Posted by terps21234 on 2/19/2015 3:28:00 PM (view original):
"As I said before, I personally like Div-2 the best .. every team is equal (or has the ability to be, based on winning), and it does not have the inherent bias to a group of teams that there is in Div-1. There is also enough money to get decent recruits and be able to scout, etc. Div-3 also has no bias, but I want more recruiting cash. So, I understand the appeal of Div-2 .. but one can build up a lower level Div-1 team, then take a CUSA or A10 team and build up to a good Div-1 team .. and from there jump into good BCS teams when they open up."
I agree with you hughesjr 100%. I'm just saying that I was at Creighton for 20 seasons, made the postseason 10 straight years and still not qualified for low end BCS. Creighton wasn't even lower level DI. I should be qualified for ****** simmy ran BCS schools. We all tried building up MVC in wooden and it got us nowhere.
The Mid Major powerhouse can happen. Just look at Marshall in Rupp. Can it happen with a team like UT San Antonio? Remains to be seen but for me, that's where the fun is.
DI gets boring at the top. Competing with a mid-major is much more challenging and rewarding. You do have to except that there are great inequalities built into the game at DI, but that's where good strategy comes in. Instead of rolling over others with a pile of cash, you have to be surgical in your approach. I used to want to eliminate baseline prestige, which would make DI more like DII, but now I'm not so sure. Being a part of the WCC (Iba) buildup and the MWC in Rupp (which has now fallen apart) has been the most fun I've had in HD. Without the uphill battle, I'd probably have left a long time ago.
Now I will say that building up a mid major or lower tier team cannot be done in an empty conference. If the OP wants to compete, then find some guys who want the challenge and recruit them to your conference. You need to be at least 3/4 full to build up a conference. Even a BCS conference would fall apart with only a couple of human coaches. WCC (Iba) now consistently comes in as the #3 to 5 conference each season and we're on the verge of getting teams past the sweet 16 more regularly. CUSA (Rupp) is always at the top of the list. I think Summit in Allen was looking good last I checked. It won't be long before somebody wins a championship with a team like UTSA.
I'd like to get a group of guys to take a **** DI conference with teams in very close proximity (MEAC, NEC, Patriot, Southern) and turn that around. If anyone's interested in that, let me know. That would be fun.