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I get where you are coming from, but we have had a Top 25ish football program since the 80s first under Fry and then KF. Yet, through that all, Lute, Raveling, Davis, and even Alford for a while packed Carver and had good success. There was room for both programs to be supported. And heck...

You keep saying its tougher now than for Mr. Davis and Lute, but why? Its different, for sure. NIL has changed everything. But, it has changed things for everyone equally. There isn't one set of rules for Iowa and one set for everyone else. To the contrary, there really aren't rules anymore...

The worst away game football experience I have had in 30 years of going to Hawk away games was Arizona State. By far. There are a lot of dipshits in that state.

Fran is a great coach with an impressive overall resume. He could retire tomorrow and be damn proud of all that he has accomplished. He would go out a winner. But, his NCAA Tournament record is a GLARING outlier on what is otherwise a HOF worthy career. But, right or wrong, March Madness is...

The "Dix to Creighton" rumor was a lock on this board last Spring and Summer. How did that turn out? Old news. That said, any fan for any team should not feel safe that any player on his team will not leave. Any player. That is what NIL and open transfer portal have done to the system...

Its the classic Nebraska/Solich or Iowa/Davis perception that the coach is really good, but would never get you to "the next level" type decision. So far, it has not paid dividends. I also think that Wisky could suffer the same way Iowa has/will with the demise of the West and expansion of the...

Betts deserved the promotion for sure. Its a loss, but at a position that Iowa can recruit well at given style of play. KF has a spotty coaching tree to say the least. Nice to see a guy get noticed and move up the ladder. I am sure Lester and KF will find a good replacement.

What a weird thread to start right after a win that puts us two games up on one of the teams we are fighting to beat out to get into the conference tourney.

So, I think this is where I land (given what the two big conferences are getting after): SEC and Big Ten play 1 v. 2 for conference title. Winner gets a bye. Loser is at large. The next 4 teams play a play in game for the other two slots. That's 8. ACC and Little 12 get 2. Don't care how...

Technically, they are not in the playoffs. They are in a play in game to make the playoffs. But yes, any system that could have put Iowa one win away from the playoffs last year seems a bit off. That said, there were some questionable teams that made the field this last season. Its a power...

I think the goal of this whole thing is two fold: Guarantee the two big conferences have the majority of the slots for the playoffs AND add more games to championship weekend that the conferences control and gain the revenue for. So, I don't see just one playin game. If anything, I could see...

This looks like it has real momentum. The Big10 and the SEC would have 4 playin games on what is normally Conference Championship weekend, guaranteeing each conference gets 4 teams into the playoffs. The Little 12 and ACC would get two and there would be two at-large bids. So, last season...

I love this discussion. Fun ideas. Makes me excited about Iowa MBB moving forward if Beth were to think outside the box and swing big. That doesn't happen very often. People are too afraid to fail to try something totally new. Money Ball and Billy Bean embody that concept. For me, I am 50...

Fickle is a good coach. Not sure he is the best fit for Wisky, but apparently Wisky is willing to take on Fickle's personality. The figurative death of Alvarez's legacy. This seems like an overreach as I cannot imagine anyone else was scheming to steal Fickle away.

Yep, highly successful and transformational women in sports of late have shown up, been a flash in the pan, and have had no meaningful or lasting impact upon sports as a whole. Regards, Caitlin Clark

Coaching and playing are two totally different things. She has a better resume than a lot of men who have been given head coaching jobs. She has better credentials for a head coach in MBB than Juwan Howard did. That worked out ok for a while. Jerry Stackhouse and Penny Hardaway same. NBA...

True, and if Fran can recruit the next Michael Jordan to come play at Iowa for the next four years I suspect the men's crowds will be similarly large. Check what the women's attendance was CC's freshmen season. Carver needs a makeover. Big time.

Yes. In this thread.

Carver can be serviceable with a facelift. Shrink the capacity, add some luxury seats, move the students closer and wider, engage the students more robustly, get booze flowing, figure out some sort of better access plan, and stop touting ice cream and knitting as the best parts of attendance...

I agree that a new coach does not solve all the problems, but neither does doing nothing at this point. It sounds like Beth is looking at the issue comprehensively. But, from a lot of fans perspective we have an old, tired arena, and an old, tired coach. Sometimes you just have to make some...