BIL has been texting me about the AD candidates for NU and the rumor mill is Jamie is high on their list.
Pollard an AD candidate at Nebby?
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Yeah…no. Don’t put any stock in this whatsoever.
He might be high on their list, but I doubt if Nebby is high on his list.
JP has plans to do plenty more at ISU...he's not going anywhere. And, if the 12-team CFP starts in 2023, that's at least another $22M a year for the AD to play/plan with...
He'll be able to ride the goodwill of hiring & retaining Campbell until he retires. Why risk that to go to a school/fanbase that is going to throw you to the curb if football doesn't win a championship in 3 years?
Also can't see him abandoning TJ after hiring him back
Also can't see him abandoning TJ after hiring him back
Yeah. Not that he's especially old, but with how long he's been here I don't see him wanting to take on a rebuilding project this late in his career. If it were a program in good shape with aretiring AD, maybe. The hot mess that Nebby is right now, no.
If half of the rumors I've heard in Omaha are true, no one is going to want to touch that job...
And weren't there rumors Fred and JP had issues?
Maybe JP could roll in and **** can Fred?
Nebraska would be absolute fools to not reach out. The end.
Which shitstorm on CF would be more massive?
A) Pollard leaving for the Nubs job
B) Pollard taking the Nubs job and having to can Fred after a couple more losing seasons
Anybody going to Nebby is dead to me...
I hope a Nebby fans think JP is going there. Crush those delusional Husker dreams every chance we can get.
There's still too much to do here. Jamie and CMC want to collect the Big 12 football championship trophy just like we have in BB and play for a national title on the VERY big stage. Personally, I'd like him to stay around so that he can see us beat OU twice in the same season. Wouldn't that be a crowning achievement...I'm not sure even Texas has done that.
Good point about Wisconsin. Proves that was hok troll talk.
Good point about Wisconsin. Proves that was hok troll talk.
I can't decide what I find more ridiculous, South Carolina believing that they could hire Campbell this last winter or Nebraska even bothering to call Pollard.
I really do think there is something to having autonomy in your job - which both Pollard and Campbell have at ISU. How many ADs and head football coaches really have nearly complete control over their programs? Bigger programs have more and bigger boosters meddling in their programs. Campuses that are mixed in with larger cities have to deal more with integrating new facilities within the city. Imagine Iowa trying to do an entertainment district like Pollard has planned - where would they put it? Nowhere near any of their venues. And bar/restaurant/hotel owners would have much more leverage there to derail the whole thing. And because Pollard is an accountant he is able to figure out the budget stuff more easily than some former coach who just tells other people to figure it out.
