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Podcast: Cover 3 College Football Episode: Mailbag: The Best Single-Season Coaching Jobs In College Football? PLUS, Spring Game Previews & More Segment: Iowa podcast segment **Team-Specific Podcast Notes** - Hayden Fry, the legendary Iowa coach. - **Episode:** Hayden Fry, the legendary Iowa coach. **Actionable Picks / Plays Mentioned** - Um the the panel So, the panel therefore found that under the current infractions process, as proposed and approved by member schools, the vacation of records penalty is appropriate. **Top Team-Specific Takeaways** - Whether it is Adam, whether it is Law Lovin, uh lots more contributing to the coach conversation as well. - Because if you vacate the wins that have been vacated, Brian Ferentz's uh points per game average during the year which we were calling to task, the Hawkeyes offense, it is adjusted. - Um you know, just to >> I talked to uh so we had uh Coach Ferentz booked on the radio show yesterday morning. - so I texted our I actually told Coach Ferentz this when he came on cuz I texted our producer and I was like, "Hey, is uh is he still going to come on with the news?" And he said, "As far as I know." So, and we were supposed to have an 8:05 - It was in the hours before the portal opened. - The other thing that really bothered him was the two and a half year wait and that this comes out now which again we just saw Dabo Swinney make accusations against Ole Miss you know a couple months ago when he went scorched earth around the - With punishing somebody for tampering with a player in the portal as they're putting in all these new rules for tampering and like the ghost portal and all that kind of stuff. - Quote, "Changes to historical practice, particularly around what trigger what violations trigger student-athlete ineligibility and how ineligible competition is penalized, should be made by more traditional governance committees through the **Transcript Context** - Um lots more coming in from the tailgate, so uh hang tight. - Whether it is Adam, whether it is Law Lovin, uh lots more contributing to the coach conversation as well. - All right, let's start with a couple of news items. Transcript excerpt: Um lots more coming in from the tailgate, so uh hang tight. Whether it is Adam, whether it is Law Lovin, uh lots more contributing to the coach conversation as well. All right, let's start with a couple of news items. Um So Iowa announced the settling of some NCAA violations uh for tampering. A couple items for this that are I think interesting to to pull on. Does this change Brian Ferentz? Because if you vacate the wins that have been vacated, Brian Ferentz's uh points per game average during the year which we were calling to task, the Hawkeyes offense, it is adjusted. You know, does this Is this justice for Brian Ferentz? And then number two, Tom, fill me in on this. Did the call come from inside the house on this tampering allegation? Do you know Have you heard about this? Well, it was self-reported, right? Which, I mean, goes once again, example number 3,427, don't tell on yourself. >> Because nobody told on Michigan, who, by the way, Iowa played Like that's the irony. Iowa played Michigan in the Big Ten title game in 2023. Michigan went on to win the national title. We know all the scuttlebutt around that Michigan team in 2023 of what was going on. And of the two teams that played in Indianapolis that year, Iowa was the one who received NCAA penalties. >> [laughter] >> I think we also might have a double vacation coming out of that one, and that's not time away from work. That's a Michigan State-Iowa game in which both teams have vacated. I mean, only one winner, obviously, but >> Yeah. Um you know, just to >> I talked to uh so we had uh Coach Ferentz booked on the radio show yesterday morning. And it was the news came out Tuesday afternoon. And so I texted our I actually told Coach Ferentz this when he came on cuz I texted our producer and I was like, "Hey, is uh is he still going to come on with the news?" And he said, "As far as I know." So, and we were supposed to have an 8:05 at 8:05 he pops up in the Zoom like precisely at 8:05. And uh I told him that and I was like, "I appreciate it cuz I think you're somebody that would stand up and then would talk like would not be willing to just cancel and would be a man of his word." Um the details of this, he you could tell he was hot. Like he As as much as he could like he was he said a lot and he didn't get like angry, but you could tell he was significantly irritated because and if you look at some of the details and he goes like if you pay attention to details you realize how ridiculous this is in our you know in our current landscape. Apparently and in the article that's written it does mention this. It was in the hours before the portal opened. It was not like he was working the relationship in September while McNamara was still playing at Michigan. And also McNamara had made it very clear to everybody that he was leaving. Like he was he lost JJ McCarthy. And so yeah, that was the thing that bothered Ferentz. The other thing that really bothered him was the two and a half year wait and that this comes out now which again we just saw Dabo Swinney make accusations against Ole Miss you know a couple months ago when he went scorched earth around the the linebacker safety. Who was the the player from Cal who was Ferreli. Ferreli Luke Ferreli who was there and he's like I'm going to send this up the chain. So I guess we can expect in two and a half years to possibly or possibly not. I mean I guess if Ole Miss doesn't do anything you probably won't but if they self-report then maybe we will get some some punishment but it's just shows you how broken the system is. Do you think the timing was coincidental? With punishing somebody for tampering with a player in the portal as they're putting in all these new rules for tampering and like the ghost portal and all that kind of stuff. I don't think it was I don't think it was an accident. I think they they they purposely waited till now to announce the you know the punishments which I'm grateful that they did because I'm I'm happy that the criminals at Iowa will be punished for their transgressions and all the evil stuff that they did. Well, to one piece about this that I do think is significant is that in the official release from the NCAA the panel in writing says that the old punishment structure is outdated. You know like if you want to talk about seeing some of these more archaic approaches to tampering, seeing some of these more archaic punishments for tampering, this is from the actual NCAA. Um the the panel So, the panel therefore found that under the current infractions process, as proposed and approved by member schools, the vacation of records penalty is appropriate. The panel, however, acknowledged that the changing college sports landscape naturally requires regular reevaluation of rules, including consequences associated with rules violations and appropriate penalties. Quote, "Changes to historical practice, particularly around what trigger what violations trigger student-athlete ineligibility and how ineligible competition is penalized, should be made by more traditional governance committees through the government through the governance and legislative process." He is tell Not he. I don't know if it's a he or she. So, this is from the panel. The panel is saying in their announcement, this was like more than any of the actual punishments, my biggest takeaway is that from inside the NCAA enforcement, they are telling the member schools change the rules. Now, it's up to the member schools to go and change the rules to avoid this being something, you know, Dabo might love everything the way it is.