A win against Baylor could also turn the season around and get the program back on track. I'd rather see that since everyone around here doesn't give a **** about football anymore.
Diallo or Beat Baylor
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I'll take the win over Baylor though I won't argue it as the rational choice. I'd like it as a concrete, visceral lesson to our football players that sometimes David does take down Goliath and the battle isn't over until it's fought.
I have to go with a Baylor win. Any 5* commit would just be icing on the cake for next years roster. Plus, look at it this way remember how dejected we were when we didn't land Vaughn? How many of these "basketball only" fans would take one year of Vaughn over one year of BDJ? If we do not land Diallo I'm certain Fred's "Plan B" will be a more than adequate addition to the 2015 roster.
A Baylor win tomorrow would be the shot in the arm this program and fanbase needs heading forward and would make all of us forget about the 3 win season last year and NDSU loss this year.
A Baylor win tomorrow would be the shot in the arm this program and fanbase needs heading forward and would make all of us forget about the 3 win season last year and NDSU loss this year.
I'm a little surprised; I figured this would be like a 9-to-1 runaway for Diallo.
Beating Baylor, by itself, won't mean jack in the grand scheme of things...it'd be just another one of the dozens of upsets that happen every year in college football. If it sparks a five game winning streak or something like that, it's a different story, but that's not the question.
Getting Diallo on the other hand, that's huge not only for potential performance but for buzz/hype/publicity. If Diallo were joining this year, we'd be a consensus Top 10 team...many people would be predicting us to win the Big 12 (not just saying they wouldn't be surprised if we dethroned Kansas, but actually picking us to do it). A player like Diallo has the opportunity to keep his team in the headlines and rankings all season long, and when they start hitting their stride in March, anything can happen. Diallo would give us our best shot at a national championship since 2000, and I don't need to tell you what dividends that would pay in the future...
This is a no-brainer decision.
Beating Baylor, by itself, won't mean jack in the grand scheme of things...it'd be just another one of the dozens of upsets that happen every year in college football. If it sparks a five game winning streak or something like that, it's a different story, but that's not the question.
Getting Diallo on the other hand, that's huge not only for potential performance but for buzz/hype/publicity. If Diallo were joining this year, we'd be a consensus Top 10 team...many people would be predicting us to win the Big 12 (not just saying they wouldn't be surprised if we dethroned Kansas, but actually picking us to do it). A player like Diallo has the opportunity to keep his team in the headlines and rankings all season long, and when they start hitting their stride in March, anything can happen. Diallo would give us our best shot at a national championship since 2000, and I don't need to tell you what dividends that would pay in the future...
This is a no-brainer decision.
What brings more money to the university: one home football game or the entire basketball program?
Basketball is an after thought to football.
Football is king.
Basketball is an after thought to football.
Football is king.
Would have said the same thing about r Vaughn. Our program has collapsed without him. No, wait, it's fine.
Do you have any idea how much more knob-slobbing would be going on if we'd gotten Vaughn? And Diallo > Vaughn.
The football season was over after the first game. Now it's just the main attraction at a big party.
Diallo is an addition that could potentially win the basketball program a national championship. I'll take a potential ticket to a national championship mbb game over a potential 6 win bowl game every time.
Diallo is an addition that could potentially win the basketball program a national championship. I'll take a potential ticket to a national championship mbb game over a potential 6 win bowl game every time.
Diallo. Without a second thought. With him our chances at a Big 12 title or FF increase like 30% IMO.
And it's not just the immediate impact Diallo could potentially have. If he has a good run at ISU and leaves as a better player, it legitimizes ISU as a landing spot for the elite five star recruits. Hoiberg can win consistently without five star guys, but if he could bring them in then we're not just talking about winning consistently, we're talking about multiple Final Four appearances and championship banners.
Re: Diallo or Beat Bayor
Exactly. We immediately started bringing in a better class of recruits. Better talent is where wins come from. Any added legitimacy to CPR's program is a shot in the arm, not merely to attendance and funding, but to national perception. Getting Diallo would be great, even awesome, but beating Baylor wins hands down.
Besides, the game atmosphere of beating Baylor would probably help land Diallo. And I'll still take both. :biggrin:
Exactly. We immediately started bringing in a better class of recruits. Better talent is where wins come from. Any added legitimacy to CPR's program is a shot in the arm, not merely to attendance and funding, but to national perception. Getting Diallo would be great, even awesome, but beating Baylor wins hands down.
Besides, the game atmosphere of beating Baylor would probably help land Diallo. And I'll still take both. :biggrin:
