I am sad he left, and I think Penn State probably got one of the better coaches available, but my opinion started to change at last year’s Tech home game. We march down and score with two minutes left to take the lead. We were undefeated. Crowd was rocking. We had the Big 12’s best defensive coordinator. This is it. And then just like that they march down the field and have a quarterback run into end zone for their winning score. I always thought, up until that Tech drive, that was Campbell’s last hurrah and it slowly started to derail and the wheels slowly started to come off. Having that losing streak in the middle of this year was a back breaker and I feel it all started with that last second tech score.
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It's not as bad as it looks because it's worse than it looks.
At his hiring press conference, and then probably never again. He looks to be wearing the same tie in that tweet as at his PSU press conference, so it was likely the same day. He doesn't strike me as a suit guy.
This smells like the Hoiberg thing for me. Chasing the money, i mean, dream, and flames out. Then levels back out somewhere else. Hopefully not a hated rival that could open in a few years . . .
Then he's okay again.
Then he's okay again.
Look, I get it. He was the most successful coach in Cyclone history. He seemed destined to stay until retirement.
But…this isn’t the answer. You still have things to live for. We all do.
And alcohol poisoning is not the pleasant way to end it all you think it is.
If he was unsucessful at Penn state then came back to coach at Iowa I think any goodwill he has would go up in flames...
People need to realize that PSU has many more shiny objects then ISU:
-Larger alumni base
-Larger State population
-4-6 hour radius to probably 50% of the United States population
-Lots of Money/very large donor base
-Top facilities and continue to dump sizable money into renovations
-Athletic budget that is probably 3-4x's ISU budget
-Double the number of heads in the athletic dept
-A state that supports the university from $ standpoint
-Transportation for recruiting: multiple jets/helicopter
-Massive production team to create content
-The list goes on....
But they will always be little brother to the Buckeyes
-Larger alumni base
-Larger State population
-4-6 hour radius to probably 50% of the United States population
-Lots of Money/very large donor base
-Top facilities and continue to dump sizable money into renovations
-Athletic budget that is probably 3-4x's ISU budget
-Double the number of heads in the athletic dept
-A state that supports the university from $ standpoint
-Transportation for recruiting: multiple jets/helicopter
-Massive production team to create content
-The list goes on....
But they will always be little brother to the Buckeyes
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Say what you will about Iowa but they're actually detail-oriented and CMC generally just used those words when the team would be lacking.
I am not sure what people expect of him...don't look for or watch for updates about him if you don't want to see things like this! He is going to do all he can for Penn State now...that is what he is supposed to do! There were a lot of tweets/video clips of him that we all loved in the past decade. This is no different. I wanted him here forever but that isn't happening and I don't blame him one bit!
Michigan is in choppy waters with their coach. Also, it took Jimmy H to cheat and get Michigan back. I wouldn't be surprised if they back to the Hoke/Rich Rod years.
But from resources, money, etc standpoint, Michigan is up there
When you say big ten, you think OSU and Mich first. They have been there a lot longer also. Penn st didn’t join until around 1990.
To be honest listening to him keep talking about the tremendous culture at Penn St. got me a little nauseous.
