Um, yes.
Bruce Pearl won big at Wisconsin-Milwaukee by beating teams in the Horizon League. We still hired him, and that has worked out rather well. Perhaps it was his wins over traditional basketball powerhouses Alabama and Boston College that got him here. Urban Meyer racked up his wins in the MAC and the Mountain West. His Fiesta Bowl win was over a Pittsburgh team that came out of a bad Big East that year. With Chris Peterson, our offense would be WIDE OPEN. Isn't that what everybody complains about...that our offense is too basic and predictable???
Here is Urban's undefeated year at Utah:
http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/college_football_2004_schedules/utah.htmUtah Utes 2004 Football Schedule
Here is Peterson's undefeated year at BSU:
2006 Boise State Broncos football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urban scored more points in some places. Other than that, I think those seasons are rather similar. To be safe, I think we should go back to the search firm that turned up Pearl to make sure no one gets overlooked.