T. J. Otzelberger
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Oct 19, 2026
Travis JusticeHOST
Your first calls are to your 10 top donors.
Travis JusticeHOST
When is TJ Otzelberger on that list? Probably it happened yesterday after the Creighton-Iowa State exhibition game.
Travis JusticeHOST
Okay, so first up is the coaches still? I would think so because, you know, at the end of the day, you still need a culture.
Travis JusticeHOST
You still need to understand who your coaches are, right? So...
Travis JusticeHOST
from Jimmy Rogers to TJ Otzelberger and on down, you still have to build a trust within your coaching ranks because if you have coaches you want, which he has to discover that on his own, I don't see any reason why he wouldn't, But you want to make sure that you give a solid sense of confidence from your coaches.
Travis JusticeHOST
Do you think, Jared Benko,
Ross PetersonHOST
I'm just, tell me if I'm crazy here, man.
Brandon JadichHOST
Going to be heavily reliant on making a lot of shots this year, but their defense is going to be incredible.
Brandon JadichHOST
Yet again, under Otzelberger, their on-ball defense with their guards this year is going to be just unbelievable to watch.
Brandon JadichHOST
Number 19, Texas Tech, sticking in the Big 12.
Brandon JadichHOST
Texas Tech and Kansas, two of the more reliant teams on this 5-for-5 ruling.
Brent BlumHOST
the book
Chris WilliamsHOST
that Otzelberger – worships and puts the basketball team over
Brent BlumHOST
it's a lot of unconventional stuff but you know it's a great lesson of he was committed to I think it was Stanford Stanford yeah and wasn't exactly a highly recruited guy he was decently recruited but he does everything really well he's uh and for him to do that against what a lot of people think it's CJ and Carr played fine last night But Carr's your conventional NFL prototype quarterback, and you've got this Bachmeier who's just off the grid, literally.
Brent BlumHOST
It was fun to watch, but I think for the Big 12, so huge.
Henry AnnenHOST
And an easy thing to say today is that they struggled to defend the three, and that's kind of what this defense – that's the weakness of this defense.
Henry AnnenHOST
If you had a weaklessness defense – it would be perfect and everyone would play it, but this Otzelberger's flying around system, the weakness is the three, and Creighton exposed it.
Henry AnnenHOST
Now you can limit that weakness, but all five of your guys on the floor need to be as one cohesive unit, and we saw the struggle of that.
Henry AnnenHOST
So that's my takeaway from the defense, is that they're just not fully set yet.
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Alec BusseHOST
But, you know, guys develop and guys get better in certain areas.
Alec BusseHOST
To me, the guard that you want to see more out of moving forward is probably Prather.
Alec BusseHOST
And Otzelberger mentioned that the injury, he had a sports hernia, probably had something to do with him missing some practice time over the summer, missing some of the conditioning things that Iowa State does to get players ready for the season.
Alec BusseHOST
All of those things probably contribute to a degree.
Jake BrendGUEST
And I, I think based off of Benko's resume and based off of his track record, he has the ability to come in and do that.
Jake BrendGUEST
And I think Iowa State is in need of an attitude of, "We can do this." And I think I've felt that immensely since David Cook took over as president, and that has shown up in the resources that TJ Otzelberger was able to, to be given this past transfer portal season.
Jake BrendGUEST
What we've heard could be coming for Rogers and Otzelberger down the road, and I think Benko 100% fits that philosophy of Cook as a guy.
Chris WilliamsHOST
Somebody told me this on the academic side of things at Iowa State a couple of months ago, and take it f- I, I mean, a- again, this came from academics.
Spencer WagonHOST
Aside from the, the fundraising aspect and, and keeping or helping Iowa State or leading Iowa State to keep pace in terms of, of NIL and revenue streams and stuff like that, what do you think some of the biggest priorities for, for Benko are going to be once he takes it, takes over that role here at, at the end of the month?
Alec BusseGUEST
Well, I think the first thing is develop strong relationships and cr- cultivate good alignment with your two profile head coaches, Jimmy Rogers and TJ Otzelberger.
Alec BusseGUEST
And those two programs are in very different spaces and in very different spots.
Alec BusseGUEST
And, um, the relationship that Jimmy Rogers has, uh, or had with outgoing athletic director Jamie Pollard, um, is very well known, and I think that that is a huge reason why Rogers is the head coach at Iowa State right now, is that relationship that those two had.
Alec BusseGUEST
It'll be really important for the new athletic director to be able to build a strong level of trust between those two, have a strong level of alignment.
Alec BusseGUEST
Rogers will have to voice what he feels like he needs to be able to compete, um, and to be able to continue building Iowa State football, um, into a sustained winner like it was for much of the last decade.
Alec BusseGUEST
On the other side of it, I think TJ Otzelberger, um, having a good relationship with the new leadership is of extreme importance.
Alec BusseGUEST
Um, Otzelberger, for my money, is one of the best coaches in college basketball when you look at how much he's won over the last five seasons, three Sweet 16 appearances, relative to the resources that his program has to go acquire players compared to some of the best programs in the country.
Sean RobertsHOST
Yeah.
Lucas StrainHOST
I don't think T.J. Otzelberger's gonna go anywhere [laughs] anytime soon.
Lucas StrainHOST
So at least you have some s- you have something solid in the men's basketball side of things.
Lucas StrainHOST
How much time does Kevin Dresser have left in him?
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Bill SealsGUEST
The Jimmy Rogers-
Sean RobertsHOST
Justin Sell
Bill SealsGUEST
... connection, the TJ Otzelberger, uh, connection from, from his time there in, in Brookings.
Bill SealsGUEST
So, um, y- you could've gone out and gotten a, a successful, like a G6 AD with, uh, you know, Boise State, that name.
Luca MazziGUEST
He's like more Iowa State than Taman Lipsy and you can't get more Iowa State.
Luca MazziGUEST
I mean, he's even shorter than Taman Lipsy and he's even better defensively than Taman Lipsy and he's even stronger, right? And I mean, he's just like, he's such a perfect example of Iowa State basketball and TJ Otzelberger basketball and So I love Jaquan Johnson.
Luca MazziGUEST
I also think Trey Singleton from Northwestern is going to end up being pretty good.
Luca MazziGUEST
Was pretty, you know, was solid in his freshman year, showcased a lot.
Greg PetersonHOST
Just the heart and soul of a defense that last year was fourth in the country in terms of points allowed on a per possession basis, fourth in terms of turn- turnovers generated on a per possession basis.
Greg PetersonHOST
And you know that even if he's not out there, that under this TJ Otzelberger style, that they're still gonna be so good defensively.
Greg PetersonHOST
I don't think this team had slipped outside the top 25 [laughs] in terms of points allowed on a per possession basis since he got to Ames.
Greg PetersonHOST
So that's big, and then you've got a lot of upside guys.
Alec BusseHOST
A couple other things I wanted to hit on.
Alec BusseHOST
TJ Otzelberger and Iowa State basketball, they are picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 men's basketball preseason poll.
Alec BusseHOST
They are behind Arizona.
Alec BusseHOST
They were the number one team in the poll.
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