[larrymcg421]

In searching for a very tough TCY challenge, I tried to pick a team that met this criteria...

1) Low intitial Academic Prestige
2) Low initial Team Prestige
3) In a tough conference.
4) From a somewhat small state, to make recruiting more difficult.
5) Hasn't been used in too many other dynasties.

I settled on Kentucky. They seemed to fit this criteria the best. On top of that, here are the additional rules I set...

1) I can only recruit players from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee. This can be expanded in several ways:

Any small state (single digit electoral votes) can be added if I have a winning season.
Another small state can be added if I beat Louisville.
A medium state (10-19 electoral votes) can be added with a bowl victory or an appearance in the SEC championship.
An elite state (20+ electoral votes) can be added with a victory in a million dollar payout bowl or a conference championship.

I will add states that are closest to me and spread out from there.

2) I can only recruit players that have an SAT score of 1000. The only exception is a player that idolizes my school.

3) I can only visit/call a player once per week.

4) I can only make one staff change per season (unless more than one person retires of course.)

5) Time Management: I can't simply set everyone to 50 study the first couple years to increase the academic reputation. There is a limit of 30 for scholarship players and 35 for walk-ons.

6) And the most important challenge of all: No passing. I cannot gameplan a single pass play. We will run, run, run. I will set 100% for all running situations. Since I know passes will still be called from time to time, I will also set my passing distances to 100% for screen passes. If you're gonna throw it bitch, it will be behind the line of scrimmage.

Other settings:

Difficulty: All-Star
Hire/Fire Coaches: Yes
Include Suspensions: Yes
Use Bowl System: Yes
Random Reputations: No
Solecismic 8: Montana (Using a Montana school list that I love)

I have no idea how this dynasty will turn out. I fully expect to get creamed and eventually fired. But it should be excruciating fun!