Fran McCaffery and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Transfer Portal

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BillBrasky4Cy

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Jevohn Miller turned himself into a serviceable linebacker for one year, I believe as a redshirt senior. Problem is, that defense was BAAAAD and as improved as he was, he was far from a game changer and was never going to be. And when you invest 5 years into a kid like that to essentially get a one year return, you need like 30 of those guys to peak at any one time in order to field a winning ball club.

On one hand, I can see why he was loyal to CPR. He reached his potential under him and it paid off for him personally, to the extent of which he was naturally capable. He was probably proud of the growth he achieved, as he should be.

On the other hand, come on man. A little self-awareness and humility should and usually does accompany such individuals at ISU. Campbell upgraded the talent immediately across the board, even in his first year, and that was fairly easy to see.

I think we have two very different definitions of serviceable.
 

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That is the kid that said Matt Campbell basically sucked after his first game correct?
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He and his family own something like 60%+ of IP of seed germplasm used by the Big 3 Ag seed companies.
The guy drives just a regular F150. You walk into the building and you are taken back to the 70’s. Guy is one heck of a ping pong player. They have a table in their conference room. I remember going through a lot of germ plasm and having to discard a lot of seed because of the parentage for the company I used to work for. He made a ton of money on royalties!!
 

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Busting Brackets rated the B1G '23 basketball offseason. EIU with a lackluster C- but from it could be worse fans it is better than Minnesota's F.

 

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Not exactly sure.
Reading about iowa recruiting is kind of like listening to that guy who works for his Dad talk about his work-life challenges and triumphs.

"We're all so impressed, please tell us, just how on earth did you manage to land such an esteemed postion?"
Our neighbors family owns a large equipment business. Her son quit college after a semester or year and then she talked about him being hired by the family business. Said he had to interview for it. Dude would not get hired at nearly any other job but yeah, his uncle probably figured we can employ him and get some work or not employ him and still end up paying his bills.
 
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He and his family own something like 60%+ of IP of seed germplasm used by the Big 3 Ag seed companies.
Wiki: "Stine Seed Company is the world's largest private seed company, and the largest independent seed company in the US. It has more than 900 patents, specializing in soybean and corn genetics, is based in the small town of Adel, Iowa, and is almost entirely owned by Harry Stine and his four children."

This is wild,....humanity does have a chance,...
"As a registered Republican, he did not support Donald Trump during 2020 elections but favored Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses.[16]"
 

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Wiki: "Stine Seed Company is the world's largest private seed company, and the largest independent seed company in the US. It has more than 900 patents, specializing in soybean and corn genetics, is based in the small town of Adel, Iowa, and is almost entirely owned by Harry Stine and his four children."

This is wild,....humanity does have a chance,...
"As a registered Republican, he did not support Donald Trump during 2020 elections but favored Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses.[16]"
Quick google search shows he's worth $7.4 billion. You could live decently in Adel with that kind of money.
 

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The richest person in Iowa. Harry Stine. Made his money in Seeds. I believe he lives in the Adel area.
Harry Stine is probably the 2nd wealthiest person in Iowa. Bob Van Deist maybe the wealthiest person in Iowa.
 

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Busting Brackets rated the B1G '23 basketball offseason. EIU with a lackluster C- but from it could be worse fans it is better than Minnesota's F.


Fred did well in the portal by Nebraska standards. The Charlotte wing and Rienk Mast are some really nice additions next to the Keisei Tominaga hype train.

If they could of got Hunter Sallis instead of Ulis, I think you could of realistically given them an A.
 

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Wiki: "Stine Seed Company is the world's largest private seed company, and the largest independent seed company in the US. It has more than 900 patents, specializing in soybean and corn genetics, is based in the small town of Adel, Iowa, and is almost entirely owned by Harry Stine and his four children."

This is wild,....humanity does have a chance,...
"As a registered Republican, he did not support Donald Trump during 2020 elections but favored Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses.[16]"
My wife new one of his daughters who lived across from Beaver Run Golf Course. She had a lot of money but wasn’t obnoxious. Although her twin daughters received some very fine vehicles for their birthday.
 

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Oh no! they’re giving EIU fans renewed hope in the portal.


My list:
1. FSU (I wish I could end it here)
2. Alabama
3. Iowa (only because we play them once & they are non-con & even with his addition, they still are heavily lacking at PG)
4. BU - I like Drew, but we face them 2 (maybe 3 times) a year. And it's BU - a completely degenerate institution that should have been kicked out of the Big 12 at the end of the Briles era.