‘Minimal’ number of Iowa State football players involved in gambling probe, coach says

Thursday, July 13, 2023 8:23 PM
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  • Travis Hines, Des Moines Register

At an event all about messaging, Matt Campbell did his best to frame the circumstances in which his program finds itself – with players involved in an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation gambling probe – as “minimal” and an “opportunity.”

The Iowa State football coach fielded plenty of questions about the ongoing investigation, but offered little in the way of specifics as the situation continues to unfold.

“It’s so minimalistic in terms of numbers (of players involved),” Campbell said Thursday at Big 12 Media Days. “We’re all being educated on it. You take it as a learning opportunity with the young men on your team and you grow forward.