AMES, Ia. — ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit rattled Iowa State fans with his tweets this weekend that Matt Campbell was not long for Iowa State.

Campbell had a message Monday for Cyclones fans worried he may bolt soon:

“They don’t have anything to worry about,” Campbell said in an interview with the Register.

Campbell’s comments came two days after Herbstreit, one of the leading media voices in college football, encouraged athletic directors around the country to look at the Iowa State coach.

Herbstreit took it a step further by writing in responses to tweets that Iowa State fans should enjoy the team and Campbell “while they can.” Herbstreit even wrote “He’s gone.”

Herbstreit's tweets caught Campbell's attention.

“The frustration part of comments like that are that it discredits this university and this football (program). ... We’ve got just as much opportunity to do elite things as anybody in college football," Campbell said, "and I think we’re proving it one day at a time right now.”

Campbell said Iowa State’s recent success, a 5-2 record and 3-1 Big 12 mark in his second season, are just part of his plans for the Cyclones. The Cyclones are ranked No. 25 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll.

If Campbell were to leave after this season, it would cost about $9 million to buy out his contract. But Campbell said he's intent on building Iowa State's program.

“That’s why we came here ... to build this program and we haven’t even started yet,” Campbell said. “All we’ve done is laid a foundation to this thing.”