Kirk Ferentz and Iowa do this from time to time.
The smarter people on our staff seem to have seen this ahead of time.
Iowa is just sort of “there” every college football season. Here and there, when he loses just enough, people start complaining about Ferentz’s salary of $4 million, one of the top 15 in the nation.
Iowa has been smart, though, rather than jumping at the masses who expect more from Ferentz, knowing all along it’s not overly easy to get high school kids to go to Iowa. Hell, in state it isn’t even easy, with another FBS program and an elite FCS program that can sell playing time and chances at titles to in-state recruits.