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At the risk of jinxing things and switching sports, Ben McCollum sure shares a lot of characteristics with Coach Cig. Just sayin'...... :)

Coach Cig is a once in a generation hire. Any school that is trying to replicate that hire is chasing unicorns and fairies through the meadows of Oz. As Fry is famous for saying, every new hire is a crapshoot. Anyone who says they know a coach will succeed at a new gig is full of shit...

Damn. Brutal. Gangster. Love it.

Maybe. That shithole in Lincoln is cursed. They sold their souls to the Devil in the late 90s and now they are paying the price. They could lose out this year and their schedule is unbelievable next year. He may indeed not make it past next year, but hey, at least they doubled his buyout...

It seemed that the point you were making is that some of our rival schools have had very solid programs and then they decided to fire successful, stable coaches to try and "get to the next level" and in doing so they flushed their programs into the shitter. To that point, Fickle is the poster...

I watched most of the Nebbie/USC game and came away unimpressed with either run defense. I think Iowa can put up 225 in rushing on both teams. USC's offense looked pretty ordinary against a largely ordinary Nebbie D. Now, will that be the case in their home time zone? I seemed to recall we...

I agree with everything you say in this post except putting Matt Rhule on that list. He has been a good hire and scraped Nebbie off the floor and made them semi-respectable. Hell, they were ranked two weeks ago. Frankly, I was hoping PSU would poach him so Nebbie would have to start over...

The lack of depth isn't all that surprising. Riola is certainly taking up all of their budget. He is also a sophomore starter that is good enough to keep that job for two more seasons but isn't good enough to leave early. So, who that is any good would want to sit behind this kid for 3...

The trendline is obviously positive. If anything, Rutgers is a bit of an outlier, but there was a lead causing Rutgers to have to score. The two best comparators are Indiana and PSU. Both have talented players on offense, and both of those games were in Kinnick. We probably held Indiana...

I get the hyperbole. Schools literally could not get together to foist these changes as a group, but the hope is that schools individually get smarter and demand contractual protections when they shell out this much money. They can do that. They probably already are. These donors didn't get...

The discussion started with the statement "the schools need to band together." That's what makes it illegal. Competitors getting together to fix the terms of employment for the workforce. You just can't do that. Your coaching example misses the mark because there is no collusion between the...

You are mixing up concepts in anti-trust law. Monopolies meant to destroy competitors in horizontal market places is not what we are talking about. We are talking about vertical restraint of trade between a group of competitive employers conspiring to hold down market forces within their...

That is the closing argument for the multi-billion dollar antitrust conspiracy lawsuit. That's all they would have to prove at trial. This is what they did. See Fry's statement above. Pay us actual, treble, punitives, attorneys fees, injunctions, first-born child.... :) This problem is...

Its funny, because in my FB feed I have seen "Iowa DC Highly Complimentary of Ducks Organization" all the way to "Iowa DC provides bulletin board material for Ducks." If a glib statement like that is what you need to get fired up, you be you. That said, Lanning is one of the best culture...

I used to donate plasma twice a week for beer money all the way through law school. $80 a week. Paid for my weekend (beer was cheaper back then). A system is a system. Keep it rolling. I guess you are not sharing the system here? :)

That line is going to draw day betters in for Iowa and its going to drop the line. Iowa has a good shot at an outright win, but a close loss is also likely given Iowa's history. It will be interesting to see if the smart money jumps in at the end if the line holds near where it is.

Since when is saying something that is 100% and varifiably true controversial? I know that Gundy said something about it earlier this year that fired up Lanning, but it was much more specific and critical of what Oregon was doing. If Oregon gets all butt hurt every time someone points out that...

Of course they will look. And if another Gron is available and wants to come to Iowa, of course you pull that trigger. But, as we have seen all to well, high profile transfer QBs are as big a crap shoot as anything else. A kid from Michigan with a Big10 Title under his belt flopped, while a...

Stats can be deceiving for a DB if they never throw at you. There is no common stat for "I am too good for the other side to want play with me." They just call you Reevis Island and throw the other way. You won't get much pushback on Lutmer though. I think we could certainly call him the...

DieHard, I agree with you on this take. And, I don't think you need to go as far for a comparison. The kid has a chance to be the next Drew Tate. Undersized, moxy, gun slinger. Fry, I get your point on NFL QBs not being undersized with a few exceptions, like Drew Brees. But, Iowa has had...