Campbell to Nebraska?
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What's really crazy is that if ISU does beat Iowa, they tend to blow their wad and do next to nothing for the rest of the season. KF has been known to lose to clearly inferior ISU teams (I know the Hawks have had a couple 7-8 win seasons in the past but failed to beat 2-3 win ISU teams, which is ridiculous).
I wouldn't put it past ISU to rest on their laurels and finish 4-8, but MC is the best coach they've had since the Johnny Majors/Earle Bruce days. They won't be anything special, but probably good enough to finish middle of the pack in the B12.
Meanwhile, Iowa's offense will continue to ride on the short bus until further notice. It's frustrating that Kirk and Brian acknowledge that we have quite a situation on our hands, but continue to fail to make any meaningful changes. If Iowa's going to crash and burn, so be it, but I'd rather Iowa go 4-8 with some new faces on offense than go 4-8 with the exact same personnel game-in, game-out. This has got to be taking its toll on the rest of the team.
I think they did it because they were going to anyway and Frost was always a Nebraska guy.
Different head coach now. Past post-Iowa game performances are irrelevant It's Matt's 1st win so nobody knows what the response will be.
Meyer ought to have a pretty clear idea of what all the re-alignment is going to mean for the Big 12. Not sure he would want to hook his wagon to a flagging conference.
To his credit, he's had them consistently bowl-eligible for the past several seasons so a collapse is unlikely. Unlike his predecessors, he's actually beaten Oklahoma (and has given them trouble even in defeat) and has had even more success against Texas (though to be fair, so has the rest of the conference - even Kansas). MC has done enough to lift ISU from the list of "least desirable" P5 programs so they can realistically expect a competent replacement when the time comes. It's still in the bottom half, but for sure it's no longer bottom five.
That is of course assuming the B12 retains a Power Five status amidst realignment.
The fact that they fired him now shows the impact big boosters and big money has.
Worked out pretty well for Frosty, getting paid $15 mil *not* to coach.
Just watch though, next year around this time he'll be in Tuscaloosa AL being rehabbed by Nick Saban.
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Nebraska is not a dream job for most people anymore. If you want money, fine. But in almost every other way, that job has big time problems. Most likely the next coach will get fired in 4-5 years.
Correct me if I am wrong, but in 4.25 years, Frost earned $39M
$20M = first 4 yrs x $5M/year
$19 M = this year ($4M salary + $15M buyout)
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$39M Total
When it comes to this, he is smart as hell. God Bless America!
if you were even thinking about the Little Debbie job, wouldn't you want $8M/year x 7 years, fully guaranteed? I mean, Flop was the golden boy and he didn't even last 5 seasons
Frosts’s grandkid’s grandkids will not give a damn where the multi-generational wealth came from.
sort of like the Kennedy’s and bootlegging.
sort of like the Kennedy’s and bootlegging.
I think that they wanted to be very kind to a loyal alum.
great? no.
It's not about Iowa City bias, I've been to every campus in the B1G and a number of P5 schools outside the conference.
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The way ND is going he might get his chance
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He will stay at ISU or wait for an impossible leap like ND. I think he stays in Ames for at least 5 more years.
If ISU plays the way it did Saturday, 4-8 is definitely a possibility. There doesn't seem to be a lot of gimmes in the Big XII this year. Both Oklahoma schools are in the top ten, Baylor is just outside, Kansas State has looked very good, as has Texas...although the Horns have serious QB problems the next few weeks. TCU and Tech both have impressive wins. The three weakest teams look to be ISU, KU and WVU, and KU is showing signs of life. Finished strong last year and are 2-0 this year, including a win at Morgantown.
Hell, we're kinda banged up; it wouldn't shock me if we struggle next Saturday against Ohio.
Yeah - I doubt they had to twist Trev's arm. He's probably pretty steamed that he gave Frost some leash and nothing good happened as a result,
They’ll have a hard time finding a bigger douche than Frost…. Unless Fleck is interested.
$40MM pre-tax is not multi-generational wealth(in the sense of not having to actually have a job) today unless the person holding it is smart with it. He has three kids, and those kids will likely have multiple kids. Definitely not Kennedy level in terms of building a financial empire.
8 million? It's closer to 16 million. If the Husker waited till Oct 1st it would have been 8 million. Wish I could find a job willing to pay me 16 million to walk out the door!
Well toss in student loans being forgiven and you are there.
Nailed it. For a board that hates Nebraska football, there sure is a lot of respect being paid to it. Too many old guys on here who remember NE's best days. They lost blue blood status awhile ago. Sure they are in the Big 10 with Big 10 money. But they are a low population state without any natural recruiting advantage and there is nothing special about Lincoln compared to 90% of college towns. They have a lot of work to do just to get to their new readjusted ceiling, which would be to be competitive with Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. All three of those have natural recruiting advantages over Nebraska as all three are higher population states with better college towns to recruit to, and all located closer to, or even containing, some of the the bigger population centers within Big 10 territory.
I'm just not processing how so many Hawkeye fans seem to think that Nebraska, after two decades of futility, remains some sort of elite job. If Ferentz leaves Iowa at the end of this season, I feel confident that Iowa at this point would be viewed as a much better job than Nebraska by most coaches looking to move up.
He could be fired from Nebraska just in time to apply for the ND job. 😆 🤣 😂
And have a monster bank account!
That was the point I was making. They spent an extra 7.5 mil instead of waiting a few weeks. Money isn't an issue.
The ND coach is 0-3 so far. Might be a year or less...
