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[QUOTE="shantydaze, post: 2401510, member: 666"]
I would take out Miss. State and Okie State. Neither has a tradition of winning long-term and both are little brothers in their own state.

The question is what metric is used to determine a better job. Helmet schools can create advantages in recruiting, but also have impatient fan bases. A coach will either win big early or look for a new job at a lot of those schools. Some lower level schools may give their coaches more time, but competing for a NC is probably a once in a decade shot.

I would add Wisconsin (but I am biased). It is in the top 15 winningest programs since 2000. It shares the state with an NFL team, so it is not the only game in town.

Miami has the name and tradition, but one of its traditions is to be pretty sketchy. Also, like Syracuse, a preferred walk-on program may be difficult to establish as those kids will have to pay exorbitant private school tuition as opposed to in-state tuition at UF and FSU (I assume this could be alleviated by grants, but I am not sure).

UCLA? Maybe. It is in a great recruiting area, but seems to be in USC's shadow (unless USC is in one of its probation periods).

Stanford? Like UCLA in a great recruiting area, but it is my understanding the school does impose a higher than average admission standard for its athletes than other schools.
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