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[QUOTE="JimBoston, post: 1912617, member: 1312"]
The Northeast is in a cyclical downturn for a number of reasons.  First, Rutgers and Temple have never been good football programs with strong fan support, although Rutgers had a couple of good years and Temple has been a solid program recently.  Penn St. has been down, primarily for two reasons.  Joe Pa got old and the sanctions associated with Sandusky.  They will be back, although I'm not sure Franklin is the coach who will do it, but they will attract a top coach.  Pitt has been a solid program, although I doubt they can win big there.  BC has made two bad coaching hires and they don't seem committed to football excellence.  Not sure if they will bounce back, but a good coach could easily turn them around.  UConn as a solid football program until PP took over, but now they are in the AAC.  Syracuse has been like BC with a few bad coaching hires.  Hiring Babers to run his offense in the Dome is a very intriguing hire.

Look at the Northeastern FBS head coaches as the Northeastern schools are not hiring established winning coaches.  Rutgers, UConn, Pitt, Temple, and West Virginia hired assistants and BC hired a coach with 2 years experience and Penn St. hired a coach with 3 years experience.  Syracuse went with a more established coach, Babers, who has 4 years of HC experience.  Why is this happening?  With the exception of Penn St. and West Virginia, the Northeastern schools have not proven that they are focused on paying  football head coaches.
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