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There were no high-fives or major celebrations Monday out of the Providence, Rhode Island, offices of the American Athletic Conference.But commissioner Mike Aresco can admit to exhaling after the Big 12 announced that it would not expand, calling the months-long decision-making process a colossal distraction.There were so many rumors that I sort of stopped reading a lot of the things, Aresco told ESPN on Tuesday. I would glance at them and I would note it and I would realize that in the end, nobody really knew what was going to happen. None of us did. And so you just basically make sure day to day that you try to stay focused on conference business. The other thing was communication -- I tried to communicate pretty regularly with our schools. Somebody said, Has it been awkward communicating with your schools about this process? And even today we had a conference call, and I said, No, not all. It hasnt been awkward at all, and Im not saying that disingenuously.They understood that I was going to try to be sensitive to their situation. They were going through a lot. This has been really tough and so it was up to me as a leader here at the conference to make sure I was sensitive to what they were doing.The Big 12 announced Monday that it would not expand, after three months of exploring the option. The conference had video interviews with nearly 20 candidates, in addition to September in-person interviews with 11 different schools, including seven from the American: UCF, Cincinnati,?UConn, Houston, South Florida, SMU?and Tulane.Aresco has been the Americans commissioner since 2012, back when it was still the Big East. Since then, the league has renamed itself and seen the non-football schools break off and create a new Big East.Aresco has also overseen a number of defections and expansions, from Notre Dame moving its non-football sports to the ACC, Rutgers moving to the Big Ten and Louisville to the ACC; to adding Houston, Memphis, SMU, UCF, East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa from Conference-USA.Navy began playing in the American last year as a football-only addition, too.You just had to try to control your emotions and realize it wasnt personal; it was the business of college sports as we know it, Aresco said of the Big 12 drama. You try to empathize with everyone because this is a tough deal for everyone: for our schools, through people in the Big 12, for (Big 12 commissioner) Bob (Bowlsby). Its been tough on everyone. Im not going to comment on the Big 12 process, but it was a long process and we had to basically try to tune out the distractions as best we could.As the Big 12 news made its rounds Monday, a number of rejected targets issued statements reiterating what their schools have to offer.Aresco says he views all of the Americans schools as Power 5 programs in that sense, and he sees no reason the league cannot be elevated to Power 6 status eventually, calling the recent attention placed on the leagues elite schools through this process a silver lining.Weve probably gotten more attention in this process than we got in the couple of years prior, Aresco said. I think our brand is national now. I think the AAC, the American, the fact the light was shining on our schools, they were the targets for the most part. We had a certain status. I think thats really important and I think its important to capitalize on that.From here, Aresco hopes to launch a Power 6 campaign for his league that includes benchmarks, goals and guideposts, as the plan had been on hold amid the uncertainty of Big 12 expansion. He is hoping that the recent success of many of its marquee football and basketball programs will play a vital role, especially as the American aims to draw more revenue from a new television deal.The American is currently in Year 4 of a seven-year deal with ESPN that runs through the 2019-20 season. Custom Cardinals Jerseys . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. Michael Wacha . Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. 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He failed to hold on to a third-down Carson Wentz pass early in the contest that would have given the Eagles a first-and-goal. Instead, they had to settle for a Caleb Sturgis field goal.I dont give a damn, man, that [stuff] is nothing, Agholor said when asked about the drops and whether plays were left on the field.You just have to make the next one. Everybody runs routes. Sometimes they are contested. Sometimes you drop them. If you make as many as you possibly can that come your way, youll put yourself in a good position. No one is perfect. I dont look at no drops, or that type of [stuff]. Im tired of hearing that [stuff]. Its just stupid.We play football. I dropped the first one. I didnt drop one after that. What does it matter? Because if we lose, then its like well place blame on this person did this. No! As a team, we have a responsibility to win football games, and I get it, some plays could have helped. But there are still four quarters of football to be played, and we got to win. I dont got time for that no more. I got time to win football games, only. No statistics. No Who did this? Win, thats all that matters. Thats what coach staff cares about. Thats what I care about. Thats what we all care about -- winning football games.Pederson addressed those commentts at his day-after news conference.ddddddddddddWere disappointed, Im disappointed in the type of comments, Pederson said. I think each individual has to be responsible for their own job, obviously. Weve got to make good, smart choices. Everybody is mad and disappointed and angry after tough losses like we just came through, and cooler heads prevail. We just have to bite our lip sometimes and just suck it up and get to work. And thats what weve got to do this week.Agholor finished the game with three catches for 25 yards. He has 216 receiving yards on the season, which ranks 111th in the NFL. Its been an underwhelming start to the 2016 season for the former first-round pick out of USC. The same can be said for the wide receiver group as a whole. Jordan Matthews ranks 36th in receiving through eight weeks (36 catches, 419 yards), but no other Eagles player is in the top 100.It appears the Eagles could use reinforcements, and they have until 4 p.m. Tuesday to make a trade to bolster the position.As far as I know, were not making any moves, Pederson said. The guys we have are the guys we have. Were going to continue to work and get better at that position.Which includes holding on to the football more consistently.Any time you drop the ball is a problem, the head coach said. Everybody has to do their job. I talk about it every week with the team: You have to do your job, do your assignment, no excuses, and you have to own up to them. ' ' '