Quality hire by the Badgers, the big 10 west got a lot more difficult for EIU this weekend with these two hires. Both are quality coaches and they will turn those programs around.
Luke Fickell to Wisconsin
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I do think this is a good hire for the Badgers. Will be interesting to see if anyone can get up to the Ohio State and Michigan Tier. If I had to guess, Nebraska and Wisconsin will get better and be in the Penn State and Michigan State tier. Fickell and Rhule are good coaches. I feel like Big10 football is getting better (yes the West was brutal at times but I am talking about the trajectory). Purdue is solid, Fleck has the Gophers respectable (they might be peaked if they can't figure out how to pass the ball though), Bielema has things going in the right direction at Illinois. Will be interesting when divisions finally go away. Iowa finding some success on the back half of the year might be bad for the long term prospects of the program. They aren't going to change and most of the rest of the Big10 is getting better.
Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska & Wisconsin have good coaches, fan support and B10 money. Evidently the Purdue coach knows how to coach or they wouldn’t be still playing. Personally, it looks like Iowa’s years of a fake schedule may be over.
Keeping games close and losing is still losing.
Other teams have figured CampbellBall out and now play us accordingly, with better talent.
Rivals Rankings for conference by stars: 2023 7th, 2022 7th, 2021 9th
If CMC doesn't drastically change personnel, it is only a matter of time.
His defenders here with their excuses and remembrances are making that less likely.
If he thinks he can keep his bestie, he will.
And then, well, get ready for more false starts, 4 yard crossing routes, 10 yard kick returns, and no punt return yardage.
Bielema at Illinois is what is really going to hurt Iowa. They get a lot of difference making recruits from Illinois.
Sleeping giant of a program.
I see a resurgent Nebraska and Wisconsin as a huge threat to Iowa and ISU, sadly.
You've been spewing the same crap over and over and over for two straight weeks. Any chance you could just take a break and go away for a while?
So he is ranked 7th in stars. You’re losing OUT, congrats you’re now ranked 5th. You’re also 4th in the Big12 in recruiting for 2023 (assuming cinci drops) no one else outside of TCU is bringing in much better talent. You don’t want a coach that fires everyone after 1/2 down seasons because a coach that fickle isn’t one that is going to stay at ISU the way you want. Out of curiosity what exactly are your year to year expectations for ISU and are they remotely realistic? Like I expect Michigan to be competing for a playoff spot most years while (I hope) sparty will be every couple years in a 12 team playoff
You’re wasting your time reasoning with St. Joefrog the King of Negativity as well as his jester clonedude.
PTI...ISU fans expect FGs to be made and to not run three straight line plunges with 2nd and 1 inside the 5 yard line. That is it in a nutshell. This was a season of games lost due to situational issues like those two examples. ISU was favored in more Big Xii games than they were underdogs, and they finished 1-8 in the conference. NOT GOOD. ISU fans are not expecting "TOO MUCH". It's not the 4-8 so much as how and why ISU finished 4-8 with the #1 defense in the Big Xii and #8 in CFB and a Biletnikoff semi-finalist receiver. At least, that's my onion.
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The problem is he thinks he’s very important and that he’s “saving ISU football” by posting over and over again.
Nebraska more so than Wisconsin. I feel we would compete with Nebraska more often for recruits than we do with Wisconsin. I really wish our program could take advantage of the weakness in both the Iowa and Nebraska program so we can attract better recruits in the area. Iowa has a solid position in the state, and with Ferentz retirement on the horizon, we need to be the program high school coaches look to.
I get that frustration. Trust me if I didn’t have Michigan to cheer for I would be losing my mind as sparty had a very similar year in many ways. However those 2nd and 1 plays work previous years because you have starting NFL talent at RB. Yeah a lot of close games were lost but those games being close all season shows how close you are to a much better record and more importantly that the team didn’t quit (TCU game maybe).
Try playing 10 P5 games per year instead of 1-2. It’s light years different. Swap out the East Carolina’s, Tulsas, and USFs for Oklahoma States, K-States, and Baylors and we will see how legit they are.
Pretty sure that poster was agreeing with you and also adding some additional data points to further your argument. Vocum Merendi ferotus dai.
Ahh misread that then, totally my bad
