Dennis Dodd has a big job and likely some decent sources, but keep in mind that he's also a complete Mizzou troll who has it out for the B12. Now that they've secured their spot in the SEC lifeboat, he has no problem raining fire on KU, K-State, ISU, etc.
Not to mention the fact that Dodd has this weird obsession with reporting how Campbell will leave ISU after this or that season, yada, yada, yada.
I think for 3 straight years, one of his pre-season prognostications was that CMC would be coaching in the B1G the following year.
What's really annoying is how this has become the one thing that the national sports media wants to talk about regarding ISU football. This and not all the great things going on currently in the program.
Then someone like Keith Murphy starts in, and pretty soon you worry it'll be the dominant thing written and talked about regardless of how good the season goes.
The local writers in the state would never do that with Iowa during the season if they had a hot coaching commodity.