IT'S OFFICIAL! FAU to the American Athletic Conference
#AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco says expansion emphasizes the #PowerSix not going away.
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) October 21, 2021
"Our Power Six campaign is going to be energized. It's not going away.The future is very bright. We feel that this conference can reach heights that we haven’t reached before."
#FAU AD @Brian_E_White_: "We've built something special at Florida Atlantic... Coach Howard Schnellenerbger built this football program with very high ambitions. Ambition is a theme at Florida Atlantic University." pic.twitter.com/6DCRf89kxj
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) October 21, 2021
#FAU AD @Brian_E_White_: "FAU has a laundry list of things that I can read off to show how great of an institution we have become. By many metrics we are the fastest improving university in the country... Our university and athletics grow with our community." pic.twitter.com/2rld9A7e2t
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) October 21, 2021
#AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco: "It all comes down to school who you think will invest. Not only invest but continuously grow. We've been a conference that is in big markets, that's our DNA. These are schools that will align with our current institutions." pic.twitter.com/iw6j1BnOv4
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) October 21, 2021
#AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco says that the league is building for the long term future. He points that nobody thought the conference would be to the level it is at now when it started nine years ago. "The increased exposure" will help the growth of the new programs like #FAU.
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) October 21, 2021
#FAU AD @Brian_E_White_ said he had a conversation with #FIU's Pete Garcia this morning. Said FAU's stance will be to "continue the rivalry with the Panthers throughout all sports."
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) October 21, 2021
Sounds like the ball is now on FIU's court. If they are willing to play ball or not. pic.twitter.com/N9cAEmvevP
"These are growing regions. The country's growth is in the South." Aresco mentions Texas, Florida, and Charlotte by name. Also mentions the the institutions in these areas will continue to grow, and invest, with their region around them.
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) October 21, 2021
FAU will have their own at 4:30, live from the Schmidt Family Complex.
To close the @American_Conf presser, #AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco hammers the point that the additions are all growing institutions that have invested heavily in their athletics.
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) October 21, 2021
"We want to put our conference in the best possible position and I think we've done that."
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