Capital Gazette · Oct 19, 2016
AAC hopes to channel success
FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2015, file photo, American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco addresses the media during an NCAA football media day in Newport, R.I. The AAC gathers for its media day, but hanging over the start of the season is Big 12 expansion. There is a chance the AAC could be lose a member or two (or three or four) when the Big 12 decides to add schools. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File) (Stew Milne / AP) On Monday in Dallas, the Big 12 Conference announced that it would not expand. A couple thousand miles away, in the Providence offices of the American Athletic Conference, there was a collective sigh of relief.