Originally posted by Ewecon:
Shields, I totally agree it's not a good conference. However, if UConn wasn't in the American, I'm not so sure everyone would be saying "what a horrible" conference....including saying it myself. Geno said the other day that if UConn wasn't in the conference, that it would be very balanced, but UConn disrupts that balance. I agree with him. If UConn wasn't winning by 40+ points, nobody would be talking about how weak a conference the American is.... In fact, there are some decent teams in the AAC....South Florida (26-7, and who I think could beat many teams in the Big 10, including Rutgers), East Carolina (21-10), Tulane (22-10) and even Tulsa (17-13). Are there some very bad teams? Absolutely. But there are in most conferences. Many conference are top heavy.
Hopefully, UConn will be getting into a better conference in the coming years (but not holding my breath). Until then, my hope would be that the conference improves over time, much the same way the old Big East improved into a strong conference. It wasn't always that way.