Interesting to see a few people take this as an opportunity to tee off on Campbell
ISU Gambling Megathread
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So…Iowa’s exposure to this is a former baseball player, a former basketball player and a backup kicker??
Aidan Ralph front and center if he ever played, so Jason Berryman and David Irving.
Considering the number of sports and schools caught up in the gambling stuff, I'm not going to be that hard on a coach for it happening once. Learn from it and make sure it doesn't repeat.
We really need to look at this in context. The covid year was great and we shouldn't discount it. We had a lot of relatively "topped out" players back from that season who did not show a lot of improvement between covid season and the next. I think the extra year of eligibility for many actually hurt our program's ability to cycle in new, potentially more talented players and we suffered through some of the cost of that last year. Now, last year was super disappointing, but I also think we shouldn't ignore the fact that we were competitive in many of the games we ended up losing by less than 7 with an extremely young and one-dimensional offense. It's not like we were consistently getting blow out , like has been in the past. If you are a lifer, you should know that there has to be more criteria that go into your perspective of ISU football than W-L.
Some will reference DMac or Rhoads, but there were other indications of stagnating in each of those cases. Rhoads' first season was his only winning season. He had 6 consecutive losing seasons, no recruiting growth, and never had a winning conference record. DMac only had 1 winning conference record in 11 years during a time when the Big12 north was historically weak. CMC has 5 winning seasons in a much more competitive, 9-game conference format.
This is CMC's first real trial during his time here (1st year is a pass for me, since he was just hitting the ground) and he has made adjustments. Recruiting has improved. We are competitive in a lot of games. We are seeing change in the conference that should help us be more consistently competitive. Let's give him the time to cook.
Damn nice hits! Ok so you hit some nice futures with the KSU and UConn bets. Which is why you came out so far ahead. Cause at 58% on traditional bets (against the spread, O/U) you would not have a balance of $450 on $150 initial bankroll I don’t think. But you sold yourself short, if you’re hitting 58% you’re a good gambler
To give you my perspective (I’m a ****** gambler). This year I’ve put in $300. I’ve wagered $538 (80% more than my bankroll) on 12 bets. I have $175 left in my balance. So I could have theoretically wagered about $700. Say $800 assuming I win some of those additional bets. 2.6x my deposit.
If we extrapolate that to $45K, he’d need a bankroll of $16,875. Let’s say he gets $2K of free bets from the apps, that’s $14,875. So I overestimated at $25K, but still a lot more cash than I’d think he’d have on hand.
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Anybody watched some of the “ricoknows” videos on TikTok? Who the hell is that guy and is he stalking Dekkers?
What he describes is the exact reason why they aren't allowed to do it though.
It doesn’t mean they’re in the clear for the NCAA, just no criminal charges at the moment.
I mean, he's definitely drunk and messing around, but this isn't a great look.
What isn’t ideal is the size of that forehead!
I've only deposited $250 ever into DraftKings, but I've bet a total of $17,438...
These numbers are deceiving AF.
Maybe Jeremy can shed some light on this. Seems to be a lot of ‘everybody knows’ info out there but nothing confirmed on these guys yet.
Yeah I get why it is separated on the NCAA by total amount wagered, but I do wonder if average or largest bet should really be the factor for determining how long of a suspension.
These guys definitely shouldn't be gambling, but the amounts reported are totally misleading and each wager probably amounts to no more than a college kids lunch money. They probably didn't even come out making a profit.
