Over the last few seasons, a group of coaches have been trying to build up a lower level conference (MEAC) into a power conference. Each season we have made progress. This year we had six teams make the post season, the conference RPI was 6th, beating the BigEast, and we were full once again. Delaware State even won the National Championship three seasons ago.

We have one opening for the upcoming season with Morris Brown, located in Atlanta. This is a solid team that finished 19-11 last year and has a lot of very good talent returning. They are currently a C+ prestige.

The conference has great camaraderie and an active chat board. Another cool feature is that we have a thread every year in the Tark Forum which is an overview of the conference, and several teams post their team reports on that thread.

It's just a fun conference. I hope one of you will join!

We're building up this small conference and building it up well. As Chapel said, this is a strong conference that had a top-6 RPI this season, 7th last season, and 6th the season prior when Delaware State won the NC. We've come from a D prestige to a C and looking to continue building on that. The successes the conference has seen in the past 3 seasons are even more remarkable when you consider six coaches arrived 4 seasons ago or less.

And reiterating, again, what Chapel said - this conference is actually a lot of fun! I was debating dropping my other D1 team for several seasons after recruiting woes wouldn't stop hitting us. Then I realized - I wouldn't drop my Hampton team if recruiting woes hit them. It's because this conference is enjoyable at its worst. The coaches corner is posted in almost daily (how our team is performing, recruiting stories, if there's a big game coming up, questions for the other coaches), the preseason overview of your team is a cool way for us to evaluate our teams to everyone, and the vibes are always positive.

Morris Brown is a C+, tied for third best prestige in the conference right now, and are probably closer to a B- than C. The recruit signed projects to be a stronger 3-D type player, they return arguably 3 of their top 4 players with some interesting younger pieces as well (depending on their potentials).

Not quite at DI level yet, maybe in a few seasons I'll be there :)

Posted by A_B_G on 4/25/2020 10:36:00 AM (view original):
Not quite at DI level yet, maybe in a few seasons I'll be there :)

Hey, we're taking on any coaches looking to compete. If there's an opening, we hope you apply!

the MEAC is a pretty cool conference, a good group of guys with an active CC. success wise, the conference has only been pretty full for a handful of seasons and is still on the way up - but for the past 3 seasons, we've been roughly tied with the bottom BCS conference. i co-coach the delaware state team with chap (he does most of it but i help!). i think the conference is a great fit for those looking for a mid to long term gig and for an active CC and a fun, competitive conference.

if you are looking for a low major to spend some time building, learning the craft of d1, with the goal of eventually landing a bigger job - like with the main goal being to get better, with a long term goal of building a strong resume you can use to land a quality BCS gig - i think this conference is an excellent fit. to get a quality BCS job, a B range prestige job or higher, you need to build a pretty successful mid major program and be able to get solid NT seeds so you can win a NT game or two here and there. simai conferences are not good for that!

our conference is NOT a good fit for someone looking to get a BCS job as fast as possible. if you are looking to sneak in to the BCS with a D+ to C prestige BCS job, you are probably best off looking for an empty conference where you can build a 75-100th best in the country type team, and get NT bids via CT wins. those caliber teams will not win the CT in our conference.

of course, if someone is looking for a long term home for a mid major, this should also be a great fit! building a high end d1 NT team with d+ baseline prestige is one of 3.0's more interesting challenges, and those who succeed are highly esteemed by the community! if you want to give it a shot, our conference is a perfect place to do it!

We still have the one spot left. It's a great conference!