Five Toughest NCAA Football 09 Dynasty Jobs

[vanderbiltfan87]

i'm kind of surprised vandy didn't make the top 5. we haven't been to a bowl game since 1982. after that year we are a combined 76-200. lol. only 3 bowl appearances in school history and haven't won a conference title since 1923.

but i will go on the record and say this could be the year we make it to a bowl game. i feel optimistic for some odd reason.

[MacPlex]

Im hoping they have a good season also but the odds are against them they only have 9 Sr. and the only thing that will help me in recruiting for vandy is location and Academic prestige.

[MMChrisS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruffy

Not sure about #5 at all.... Sure its North Texas......but hell it's Texas and no one expects to grab a top recruit but you can accumalte and build more quality 3 star players than most other states.... Last Yr I'd agree Utah was pretty hard.... But I honestly stay away from states where football is a staple. I used to enjoy bringing a 1-AA team.....say SE Missouri State for example and dragging them into either the Sunbelt for a pretty good challenge or replace a team in the Big 12 for a sickly challenge. I'd think the indepndents have the worst time...other than ND as they have less chances to build points from winning their confernce etc. Temple would have to be up there.

I agree with your point and it was something I thought about long and hard. There are tons of FBS schools in Texas and North Texas is at the bottom of the list. When you add to the fact Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, and LSU have precedent, perhaps even New Mexico and Colorado...there just isn't that much recruiting talent left. I think North Texas is tough because you have to try to find diamonds in the rough in the state of Texas that no one else wants, and if a Texas or Oklahoma decides they want that player, that could very well mean (if the recruiting is spot on) that you have lost that player.

[Steelerfan2k1]

Oh man - where is Temple? They were the second worst rated team in the game in NCAA 08 (just ahead of Eastern Michigan). It took me years to make them a respectable team.

I loved playing as them though, and I now follow them a little bit. I would be happy if they went to a bowl in real life, and I am going to play as them again this year.

[SirNigel]

Tulane.

[N51_rob]

Quote: Originally Posted by MacPlex

How vandy is not on this list is beyond me. they are playing in the toughest conference in the land. they had 25 consecutive losing records. and have one 12 sec games in the last 12 years. Not to mention some like phil steele predict them to go 0-8 sec play. And w/ the fewest returning starters(9) out of all SEC teams, 0-8 seems like fate.

Chris it is a great article. You make some good points. I must agree with MacPlex though I think that Vandy and Duke are 1a and 1b. They have had some good players the last few years but never really more than one or 2 on a team. They just seem like a difficult place to bring in kids. Imagine if oh say NCAA 2012 had academic admission standards. You could almost never win at Vandy. But I can't argue with your list. Anyone of those jobs would tough.

[auburntigersfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steelerfan2k1

Oh man - where is Temple? They were the second worst rated team in the game in NCAA 08 (just ahead of Eastern Michigan). It took me years to make them a respectable team. I loved playing as them though, and I now follow them a little bit. I would be happy if they went to a bowl in real life, and I am going to play as them again this year.

I would think Temple would be one hell of a job.

Does Utah State at least have their real stadium in the game? No way can I handle a crappy team AND a generic field!! Haha.

[MMChrisS]

Quote: Originally Posted by N51_rob

Chris it is a great article. You make some good points. I must agree with MacPlex though I think that Vandy and Duke are 1a and 1b. They have had some good players the last few years but never really more than one or 2 on a team. They just seem like a difficult place to bring in kids. Imagine if oh say NCAA 2012 had academic admission standards. You could almost never win at Vandy. But I can't argue with your list. Anyone of those jobs would tough.

I think you bring up great points...and in all reality, I think you could very well be right about Vandy. I think the biggest reason I left them off is because I feel rebuilding a team in SEC country wouldn't be as hard as an Idaho or Utah State. However, I think this article brings up a necessary point which I will be writing on for next week and that is academic standards should be in the next NCAA. The only way to add real depth to recruiting is making it tougher to recruit at schools like Stanford and Duke, not to mention the service academies. Just my .02 and short preview for next week

[Cusefan]

Funny thing is, Playing with Syracuse isn't as bad as it seems. I have played with Syracuse for every NCAA game ever released, sure it was fun when they were good but i like a challenge. In NCAA, the pass blocking was always decent, no matter who you were. In real Life, the Syracuse O-Line is like swiss cheese, just pick a hole.

Hopefully they will win more than 2 games this year and they should, they have a "capable" offense and a decent Defense. And if this game is anything like real life, If you don't win more than 6 games, expect to get fired...