WTB 2 tix to McNeese. Preferably lower level but I'll consider balcony seats too.

I'm surprised no one has started an official thread for this abbreviated Hate Week

Listened to the Williams & Blum podcast this morning. Felt for Brent and his dilemma with a kid opening birthday presents during the last match of the CyHok wrestling meet and during the MBB game. However, I think he has to blame this 99% on bad clock management. It seems like he let his guard down once our football season was over and didn't pay close enough attention to the schedules for the other sports. Proves the point about how important clock management is. Can't blame Crystal for this one.

@brentblum

Where did Joel go this year?

We come in at 22. 1-1 in Q1 games and 2-0 in Q2

Teams that matter to us in some way, shape, or form

1. Houston
2. UConn
11. West Virginia
12. Texas
18. Kansas
21 Iowa
22. Iowa State
32. Baylor
39 North Carolina
46 Oklahoma
49 Missouri
52. Villanova
59. Kansas State
62. Texas Tech
74. Oklahoma State
81. TCU
95 UCF
151 Cincinnati
190 BYU

Big 12 is number 1 on average, well above the Big 10

Also, scroll all the way to the bottom for some laughs

Thoughts?

Where was everyone yesterday? A sunday afternoon, facing an undefeated team, while we are ranked and the place was maybe 60% full. No students in the upper level and basically zero people followed the striping scheme they emailed out. What the heck is going on?

Due to the transfer portal and opt outs the teams trotted out onto the field for bowl games are not the teams that earned that bowl game. For example look at Iowa. Due to transfers and 1 injury they will be sending out a QB that is either a rs freshman or a true freshman, neither of which have taken a single snap in a live college football game, will be with out key contributors at rb and wr in Gavin Williams, Arland Bruce, and Keagan Johnson. This doesn't even talk about opt outs.

I understand some of the opt outs being worried about injuries but at what point do we start to worry about that? Should they also opt out of conference championship games since they don't really mean anything? How about the last game of the regular season? Is it because there are so many bowls now, the kids just don't care, or something I just don't get? Does an expanded CFP give them more reason to finish the season out?

Yep. That time again.

Although CW’s story of the decision “do you take Purdy or Duggan?” is interesting… it is incredibly inaccurate.

First, Purdy and Duggan were not in the same recruiting class. Purdy was 2018, taken in the same class as Re-Al Mitchell. Duggan was 2019.

Which leads to an even sadder truth. Yes, Iowa State did want to get a quarterback early in their 2019 class and Duggan was taking some time to reach his decision. On February 10th, 2018, Iowa State would secure the commitment of Labette, KS QB Easton Dean.

Max Duggan would commit to TCU about two months later… 8 months prior to his early signing period.

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Iowa State Fair ousts four vendors for underreporting sales in 2022

Highlights since I know you guys hate paywalls

- The four vendors are Hardenbrooks, JR Services (JR Donuts), Pete's Lemonade Shake-Ups/Pete's Ice Cream & Sno-Cones, & Dad's old fashioned lemonade
- Iowa Dept of Revenue conducted an audit and found that all four had underreported their sales. Hardenbrooks: Underreported by $46K+ over a five day period
Pete's: Underreported by $32K from 8/11-16
Dad's Old-Fashioned Lemonade: Underreported by appox $3,450 over the same period as Pete's
JR Services: Underreported over $16K from 8/11-18
- "The revenue department crackdown comes after last year's fines by federal and state authorities against a fair beverage distributor [Iowa Beverage Systems] who they said had illegally tried to control beer sales at the grandstand."
- The Iowa State Fair has sent letters to the four offending vendors saying they would not be invited back after violating concession rules

I know it's early yet but currently we're sitting #1 in Defensive TO% @ 30.3% UNLV is 2nd w/ 29.9%. Carry on.

I didn't realize until today's game that Thomas is on the staff as a "data analytics specialist." Bright kid, so I'm sure he's doing his research pretty darn well.
Does anyone know if he's in grad school or is he pursuing a career in basketball?

https://cyclones.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/thomas-pollard/1947

Hey crew - here is my recap from todays dual.


I know a loss sucks but today was still solid in a lot of ways I think. I’m very excited for Paniro Johnson. Swiderski is going to be a beast. As he continues to grow and clean up the mistakes he’s going to be a serious problem. Yongers antics were entertaining from a rivalry standpoint but coach said it best when he said that he needs to reel that in a bit.

Hoping to have full press conference video this evening once it’s shared by the athletic department.

I shared a few clips and a few videos during the dual on my twitter.

I’m driving back to central Iowa now! Wish me luck on this boring drive. I’ll have photos this evening.

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(Also, Tim Brando is an idiot)

As of right now, it looks like Vegas has us as a 3.5 point dog. I would take that bet right now.

Wooo doggy. This is gonna be a massive hit.

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ESPN Show Schedule:
11:00 CT - show open
11:15 - CFP teams revealed
(Followed by 2 hours of talking heads)
1:30 - NY6 matchups revealed

One Person's Projections (mine):
Peach (semi): #1 Georgia vs #4 Ohio State
Fiesta (semi): #2 Michigan vs #3 TCU

Rose: Utah (Pac-12 champ) vs Penn State (Big Ten secondary)
Sugar: Kansas State (Big 12 champ) vs Alabama (SEC secondary)
Orange: Clemson (ACC champ) vs Tennessee (highest-ranked available team from SEC/B1G/ND)
Cotton: Tulane (highest G5 champ) vs USC (at-large)

Other Bowl Matchups
Two games have already officially been announced:
Bahamas - UAB vs Miami (Ohio)
Hawaii - San Diego State vs Middle Tennessee
The rest will trickle in, usually first reported by Brett McMurphy.

The first part of this season, had me thinking that It might be time for Christy to move on. Recruiting seemed to be down, and they had some very unimpressive losses. I misread the situation as it turns out CJL was just finding the right combinations. She went to the 6-2, which as an AA setter, you know is not her preference. The came alive, and knocked off Texas, Baylor, and KU at home. They could never solve lowly KSU though, and we were reverse swept at KU.

The seniors who are out of eligibility include Holthaus, Newsome, Thomas , and Mitchell. I got the feeling looking at her in the game late, that Matz is moving on. Don’t know about Hatch and Shannon, but would think they would be welcomed back for a grad year.

The 6-2 worked this year to allow Morgan Brandt to get experience. I think we’re set at setter for the next three years. Stonestreet appears to put Libero back to being more what is expected at Libero U., though she does need to improve her passing.

The middle is in good shape with Englbrecht and Perry back, plus an MB recruit in McCune. Duckworth is an amazing athlete given her height. I really hope Hatch gives it another go as a grad. Even if she does, we’re going to need some more hitters to step up with just one recruit in Gonzalez. We really relied on seniors in that spot. Perhaps we can find another Thomas two in the portal.

Bottom line, we have some good pieces in the foundation, but CJL and her coaches are going to have to bring along a few hitters both outside and right side to get back to next year’s tournament. With NIL, however, the strong volleyball schools are only going to get stronger.

Welcome back to "On That Note," CF’s weekly hub for music-listening & discussion, hosted by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and me, cyclones500.

For this segment, we focus on favorite songs you encountered in 2022.

That includes any/all of the following:

1. New music released in 2022 (and final month or so of ’21)
2. Music released prior to that, but you didn’t discover until this year.
3. Favorites from the distant past that you revisited frequently during past 12 months.

(Optional: If it’s No. 2 or 3, include a note with your clip regarding the time frame/details/back story.)

A couple of my top songs coming in a follow-up post.

Cheers to a year in music!

• In case you missed it … Last week’s OTN: Slip Slidin’ Away

Can you record game tonight on ESPEN+?

I typically don't dream, or don't remember them vividly anyway, but a recent one got in my head.

What I remember is remarkably short. I was at my parent's old house (but slightly different) that I grew up in. I ran up the steps outside and when I turned and went inside the door, it was the same house, but abandoned, for decades. Just tattered cloth and grey rotting wood. I woke up almost immediately, but in that moment, it was like I fully understood the reality of the passage of time in a profound way. The feeling was an odd but powerful mix of deep sorrow and acceptance.

Just curious to hear about other experiences with dreams.

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St. John's (8-0, 0-0 Big East)
#23 IOWA STATE (6-1, 0-0 BIG 12)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4TH 2:00 P.M. CST
HILTON COLISEUM / AMES, IA


TV: ESPN2
Talent: Rich Hollenberg, pxp Chris Spatola, analyst

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (Varsity Network)
CRN Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)

UCF with 2 quick scores to come back in the 4th. On one hand, would like Tulane to win as they deserve a NY6 game. But UCF is going to be Big 12, so go UCF! Tulane defensive line looks like Alabama with some big dudes.