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Despite losing, still looked/sounded like a fun game to play.
It's interesting that Washington made a run at Coach Savage. Both the Huskies and Trojans are making offers to Coach Miller. Both rosters are loaded and I am sure playing in front of 60,000 fans in the Bg Ten would be more exciting then 16,000 in CUSA.
What would be your dream list of schools you would like to potentially take.
I know me even though i have plans to keeps ties to FIU even after I leave, playing with Logan and getting a look at my 4* QB's for a full season is still super major draw for me to stay.
Well recruiting is still pretty easy in terms of landing 4* and 3* to FIU, I pretty much don't even leave the state unless a recruit has me Top 8 to start the year. Landing the 4* and potential 5* i would really like isn't going to happen anytime soon. Miami, Florida, Florida State all go hard after any instate 5* and most of the top 4* talent is getting offers from Georgia, Oregon, Alabama ect..
I am guessing you face the same struggles in the MAC, and being in Indiana with less instate kids. Top talent is going to probably be offered by all the Big Ten schools and Notre Dame
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I expected to lose the game, but a game ending INT is not what I had in mind. But it happens. So far the HC offers I've gotten were Nevada and SJSU in 2025, then Washington and Cal offered this year. Plus a handful of coordinator jobs at P5 schools.
I'm more than likely going to stay away from the west coast, so Pac-12 and MWC, and the Big Ten just to avoid getting bored with the same base schools again. SEC is definitely my dream to end up at, but Big 12 or ACC I wouldn't completely hate either. Ole Miss / Mississippi St are the two I think would be my preferred destinations, SEC schools that have a solid base but haven't been good in a while. Florida State, Oklahoma, and OK St were all available in the offseason and I would have probably taken one of those if offered, rebuilding FSU in the SEC seems like it would be a decent challenge. But if something big opened up and I was offered (Texas, ND, Clemson, etc.) I would probably take it in a heartbeat lol.
As far as recruiting goes, having Ohio State and Notre Dame in your top two pipeline states is rough. Carmazzi I was actually leading in at one point last year, then ND and Ohio State swopped in and cleared me out. None of the 5* in my pipeline had interest and any of the ones I would have wanted had either Michigan, Ohio State, or Notre Dame in their top 3 already. I've only got 500 hours to spend, so I didn't want to dump 50 a week into a losing cause.
I don't think I mentioned it in the beginning, but I'm not investing any coaching points into the recruiting tree this time around. Any boosts I get will be from coordinators soley and I'm using my points in the Motivator and Architect skills to boost players progression. I might not be able to get the top players via recruiting, but I can make them better and I think that blends more with how a coach at Ball State would need to stay competitive realistically anyways.
I'll touch on it in my season preview, but this feels like the "last hurrah" for Savage at Ball State. I anticipate with another 10+ win season he'll get a few more offers from quality P5 schools and with Semonza leaving after the season it would be a nice transition, having a new coach take over with a new QB.