Guess we know who the QB is next year.
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Guess we know who the QB is next year.
We have solid WR on the roster if we can hold several. We need to get a couple TEs if we lose a couple like some people are guessing.
Ames WR is really good. I expect him to stay.
There was some indication on another board that he hadn't heard from the staff as of a week or so ago. Not sure if that changed as they went through evals.
I’d imagine a lot of that is position coaches jobs…do we have a receivers coach that’s named & free’d up?
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What's going on is the new coach is building a roster. A roster that fits the offensive and defensive systems he wants to run.
And he has to build that roster with $13-$14M. That's a lot of money, but other schools have $30M and want your best players and they want your next best players.
And your next best, best players realize they can't play in the Big12 and are looking for a lower level school they can earn minutes.
Can't be easy when every player on your roster is a free agent and every player you are recruiting is a free agent. And not sure how marketplace values are confirmed. At least in professional sports contract terms are public and there is history.
I was hanging with a Hawkeye fan buddy who was back for family events this past weekend. We were watching the Oklahoma vs Alabama game. He was cheering every time Kadyn Proctor messed up. His reasoning was when Proctor hit the portal after Nick Saban retired he committed to Iowa and accepted $750,000 from an Iowa donor. Then a couple weeks later he decommits and goes back to Alabama, keeping the $750,000.
Washington State versus Utah State is at 1 PM today!
Great scouting opportunity to see our new DC and likely several future Cyclones playing!
Great scouting opportunity to see our new DC and likely several future Cyclones playing!
I think there’s gonna be a title wave of kids in the portal.
Coaching changes, places like CU & KU where they were apparently getting screwed on payment…as well as the ‘gold rush’ of lower level program kids will view NIL & the TP as being.
The biggest thing will be finding kids with the right mindset & team mentality to win.
A&M has spent an assload of money in the past 5-10 years legally…and illegally before that and they have exactly the same number of CFBPO wins as Iowa State.
When they paid Jimbo’s $70m buyout, the night before the 12th man brought a $125m check to the AD and said…fire this guy tomorrow. Find us someone better.
My point being…it’s more than money.
Like Gary Patterson’s TCU pay, I doubt we ever truly know how much NIL A&M & UT are spending. Wouldn’t shock me if it’s $10m more than anyone reports.
Coaching changes, places like CU & KU where they were apparently getting screwed on payment…as well as the ‘gold rush’ of lower level program kids will view NIL & the TP as being.
The biggest thing will be finding kids with the right mindset & team mentality to win.
A&M has spent an assload of money in the past 5-10 years legally…and illegally before that and they have exactly the same number of CFBPO wins as Iowa State.
When they paid Jimbo’s $70m buyout, the night before the 12th man brought a $125m check to the AD and said…fire this guy tomorrow. Find us someone better.
My point being…it’s more than money.
Like Gary Patterson’s TCU pay, I doubt we ever truly know how much NIL A&M & UT are spending. Wouldn’t shock me if it’s $10m more than anyone reports.
So your telling me you are 100% confident that if Matt Campbell offered Rocco $1.5M and an SEC, Big 10 or ACC school offered Rocco $3M, he'd be at ISU for 2026? Keeping in mind that Rocco already has his degree.Night and Day? I’m talking upper classmen.
I would bet Rocco Becht and Caleb Bacon would be Cyclones in 2026 if Matt Campbell was the coach.
But we will never know.
After schools courted CMC for over 5 years, I don't believe it's a coincidence Campbell jumped ship the year after the House Settlement. He saw the future and it's a future where players will follow the money.
After all, Campbell isn't the only coach creating a CULTURE. And some of those Culture schools have big money.
The dumbest thing about all of it…it all started over Ed O’Bannon getting screwed by EA Sports? Video game cover.
Which was an obvious screw job.
Now players you couldn’t pick out of a line up are getting $4M ‘NIL’ deals before they’ve even put on a jock strap in your U’s locker room.
I’ve learned in life that often times the best resolution is to counter the prevailing attitude.
Everyone is trying to out raise and spend…it really needs to go back to real NIL where it’s only paid when they’re used to promote a business or product.
I just realized where this is headed next…players promoting tax exempt groups. Deductible to donors…while buying players.
Now’s the time when kids will announce they’re staying or leaving. I know it’s like this for MLB free agency. Players want to know where they’re gonna be before the holidays so they don’t have to worry about it during this time
This won’t stop until one of two things happens:
1) the networks stop making money on CFB or
2) the Big 10 and SEC somehow become disadvantaged
I don’t see any possible scenario in which the happens.
And yes, we’re a long way from the EA cover discussion.
1) the networks stop making money on CFB or
2) the Big 10 and SEC somehow become disadvantaged
I don’t see any possible scenario in which the happens.
And yes, we’re a long way from the EA cover discussion.
I don't think this is true anymore, maybe never was. Wasn't there just a "I'm 1000% committed" to ISU player who was recruited and chose the more lucrative offer?
What is the sketchy stuff?
Go back and look. Campbell didn't take every Paul Rhoads recruit.
But then I think you just want to stir the pot.
