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Five Toughest NCAA Football 09 Dynasty Jobs

03:36 PM - June 30, 2008 by RaychelSnr

Chris Sanner checks in this week with a look at what the five toughest jobs to take over in NCAA Football's dynasty mode will be. Check out his article, Five Toughest NCAA Football 09 Dynasty Jobs.

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	"Each year, NCAA players try to pull off the impossible by bringing teams like North Texas and Eastern Michigan to the promised land after just a couple of seasons. Every NCAA gamer contemplates what the toughest jobs in college football are, and I am no different. If you are looking for a tough challenge this year with the NCAA Football 09 Dynasty Mode, I want you to check out my list of challenging schools and then give me some feedback on which schools you think would be toughest to take over. So without further adieu, here are the top 5 toughest schools to actually turn into a powerhouse."

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# 1 TheGamingChef @ 06/30/08 03:46 PM

I'm glad Iowa State isn't on this list... I'm sure they just missed the list of teams that didn't make the cut though

# 2 Village Idiot @ 06/30/08 03:47 PM

What an utter embarrassment that Syracuse is on this list. That cute little dome they play in used to be one of the tougher venues in the country. I even vividly remember them being the preseason #2 one year (McNabb days). There's no reason why they shouldn't be on par with programs like BC, Iowa or Michigan State - instead, they're on this list. Just wow.

# 3 xboxfever @ 06/30/08 03:53 PM

Iowa State has to much upside. ISU, Kansas State, and Baylor on paper are the three worst teams in the Big 12, but they are still better than 1/3 of the teams in the country with the exception being Baylor.

# 4 callmetaternuts @ 06/30/08 03:55 PM

Good article, and some other teams could easily be on that list.

# 5 RaychelSnr @ 06/30/08 04:06 PM

Thanks guys. Here are the other teams that just barely missed the cut.

Baylor, Vanderbilt, Iowa State, UNLV, San Jose St, Rice, SMU, Eastern Michigan, Florida International

# 6 Brandwin @ 06/30/08 04:09 PM

No Baylor? They have not been in a bowl game since 94 and their record over the last 8 years has been 37-101

# 7 auburntigersfan @ 06/30/08 04:14 PM

Maybe I will start a dynasty with Syracuse or Duke now.

# 8 auburntigersfan @ 06/30/08 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DookieMowf


	No Baylor? They have not been in a bowl game since 94 and their record over the last 8 years has been 37-101

so, your essentially saying they your team is worse than they thought? lmao

# 9 RaychelSnr @ 06/30/08 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DookieMowf


	No Baylor? They have not been in a bowl game since 94 and their record over the last 8 years has been 37-101

I don't think Baylor would be all that tough to turn around in Dynasty mode. Realistically, they play in the Big XII and could be one of the top 6 schools actively seeking talent in the state of Texas with just a solid 6-6 year. Out on the real recruiting trail it is tougher since Baylor is a private school with higher academic standards, but NCAA doesn't take those standards into account. I would say the mountain isn't quite as tall as it is at the other five schools on this list.

# 10 thudias @ 06/30/08 04:57 PM

Since I only play NCAA for around 30 days or until Madden is released I am going with UNLV. I usually pick back up with NCAA when I get sick of madden until March Madness/NCAA2k is released.

# 11 BoomerSooner11 @ 06/30/08 05:03 PM

Good article...Ya ISU and Baylor will lose like three games in a row all losing by like 7 points or less..shoot Baylor put OU in double OT about two yrs ago and OU also had a hell of a time with ISU last year.

# 12 Scott @ 06/30/08 05:07 PM

No Western Kentucky?

# 13 Solidice @ 06/30/08 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott


	No Western Kentucky?

yup, they have a tougher schedle than last year.

@Indiana, @Kentucky, @Alabama, and @Virginia Tech will be tough for WKU this season.

they also play Eastern Kentucky which they should win, Ball state, and Murry state(which i know nothing about).

the rest of their games are against their future(2009-10 season) conference foes, North Texas, FAU, Troy, MTSU(WKU beat them last year 20-17), and FIU.

# 14 nikka @ 06/30/08 05:29 PM

I personally like to bring a 1-AA (FCS) team up to the independents replacing Army with school/teams that are on the brink of being a 1-A school.. like Montana, UMass, Delaware,
& Villanova... I always find it a much harder road to take
I normally schedule three 1-AA teams mainly the rivals of my school & schedule somewhat local games against some good programs I play the games on heisman don't normally win those in first couple of years & simulate against 1-AA teams (95% of the time it's a W) try to land a couple of top recruits during the regular season and build off of them.

I don't know if anyone else likes to do this but for me doing an Ole Miss dynasty gets old I can build them up in 1 year and it isn't very fun or much of a challenge either.

# 15 Computalover @ 06/30/08 05:30 PM

I always scan the 3 2 and even 1 star ranks to find that "diamond in the ruff player" for my maryland dynasty. i can usually secure 3 star players with 4 and 5 star once in a while @ maryland. but i have in games past found some players like a 1 star kid who had 99 speed 98 agility and 98 acceleration.. but bricks for hands.. and he was about 5'8.. 176 or something.. i put him in as the KR/PR and DB.. 4 years later this kid was all over the place! slapping balls.. still couldnt catch for crap.. but his cover skills and his jump wow!

I found many players like this and slowly built maryland up to the national championship in 2016, with some secondary bowls and a few BCS bowls along the way... also.. in your schedule, schedule powerhouse teams as often as possible, that helps with the prestige.. (you will suffer some thumpings early on) but playing USC is better than Temple if you want to woo some players!

oh.. temple is another team to add to the list lol!

# 16 Ruffy @ 06/30/08 05:50 PM

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.

# 17 Jas8099 @ 06/30/08 06:02 PM

Nice! Go ORANGE! I was already planning on seeing what I could do with a 'Cuse dynasty, and now I'm absolutely determined to make the most of it.

Just need to determine how quickly to flood the lineup with freshmen. Do most of you drop your top recruits into the starting lineup right out of the gates or let them work as understudies for a year or 2 before taking over as starters?

# 18 vanderbiltfan87 @ 06/30/08 06:12 PM

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.

# 19 RaychelSnr @ 06/30/08 06:56 PM

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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.

# 20 Steelerfan2k1 @ 06/30/08 07:16 PM

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.

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