Maybe if the American Athletic Conference wishes powerfully enough, its dream will come true.
The American’s desire to be considered among the upper echelon of conferences, complete with its own “Power 6” branding, was met with some shrugs at the Mountain West Football Media Summit on Tuesday.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, Commissioner Mike Aresco used the phrase “Power Six” or “P6” 16 times during his 23-minute state of the AAC address July 18.
Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson certainly took note, but also pointed to the Mountain West’s past successes.
“We talked about that a lot.