To be fair, IIRC, Iowa State has been preseason picked to win the North division. Iowa State was a missed field goal away from playing in the championship game 2 years in a row. Iowa State had a top 10 ranking once. Iowa State beat #2 OkState.^^ Found the guy that's still salty about Rhoads' trajectory.
Dude, if you can't see the difference between Rhoads winning with Chizik's recruits, and Campbell winning with Campbell's recruits; if you can't see the difference between lucking into Ws once in awhile vs. physically competing and even dominating the top-tier teams in the league... then I don't know what to say to you.
On the other hand: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...ook-like-fall-2017.230514/page-3#post-5892480