He's not going anywhere. He can survive forever in the new "big"12, make a good living in Ames with little or no pressure. The kind of pay upgrade he would need to justify the risk ain't happenin'. Florida State, USC, Michigan...aren't coming for him.
Agree. He’s in the sweet spot, and with momentum. Built a good program with varying success, and probably some recruiting upside in our footprint for overlapping demand positions, especially skill positions (I hate that term). All in a changing environment for CFB and for our program.
There are very few of these guys who are happy with just being comfortable. They’re wired different. Also, there is no such thing as no pressure. He was feeling pressure last year before they started playing better.
Yep. He'll end up going somewhere. He's pretty young. But I don't think he's in any hurry.
Agreed. It would have to be right job.
I dunno, he has to look around college football and realize he can’t win there. If you aren’t in the B1G or SEC, it’s going to be nearly impossible to compete long term. He also has to know his year to leave is few and far between. I think most people look at him and see a decent recruiter and a below average in-game coach. He gets exposed pretty quickly when he’s not having an outlier season.
YEs, it was and it reminds me of the last two losses to moo U, 2014 and 2022 where the Hawk offense just sucked of conservatism and mediocre play. The hawk offense is the limiting factor and has been since about 2016.
Most all of these coaches want and like the challenge of trying to win games and championships at the highest level.
According to Sagarin, the Big 12 is the second highest rated conference.
Oh my God. 😂🤣😅😂🤣
According to, what? All of the power ratings have the Big 12 as the 2nd or 3rd best conference.
In no world is the big12 the number 2 league. Doubtful they are even 3rd. There isn't a top 10 team to be seen. The pretender byu was exposed.
Competitive with each other. They'll get their ass kicked if they play Big10 or SEC.
You dispute Sagarin saying Big 12 is the 2nd best league - what is your evidence to the contrary besides holding a personal bias against the Big 12 yourself?
The bottom of the Big 10 is really bad that drags down the avg power rating. The top of the Big 10 is definitely better than the top of the Big 12, no one is arguing that. When you look at the middle teams, The Big 12 teams would be favored over the Big 10 teams - doesn't mean they would win them all, but they would be favored.
This would be true except for when TV networks leverage wins against average and bad teams in conference to inflate the top teams ratings - that's the issue.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, USC, Washington, and Illinois would all have a very viable chance at winning that conference. Each would have one or two losses at most in that conference. That's just the B1G mid tier.
I disagree 100%. Our average teams would be their top. We're ISUs best win as an example. Should've killed them too.
Yes. That is true according to Sagarin.
Here are the projected spreads per Sagarin of the teams you think could win the Big 12:
I know you think you're being objective here but you aren't. This is as valid as Iowa being #4 in 2015. We all knew it wasn't true if we were being honest with ourselves. We all also honestly knew every year the B1G West was a joke.
This is a pointless endeavor, of which, the outcome doesn't matter. Perceptively, it's evident to me but not you apparently. None of what you posted matters but I know you think otherwise and that's fine. To each their own.
Colorado and ISU would be favored over every single Big 10 West team per Sagarin. Yet you continue to post nonsense that Illinois and Washington have a chance to win that conference. It's laughable
Exactly. Using point spreads from the system I'm saying doesn't matter isn't going to convince me.
Agree - the top of the conference is much better than the Big 12 and that's what matters. I'm just laughing at @AEG82 for stating bad teams like Illinois and Washington could win the Big 12.
Laugh all you want. I'm still right and you aren't.
No one on this board would bet their own money that Washington, Illinois, Minnesota could beat Colorado to win the Big 12. No one.
