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You make good points, but Campbell's conference winning percentage (56%) is a full 10 points better than Fitzgerald's (46%). Also, a lot of those seasons for NU were in the Big Ten West. Just saying I don't think it is disgusting to potentially rank Campbell above. I think you could make an...

Pollard is probably the single most important person in the history of Iowa State athletics. I'm not even sure it's close. That said, he wasn't interested in being an AD in the pay to play era. The longer he stuck around, the further Iowa State was going to fall behind.

I live there. There is tons of money around, but college football just isn't that important. Most of the die hard Dawg fans are folks over 70 who cheered for Don James before pro sports were much of a thing. Sort of like the Gophers in Minneapolis (the only other city I've lived in outside of...

We'll see on Fisch. He is a below .500 coach in his 5 seasons. While he did a nice job, his "juggernaut" Arizona team finished 3rd in the Big 12. He is 9-9 in two seasons in the Big Ten. He hops around literally every year or two, typically as an assistant. My feeling is that he is always...

Time will tell, but three of Fitzgerald's last four seasons in the Big Ten included records of 1-8, 1-8, and 1-8. Not sure how you say ranking Campbell above that is disgusting. Fitzgerald had some success in the Big Ten, and he also had some pretty disgusting seasons at the end of his run.

Yep, it's all pretty silly at this point. Let football get so bloated that eventually schools focus on playing regional rivals again. And that the other sports finally say that's enough, and those teams go back to playing Illinois State, Wisconsin, Drake, Loyola, etc. I personally hate seeing...

Man, with this rule change Iowa is set up for a really, really good run the next three years. Things change fast in college sports these days, but Jan seems to have an awesome blend of elite talent and great, versatile role players. Now we have to see if it all fits together on the court. But on...

I don't know. They've already asked for up to $70M. These things never end up being less than you think. I just don't see much change in the overall experience for the average fan - including those watching on tv - for $70M. Does the new floor do anything for anyone?

Maybe he let it be known that he was going to leave the state? Otherwise, can you come up with any other Iowa kid who has been offered by as high of profile programs as Tennessee, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Wisconsin...but not by any of the three Iowa schools? Or possibly he told ISU and UNI...

I know, I wasn't necessarily being all that realistic. That said, I think Baylor's smallish basketball arena was in that $200-225M price range, and included funding from both the city and university. I wish the university would seek out something similar. A facility that could also be used...

Time to just blow that place up. I would be super hesitant to drop any more money into it. You can either have a modern, multi-purpose, 15,000 to 18,000 seat arena with all the amenities, or you can have an intimate, smaller venue designed as an ideal basketball arena (some of these vintages...

Margaret is a Minnesotan and was a bad ass on the court. The kids grew up as Iowans. Patrick's game wasn't very physical. Connor was one of the toughest, grittiest kids to ever walk onto the floor at Carver. Caitlin has always talked a ton on the court. Just like about half the players you...

There is a rich history to Iowa basketball, men and women. And the Caitlin era is something else. But there is no doubt Jan has done a great job leveraging that era to Iowa's advantage. It's exciting. Season ended with a clunk but that program has brought a lot of joy to Hawkeye fans recently.

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Scratching my head over a couple of the CC takes, still. Pretty far out there.

Apparently Fran and especially Margaret could be assholes. Whatever. People deserve to be called out for that. But I also really appreciate Fran for pulling the program out of the shitter and initially getting fans all fired up about Iowa basketball again. It was a good marriage that ran its...

Folgueiras apparently got $3.7M from Louisville. Iowa was willing to pay him the same number as last season, but no more. That's from someone within the program. Louisville took out something like a $25M loan. They were already having financial issues. Their only hope now is a deep run in...

Yeah, pre-portal, what were the odds a high school QB commit would ever start a game for Iowa? Maybe 20%? And now? Probably more like 5-10%?

I tend to think this year's two high price free agents will see more playing time than last year's two high price free agents (not including Stirtz), for the simple reason that McCollum and staff were likely doing research for months on who might be available and their potential fit. It was a...

Sure, QB is an unknown, but I tend to think the unknowns on the defensive line might ultimately be more problematic. Plus the Hawks just had the majority of last season's OL drafted. Combine all that with the schedule, and I think the Hawks are in 7-5 territory. I think it could be a fun...

This might get some hate, but Bruce Pearl. He used to run the Iowa basketball camp for Tom Davis back in the late 80s. I went a few years, back when I was in 5th through 7th grade or so. Dude was electric, even compared to other Iowa assistants and various high school and college coaches from...