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I also think the days of blue bloods being able to buy whatever talent they want may be taking a hit as the NIL donors get more sophisticated and require contracts. If I were one of these billionaire's lawyers, I would have a years of service clause, non-compete (although hard to enforce those...

Duke student section behind the basket was the best. The brainiacs did weird shit. My favorite was Speedo Man. One kid would strip to a Speedo and the whole section would part so the shooter would hopefully see them. I don't mind the students behind the basket, but they should wrap around...

This notion that Iowa is some poor step child in this game is not based in reality. The school has the same money as every other big school. I understand NIL money can lure kids a way, but do you know how much we paid for our last two portal QBs? By most accounts it was market and 7 figures...

I am glad that Iowa has not looked for a portal 1-year fix. Don't get me wrong, getting MG was 100% the right move to make. But, I am looking forward to the next great 3-year starter in Hecklinski. Tate, Ameristanzi, CJ (sort of), Stanley. Let's Go!!

The trouble is he is more of a Tim Tebow type runner than Taysom Hill. He is not fast enough to be that slash type gadget players. I mean, if you had room on your roster, could you find a way to use him on short yardage and goal line? Maybe. That said, he had a Remington award center and...

All good ideas. You will likely not see the administration displace those premium seats in the middle of the court for students getting in free and eating your gratis pizza. Those are $250 seats. Candidly, I do not see how schools like MSU have student sections behind the benches. They...

I don't know, he sure scares me. :)

Wow, you don't see a 14 year old thread dusted off and repurposed very often. Well done? On the topic at hand, Iowa certainly benefitted from this relationship as it finally had a QB playmaker for the first time in a half decade. Was he everything he was sold as? Maybe not. Certainly not at...

USC's QB was throwing darts and hitting ridiculously small windows. Both of those WRs will be playing on Sunday. The DBs have not been super awesome this year, but I don't see USC as all on them. The QB got hot in the second half and Iowa could not match the scoring in the second half (unlike...

As much as we bag on the Clowns, their fans support that team and did so even before WonderBoy arrived on campus. Basically since McCarney awoken the program, the fans have been in the stands and traveled to bowl games and supported. The Clown fans always pined for what Iowa fans had, and now...

Exactly. As pathetic as it was, some of those clods stormed the court. I can't remember the last time that happened to Iowa (Men).

Absent an injury, I think this is highest and best use for the Jays. I know he was recovering from injury, but as far as I can tell Freeman is full go and plays exactly like he did for Iowa. He is just the 9th guy in the rotation. Not sure what Creighton thought they were buying, but he looks...

Tough loss last night for an under-the-weather team, not having their A-Game, and being hamstrung by blind refs favoring the home team in their joke of an arena. However, did you see that a few dozen students stormed the court? Now, that was sad for sure. However, doesn't that show how far we...

But what you are missing is that all of the professional leagues have unions and collective bargaining. So, you would have to unionize this league. Of course, you could do that now in the current model of a college based league, but its difficult with transient players who are only in the...

No. You can't. Setting a salary cap without a Congressional exemption or collective bargaining violates more federal laws than I can count. That was essentially the same rationale for the House lawsuit. At its core, all of these schools are competitors in the market place competing for the...

De-Coupling college teams from their Universities so that the University of Iowa essentially owns a professional football team not made up of students is a god awful idea. Although, I certainly cannot rule it out. I think before we would ever get to such a radical solution, the elderly members...

I get your point, but in watching a lot of bowls this year, there are still a lot of kids who the uniform and the school still mean something. I think there are a lot of kids, especially from Iowa, that are there to make money, but also to wear the I. Once you move away from kids actually...

I believe we have a quality starter, an experienced back-up, and a developmental QB for the future. Would I take a talented QB that falls into our lap? Heck yes. But, for what we would have to pay to get a known quantity starting quality QB, I think staying the course with the current room is...

I'd rather have a hungry kid from one level down who has a ton of game experience and wants to test his metal against the next level, then some disgruntled kid from Baylor who has mostly sat the bench the last two years.

You and I have had this discussion before, and I remain of the view that if the Iowa Hawkeyes are made up of a bunch of middle 20s semi-pro athletes who are just below NFL level, I am out. Watching an inferior professional product is not what I am interested in. I am here to watch 20 year old...