**2026 Iowa Football Offseason and Transfer Portal Thread**

[Hawkstrat]

Should be punished for bringing that DB in to begin with

He was a quarterback.

 

[Stomper15]

Tampering violations occurred in Iowa football program - NCAA.org

Tampering violations occurred in the Iowa football program when current football head coach Kirk Ferentz and assistant coach Jon Budmayr had impermissible contacts

www.ncaa.org

TLDR: There are no further penalties beyond what's already been announced and (mostly) served.

 

[Renegade_ofFunk]

Reading Chads article I can draw no other conclusion than Budmayr should be summarily fired.

 

[WCFHawkeye]

Reading that, Iowa vacates any wins McNamara played in.

Edit: If so, does Ferentz's coaching record change?

 

[IowaWigman]

Tampering violations occurred in Iowa football program - NCAA.org

Tampering violations occurred in the Iowa football program when current football head coach Kirk Ferentz and assistant coach Jon Budmayr had impermissible contacts

www.ncaa.org

TLDR: There are no further penalties beyond what's already been announced and (mostly) served.

Seems to me it says Iowa has to vacate wins in games that McNamara played in.

 

[Stomper15]

Seems to me it says Iowa has to vacate wins in games that McNamara played in.

Missed that. You're right. So four games.

• Vacation of records from all 2023 games in which the ineligible player participated

 

[Thanksgiving Dinner]

I wouldn't care, but since they reinstated JoePa's wins, that seems fucked

 

[WCFHawkeye]

My brother just sent this screenshot to me:

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Missed that. You're right. So four games.

• Vacation of records from all 2023 games in which the ineligible player participated

Do they also vacate any losses

 

[FranklinHawk]

The fact that they could make any ruling on "impermissible contact" the ways things are today is a joke. There are no longer rules.

 

[cloudhawk]

Impermissable because they self-reported it

 

[Iowatheltics]

And Michigan what did they vacate for cheating?

 

[Stu Beagle]

Vacating wins from a forgettable season. Whatever

 

[Hawkstrat]

Impermissable because they self-reported it

They only self reported because Cade talked about it on some podcast.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

More examples of kirk being fucking retarded

 

[Stomper15]

With regards to his overall win %.

Overall career (including Maine): Pre-vacation: 225–149 → .602 win % Post-vacation: 221–149 → .597 win %

The four vacated wins dropped his career winning percentage by 0.005.

It’s still above the new College Football Hall of Fame minimum of .595 (which starts with the 2027 ballot), but only by 0.002. That’s razor thin so any more losing seasons could push him below the line before he retires.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

They only self reported because Cade talked about it on some podcast.

What an idiot that guy was

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

With regards to his overall win %.

Overall career (including Maine): Pre-vacation: 225–149 → .602 win % Post-vacation: 221–149 → .597 win %

The four vacated wins dropped his career winning percentage by 0.005.

It’s still above the new College Football Hall of Fame minimum of .595 (which starts with the 2027 ballot), but only by 0.002. That’s razor thin so any more losing seasons could push him below the line before he retires.

What is Frans record post-vacation?

 

[The Dad]

With regards to his overall win %.

Overall career (including Maine): Pre-vacation: 225–149 → .602 win % Post-vacation: 221–149 → .597 win %

The four vacated wins dropped his career winning percentage by 0.005.

It’s still above the new College Football Hall of Fame minimum of .595 (which starts with the 2027 ballot), but only by 0.002. That’s razor thin so any more losing seasons could push him below the line before he retires.

Will still easily be eligible for the Hall of Fine though.

 

[HawkParent]

With regards to his overall win %.

Overall career (including Maine): Pre-vacation: 225–149 → .602 win % Post-vacation: 221–149 → .597 win %

The four vacated wins dropped his career winning percentage by 0.005.

It’s still above the new College Football Hall of Fame minimum of .595 (which starts with the 2027 ballot), but only by 0.002. That’s razor thin so any more losing seasons could push him below the line before he retires.

So I see the 4 wins are vacated reducing the win total, but are they counted as losses? I ask as I don't know the rules and you didn't change the loss total.

 

[CamelTones]

So we haven’t beaten Iowa State since 2021 now.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

So we haven’t beaten Iowa State since 2021 now.

 

[Greg Obrecht]

I wouldn't care, but since they reinstated JoePa's wins, that seems fucked

We protect pedophiles in this country. Some even worship them.

 

[The Dad]

Kirk wasn’t going to call the cops to report himself for speeding until he saw this thing and knew he was fucked.

 

[6deuce]

Kirk wasn’t going to call the cops and report himself for speeding until he saw this thing and knew he was fucked.

Fucking University Heights!!

 

[The Tin Man]

So we haven’t beaten Iowa State since 2021 now.

 

[Stomper15]

So I see the 4 wins are vacated reducing the win total, but are they counted as losses? I ask as I don't know the rules and you didn't change the loss total.

The only change is to the 4 wins, with losses staying exactly the same. This is standard NCAA practice for ineligible competition penalties opponents keep their losses on record, but Iowa no longer gets credit for those 4 wins.

That’s why I didn’t add anything to the loss column. The vacation only hurts the win total and the resulting win percentage.

Those games are treated as if they never happened for the purpose of counting wins.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I like Kirk but his list of completely retarded decisions that have impacted the program negatively is getting pretty long.

 

[BuffettHawk]

I like Kirk but his list of completely retarded decisions that have impacted the program negatively is getting pretty long.

Does anyone really give a shit about this one? The only thing it hurts is Kirk's W/L record and his chances of getting into the Hall of Fame.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Does anyone really give a shit about this one? The only thing it hurts is Kirk's W/L record and his chances of getting into the Hall of Fame.

It demonstrates a certain level of incompetence that a lot of people like to ignore

 

[LifelongHawk]

LOL "retarded decisions" "incompetence"

Lwade was on the fire Kirk train last year until Kirk's team fucked his ilk in the patooty.

 

[6deuce]

It demonstrates a certain level of incompetence that a lot of people like to ignore

Kind of like anyone that does business with you.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Oh look, a new batch of sunshine boyz

 

[Kamala]

Does anyone really give a shit about this one? The only thing it hurts is Kirk's W/L record and his chances of getting into the Hall of Fame.

Kirk has done many things that have made me angry. This is something I care about 0%. If anything, the part that upsets me the most is that they actually got Cade to come here and he sucked.

I say cheat your ass off if it will get us Big Ten title or CFP playoff appearance. I don’t care if it gets vacated later, and I don’t care if KF makes the HOF or not.

 

[rodg12]

 

[RecreationalGynecologist]

Iowa's legal and compliance team must really fucking suck.

 

[Mr. Hawk]

Iowa's legal and compliance team must really fucking suck.

The worst.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

The two biggest program misses over the last 20 years, were not hiring some junior high kid to manage the clock at the end of games and not hiring someone from Halo to run cheating efforts

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Iowa's legal and compliance team must really fucking suck.

Probably Swedes.

 

[RecreationalGynecologist]

Probably Swedes.

Leave @Gushawk out of this

 

[Gushawk]

It demonstrates a certain level of incompetence that a lot of people like to ignore

ten incompetence was recruiting that pud in the first place, not “cheating” to do it

 

[BBK]

My hope is to have many seasons where we later have to vacate wins

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

While it’s stupid to self-report it’s stupider of the NCAA to issue a punishment like this. Great way to deter anyone from self-reporting in the future unless and the NCAA’s investigation tools are utterly toothless.

 

[ChipHilton]

Michigan was desperately trying to hold onto Cade until the ultimate shyster Coach Bud frantically tried to steal him away.

 

[Herbie2]

While it’s stupid to self-report it’s stupider of the NCAA to issue a punishment like this. Great way to deter anyone from self-reporting in the future unless and the NCAA’s investigation tools are utterly toothless.

They didn't self report because they realized they did something wrong. They self reported when Cade gave an interview and talked about the tampering publicly and gave them no other option.

 

[Shawneemicks]

They didn't self report because they realized they did something wrong. They self reported when Cade gave an interview and talked about the tampering publicly and gave them no other option.

So LTard got it wrong?
That’s impossible

 

[L. Wade Childress]

So LTard got it wrong?
That’s impossible

Your parents got it wrong

 

[Captain Willard]

Maybe Ferentz really did try and get Nick Patton some pussy.

 

[KitKatApples]

Like adopt a cat for him?

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

They didn't self report because they realized they did something wrong. They self reported when Cade gave an interview and talked about the tampering publicly and gave them no other option.

“Cade is a liar and scum bag”