Thamel reporting Iowa State's Matt Campbell to Pedo St is a done deal

He should’ve been a top candidate from the very start.

They should be thanking their lucky stars they could still get him after signing like 2 recruits. PSU got way too big for their britches

They must have paid something crazy.

Have always found him to be a little overrated, but not a terrible get there.

Cyclone fans have no say and for the most party they’re pretty mid historically

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Have always found him to be a little overrated, but not a terrible get there.

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I think he's one of those guys that is hard to project to a place where there are players and infrastructure built in. He has done incredible stuff at Iowa State, which I think has kind of been forgotten by most because he has been there so long.

I think I had read that they had NEVER had back to back winning seasons before he got there. He's gone to a bowl and had a winning record 8 of the last 9 seasons. That's an extremely impressive run at a place with absolutely zero consistent history. However, outside of the 2020 season, they've finished ranked 1 time (last year) and won more than 8 games 1 time (last year).

So the question is, how much better is he at a place with better athletes and more resources? The easy answer is "well better obviously!", but we know that is not the way it always turns out. Some guys have systems and methods that are made for places with low expectations where you can develop kids, maybe have an off year where it doesn't work, create a team that does everything you want but isn't quite talented enough to be better than pretty good. And that method falls apart when applied to more elite athletes/players/etc.

So who knows. But given the situation they are in and that he is like #9 on the call sheet they should be pretty happy.

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They must have paid something crazy.

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No way it was anything what Kiffin got to go to LSU.

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I like Matt Campbell. Hope he does well at Penn State and becomes a thorn to other B1G teams’ asses.

Iowa State is broke. They've got around a $150MM funding gap. Campbell took a pay cut a few years back to give money to his staff.

I'm sure he's ready to go somewhere that he doesn't have to worry about funding anymore.

Penn State backed in to a good coach somehow. Problem is had they done this sooner they wouldn’t have a complete black hole for recruiting this year. That will be hard to overcome.