****Official B1G Off-Season Thread****
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I’m not sure if I will laugh or cry if that happens.
I do not think that is a good move unless Rocket has done some self reflection and is ready to buy into playing winning basketball. His 2020-2021 season was so goddamn bad. If I was more confident in him as a shooter I’d be open to. But his main skill out of high school, shooting, just hasn’t translated to this level save for the end of his freshman year. He’s never shot above 30% from 3 on a season.
There are just better options out that a program with a HOF coach and good NIL options could get if we tried.
I think this is Izzo’s last season if there isn’t major reform. The writing is on the wall for coaches that don’t want to adapt to the recruiting game.
Our homeboard would eat you alive for that one.
While generally I agree with that, I think it’s more about transfer than recruiting. I mean our 22 class has some solid guys, already got Fears and feel good about Xavier Booker (who Rivals is more accurate on than 247 for a change) for 23’. It’s not like our recruiting is falling off a cliff or anything.
But refusing to add transfers because he’s worried it’ll shove some guys out who should be shoved out just on a talent basis anyways is not the future of the game. This roster has holes and he hasn’t done shit thus far. My caveat for us being good next year was good transfer additions and we don’t have any. If Rocket is the answer I’ll be pissed.
Nah, Illinois has a bigger donor base (almost $4 billion endowment for Illinois and barely over $1 billion for Iowa, as an example) and more marketing opportunities in bigger markets. Our new AD has also stepped it up with fundraising, and it’s clear we have money to play with for facility upgrades and coaches’ salaries.
If we ever became worth a shit in football with any consistency whatsoever, the gap would close REALLY quickly. It’s just hard to get butts in the seats (and therefore revenue) to watch 2-10 teams, especially when you haven’t been consistently good in anyone’s lifetime. But the fans and resources are still there.
I do not think Iowa football will decline during NIL, though.
Then where the fvck have they been the last 20 years, lol
Look at the rankings chief. Athletic donations are factored in the value of ADs and we dwarf Illinois. Those kids from China you recruit to go to school there, don't give a shit about sports and don't donate to them.
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Where did you see those endowment numbers? The one I saw Illinois and Purdue were close to one another.
You guys have a ways to go. Stadium, facilities, etc.....
Iowa has been reinvesting in our cash cow (football) since the early 2000s. We aren't going anywhere in football. NIL or no NIL.
We are a NFL pipeline that has been built piece by piece the last 20+ years.
I don’t think you’re familiar with our facilities.
247 ranked our football facilities 2nd behind OSU. They’re brand new. Our basketball stadium was just renovated, and our basketball practice facility upgrade is underway.
I don’t think you’re familiar with our facilities.
247 ranked our football facilities 2nd behind OSU. They’re brand new. Our basketball stadium was just renovated, and our basketball practice facility upgrade is underway.
It's a constant upgrade. Sure yours might be newer, but won't be in the top 25 in 5 to 10 years, when we are due for another upgrade
But honesty, good for IL. They are starting to realize where the money is made.
Ours were top 25 when we upgraded them 10 years ago
November 2021 Forbes article had Illinois at $3.82 billion. Might be a more recent figure, but some 2021 articles I found for Purdue (quick, lazy Google search, full disclosure) had them around $2.6 billion.
@hawkit3113, I think it is quite relevant to your potential donor “ceiling.” People (somehow … lol) seem to even underestimate just how putrid Illini football has been for 30 years now, yet compare us for things like this to a school like Iowa?? Our donations and revenue would go up accordingly if and when we became competitive again. The fact we can finance all this stuff while we suck is a positive sign.
Chicken and eggs argument. We are already there. Also, our endowment is 3.1 billion, according to the wiki site
Signed with UF. Would have liked to have nabbed him.
The only thing that sucks bigger dong than the Big Ten is Minnesota Sports.
MN Wild - Have the best regular season in franchise history. Go up 2-1 in the first round, then proceed to lose three straight.
Timberwolves - Absolutely choked the first round away against the Grizzlies this year. Blew multiple double digit leads. Outside of the Garnett years, the team has been to the playoffs only twice.
MN Twins - They have lost a record 18 straight playoff games going back to the early 2000's. The odds of that happening are insanely low, but they managed to do it amazingly.
Vikings - They have the 7th best regular season winning percentage of all-time with no Super Bowls to show for it. The QB situation since 1990 has been hilarious. It's really unbelievable that Cousins has started the 4th most games in Vikings history. Just shows the instability at the position.
MN Wild - Have the best regular season in franchise history. Go up 2-1 in the first round, then proceed to lose three straight.
Timberwolves - Absolutely choked the first round away against the Grizzlies this year. Blew multiple double digit leads. Outside of the Garnett years, the team has been to the playoffs only twice.
MN Twins - They have lost a record 18 straight playoff games going back to the early 2000's. The odds of that happening are insanely low, but they managed to do it amazingly.
Vikings - They have the 7th best regular season winning percentage of all-time with no Super Bowls to show for it. The QB situation since 1990 has been hilarious. It's really unbelievable that Cousins has started the 4th most games in Vikings history. Just shows the instability at the position.
And the funny part is that despite how hard y'all has tried, at the moment, Minneparis isn't the worst sports city in America. It's NYC.
He might be rehtarded. Giants have multiple SBs, Yankees are the Yankees. Rangers and Islanders have been really good in the past decade.
Michigan’s roster sucks but this pup ran her 100 yard dash a full second faster than Usain Bolt. (9.14s vs 7.79s)
I will never give you shit again.
Kirby Pucket was a beast, and so was Cat Fish Morris.
The Dome sucked, but the weather is tough up there.
Go Twins
Well the age old question has finally been answered.Michigan’s roster sucks but this pup ran her 100 yard dash a full second faster than Usain Bolt. (9.14s vs 7.79s)
Fvcking fast.
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