Not trying to argue but a team would be taking a huge gamble to hire coach Campbell, especially this early into his career at ISU. Love or hate ISU, but it was pretty shrewd of them to put that huge buyout clause into his contract. A team would have to pay ISU $9 million before they knew what that had in their new coach.
Who wants ISU to beat TCU?
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Gotta love after they ripped us for not selling out PSU we are closer to selling out the Minny game tomorrow than they are TCU. According to the Clone voices, Williams and Walters, this is the biggest game in Clone history and Iowa is closer to selling out a larger stadium between 2 unranked teams. What a joke. They deserve to lose.
If Williams and Walters are calling this the biggest game in ISU history, they're out of their minds. Having said that, it is an important game, and the fact it isn't going to sell out is disappointing. Ironically, that's a down side of closing in the south end zone. The attendance tomorrow -- based on tickets sold -- would have been an all-time record until a couple of years ago.
LC - fair enough. Whether it is the biggest or not it is too bad not a full house. And you are an objective fan (although you do run me down for my ISU comments!), but living in Ankeny boy I hear a lot about how we didn't sell out PSU this year. Good luck tomorrow LC.
Of course they also have to pay Butch Jones buyout. They can afford it but it's a big chance to take based on one year, actually one month of success. Yes, I'm stealing that from Miller and Deace but it's true.
Do you really want to hang your hat on Iowa D1 recruits?
I would rather take a few of the top recruits in each class and focus our recruiting efforts in states with better athletes.
I doubt they sold very many of the TCU allocation. I'll bet that's where the empty seats are. Not counting the students that will crowd together down below, leaving the upper deck in their section looking empty.
I wonder why people keep calling Matt Campbell a 'one-year wonder.' Doesn't his meteoric rise to the Cotton Bowl at Toledo count? How many times do we have to reference the great past and current coaches who came out of the MAC before we give that conference its due? Urban, Nick, Ara, Woody, Bo, Weeb Ewbank, Paul Brown, Sid Gilman and some real up and comers among current head coaches.
Here's what I wrote on this site last year, and it still rings true for me - and Matt Campbell has started things in the right way:
'Here's one lifetime hawk lover and bleeder who respects the Cyclones and hopes Matt Campbell is exactly who and what they need. (Full disclosure: Matt had the same Head Coaching job that my Dad had - at Toledo, in the late 1950's - a few years before Frank Lauterbur, btw). I think they are really getting close, and I'm actually excited that Lazard chose to come back. I always hope that they give us their best shot, but that our best shot is just a little bit better. (It was!) I commend them for trying to build up their fan base, their recruiting base, their facilities and their performance on the field. Hawk for life, but it's going to be fun to watch their growth. Go Hawks.'
(Especially today, against Minnesota. And, btw, go 'Clones against TCU)
Here's what I wrote on this site last year, and it still rings true for me - and Matt Campbell has started things in the right way:
'Here's one lifetime hawk lover and bleeder who respects the Cyclones and hopes Matt Campbell is exactly who and what they need. (Full disclosure: Matt had the same Head Coaching job that my Dad had - at Toledo, in the late 1950's - a few years before Frank Lauterbur, btw). I think they are really getting close, and I'm actually excited that Lazard chose to come back. I always hope that they give us their best shot, but that our best shot is just a little bit better. (It was!) I commend them for trying to build up their fan base, their recruiting base, their facilities and their performance on the field. Hawk for life, but it's going to be fun to watch their growth. Go Hawks.'
(Especially today, against Minnesota. And, btw, go 'Clones against TCU)
If they get beat today we can finally stop hearing the word Ames in the mouth of where it should not be in terms of football and that pretains to the national sports talk people..
Well, Iowa State strikes first.
Honestly, I'd be surprised if they win this game, but this Cyclone team has been surprising people all season.
Honestly, I'd be surprised if they win this game, but this Cyclone team has been surprising people all season.
1) Personally I do not take the attendance figures very seriously. The fact is, tickets are financially out of reach to a significant percentage of people living in this state, I would hazard to guess at least half. It doesnt make them bad people, it doesn't make them bad fans. They simply don't have the money.
2) I have typically been fairly apathetic about ISU results in the past. I've lived in IC/CR for 16 years now and frankly ISU fans are few and far between. The ones I do know around here are very cordial and nice and generally don't piss on our parade when we are good. But the disclaimer is: this kind of comes with the territory of living behind enemy lines, and also that I am not originally from Iowa
2) I have typically been fairly apathetic about ISU results in the past. I've lived in IC/CR for 16 years now and frankly ISU fans are few and far between. The ones I do know around here are very cordial and nice and generally don't piss on our parade when we are good. But the disclaimer is: this kind of comes with the territory of living behind enemy lines, and also that I am not originally from Iowa
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The only reason Campbell looks like a great coach is that freshman QB is fantastic. Of course, Campbell was going to have him ride the pine all year except Park disappeared, so how great of a coach is he really if Park is still playing and they're 3-3, 3-4 or whatever?
ISU is giving him some good ammo too being up 14-0 against the #4 team in the land..
You know the QB Kempt is a 5th year senior, right? Or, were you trying to be funny?
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