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Not sure if this has been posted, but I read that this is a DB from Montana State
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Thanks for providing the quote @GetAwesome. I see nothing wrong with it. It goes against a lot of Campbells coach speak but if you bought into that bs, that’s your fault.
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You do realize that Kalen DeBoer took two or three defensive players from Sioux Falls (D2) to Washington, and they went on to compete for a national championship a few years back. Ole Miss’s quarterback also came from the D2 ranks at Ferris State. I’m not suggesting we’ll see that same level of production, but we also shouldn’t dismiss the possibility of these players competing successfully at this level.
Winning a "national title" anywhere isn't easy.
But in order to be in the hunt you can't lose to a team that had a winless conference record and get blown out in conference title games. It doesn't matter where you are, Penn State, Ohio State or Iowa State.
Sure you have to have some resources, but if that's all you're relying on, wouldn't the program with the most $s be national champs every single year?
Yeah we don't want an entire D2 roster but picking up some guys that have played a lot at a high level in D2 and may have been late bloomers or just complete misses in scouting is a good strategy imo.
Trey Pipkins is from Sioux Falls, been in the league 7 years.
Rocco forgot to mention the VERY favorable schedule - full of mediocre teams (at best). Even with a loss in the B1G championship, they should have a clear path to the playoffs. It makes me wonder - if Penn State's 2026 schedule included Oregon, Ohio State, a Jim Harbaugh-led Michigan team, Indiana, and even this year's Iowa team - would Campbell have made the coaching change? That version of the schedule would've made it harder for Rocco, et. al. to achieve this "better path" to the playoffs - even despite the playoff system's preference for mostly B1G and SEC teams. With the uncertainty surrounding Michigan's team next year & PSU avoiding OSU, IU and Oregon - they really have an easy schedule & that is why I believe Campbell made the coaching switch now.
As someone with deep connections to the NSIC in DII, the Sioux Falls take might be one of the dumber things I have heard. The NSIC is a great DII conference, which has produced a number of NFL players (Adam Thielen, Gunner Olzsewski, Trey Pipkins, C.J. Ham). Is the whole roster the caliber of Iowa State, of course not, but do a lot of these teams have 1-5 guys that can play Power 4 football? Absolutely! DII vs. DI or FCS, is more about did you get noticed in high school, where did you play. It isn't actually about talent, in all cases. But yeah, not a great take...
One of the biggest myths in college football media is that player ratings services definitively have the best players nailed down coming out of high school, when all they do is look at camp invites your sophomore and junior years of high school.
If you are a person who thinks that a star rating of a 16 year old defines whether they will be a good player or not you need to change your thinking.
If you are a person who thinks that a star rating of a 16 year old defines whether they will be a good player or not you need to change your thinking.
Now if Rogers can convince WR Dylan Lord from Illinois St (from Chandler, AZ) to enter the portal and come to ISU.
Welcome to Ames young man. I will warn you- most players that arrive in Ames usually end up staying and becoming CYCLONES BABY!
