Bob Bowlsby
Bob Bowlsby
Robert Addison "Bob" Bowlsbyis the fourth commissioner of the Big 12 Conference replacing Dan Beebe. Prior to that position, he served as the athletic director at the University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa, and Stanford University...
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Many have Iowa ties, but not everyone. My preference is someone with Iowa ties and roots.
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That's the way it's got to be these days. When we have an upswing in revenue from playing in postseason games, we share.
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That's the way it's got to be these days, ... When we have an upswing in revenue from playing in postseason games, we share.
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We will move just as quickly and efficiently as we can to focus on those candidates around the country who possess the talent and experience to lead our program back to its traditional position of prominence within the Big Ten and at the national level.
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We can talk until we're blue in the face, but the fact is that it's a blunt instrument. The RPI is just one of a great many tools that we use.
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What it means is they have a chance to call him and he can decide whether he wants to go and interview.
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This will be one of the most gratifying professional experiences you will ever have.
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We are in the very embryonic stages of investigating this.
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What makes anyone jump to the conclusion that he is going anyplace? We have people calling all the time, every week wanting to talk with our coaches. If you have good people, that happens.
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There are certainly more teams that are in the pool for consideration than any year I've been involved, ... I'm sure given some of the upsets and the things that have gone on already this year, there will be many people who are making a case for themselves that they should be in the tournament field where they might have been left out in the past.
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When you see a crew that was obviously over their head in our game and obviously over their head in Michigan-Nebraska game, it will stimulate a lot of discussion.
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We've done some sportsmanship initiatives and we've done some collaborative officiating things with the MAC, and one of the things we're doing is some scheduling stuff,
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He has exactly the kind of fierce competitive spirit that we're looking for. I think he's exactly the right guy to put Iowa back on the traditional pedestal that we've enjoyed over so many years.
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You have to pay what the market bears, ... and in that regard, we are no different than any other business or industry. We compete at the hospital for researchers, and we compete in a lot of areas on campus for the best people.