Nebraska is not looked at as a great program in the Big 10, Michigan still has the allure of a big time blue blood program if you ask most Big 10 fans. Recruits in Big Ten Country would consider them. Especially with a new staff. The right coach could get a 5 star or two each year and mostly four stars. The right staff would have them in the top 10 in two to three years. Just my Midwest opinion.
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I was lucky enough to spend 20 minutes in his office a few years back talking to him.
My initial perception of him is that he will not leave Nortwestern for any job.
I like your thinking but ISU is not winning all three of their remaining games. I hope they do but other than a struggling OU team ISU has beat 4 bottom feeders.
Stop with the money. I do not think it will even be a small motivation. History of program, can we win the National Championship, Recruit nationally for 4 and 5 stars. League school is in. Maybe location. Is coming back to the Midwest a priority for CMC and staff. I have no inside knowledge. Just my opinion.
Close. 2017-2020. FOUR YEARS: 4 fives, 54 fours, and here is the shocking one. 39 threes. In my opinion not blueblood recruiting.
This has been debated a couple of times before. I like my current position on this topic and Im not budging.
ISU just need to learn how to play a whole game. KSU is very limited offensively, Texas has holes in it's defense, and WVU is tough on D, but they are not great on offense. Just eliminate the stupid that seems to happen every game, and ISU will be in the drivers seat. Hopefully the coaching staff has spend most of the bye week working on special teams, OL protection and getting something figured out to combate blitzing.
Wait, you don’t think Iowa is in the Midwest?? Isn’t Iowa literally in the heart of the Midwest?
I don't know when this debate happened, or your position.........but both Iowa and Michigan are considered "Midwestern" states. At least if you go by the US Census. You have your east north(Michigan).......and west north(Iowa). Personally.........I don't think Michigan is a "midwestern" state because there is nothing mid or western about it being closer to Canada sandwiched between two great lakes.
We're on the western edge of the midwest, right? The plains are to our west.
Ugh. Another geography thread? Those confuse me. From geography class I think I remember Ohio is close to Idaho, which is pretty much the same as Iowa, which is where I think they grow potatoes. And don't get me started on which city is further east than another.
You remind me of the guy from Lloyds of London that I worked with years ago on a big insurance claim. He couldn't wait to get to the States so he could see the area where "the Indians were still riding around".
That's the thing with UM, though - the super rich supporters still LOVE Harbaugh, and many of the common fans are still drunk on the Kool-Aid. I'm not saying that Harbaugh isn't sitting on a hot seat, but I just don't think it's nearly as warm as a lot of people want to think it is. The UM fan base is weird - the highly influential people just don't seem to be concerned with the lacking of trips to Indy and the Playoffs, or even their 1-6 record against OSU and MSU. It's more like MSU fans get triggered that UM fans AREN'T upset about things like this.
The U.S. Census defines the "Midwest" as these 12 states --
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
I suppose some regions (e.g., western Pennsylvania with its economic connections to eastern Ohio or Louisville and parts of Kentucky, right across the river from Indiana and Ohio) might try to jump in but... nah.
I think that makes the "heart" (and the hub) of the Midwest somewhere like Chicago.
