LIVE look at the Clown U football program
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It will be interesting to see what creative crap you will post when Kirk retires and half the roster abandons your ship.
If Iowa has a half a brain the new Coach is already on Staff to limit the total destruction of the program for at least multiple Seasons that ISU is facing
It won't hurt as bad because we won't be trying to build Hawktown.
On this one, the captain didn't go down with the ship. He got a chopper ride off to dry land.
That program is in shambles right now. Doesn’t look like too many players are impressed with the new coach. I don’t expect Iowa State to be relevant in football for at least the next 3-4 years. And with the money problems Iowa State is having, coupled with the fact the Big 12 is falling further from the B1G and SEC in relevancy, I don’t know if Iowa State football will ever recover.
ISU would be smart and just put their eggs in the BB Basket
Doesn’t sound like new Coach Jimmy is making the strongest impression with the proven players.
Exactly……go the Villanova route with FCS for football & stay D1 for basketball.
Never thought the defections would reach this level.
The current team definitely isn't buying what the new coach is selling.
Looking at the WSU schedule last season, pretty weak...and only 6 wins???
The current team definitely isn't buying what the new coach is selling.
Looking at the WSU schedule last season, pretty weak...and only 6 wins???
Kirk is too classy (& too old) to bail for bigger $$ & raid our team of all decent players. He’ll either line up a coach-in-waiting or our high-class AD will pull in a great hire that wants a P2 upgrade.
I guarantee that whenever we get a new coach, it won’t be a complete train wreck like at MooU.
That program still makes me cringe; when Matt Campbell and his wife & kids walked thru the Penn State gate and out, on to the field, I thought Jerry Sandusky and his victims.
Iowa St. will be okay. I'm sure they will get a ton of WSU players in return. They had some okay pieces but just seemed to not be able to put it all together this year.
The okay pieces will be playing elsewhere in 2026.
Let’s not act like a coach retiring and setting up the program for the future is the same as one jumping ship for a way better program. While at the same time taking the best current players and recruits with him while leaving a raging dumpster fire in his wake. Face it, you got schlonged in an epic fashion. Trust the process
Do you really think kids commit to Iowa with a 70 year old coach and think he’s not going to retire soon?
Ohhhh ho ho ho........someone is still salty af.
Why wait? Is this creative enough for ya?
Mommy and Daddy must have shafted you on all your Christmas gifts
Could be worse , more Players could have entered the portal intending to leave ISU since last I looked at the portal list last Night, oh wait Fr OL Vaea Ikakoula entered , a parting XMas gift from Him for the Clones Staff and Fans
Every team that has a head coaching change will experience some type of roster turnover, with many players following their departing head coach. It'll be interesting to see how many players from WSU follow Jimmy F'n Hawks to Ames.
The fact that the Clones couldn't keep enough of a roster together to make it to a bowl game is telling though. Pollard is going to learn the hard way that the identity of Iowa State football, perhaps more than any other program, was tied to the head coach and not the school or program itself.
Hearing about the challenges Campbell had on accessing NIL funds at ISU, having to go through Pollard for everything, tells me that J.P. saw himself a the "big fish" over there, like Alvarez at Wisc. They should have paid Campbell more years ago and accommodated him better.
That whole ISU athletic department may collapse soon, due to debt and the coming decline of the football program, and Pollard will be called upon to answer for it.
The fact that the Clones couldn't keep enough of a roster together to make it to a bowl game is telling though. Pollard is going to learn the hard way that the identity of Iowa State football, perhaps more than any other program, was tied to the head coach and not the school or program itself.
Hearing about the challenges Campbell had on accessing NIL funds at ISU, having to go through Pollard for everything, tells me that J.P. saw himself a the "big fish" over there, like Alvarez at Wisc. They should have paid Campbell more years ago and accommodated him better.
That whole ISU athletic department may collapse soon, due to debt and the coming decline of the football program, and Pollard will be called upon to answer for it.
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Coming into this season, they had what I’d call “mild” relevancy. Had been in some nice bowl games recently and played in the Big 12 title game last year. Starting out 5-0 this season, I thought they would for sure play in another conference title game and maybe even make the CFP. With Campbell, who knows what they would’ve become over the next few years. Their fans would’ve been insufferable.
Instead, order has been restored. Texas Tech, BYU, Utah and Arizona State seem to be taking over that conference in football. And don’t sleep on TCU, Baylor or even Oklahoma State bouncing back soon with all the money they have. Iowa State stepped back 10-15 years by losing Campbell, and I don’t see them competing in an already watered down Big 12 for years to come.
Per Cyclone Fanatic, 4 confirmed returners on roster.
Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas to all!
What will be the response if Iowa State wins in Iowa City again next season and has the same or better record like this past season?