The Whale

Fixed it for you

I'm afraid to most too much. With my 3 "warning points", I'm one post away from having a random mod boot me to oblivion.

Do we want our next coach to be someone who got fired from their last college job (for poor performance on the field)?

Urban Meyer. $12.5 million/year plus MASSIVE salary pool for assistants.

As founder and ceo, I consider myself to be the best hire ever.

Fickell would be a gutter hire.

Please no. Give us Meyer. Or Kiffin. Or Aranda. Almost anybody but Fickell.

I don't think Frost ever truly committed to winning here. The guy USED TO BE a great coach. I believe his personal commitment to excellence fluctuated between 50%-80% while here. Scott had the potential - the abilities, to be successful here. But for some reason (fear of failure, fear of success, imposter's syndrome -- a mix of these?) he never committed - he didn't follow through.

Talk about an omen of what was to come

Iowa's D will need a TD for them to win this game. This game is the most winable BIG game we've had all season.

Lighten up, Francis.

Iowa’s best offensive player is out. If Iowa wins this game, they play in the BIG Championship and although they’ll be huge underdogs, at least they’d get their shot. If this team of ours can’t get up for this game and bring their best selves on Friday, it will be very disappointing. This is a tremendous opportunity to play spoiler against a beatable team that has owned our asses for seven straight years.

If we get Fickell, I’m going to switch to Huskers volleyball in the fall. If Trev went after Fickell, I would imagine the lower relative salary requirement would have been a big factor, which would show us how uncommitted the suits are to returning this program to top-notch status.

Wouldn't surprise me at all, and I've said it before so I say it again - TA was the wrong hire as AD.

That's a lot of what-if's and assumptions you've offered - I mean, if he's gets the support he needs here, the money he wants, and things slowly start trending the right way - maybe he stays. Urban is my #1 pick anyway, but yes, Kiffin is #2.

Urban for 4-5 years would be an absolute dream scenario. It's been 20 years of - we're due.

Not necessarily, but my patience tank is close to empty.

I guess we'll find out in about a week. Meyer or Kiffin would be acceptable hires, and I honestly think it will be one of these two.

Hiring any of those three would be a MASSIVE disappointment to the majority of our fan base.

LaPorta is very good, so if true this is big news as Iowa doesn't have many playmakers on offense.

So at present, we're OWNED by Iowa, Wisconsin, and Ohio State - with Michigan and Minnesota getting close to joining that list. My goodness that's depressing.

I don't think we score a TD on Saturday, TBH. Maybe a field goal or two, but that's it. I had free tickets offered to me (on the 35), but it's not worth the drive IMHO.