If Kurt's contract was only through 2016....

[BILLBUCKNER]

I hate to rain on the parade, but Iowa doesn't really have big boosters. Krause or whoever from Kum & Go and the Gerdin's from Heartland Express have made some big donations, but they are peanuts compared to what some other schools are pulling. Northwestern got $55 million from Pat Ryan and two other donors. Iowa's donation base is completely different than a school like NU or say Oklahoma State or Oregon because Iowa is very reliant on the coerced donations as a condition to purchasing football season tickets. There just isn't a giant pool of cash sitting in the pockets of Iowa alums or fans in general so Barta needs to have his finger on the pulse of the folks who are responsible for purchasing the tens of thousands of football tickets that drive a big chunk of our donations. I hope like hell Barta is smart enough to realize this.

Untill season tickets take a nose dive..There is nothing Barta will do. So many Iowa fans now go to games because its an event..Mini reunions to go hang out with friends and family. They don't care about the product on the field.

I really wish that KF could get things turned around and get us back to BCS level. But he hasn't demonstrated the ability to change and we see the same mistakes from coaching (clock management,play calling,etc) year after year.

 

[CWooD4]

Fricken Farm U

ANF right?!