Eric Boose | Contributor | The USD Vista
The University of San Diego has long been considered the class of the Pioneer Football League (PFL). A non-scholarship conference in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), the league largely features schools on the East Coast that are better known for basketball than their play on the gridiron. The set-up has historically allowed USD to ride a geographic advantage — the Toreros are the only PFL team in the western half of the United States — and a pipeline of talent from the local prep ranks to a domination of the conference in recent years.