to meet strict requirements.

(07-21-2014 03:11 PM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:09 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 01:55 PM)Maize Wrote:  The BCS doesn't exist anymore, before the old "Non BCS" Wasn't guaranteed a slot, now they are...it's about the Playoffs and the Contract/Access Bowls...Right now for the Group of Five the AAC has the schools with the most money, most exposure and schools with National Brands like UConn...Right now they are in the best position of the G5 and that why Tulsa left as soon as the AAC offered them membership, the same applies to Tulane, East Carolina and Navy-(another huge brand).

Tulsa Basketball will have schools like Cincinnati, Temple and the Defending and 4 Time National Champion Huskies coming to town...just saying....

So the 60 or so NonBCS teams are guaranteed one spot in the 4 Game National Playoff and 4 BCS Bowls? How nice of BCS! Perhaps NonBCS fans should pass the hat to build a monument to honor BCS generosity.

In reality it more like especially early the AAC/MWC shared slot...doubt the P5 wants to play against C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt...also before you wasn't even guarantee that...you had to meet strict requirements.

Probably doesn't want to play MWC or AAC either and that is why these two conferences lost 6 bowls against BCS opponents between them. The one "guaranteed" spot is most likely to help fend off any possible monopoly lawsuit.

(07-21-2014 03:21 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:11 PM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:09 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 01:55 PM)Maize Wrote:  The BCS doesn't exist anymore, before the old "Non BCS" Wasn't guaranteed a slot, now they are...it's about the Playoffs and the Contract/Access Bowls...Right now for the Group of Five the AAC has the schools with the most money, most exposure and schools with National Brands like UConn...Right now they are in the best position of the G5 and that why Tulsa left as soon as the AAC offered them membership, the same applies to Tulane, East Carolina and Navy-(another huge brand).

Tulsa Basketball will have schools like Cincinnati, Temple and the Defending and 4 Time National Champion Huskies coming to town...just saying....

So the 60 or so NonBCS teams are guaranteed one spot in the 4 Game National Playoff and 4 BCS Bowls? How nice of BCS! Perhaps NonBCS fans should pass the hat to build a monument to honor BCS generosity.

In reality it more like especially early the AAC/MWC shared slot...doubt the P5 wants to play against C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt...also before you wasn't even guarantee that...you had to meet strict requirements.

Probably doesn't want to play MWC or AAC either and that is why these two conferences lost 6 bowls against BCS opponents between them. The one "guaranteed" spot is most likely to help fend off any possible monopoly lawsuit.

Gotta feeling they would if/when Forced they would rather play a Cincinnati/UCF/Fresno State and Boise State over any school currently in the C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt-(Boise State and UCF being very recent BCS Bowl Champions)..the Champions of the Sun Belt, C-USA or MAC with the committee will almost have to have a 2 Game cushion over the AAC/MWC Champion...

(07-21-2014 03:43 PM)Maize Wrote:  ...the Champions of the Sun Belt, C-USA or MAC with the committee will almost have to have a 2 Game cushion over the AAC/MWC Champion...

Why does this sentence keep appearing like it is gospel? Say Marshall goes 13-0 this year against what is a very easy schedule. Please name the 10-2 AAC champion and 11-2 MWC champion, tell us which 9 opponents they beat and which 2 were losses, and why those teams will prevail against Marshall?

One game, maybe. Two games, I just don't see it.

(07-21-2014 03:43 PM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:21 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:11 PM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:09 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 01:55 PM)Maize Wrote:  The BCS doesn't exist anymore, before the old "Non BCS" Wasn't guaranteed a slot, now they are...it's about the Playoffs and the Contract/Access Bowls...Right now for the Group of Five the AAC has the schools with the most money, most exposure and schools with National Brands like UConn...Right now they are in the best position of the G5 and that why Tulsa left as soon as the AAC offered them membership, the same applies to Tulane, East Carolina and Navy-(another huge brand).

Tulsa Basketball will have schools like Cincinnati, Temple and the Defending and 4 Time National Champion Huskies coming to town...just saying....

So the 60 or so NonBCS teams are guaranteed one spot in the 4 Game National Playoff and 4 BCS Bowls? How nice of BCS! Perhaps NonBCS fans should pass the hat to build a monument to honor BCS generosity.

In reality it more like especially early the AAC/MWC shared slot...doubt the P5 wants to play against C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt...also before you wasn't even guarantee that...you had to meet strict requirements.

Probably doesn't want to play MWC or AAC either and that is why these two conferences lost 6 bowls against BCS opponents between them. The one "guaranteed" spot is most likely to help fend off any possible monopoly lawsuit.

Gotta feeling they would if/when Forced they would rather play a Cincinnati/UCF/Fresno State and Boise State over any school currently in the C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt...the Champions of the Sun Belt, C-USA or MAC with the committee will almost have to have a 2 Game cushion over the AAC/MWC Champion...

My gotta gut feeling is BCS will do everything they can to avoid controversy over the NonBCS selection. If I recall 2013 correctly, NIU, if they had not lost to Toledo, was ranked higher than UCF and would have gone to a BCS bowl instead of the Knights. Is that correct or do I have this all messed up?

NIU had two victores over BCS opponents Iowa and Purdue. UCF had a BCS victory over Penn State and a BCS loss to South Carolina. It would not surprise me at all to see controversy over this NonBCS "guaranteed" spot regarding the selection of the NonBCS team.

(07-21-2014 03:56 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:43 PM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:21 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:11 PM)Maize Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:09 PM)Tallgrass Wrote:  So the 60 or so NonBCS teams are guaranteed one spot in the 4 Game National Playoff and 4 BCS Bowls? How nice of BCS! Perhaps NonBCS fans should pass the hat to build a monument to honor BCS generosity.

In reality it more like especially early the AAC/MWC shared slot...doubt the P5 wants to play against C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt...also before you wasn't even guarantee that...you had to meet strict requirements.

Probably doesn't want to play MWC or AAC either and that is why these two conferences lost 6 bowls against BCS opponents between them. The one "guaranteed" spot is most likely to help fend off any possible monopoly lawsuit.

Gotta feeling they would if/when Forced they would rather play a Cincinnati/UCF/Fresno State and Boise State over any school currently in the C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt...the Champions of the Sun Belt, C-USA or MAC with the committee will almost have to have a 2 Game cushion over the AAC/MWC Champion...

My gotta gut feeling is BCS will do everything they can to avoid controversy over the NonBCS selection. If I recall 2013 correctly, NIU, if they had not lost to Toledo, was ranked higher than UCF and would have gone to a BCS bowl instead of the Knights. Is that correct or do I have this all messed up?

NIU had two victores over BCS opponents Iowa and Purdue. UCF had a BCS victory over Penn State and a BCS loss to South Carolina. It would not surprise me at all to see controversy over this NonBCS "guaranteed" spot regarding the selection of the NonBCS team.

Got it wrong...in 2013 the AAC was a AQ League....The AAC Champion had a bid regardless of record/ranking...the AAC in 2013 was no different than the SEC, ACC, Pac 12, B1G or Big XII.