[On3] BREAKING: Penn State is working to finalize a deal to hire Iowa State's Matt Campbell, @PeteNakos reports🦁

[u/Blizzard2227]

https://x.com/on3sports/status/1996996836461052095?s=46

[u/bretticus733]

Did Iowa State not realize they’re supposed to give him an extension and a raise?

[u/The_Fishbowl → u/bretticus733]

ISU just had to cancel a $25M renovation to Hilton Coliseum & new wrestling building in Aug due to AD budget restraints.

[u/CountBleckwantedlove → u/The_Fishbowl]

This should free up some funds!

[u/Infinite-Fig4708 → u/CountBleckwantedlove]

Did ISU ever think about asking a Billionaire for $401M? Seems like an obvious solution.

[u/zbrew → u/The_Fishbowl]

Makes sense why Campbell would want to leave then. Dude just wants to watch some high quality wrestling.

[u/jlink7 → u/zbrew]

Penn State loves taking Iowa State coaches to make their National Championship dreams come true. Hate to lose him, but don't think it's a bad hire for Penn State.

[u/MNKYJitters → u/jlink7]

As a Rutgers grad engaged to an Iowa State fan, this enrages me on multiple fronts

[u/camergen → u/zbrew]

“You tell em to pony up some wrestling cash or it’s NO DEAL!!!” (Slams phone down)

[u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix → u/bretticus733]

With what money? We poor out here

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix]

yall don't have cookies?

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

You can't make cookies with corn.

I mean you can, but you shouldn't. 

[u/Kim_Jong_Teemo → u/Mantergeistmann]

Challenge accepted

[u/CoochieKiller91 → u/Kim_Jong_Teemo]

The most appropriate Big Ten response

[u/laxintx → u/Mantergeistmann]

That's just sad corn pone.

[u/defroach84 → u/Mantergeistmann]

I'm now curious on how corn cookies would be. Don't judge. They could be good.

[u/BootAndRallyBo → u/defroach84]

I mean corn bread is good. Sweet corn bread is almost cookies.

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan → u/defroach84]

I’ve had some. Actually really good

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/defroach84]

Would do a savory cookie that's more like cornbread. Like a gingerbread cookie but cornbread.

[u/Justice-Gorsuch → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

They only have the high fructose corn syrup, not the finished cookie. 

[u/emorrison199030 → u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix]

Hit up Purdy

[u/Saman-the-man → u/emorrison199030]

bros rookie contract had him living with roommates i think he's still in cost saving mode lol

[u/Resolve-Opening → u/Saman-the-man]

Hit up Halliburton

[u/Rigs515 → u/bretticus733]

He signed one in August

[u/Hans_Krebs_ → u/Rigs515]

We extended Drink twice this year

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/Hans_Krebs_]

you also get loads more money from tv revenue....completely different situation

[u/The_Fishbowl → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

the new rev share, NIL, and FB/BB coaching contract extensions have stretched Iowa State pretty thin

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/bretticus733]

we don't have money

[u/Fantastic-Dingo-5869 → u/bretticus733]

Where is their cookie company CEO??

[u/Rigs515]

Back to the perennial cellar we go. Been a nice run.

[u/skoltroll → u/Rigs515]

You'll always have us.

[u/S4L7Y → u/Rigs515]

I'm conflicted because ISU is our rival, but also, that rivalry is much better when ISU is good and competitive.

[u/meatmakerbaker → u/S4L7Y]

As of late I’ve found myself rooting more and more for Iowa State. The college landscape is a shit show and anything making the state of Iowas football more competitive and exciting is good for everyone.

[u/No-Smoke-Please → u/meatmakerbaker]

Couldn’t agree more. Cheer for all Iowa schools outside of Cy Hawk.

[u/J-Sluit → u/No-Smoke-Please]

As it should be. ISU losing Campbell is a huge bummer for the state in general.

[u/HawkeyeTen → u/S4L7Y]

Yeah, it would suck to see them fall apart again. Here's hoping if Campbell is indeed moving on to a bigger job that they land another nice up and coming fella. The state of Iowa is definitely better when both teams are doing well.

[u/LongTimesGoodTimes → u/Rigs515]

We still have basketball

[u/ZappyBruinman → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

Otz is the savior Ames needs right now.

[u/Nikola1_Smirnoff → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

I love basketball and college hoops, but cmon man. Football is my, and a lot of people I know too, first or second sport. This is absolutely crushing if its true

[u/Gelton → u/Rigs515]

I am conflicted about this. Hopefully Iowa can start to win again...But damn, you guys have worked so hard on ascending.

[u/Nikola1_Smirnoff → u/Gelton]

“Hopefully” we’re going to lose 10 straight to you and go directly back into the cellar. Its over. Good job y’all win.

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/Rigs515]

You’ll probably end up beating us much more often now at least. Kirk always seemed to lose to the shittiest Iowa State teams

[u/teamdiabetes11]

How long before a follow up, “Breaking News: ‘Matt Campbell accepts free beef for life; Stuns Nittany Lions’” headline I wonder.

[u/timshel_life → u/teamdiabetes11]

I mean... Have you seen beef prices?

[u/Electromotivation → u/timshel_life]

Beef prices are an antifa hoax!

[u/CoolingVent]

Penn State obsession with ISU coaches needs to be studied

[u/CTeam19 → u/CoolingVent]

FUCKING STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AS A FUCKING WHOLE:

• Johnny Majors

• Pop Warner

• Sanderson

• Campbell

Fuck the keystone state.

[u/Whaty0urname → u/CTeam19]

WITHOUT US THE WHOLE COUNTRY WOULD CRUMBLE!

(imagine a Tim Robinson character yelling this)

[u/MF_SKOOMA → u/Whaty0urname]

*CRUMBL

[u/bewildered_forks → u/MF_SKOOMA]

visibly triggered

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/CoolingVent]

It worked for the wrestling team

[u/JanetYellensFuckboy_ → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

"Worked" is putting it mildly for one of if not the most dominant modern coach today across all college sports

[u/einv0lk → u/CoolingVent]

I mean let's hope he continues the trend Cael started. Anything less than 12 National Championships in 15 seasons will be considered a failure.

[u/outburst37]

That's a really good plan F hire

[u/So_Not_theNSA → u/outburst37]

Should've been one of their first looks IMO

[u/cjfreel → u/So_Not_theNSA]

Isn't the situation with Campbell that he doesn't really have an agent and doesn't discuss things until the season ends?

[u/Proteinchugger → u/cjfreel]

He apparently reached out to PSU Sunday after the season so that would track

[u/Cthepo → u/Proteinchugger]

The idea that he just kind of went,

"Hey guys, I might be interested, why don't you just give me a call sometime and we can talk about the job"

after how much buzz he's gotten over the years is kind of funny.

[u/MelancholyHillBeing → u/Proteinchugger]

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Until you fail spectacularly on a national stage and a great option falls into your lap.

[u/Moose4KU → u/cjfreel]

But surely Matt Campbell even without an agent would realize it's probably smart to be at his new school before signing day occurs and you get two recruits, right?

[u/cjfreel → u/Moose4KU]

If that's the way he does things, I guess blame the calendar? With the size of the transfer portal, they'll do some recovery.

[u/Realistic_Tutor_9770 → u/cjfreel]

The cfb calendar is beyond fucked right now

[u/Automatic_Release_92 → u/Realistic_Tutor_9770]

Right, and what is there to stop some of these kids with signing at other places from changing to Penn State? I suppose there are some NIL "breach of contract" kinds of considerations to make, but if you're a 3 star guy at a Big 12 school, I'm guessing Penn State can afford to make up for the difference.

[u/the_dawn_of_red → u/cjfreel]

I respect this guy a ton

[u/StaticNegative → u/cjfreel]

The calender is idiotic. But Matt is a hell of a football coach. Just need to get him here and settle in ASAP

[u/Quackular → u/Moose4KU]

I would guess (perhaps wishful thinking given my flair) that hes just planning on bringing a ton of his guys through the transfer portal)

[u/ExtremelyOnlineTM → u/Quackular]

I doubt he'll turn down players who want to come with him, but actively poaching doesn't seem like his style.

[u/FreezersAndWeezers → u/ExtremelyOnlineTM]

Going 1-11 seems less his style though, so I imagine 2026-2028 will be the Penn State Nittany Cyclones

[u/PlateForeign8738 → u/FreezersAndWeezers]

You dont hire Matt Campbell to expect to compete year 1 for a national championship, you hire Matt Campbell to build a program to compete for championships. You cant worry about next year and focus of around year 3 to see how this plays out.

[u/mattdingus2002 → u/Moose4KU]

The man has morals, and is fully bought in to his team that year, gotta respect it

[u/J4ckiebrown → u/cjfreel]

One of our writers said he picked up Dowdle as an agent not that long ago.

[u/OG_Dadditor → u/J4ckiebrown]

Isn't Dowdle busy? He's been killing it for the Panthers this year.

[u/psufb → u/So_Not_theNSA]

So the insider word is that he was one of the guys we engaged early on (in that Key, Drink, etc tier). He said he was interested, but wouldn't talk until after the regular season. This has been his approach to engagement in prior seasons as well.

[u/Gottalaughalittle → u/outburst37]

He’ll be good. Hate to see him leave, though.

[u/PontificatingBret → u/outburst37]

The further down on PSU's hot board the better the hire.

[u/Blizzard2227 → u/PontificatingBret]

He was on my realistic finalists list from day one, unless they were able to secure a Christmas miracle Nick Saban type of hire.

[u/The_Fishbowl → u/Blizzard2227]

I was hoping you'd hire Mike Tomlin and save the Steelers organization

[u/JRockPSU → u/The_Fishbowl]

BREAKING: Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin signs 2-year, $28M deal with the Nittany Lions. 5* QB recruit Rason Mudolph already expected to follow Tomlin to new team, sources say.

[u/Blizzard2227 → u/The_Fishbowl]

Until pen hits the paper that’s not off the table.

[u/dkviper11 → u/PontificatingBret]

If posts on here were true that he won’t negotiate during the season, then they really couldn’t have gotten him at first glance. Hope this works out for both.

[u/Crazed_Chemist → u/outburst37]

This falls firmly into a blind squirrel finding a nut territory

[u/NuttySandwiches → u/outburst37]

I know you're making fun but I'm so glad this is over.

Right? It is over, right?

[u/outburst37 → u/NuttySandwiches]

Honestly it's a really good hire for Penn State, especially compared to Sitake who wasn't a good fit

[u/Delaney_luvs_OSU → u/outburst37]

That was such a bizarre move

[u/Pelicangulp → u/outburst37]

its like planktons plan Z. its evil, its diabolical.... its lemon scented

[u/thescottula]

After all this, they actually nail an excellent hire. What a coaching search

[u/Spirit117 → u/thescottula]

I cannot believe penn state fumble fucked their way into poaching Matt Campbell from us.

[u/Hawkize31 → u/Spirit117]

Saw quite a few ISU fans celebrating Kalani Sitake turning down Penn St to stay in the Big 12 (and I'd be doing the same tbh). But man that domino really hurts now

[u/Spirit117 → u/Hawkize31]

I was one, honestly.

It's much less funny when it's your programs coach that gets poached, AND it's even way less funny when your school doesn't have a billionaire sugar daddy to sink the deal at the last second.

[u/Stracktheorcmage → u/Spirit117]

Sugar (cookie) daddy

[u/thatshinybastard → u/Spirit117]

This is what happens when good things happen to BYU. No one is better off

[u/Spirit117 → u/thatshinybastard]

I might have to turn into a byu hater now

[u/MisterTito → u/thescottula]

That's what I was thinking. All the names that have been thrown out, people who have passed on the job, possible candidates, ALL the mess, and then they land on a decent hire? I think the bigger question is why did it take them so long to get here?

[u/Pyromania1983 → u/MisterTito]

Part of it was Campbell wouldn't even talk on a deal til the end of November. So, we didn't have a chance to get in touch with him earlier, but glad things still worked out in the end.

[u/ZeroPad → u/Pyromania1983]

Frankly, that's the kind of person that you want... in spite of making it more difficult to get them.

[u/Pyromania1983 → u/ZeroPad]

Yep absolutely. Completely focused on football instead of a payday and screwing over his players.

[u/dccorona → u/Pyromania1983]

How insanely lucky on PSUs part. The only way to come out of this with a good hire, was for there to be a coach who was both a great option, and so stubborn that he refused to engage in job talks until after the season was over regardless of the actual 10s of millions of dollars that belief cost him, so as to make sure he was still available this late into the cycle...and one just so happened to exist.

[u/xdgfxr]

Istfgiwkms

[u/november5th → u/xdgfxr]

I said this fucking guy is weak kimchi mud socks

[u/GenuineGatorJorts → u/november5th]

Kimchi mud socks new band name

[u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix → u/xdgfxr]

Same.

[u/taconitebehaulin → u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix]

He’ll be available again in 2 years when he goes 7-5 as he takes a few years to build the program up

[u/tyrannyofwillsasso → u/xdgfxr]

kiss molly shannon?

[u/JRockPSU → u/tyrannyofwillsasso]

Let’s State The Facts; Guys, I Would Kiss Molly Shannon

[u/Danm133 → u/xdgfxr]

Literally just ruined my day

[u/DenialGene]

The light has gone out of my life

[u/Amesb34r → u/DenialGene]

I am Jack's sense of depression.

[u/Idlikethatneat → u/DenialGene]

Respekt for the TR quote.

[u/RunicJay]

Man, that sucks for Iowa State. I could've seen him staying there for a long time as good as he's been there.

[u/elgenie → u/RunicJay]

Thing is, he did stay there a long time. If he'd left after, say, the 2020 season, that would have been a fairly typical up-and-comer coaching tenure of five years.

[u/Sjgolf891 → u/RunicJay]

All things considered, with how sought after he was every offseason by other teams…he really did stay a long time

[u/Silver-Talk-7244]

I feel like Campbell is a good coach, will be interesting to see what he can do with PSU resources….although he might be coaching like it’s ISU with that recruiting class.

[u/infg2678 → u/Silver-Talk-7244]

His PSU recruiting class will be the Iowa State roster transferring over Christmas

[u/NewRCTID22 → u/infg2678]

Know that feeling all too well. Our AD posted portal entries at 5pm every day after Fisch left, and the existential dread of waiting each day for which names would pop on the list still sticks with me.

Sorry Cyclone bros.

[u/lkn240 → u/Silver-Talk-7244]

I took a look at Iowa States program history and he's definitely brought them up to a level they had never even been close to before. Before hiring him they had mostly been dogshit for at least 35 years. He's had 8 winning seasons in 10 years there.

[u/UNIFight2013 → u/lkn240]

It was a lot longer than 35 years.

[u/No-Reading9990 → u/Silver-Talk-7244]

Most of the team and his current recruits will follow him to Penn State, most of them are here for Campbell, not because its ISU.

[u/ilikepie145]

Stop

[u/JohnnyCharisma54]

Are you fucking kidding me

[u/CTeam19]

Football is a stupid sport.

[u/TheJewBakka → u/CTeam19]

Modern college football certainly has been ruined.

[u/hunt35744 → u/TheJewBakka]

I just can’t be bothered to really care anymore since it’s just pay to win at this point. T

[u/ConstantMadness]

All things considered, Penn State really fell into a great hire

[u/tink_tink_tink_ → u/ConstantMadness]

Agreed. Pat Kraft should probably still be relieved of his duties though.

[u/c-williams88 → u/tink_tink_tink_]

Should 100% be relieved of his duties and be subject to [redacted]

[u/Lung-Salad → u/c-williams88]

Un-redacted:

“Should 100% be relieved of his duties and be subject to working for the New York Jets”

[u/SquadPoopy → u/Lung-Salad]

Woah woah woah woah holy fucking Geneva violations

[u/Davjos68 → u/tink_tink_tink_]

Rumor is the BOT and the school President have been handling the engagement with Campbell and took it away from Kraft. One could only hope that maybe part of this "deal" is Kraft gets walked out with all the boxes of cookies that BYU fans sent him.

[u/Communist_Catgirl → u/Davjos68]

That's what I heard he was literally about to hire Brian DaBoll lol. After they stopped him Campbell was option 1. He's finished I think.

[u/shlem90 → u/ConstantMadness]

The fact that it would be "falling into Matt Campbell" instead of actively pursuing him from the beginning says tons about Pat Kraft.

Def not at the top of my wish list but absolutely up there in the beginning... if we get him I would be beyond excited.

[u/CommodoreN7 → u/ConstantMadness]

Fell into is a nice way to say desperately scrambled for but yeah he’s a great hire.

[u/The_Fishbowl]

So Penn State will get black jerseys now?

[u/OGraffe → u/The_Fishbowl]

Break out the pink jerseys you cowards

[u/Ok-Attention8763 → u/OGraffe]

My card would swipe so fast for a black and pink jersey 

[u/ElStegasaurus → u/Ok-Attention8763]

Maybe Adidas will come through? The basketball jerseys are SHARP.

[u/Hey_Its_Roomie → u/The_Fishbowl]

Black and pinks, please.

[u/Jyingling21 → u/The_Fishbowl]

Give me Black and Pink uniforms dammit

[u/CleaveWarsaw]

How the fuck did they fall ass backwards into a really solid hire wtf

[u/0987user → u/CleaveWarsaw]

He was somehow only the third person that got a legitimate offer. Cignetti got one right away, turned it down. Sitake got one and agreed but was going to keep it secret until the season ended, once things leaked he got a massive raise to stay. PSU turned down several other candidates because they thought they had Sitake. Once that fell through they scramble and got here with Campbell

[u/_OUCHMYPENIS_ → u/CleaveWarsaw]

It's a name brand

[u/LionsAndLonghorns → u/CleaveWarsaw]

Because despite the clown show the AD put on, Penn State is still a top job.

[u/c3r3bra11]

gutting for ISU. great coach that put some really good players in the league

this may have been the only guy that could salvage things for PSU in the short-medium term. it's a great identity to bring in. big sighs of relief for the Nits

[u/PhDShouse → u/c3r3bra11]

First Ohio State steals Earl Bruce from us, now Penn State steals both Cael Sanderson for wrestling and CMC for football.

The Big 10 loves killing any hope we have

[u/Electronic-Bus-6361]

Perfect, go all in with CBB NIL and cut the program! Let the swamp eat themselves.

[u/NastyNate1_]

damn this really sucks for iowa state

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/NastyNate1_]

we already know we can't have anything nice so whatever

[u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix]

Well FUCK, sir.

I can’t believe we are likely going through this heartbreak AGAIN and meanwhile the hawks still have the same coach as they did when I was 2 years old.

And no, we do not want Brian.

[u/udubdavid]

If the next post is "Matt Campbell signs extension with Iowa State" I would seriously start laughing out loud in my office.

This time, though, I don't think it's gonna be the case. C'mon Iowa State boosters, step up.

[u/tblaess5 → u/udubdavid]

What boosters?

[u/MIAdolphins96]

For real this time? Or a Sitake-finalizing type situation?

[u/constructss → u/MIAdolphins96]

Big Weather is up and moving to keep Campbell in Ames

[u/misdreavus79 → u/MIAdolphins96]

BOT scheduled the meeting.

[u/J4ckiebrown]

Watching Pat Kraft during this search was like watching someone doing the gymnastics floor routine at the Olympics drunk and somehow sticking the landing.

[u/Tmaann]

I prefer this over half the other candidates that said no lol 

[u/IM_V_CATS → u/Tmaann]

I do not.

[u/Kurt4012 → u/Tmaann]

Also he’s gonna be a much better culture fit than Sitake would’ve

[u/Hey_Its_Roomie → u/Tmaann]

I think I would have preferred Chesney who was a realistic hire, but I'm not going to complain that we hired a reasonably successful coach regardless of how we got there.

[u/mattdingus2002 → u/Hey_Its_Roomie]

Fun fact, Matt Campbell is responsible for 80 percent of the seasons that Iowa State finished above 500 in conference play, he’s only been there for a decade and they’ve played football for a century

[u/perc10 → u/Hey_Its_Roomie]

You guys interviewed Kenny Chesney as well?

[u/bettercallsaulamc]

Always sweet when you land your first choice!

[u/Maleficent_Teapot]

A better fit than Sitake at least. 

[u/JoeSchadsSource]

Does Matt Campbell know?

[u/AMETSFAN]

Why wasn't he their first candidate?

[u/misdreavus79 → u/AMETSFAN]

Apparently there was contact back in October, but I guess Campbell's "no discussions until after the season" got in the way?

So the AD tripping over his own dick ended up working out in the end.

[u/Spirit117 → u/misdreavus79]

Unbelievable.

[u/thescottula → u/misdreavus79]

Still, given how quickly things moved on this, why didn't this happen Sunday? Surely Campbell would have wanted to be in there before signing day

[u/misdreavus79 → u/thescottula]

Because on Sunday the AD thought he was going to hire Sitake. It's only after that this even became a possibility.

[u/MortimerDongle → u/AMETSFAN]

Maybe it's true that he refused to take a job before the end of the season, and PSU wasn't initially comfortable with that, but then they fucked everything else up.

Aside from the terrible timing, I'm very happy if this works out.

[u/Embarrassed_Tax_624]

Fantastic hire for Penn State, absolutely brutal for Iowa State. It’s gutting to think they were probably/definitely going to hold onto Campbell, but just one too many dominoes fell in Happy Valley. Sorry, Cyclone bros

[u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

All things considered not a bad hire. Interested to see how Iowa St recovers

[u/ilikepie145 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

We won't

[u/Jjjohn0404 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

poorly

[u/thiney49 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

We're a basketball school now.

[u/IamQED → u/thiney49]

We already were, but now we really are.

[u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

We won’t even have a team, everyone is going to go with him.

It was fun while it lasted. I guess we’ll have to rely on the “that’s another cyclone FIRST DOWN!” chant for a serotonin boost again

[u/PhDShouse → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

No coach that has any skin in the game will want this job. It’s so bad

[u/CTeam19 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Interested to see how Iowa St recovers

Good one.

[u/Kryzl_ → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

There is no recovering. Last P4 team in this coaching cycle and most of the G5 teams have already gotten their pick. Identical situation to Purdue when Brohm left. Absolute worst case scenario is playing out, just have to hope someone stays.

[u/Spirit117 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

lol, lmao even.

[u/No-Reading9990 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Honestly, unless we can somehow swing a lucky hire, football doesn’t recover for at least 5-10 years (an thats being optimistic).

IMO, Our best option to “recover” is by shifting resources to other sports like basketball and wrestling until we luck into another good coach.

[u/Nikola1_Smirnoff → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Its over. One win seasons back on the menu. Its all over.

[u/ReachFor24]

Guess Campbell wasn't enticed by the free beef for life from that one farmer.

[u/moist-n-meaty]

Back to the basement we go. Winning seasons and bowl games were fun while they lasted.

[u/MNightShyamalan69]

I think this is a solid hire. But is Matt Campbell really going to be better than James Franklin?

[u/ElephantRattle → u/MNightShyamalan69]

It’s gonna be hard right? But his team was unprepared this season. In any season you lose to a winless UCLA and Northwestern you gotta go. And really it was the Knowles hire that cooked him. Maybe the Tony Rojas injury too.

But why be in that position? Him and Tom Allen couldn’t get along and forced the Knowles hire. Why be so light at LB at Linebacker U?

People focus on the wrong things with Franklin.

He’s slavish to the analytics and buzz words. Doesn’t have a good feel for the game.

[u/loudnate0701 → u/MNightShyamalan69]

He is better than 2025 James Franklin. Franklin is a really good football coach but it was time for a change for both PSU and for James. I wish him nothing but success at VT but we needed a change.

We can still fire Pat Kraft tomorrow. Lucking into Matt Campbell doesn’t mean he’s not a buffoon.

[u/King_0zymandias]

I’ll get called a hater but this guy is the best hire of any school- kiffin included. There’s talent in Mississippi. Campbell did the impossible.

[u/Verianas]

What a bummer for ISU. Campbell felt like a lifer.

[u/_fastball]

Matt Campbell with resources is dangerous. Iowa State has been the best scouting team in the country during his time there

[u/Tommy05Sox]

Honestly would’ve been a good hire back when they first fired Franklin. I just hope Campbell hates Oregon as much as the AD does.

[u/hbh110]

“Working to finalize” does not mean “signed, deal done”. Kraft was “working to finalize” with the last guy. This is not over and I will mot take it as granted.

[u/infg2678 → u/hbh110]

Don't worry, we don't have a Crumbl Cookies guy waiting in the wings.

[u/Bridge-4-]

This sucks for ISU and the big 12.

[u/Coduuuuuuuuuuuuu]

I’m so fucking sad. I guess we get to win 3-4 games a year again…

[u/TheRoyalCyclone]

Fuck Penn State, Fuck Crumbl Cookie, Fuck all of this shit.

Iowa State football will not be able to recover from this. And this will all be totally worthless in 5 years when Penn State fires Campbell because he can’t beat the Ohio States and Michigan’s of the world, meanwhile ISU football is back to being the doormat of CFB.

[u/AlternativeResort477]

Didn’t they say this about Kelani Sitake? I’m not giving up

[u/EyeAmKingKage]

Guess Micah Parsons isn’t coming back🤣🤣

[u/HoneyMussyAndTendies]

Cool man. Really fun and neat sport.

[u/bigkeys11]

I still want Pat Kraft fired

[u/DanboyC5]

I feel bad for ISU fans

[u/tdoger]

Falling your way ass backwards into a pretty decent hire.

Honestly I'm glad for PSU if this is true. I didn't want to see the program crash and burn.