But all he got was a letter. Then there's the television factor. Selling your program or the school's academics isn't enough anymore. And this is a man who experiences recruiting pains every day at the dinner table. I still haven't gotten a verbal commitment.
Money is another big difference between coaching in the Big South and the Big Ten.
Meanwhile, mid-major schools have limited budgets from which they can spend on things such as travel, meals and hotels. They just spend, spend, spend. They're catching planes left and right, and they're definitely not eating fast food when they go on a recruiting trip. Ford is entering his first season as a Division I head coach. So any budget is a substantial budget for him.