I'll say this - Recruiting is a ***** in the MAC. 6 Teams in OHIO, 3 in MI, 1 in IL, 1 in IN, and one in Buffalo, NY. Buffalo is obviously the furthest away from the pack (509 miles from the furthest school), so if you take that out, you have 11 teams basically on top of each other fighting for recruits in OHIO/INDIANA/ ILLINOIS. And once that DL Ohio State is going to pass on after signings that you have been drooling over getting a shot at, you show up at the same time as the other three conf mates who have been waiting. Recruiting at any Non-BCS is a challenge, but at LEAST Conf USA has a little room to move with 4 teams in TX, 1 in NC, 1 in TN, 1 in OK, 1 in FL, 1 in WV, 1 in AL, 1 in MS, 1 in LA. (Yes that was a Big Mac > Conf USA Stab, :) )
But that's the fun part. In the perfect world, in the perfect game, all of these worlds are full at the top levels. Imagine trying to succeed at D1AA just to get ANY job at D1A waiting to see who gets fired. You don't have to rebuild a SIM team because all teams at least have human signed coaches. And with full worlds, the Northeast recruiting pool gets a little smaller when all of the NE teams are filled. And very rarely will you be able to have a team with all 90/90 Lines and 90/90/90 RB's making games against similar built teams a toss up.
Scheduling 40 WIS Teams for NC Bids because the Non BCS conference is full, or having to schedule Top 5 teams every game because the Big 12 has 5 SIMS isn't a problem. WIS Rankings are more accurate since more teams are beating up on each other and not Sims. The game is much more challenging.
But it's not a perfect world, or a perfect game. And if WIS Designed this game for worlds to be full and for that perfect world strategy, than I think the logic behind the rankings is probably accurate. The only flaw is the fact that the worlds don't fill up.
But starting a new world (YOST) is instant $$ for customers that are already here so we can race to D1A, and it pushes that perfect world vision back a little farther.
My 2 cents. Which isn't worth much since I'm losing to a SIM in a level 1 bowl today from the BIG MAC, I know... but still.
9/23/2010 5:16 PM (edited)