CMC had a detailed plan for success when he arrived that JP bought into and helped make happen. This can happen again. We have criticisms of Pollard but he knows what makes a successful program tick. I trust him.
College football is a completely different beast than it was 10 years ago. When Matt was hired, there was no transfer portal, no NIL. Even though the gap existed between the Big Ten/SEC and everyone else, it's not as wide as it was today.
This has a different feel to it. We've been left in the dust to rot by conferences that don't find ISU valuable and alumni who don't care about sports.