and the big donors paying the buyout is not known to be true.

As for Campbell, I'm not going to claim some insider knowledge, but I lived in Iowa until last year and have a lot of friends who are big ISU fans. What I heard from people is that the guy loves it there, they love him and it's a great fit. Plus, let's be honest, it's a lateral unless you assume the Big12 loses it's P5 status (a distinct possibility). Then, why would we want him, what has he really done? They have been knocked off a couple big teams, they lose to Iowa every year and they go to a mediocre bowl game, again, a lateral....