I’d rather have those Iowa kids going to UNI than South Dakota State.
AAC and Sun Belt raiding C-USA
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Isn’t ISU’s assistant coach Greene in line to take that program over? He commutes from cedar falls to Ames for work as far as I know.
Kyle knows the underlying issues.
He would have taken the job had Minnesota worked out for Jake simply to coach AJ but I can't imagine he'd take that job at this point plus UNI is totally going to cheap out on the next hire.
It's real bad up here and it's not getting the attention it should.
I was sent this thread about some issues in the UNI AD...wow...of course...it is just a message board and it stretches 15 pages but things do seem dysfunctional up there at the moment:
Nothing in that thread is incorrect. It almost gets to the point where it feel intentional.
I don’t care enough to do research but David Harris is Jamie’s underling and Jamie seems to act like he does a good job. Hopefully they get whatever figured out.
Obv don't know anything about UNI's money situation or anything, but Harris was pretty highly thought of when he left ISU for UNI, wasn't he? I figured he would be a mini-Pollard and do good things there.
We all thought the same thing though there were some pretty troubling things that came from people in the department right after he got here.
Those people, most of them long time UNI people, left the department to go work for UNI Foundation rather than stay with Athletics. They all said he wasn't charismatic enough to lead a DI athletic program and that fundraising was going to be a big problem as was fan engagement. All of that has born out to be true. He's also apparently a grade A ******* behind the scenes as well.
We're now about 4 years into 'Dome Renovation Plans should be out in the next month, we're just waiting on a lead gift and naming rights'. Truth is the Dome is going to get done because they're getting a bunch of tourism grants because of the High School Playoffs and trade shows and sounds like a naming rights deal is close with HyVee.
There's not much we can do about it. It doesn't appear that there's much heat on him other than one prominent booster so we'll continue to watch Drake pass us by and head back to obscurity. Iowa State is going to want us back on the schedule in MBB pretty quickly here becasue we'll fit right in with 250+ buy games.
MWC won the tug of war.
MWC is naturally stronger unless Pac or Big 12 decide they want to seriously add mountain/west coast teams beyond what they already have.
You've got the Pac and Big 12 covering the entire western half of the country and basically only the MWC under it geographically.
Then you have three major conferences, the MAC, Sun Belt, AAC and CUSA in the east and central time zones.
MWC is naturally stronger unless Pac or Big 12 decide they want to seriously add mountain/west coast teams beyond what they already have.
You've got the Pac and Big 12 covering the entire western half of the country and basically only the MWC under it geographically.
Then you have three major conferences, the MAC, Sun Belt, AAC and CUSA in the east and central time zones.
Correct. The turning point in this whole thing is when Colorado State and Air Force decided to stay 'home'. Took all the leverage away from the AAC.
very possible this is how it could have been for big 12 if they publicly offered PAC schools since it’s been established they are struggling most in $$$ dept pre to/ou leaving
probably better we just added byu and top aac rather than go through that possibility of public snub
I live near pantherville and have heard similar things. I drove past the dome before their game against I think Saint Something and saw so many hawk tailgate tents. I was then reminded that I really have no reason to feel all that bad for the fanbase as a whole. There are real Panther fans like yourself I do feel bad for.
I don't think shutting down the AD is appropriate but they should be held to the same standard as the other 2 regent Universities in that the AD's need to be self sustaining or close to it.
As soon as those massive TV checks start rolling in we can be.
UNI is in a totally different world and takes a tiny fraction of general fund money and far, far less than our pets.
I'm an Iowa State guy too, so I mean this in the best way, people have a really short memory and seem to forget that Iowa State was taking general fund money too up and until this TV contract.
I'm always going to error on the side of giving as many kids as many opportunities as possible.
It was before this TV contract that the AD went self sufficient.
If the Sun Belt pulls that off, C-USA would be down to five schools and few options. Liberty would be #6. They probably could add New Mexico State and UMass to get to the NCAA minimum of 8, but that is an awful league.
More likely that UTEP (and NMSU) joins the WAC when it becomes an FBS conference again. Western Kentucky and maybe Middle Tennessee State could try to get into the MAC. Louisiana Tech and FIU are really screwed if this happens and might end up forced into being independents.
Ironically WKU and MTSU left the Sun Belt for CUSA just 9 years ago. How the turntables…
More likely that UTEP (and NMSU) joins the WAC when it becomes an FBS conference again. Western Kentucky and maybe Middle Tennessee State could try to get into the MAC. Louisiana Tech and FIU are really screwed if this happens and might end up forced into being independents.
Ironically WKU and MTSU left the Sun Belt for CUSA just 9 years ago. How the turntables…
UNI's AD shutting down would be great for ISU and UNI. Many of those kids would be walk ons or gray shirt types.
That being said, I hope they hire someone competent and get it figured out.
That being said, I hope they hire someone competent and get it figured out.
Nope.
Big 12 Announces New Media Rights Deal With ESPN & FOX Sports Media Group
The Big 12 Conference announced it has reached agreement with ESPN and FOX Sports Media Group that extends and expands its partnerships with both media enterprises.
Regardless, we should be doing everything we can to provide opportunities for young people to get an education, especially when minority students disproportionally benefit from athletic scholarships.
I completely missed the memo about WAC resurfacing for football. From what I gather on-the-fly, it's FCS with goal to move up to FBS "later in the decade"?? Any word about that process? (I'm curious if, given recent developments, if that'll happen).
