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New stand alone 6 mat wrestling facility in the plans to be built next to Sukup basketball complex?!?!?

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I'm looking to purchase a single ticket to a few of the non-con men's games.
I'm in Ames and usually available for a game on short notice if anybody needs
to sell a ticket last-minute.

Please PM me with any interest.

I am not entirely sure how many of you plan to attend but I just wanted to share that I am attending this evening!

Feel free to say hi if you would like! No pressure though.

I will be there with our CF intern, Aiden, who is one of the good ones and likes wrestling.

Anyone remember him? Committed to us as a 15 year old back in 2008.

ISU announced that single game MBB tickets would be going on sale today at 10 Central. I went on at 10 to attempt to purchase 6 tickets to the KU game, but was disappointed to see that it was already sold out. The Iowa game was the same.

I called the ticket office and asked what the deal was and they told me they opened up ticket sales to donors earlier in the week and all of the KU and Iowa tix got bought up.

If I am understanding correctly, ISU won’t be selling any tickets to the general (non donor) public this year for these games. I don’t remember this happening in previous years but could be wrong. If that’s the case, I guess the only option is to buy marked up resale tickets on Ticketmaster?

TIA for any advice!

Our mattress is shot and I'm hunting for a new one. I basically don't trust any of the sites that pop up on searches because who the hell knows who's paying them or not so I thought I'd come to the place where I know people know a little something about spending time on a mattress. We aren't trying to spend a fortune and what I've read leads me to believe there's no reason to and I'm looking for peoples experience. It seems like Nectar has gotten really consistent reviews so that definitely interests me. We would possibly be interested in something like Sleep number or Tempurpedic. I'm not real picky on firm or soft as long as there's support. She would like something a little on the softer side and we both want something cool although we kind of intend on getting and Eight Sleep system or something similar in the future if needed. Any feedback or things to avoid is appreciated.

Ben and I sat down on Monday to record our first episode of the season. We chatted the wrestle offs we look forward to, David Carr graduating and just a bunch of other tidbits about what we're hoping to learn at Media Day!

Enjoy!

I have 2 tickets for the KU game on Nov 4th.
Section 6
Row 5
seats 17 and 18

These are aisle seats with seat cushions. You are right behind the ISU bench on about the 30 yard line.

$115 each / OBO

Tickets went on sale at 10 am this morning. Good opportunity for non-season ticket holders to catch a game or two. There are some noon Sunday starts for those with young families and/or long drives! $25 plus TM charge but several games are as low as $6. Go Cyclones!

Great car pass next to Hilton which is general admission parking.
Venmo
Dm me

Looking for 3 tickets for the Texas game. Would prefer to buy from a cyclone fan than Ticketmaster.

1 ticket for sale for $15.
Open to offers.

four tickets section E 50 yd. line $55 per ticket

Kansas game two tickets end zone club section 20 row 7 D-3 parking $500 for all or make a offer

Love me some random crack pot theories. Consciousness is a quagmire we can't explain but this article has a pretty cool way of looking at it.

Looking for 4 tickets in SEZ for Kansas game! Thanks so much!! Go Cyclones!!!

Its a four hour drive for me and I'm taking the family.

Not a chance if I'm the owner:

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Wondering people's thoughts on Louisville’s basketball court.

The standard WE WILL logo is great and obviously is inspired by our boy Jack.

BUT!

What if WE WILL was around in the 1980s - what would the logo have looked like? I often draw mock vintage logos but it's hard to find time to make an actual semi-finished design. For this one, I was inspired by three specific things from the 1980s:

1. Action cartoons and toy graphics
2. Wrestlemania and wrestling rings
3. Fonts from space/futuristic movies etc.

Another one I'm noodling around with is an intriciately woven monogram inspired by early 1900s school and athletic logos (including ISU).

I wonder if we could get 10,000 ISU fans to buy one shirt a year for $30 with $20 going to WE WILL? Using my calculator, that works out to $2.75 million. Yes, many monies. Problem solved.

Enjoy.

Cyclone commits Adrian Meza (132) and Daniel Herrera (285) competing at the Super 32 tournament this weekend. 132 is absolutely loaded with the top 3 guys all being former World team members. 285 has a bunch of pretty equally ranked guys at the top who have all beaten each other. For what it's worth, this Flo writer picks Herrera.

Super 32 preview

I pondered putting together a post on how to illustrate the improvements in recruiting under Matt Campbell. I considered breaking down the incremental advances in recruiting rankings over the past seven or eight years, but that’s a metric flawed at it’s very root. For multiple reasons.

One, because the rankings themselves are wholly subjective. Two, well…there are other reasons, but that one’s good enough. Besides, it’s boring!

So, I thought about what metric could clearly and cleanly illustrate a substantial improvement, with unarguable, objective data?

And there’s really only one. Verified track speed. High school track results.

Let’s be honest. For ages, speed has been a real Achilles heel for the Cyclone football program. Even unquestioned all time stars like Tracy Henderson, Troy Davis or Todd Blythe weren’t known for their blazing speed.

And while occasional HS track stars did appear in the program—guys like Danny Harris (400m hurdles), Ellis Hobbs (24” long jumper) or Nik Moser (400m), they were just that, occasional unicorns, once a decade guys. The guys on the team who had run a sub 11.0 100m could usually be counted on one or two…fingers. If that many.

I seem to recall that Ellis also ran a 10.61 100m—but that was a very long time ago.

As a measuring tape, Kene Nwangwu was an all around unicorn, with a 10.54 100m, a 24’ 5” long jump, a 6’11” high jump and a 44’ 8 1/2” triple jump. He also just happened to.be the zenith of Paul Rhoads’ recruiting. And, under Coach Campbell, the start of a new Cyclone era.

Okay, sure, so some guys like Breece Hall didn’t seriously run high school track. Still, rather than one or two “fast” guys on the team, here’s what the established results for current team members and recruits looks like—and remember, most coaches consider an 11.0 100m to be the gold standard:

Dimitri Stanley 10.70 (HS) 10.80 (CU)
Quaron Adams 10.49 (HS)
Eli Sanders 10.71 (HS)
Abu Sama 10.84 (HS), 21.76 200m, 24’10” LJ
Carson Hansen 10.85 (HS)
Darien Porter 10.68 (HS), also 46.99 400
Jeremiah Cooper 10.65 (HS)

Plus:
Brett Eskildsen 10.70, 44’ 1 3/4” TJ, senior season yet to come

Also:
Michael Parkes 11.01 (HS)
Beni Ngoyi 11.02 (HS JR)
Beau Freyler 11.05 (HS)
Jaylin Noel 11.07 (HS Soph, did not compete again)
Jamison Patton 6’6” HJ (only occasional track exp)
Myles Norwood 47’ 8 1/2 Triple Jump (State Champ in HS), 23’ 4 1/4” LJ (HS), 23’ 11 1/2” (as frosh at JC)

Not bad, huh?