Toughest Teams To Rebuilds (2016 Roster)

[MJDrocks]

Hey guys, with the 2016 roster now out I am looking for a team to use in my offline dynasty. I am interested in taking on a team that will be a tough challenge to rebuild. What do you guys view as the toughest programs to rebuild?

[smokyprogg]

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Any roster that includes UAB will basically give you a team full of walk-ons. Being in Alabama is nice for recruiting, but you're still dealing with a ~50 overall team for the first few years.

[Billylunchmeat]

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Defiantly a good challenge

[jayhawkfan11]

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I would certainly agree with UAB being a real challenge, but after 1-2 years of recruiting 2 & 3 star caliber players you will be able to compete pretty easily in their conference (or if independent might be a little harder if you schedule tough games).

KU would be my suggestion as both a fan (yes I root for them even in fball) and a challenge. They should be a 1* prestige, they are one of the lowest rated teams outside of UAB and play in a very tough Big 12 conference as Texas schools and OU always turn out to be very good with all the 5* players in the state. If you also give yourself good house rules for recruiting (Ex. 3* & lower players, no recruits farther than x # of miles away, and etc.) it can really make it rewarding to become a powerhouse in this conference.

[itsbigmike]

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I would certainly agree with UAB being a real challenge, but after 1-2 years of recruiting 2 & 3 star caliber players you will be able to compete pretty easily in their conference (or if independent might be a little harder if you schedule tough games).

KU would be my suggestion as both a fan (yes I root for them even in fball) and a challenge. They should be a 1* prestige, they are one of the lowest rated teams outside of UAB and play in a very tough Big 12 conference as Texas schools and OU always turn out to be very good with all the 5* players in the state. If you also give yourself good house rules for recruiting (Ex. 3* & lower players, no recruits farther than x # of miles away, and etc.) it can really make it rewarding to become a powerhouse in this conference.

Yeah, I ended up moving to Iowa State in an old dynasty of mine and gave myself a rule of recruiting 3-stars or less and all had to be within 300 miles, which limited me to basically 3-5 states (can't remember the exact total) and it proved to be quite difficult. but one of my favorites. Also, Kansas hired a new coach when I got hired at ISU and we both kind of built programs up together, which was a fun rivalry.

Point is, KU would be just as fun, I think. Though, I hate the look of their stadium.

[AntiBandwagoner]

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In all honesty, no team is much of a challenge to rebuild. The recruiting is just far too easy unless you set restrictions.

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[JDRAKE349]

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Don't forget you can move your conferences around. That's one thing you can do to make those early seasons even harder. Too easy to build UMass in the MAC? Move 'em to the ACC. UAB in the SEC would be the ultimate challenge haha.

You can even do this with "better" teams in small conferences. Put Houston in the Big 12, things like that. Personally, I love USF's uniform options and that they play at Raymond James -- you could easily move them into the ACC or SEC to make life more difficult. Schedule FSU/Miami/UF every year to battle for the Kings of FL.

Moving up a conference will boost your recruiting a hair, but if you're using house rules anyway, the difference should be negligible.

[SilverBullet19]

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In all honesty, no team is much of a challenge to rebuild. The recruiting is just far too easy unless you set restrictions.

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I've never messed with it, but you can change the recruiting difficulty. Its set to Varsity as a default. I'm not sure how much harder it is on heisman.

You're right though. Any rebuild is fairly easy unless you impose your own restrictions. I started making my own restrictions to make it realistic. San Jose State landing 4* and 5* guys is a big leap from reality.

[tessl]

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IRL one of the biggest challenges is Missouri. They were pathetic in the final decade of the Big 8 until the conference expanded to take 4 Texas schools which opened a recruiting pipeline for Missouri in Texas.

Now the pipeline in Texas is gone and they have struggled to get high level recruits from the Southeast to commit to Missouri and a lot of the top recruits in Missouri are going elsewhere. They are trying to compete in the SEC with some of the worst recruiting classes every year in the conference and there is no indication it is getting better.

It is easier in EA sports to develop a pipeline somewhere and start landing good recruits than IRL.

[wyokoke]

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Wyoming is tough, other than being in a fairly weak MWC. Especally if you do your own recruiting restrictions like others have mentioned. I don't go as far as them, I just say (if my HC skill tree is high enough) that whatever state I'm in and those bordering I can use 700, another state out 600, then 500, and on. So Wyoming for example its almost impossible to recruit east coast guys

[jayhawkfan11]

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I've always had a soft spot for rebuilding Wyoming. Have a relatively cool stadium/scenery and you gotta love those brown/yellow jersey combinations

[itsbigmike]

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I'm in my first season in Laramie, Wyoming and the jerseys, stadium and playing in the MWC make it an ideal spot for me to try to rebuild. If you narrow down your recruiting to surrounding states, you really have to make the best with what you have player-wise. A lot of fun so far.

[jbrew2411]

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If you have some good recruiting house rules and good settings/sliders then taking any 1 or even 2 star program can be difficult to build.