tasty CMC anecdote
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Other than interviewing at Mizzou. And that was in response to offers only being of its written down.
You are reasoning with a HOK fan! Might as well get a cat and talk sense to it.
As for as interviewing goes, who knows how many interviews he might have had or didn't have. None of us knew JP had interviewed Campbell until he was hired. NONE. How does anyone know if he interviewed with others or not? JP waited until after Campbell's season was over. Some ADs may not have that much class.
Do you think Toledo would have been in the top 25 if Iowa State makes a chip shot fg?
Most ranked teams have that game where they don't play well and escape with a victory. My new favorite team played that role in Toledo's schedule this year.
Let's just hope that the situation doesn't happen anymore. I know it's not in a Big 5 mentality to ever respect a "Toledo" type team. But, Toledo won the game and impressed your AD enough that he flew into Ohio to offer the coach from said University. You will never convince me that Campbell couldn't have averaged 6 wins a year with Toledo's roster at ISU over the last 5 years. I saw these guys play Florida, Ohio State, Missouri etc and didn't see much difference other than 2-3 key positions.
I'm hoping there is some sarcasm in there...even if he was offered the Mizzou job, do you think their fans are going to admit that he was and he chose Iowa State over them? Not a chance...they will downplay it for eternity if he was offered.
I was told he could have had any of the open jobs not named Southern Cal and Miami. They had things already in the works and showed zero interest. The rest would likely have been his if he wanted them.
Kind of, I mean Texas does have to play ISU instead of themselves and ISU gets to play Texas, so their conference schedule is a little harder than ours.
I have said it for years, if Bill Snyder can build a winner at Kansas State, which was a football wasteland for decades, you can build a winner here. Manhattan, Kansas makes Ames look like Paris.
So Rhoads must have recruited really well then. I have been reading otherwise.
Confusing.
True. If Toledo could beat Arkansas they could certainly beat us, although not lining our kicker up in the middle of the field likely cost us that game.
Agree with a lot of what you've said, and JP will get a lot of credit if CSP and CMC work out, as he gets a lot of the blame when his hires don't work out. I do think there are a lot of athletic directors out there that have good moral standards, I don't think there are a lot of fan bases out there that keep showing up 60,000 strong following 2 and 3 win seasons.
We fans weren't showing up well before JP arrived, as best I can remember. DMac's Cyclones playing Missouri for the North Division title and we had 38k in the stands.
The big difference between then and now? JP's ability to get important facilities constructed and upgraded, and an underlying vibration, a sense, that we are moving forward. I believe JP has created an attitude of possibility that has energized we fans.
CPR's record the past three seasons: 3-9, 2-10, 3-9, and look at our terrific attendance records over those three years. A decade ago while fighting for our eighth win of the season, we had 38k in the stands, last fall we had record season-ticket sales DESPITE lackluster prospects. Something's different from then to now. . . .
I think both CPR and JP are good at selling hope and we went into this season with high hopes based on a more favorable schedule and a lot of returning key players. And the upgrades have no doubt been a big factor in attendance staying strong. We can thank JP, Sukup, the Riemanns, and especially the era of big tv contracts for that as there are major facility upgrades happening all over the country. But it's still the fans that play a big role in Hilton Magic, which started over 30 years ago, and we have attended bowl games in big numbers throughout our history. I think the Cyclone fan base has been very impressive throughout our history, despite a lot of dry spells.
