Today is Giving Tuesday, I encourage everyone to give to the cause(s) that are near and dear to each of you.

Obviously we are encouraged to give to We Will, but I'm asking for a everyone to link there other favorite charity to help raise awareness.. I can start



Food Bank of Iowa is rated 100/100 on charity navigator (LINK). It appears they are having a match day thanks to Corteva.



Meals from the Heartland is rated 97/100 with the only deduction coming from no 990 listing on their website (LINK)

See title. I can use the attach files button but can’t use any of the greyed out items above. No linking gifs, no text altering, no attaching media, etc. I had to take a screen shot and use the attach files link. It has been greyed out for like a month now.

I just submitted my ticket request. Who else is planning to go?

Our office Christmas party is coming up Friday night and I need to get a gift for this.

Let's hear some good ones.

About this time each year, many of us give lots of attention to the bowl game prognosticators. But which ones deserve our attention?

Bottom lines:
- Value ESPN’s Schlabach, 24/7’s Crawford, and Athlon's Lasson.
- Ignore DRatings, Bleacher Report's Miller, and SI’s Johnson.
- CBS Palm is "meh."

Last year (2022), I did analysis of predictions (based on the latest I could find for each). If someone got one team correct, I gave 1 point. If someone got both teams correct, I gave 3 points.

#1 ESPN Schlabach – 92 points
#2 24/7 Crawford – 82 points
#3 Athlon’s Lasson – 76 points
#4 Action – 61 points
#5 Yahoo – 59 points
#6 CBS Palm – 58 points
#7 ESPN Bonagura - 48 points
#8 SN Bender – 47 points
#9 CFN Fiutak – 45 points
#10 DRatings – 30 points
#11 Bleacher Report Miller – 28 points
#12 SI’s Johnson – 18 points

Based on how many times at least one team in a bowl was predicted correctly:

#1 24/7 Crawford – 36
#2 tie ESPN Schlabach – 34
#2 tie Athlon’s Lasson – 34
#4 Action – 33
#5 tie Yahoo – 29
#5 tie CFN Fiutak – 29
#7 CBS Palm – 28
#8 SN Bender – 23
#9 ESPN Bonagura – 20
#10 Bleacher Report Miller – 16
#11 tie SI’s Johnson – 14
#11 tie DRatings – 14

NU stadium renovation might take longer than expected, as the athletic budget is $60 million in debt.(according to local news). Even mention of reducing sports.

with today being cyber Monday, my wife wants us to look for a replacement laptop. Our current one is about 10 years old and is showing it's age.

Primary uses would be running Office applications such as excel for budgeting, Word and PowerPoint for various reasons and storing family photos.

I haven't kept up on brands and specs to look out for.

Budget, maybe $400? Not sure what that gets you nowadays.

Just read the Flo breakdown of all the ranked wrestlers who will be at the Cliff Keen coming up:

125 lbs - 19 Ranked​

#1 - Jakob Camacho, NC State

#2 - Richard Figueroa, Arizona State

#3 - Matt Ramos, Purdue

#6 - Brett Ungar, Cornell

#8 - Michael DeAugustino, Michigan

#10 - Caleb Smith, Nebraska

#15 - Kysen Terukina, Iowa State

#16 - Jore Volk, Wyoming

#18 - Nick Babin, Columbia

#20 - Spencer Moore, North Carolina

#21 - Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State

#23 - Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech

#24 - Diego Sotelo, Harvard

#25 - Tucker Owens, Air Force

#26 - Tanner Jordan, SD State

#29 - Brendan McCrone, Ohio State

#30 - Nico Provo, Stanford

#31 - Dominic Mendez, Cal Poly

#32 - Troy Spratley, OK State

133 lbs - 18 Ranked​

#2 - Vito Arujau, Cornell

#3 - Daton Fix, OK State

#5 - Kai Orine, NC State

#6 - Sam Latona, Virginia Tech

#7 - Chris Cannon, Michigan

#9 - Domenic Zaccone, Campbell

#10 - Julian Chlebove, Arizona State

#11 - Evan Frost, Iowa State

#13 - Angelo Rini, Columbia

#14 - Brendan Ferretti, Navy

#15 - Braxton Brown, Maryland

#17 - Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State

#18 - Derrick Cardinal, SD State

#21 - Ethan Oakley, App State

#22 - Julian Farber, UNI

#24 - Caden McCrary, North Carolina

#25 - Gabe Whisenhunt, Oregon State

#29 - Haiden Drury, Utah Valley

141 lbs - 16 lbs​

#3 - Lachlan McNeil, North Carolina

#4 - Brock Hardy, Nebraska

#5 - Jesse Mendez, Ohio State

#6 - Clay Carlson, SD State

#7 - Ryan Jack, NC State

#8 - Vince Cornella, Cornell

#9 - Kal Miller, Maryland

#10 - Josh Koderhandt, Navy

#15 - Frankie Tal Shahar, Northwestern

#17 - Cael Happel, UNI

#20 - Jesse Vasquez, Arizona State

#24 - Cleveland Belton, Oregon State

#25 - Gabe Willochell, Wyoming

#30 - Anthony Echemendia, Iowa State

#31 - Sergio Lemley, Michigan

#32 - McKenzie Bell, Rider

149 lbs - 16 Ranked​

#1 - Ridge Lovett, Nebraska

#3 - Kyle Parco, Arizona State

#4 - Caleb Henson, Virginia Tech

#5 - Jackson Arrington, NC State

#6 - Chance Lamer, Cal Poly

#7 - Dylan D'Emilio, Ohio State

#9 - Casey Swiderski, Iowa State

#11 - Jaden Abas, Stanford

#13 - Quinn Kinner, Rider

#15 - Ethen Miller, Maryland

#20 - Jordan Williams, OK State

#21 - Sam Cartella, Northwestern

#25 - Jayden Scott, North Carolina

#26 - Derek Raike, Ohio

#27 - Cody Bond, App State

157 lbs - 17 Ranked​

#3 - Peyton Robb, Nebraska

#4 - Jacori Teemer, Arizona State

#5 - Bryce Andonian, Virginia Tech

#6 - Will Lewan, Michigan

#8 - Ed Scott, NC State

#9 - Daniel Cardenas, Stanford

#12 - Trevor Chumbley, Northwestern

#14 - Cael Swensen, SD State

#15 - Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State

#16 - Tommy Askey, App State

#17 - Peyten Kellar, Ohio

#19 - Meyer Shapiro, Cornell

#21 - Joey Blaze, Purdue

#27 - Legend Lamer, Cal Poly

#28 - Michael North, Maryland

#31 - Robert Weston, UNI

#32 - Isaiah Crosby, Oregon State

165 lbs - 18 Ranked​

#2 - David Carr, Iowa State

#3 - Cameron Amine, Michigan

#4 - Izzak Olejnik, OK State

#7 - Julian Ramirez, Cornell

#8 - Matthew Olguin, Oregon State

#10 - Joshua Ogunsanya, Columbia

#11 - Bryce Hepner, Ohio State

#15 - Tanner Cook, SD State

#16 - Maxx Mayfield, Northwestern

#17 - Antrell Taylor, Nebraska

#18 - Garrett Thompson, Ohio

#19 - Giano Petrucelli, Air Force

#21 - Connor Brady, Virginia Tech

#24 - Brevin Cassella, Binghamton

#26 - Josh Kim, Harvard

#27 - Andrew Cerniglia, Navy

#29 - Hunter Garvin, Stanford

#31 - Will Miller, App State

174 lbs - 16 Ranked​

#2 - Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech

#3 - Shane Griffith, Michigan

#4 - Carson Kharchla, Ohio State

#6 - Adam Kemp, Cal Poly

#8 - Cade DeVos, SD State

#11 - Travis Wittlake, Oregon State

#13 - Lennox Wolak, Columbia

#14 - Sam Wolf, Air Force

#15 - Philip Conigliaro, Harvard

#25 - Austin Murphy, Campbell

#26 - Alex Faison, NC State

#28 - Danny Wask, Navy

#29 - MJ Gaitan, Iowa State

#30 - Lance Runyon, UNI

#31 - Elise Brown Ton, Nebraska

#32 - Josh Stillings , The Citadel

184 lbs - 19 Ranked​

#1 - Parker Keckeisen, UNI

#3 - Chris Foca, Cornell

#4 - Trey Munoz, Oregon State

#5 - Dustin Plott, OK State

#6 - Will Feldkamp, Iowa State

#9 - Gavin Kane, North Carolina

#11 - Gavin Hoffman, Ohio State

#12 - Lenny Pinto, Nebraska

#13 - David Key, Navy

#16 - Sam Fisher, Virginia Tech

#18 - Dylan Fishback, NC State

#19 - Jacob Nolan, Binghamton

#20 - Troy Fisher, Northwestern

#21 - Bennett Berge, SD State

#22 - Tony Negron, Arizona State

#24 - Zayne Lehman, Ohio

#25 - Caleb Hopkins, Campbell

#29 - Rylan Rogers, Michigan

#31 - Aaron Ayzerov, Columbia

197 lbs - 19 Ranked​

#2 - Tanner Sloan, SD State

#5 - Trent Hidlay, NC State

#6 - Jacob Cardenas, Cornell

#8 - Jaxon Smith, Maryland

#11 - Silas Allred, Nebraska

#12 - Luke Surber, OK State

#14 - Nick Stemmet, Stanford

#16 - Luke Geog, Ohio State

#17 - Andy Smith, Virginia Tech

#18 - Evan Bockman, Utah Valley

#19 - Levi Hopkins, Campbell

#21 - Max Shaw, North Carolina

#22 - Evan Bates, Northwestern

#23 - Anthony Montalvo, Arizona State

#25 - Julien Broderson, Iowa State

#27 - Justin Rademacher, Oregon State

#30 - Wyatt Voelker, UNI

#32 - Bobby Striggow, Michigan

#33 - Jack Wehmeyer, Columbia

285 lbs - 19 Ranked​

#2 - Wyatt Hendrickson, Air Force

#3 - Lucas Davison, Michigan

#4 - Cohlton Schultz, Arizona State

#6 - Yonger Bastida, Iowa State

#8 - Tyrell Gordon, UNI

#10 - Grady Griess, Navy

#13 - Owen Trephan, NC State

#15 - Taye Ghadiali, Campbell

#16 - Lewis Fernandes, Cornell

#17 - Boone McDermott, Oregon State

#18 - Nick Feldman, Ohio State

#19 - Hunter Catka, Virginia Tech

#20 - Cory Day, Binghamton

#21 - Konner Doucet, OK State

#24 - Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly

#25 - Seth Nevills, Maryland

#27 - Keaton Kluever, Hofstra

#28 - Hayden Copass, Purdue

#30 - David Szuba, Rider

Who should win vs who will win.

TX 11-1 (8-1) Sarkisian
Oklahoma St 9-3 (7-2) Gundy
OU 10-2 (7-2) Venables
WV 8-4 (6-3) Brown
ISU 7-5 (6-3) Campbell
KState 8-4 (6-3) Klieman
TTech 6-6 (5-4) McGuire
Kansas 8-4 (5-4) Leipold
UCF 6-6 (3-6) Malzahn
TCU 5-7 (3-6) Dykes
BYU 5-7 (2-7) Sitake
Baylor 3-9 (2-7) Aranda
Houston 4-8 (2-7) Holgorsen
Cincy 3-9 (1-8) Satterfield

2023 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll
1. Texas (41), 886
2. Kansas State (14), 858
3. Oklahoma (4), 758
4. Texas Tech (4), 729
5. TCU (3), 727
6. Baylor, 572
7. Oklahoma State (1), 470
8. UCF, 463
9. Kansas, 461
10. Iowa State, 334
11. BYU, 318
12. Houston, 215
13. Cincinnati, 202
14. West Virginia, 129

I'd probably go Brown, Campbell, Sarkisian. I think WV had the easiest path but tough to argue expectation vs finish.

Who should: Brown
Who will: Sark

Guys leaving the program. Will try to update accordingly.

RB- Cartavious Norton- CHARLOTTE
RB- Eli Sanders

WR- Greg Gaines
WR- Quaron Adams

TE- Deshawn Hanika- KANSAS

G- Darrell Simmons Jr.

DE- Jefferson Adam - BUFFALO

LB- Joseph Jean-Louis - NORTH TEXAS
LB- Carston Marshall


DB- Treyveon McGee - CHARLOTTE
DB- Myles Norwood
DB- Terrell Crosby- TOLEDO

1 pair in 127
1 pair in 130

$150 a pair

i didn't get a chance to watch the game as we were traveling. i was able to listen on sirus xm but it was the KSU announcers and they said that sanders and norton did not make the trip. anyone know were they injured?

I ran through the schedules of the Big12 teams with winning conference records just out of curiosity to see who had the hardest schedule:


Takeaways:

1. West Virginia confirmed my suspicion as to how they achieved a 6-3 record. Easiest schedule by far.
2. Kansas deserves some kudos for obtaining a winning record with the hardest schedule (and QB issues all year).
3. I miss the round robin format.

In hand and Pickup in DSM metro

C3 - $100 / obo
D5 - $30 / obo

Looking for 1 ticket, do you think anyone will be selling tickets at Hilton?

Please let me know if you are willing to part with yours! I have Venmo

Just like the title says. I can't open the forums page or the login page on an android mobile phone. I've erased cookies and cache on the phone and rebooted already and no help. These are the screens it redirects me to.

Hello!

Here is the video from the press conference. My phone was being weird so excuse the weird quality. Casey surprised me in his answers. Not what he said but how he said them. He was very confident and came off as a leader. I liked seeing that.


A few tweets I sent:

Dresser om no challenge at 141 pounds:
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Dresser on MJ Gaitan:
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I have 4 tickets for George in Section 35, Row 31. Just asking for what I paid, which is $420/ticket. Willing to sell 2 or all 4.

But big picture is that I saw way more good than bad today and for the future. I knew all along it was going to be a nail biter.

But damn, I would have loved to get the W today.

And I have no idea what is, or isn’t, or could be, or should be, reaction time anymore and how a ref calls it. Something needs to change and soon for the good of the sport.

And Hilton was fire today. Show up for David vs Missouri if you can only get to one more. But come to them all if you can

Iowa State led No. 12 by Texas A&M by 21 points on Sunday, but couldn't close things out.

"The competitive spirit, the effort and the energy is there, but we've got to do things to keep ourselves out of deficit," coach T.J. Otzelberger said.

Vote and discuss. I personally think we will be alright, but we are really going to have to win 11 or 12 Conference games I feel. Our non conference schedule is pretty weak this season and we really needed a VT or A&M win to boost that noncon resume.