RECRUITING: Marcus Neal commits to Iowa State after weekend visit to Ames.

I had the pleasure to shoot the **** with Coach Mac today for a bit. Figured you guys would like it and I'd share it here.

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3-star 6’1 safety. Looks like we beat out K-State.

I have 3 tickets lower bowl (Section 16, row 16. Seats 1-3) and a C1/C2 parking pass for sale. My girls have soccer in Kansas City that weekend. $300 for all three tickets and the parking pass. Make me an offer. Go Cyclones!

Let us take a minute and appreciate that we soon will no longer miss games due to the LHN. With the MBB conference schedule being released i couldn't help but notice once again the game @ Texa$$ is on the LHN. I was immediately irritated then realized that should be the last one we have and I was finally relieved.

This got me thinking, does anyone have any data on how many of our games were on the LHN compared to other Big 12 teams? Seems to me we had to have a disproportionate amount but I also don't pay any attention to who is relegated to that monstrosity when it isn't us.

Big 12 Men’s Basketball Conference Schedule
(All times listed as Central)

Saturday, January 6
West Virginia at Houston (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
TCU at Kansas (CBS), 1:00 p.m.
Baylor at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 2:00 p.m.
Iowa State at Oklahoma (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 5:00 p.m.
Texas Tech at Texas (ESPN2), 7:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at BYU (ESPN2/U), 9:00 p.m.
UCF at K-State (ESPN2/U), TBD

Tuesday, January 9
Texas at Cincinnati (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Houston at Iowa State (ESPN2), 6:00 p.m.
K-State at West Virginia (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
BYU at Baylor (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 10
Kansas at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Oklahoma at TCU (ESPN2/U) 8:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 13
Oklahoma at Kansas (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
K-State at Texas Tech (ESPN/2/U), 3:00 p.m.
BYU at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 3:00 p.m.
Texas at West Virginia (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 5:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Iowa State (ESPN2), 5:00 p.m.
Houston at TCU (ESPN), 6:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Baylor (ESPN2), 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday January 16
TCU at Cincinnati (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Baylor at K-State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
Kansas at Oklahoma State (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.
Iowa State at BYU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 17
West Virginia at Oklahoma (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
UCF at Texas (LHN), 7:00 p.m.
Texas Tech at Houston (ESPNU), 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 20
Oklahoma at Cincinnati (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 12:00 p.m.
UCF at Houston (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
Kansas at West Virginia (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 3:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at K-State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Iowa State at TCU (ESPN/2/U), TBD
Baylor at Texas (ESPN/2/U), TBD
BYU at Texas Tech (ESPN/2/U), TBD

Monday, January 22
Cincinnati at Kansas (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 23
Texas at Oklahoma (ESPN2/U), 6:00 p.m.
West Virginia at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Houston at BYU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 8:00 p.m.
TCU at Oklahoma State (ESPNU), 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 24
K-State at Iowa State (ESPN2/U), 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 27
K-State at Houston (ESPN/2), 11:00 a.m.
Kansas at Iowa State (CBS) 12:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Oklahoma (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
Texas at BYU (ESPN/2), 1:00 p.m.
West Virginia at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
TCU at Baylor (ESPN2), 3:00 p.m.
UCF at Cincinnati (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.

Monday, January 29
Houston at Texas (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 30
Texas Tech at TCU (ESPN2), 6:00 p.m.
Oklahoma at K-State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 31
Baylor at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at West Virginia (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 3
K-State at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
Texas at TCU (ESPN/2), 1:00 p.m.
Houston at Kansas (ESPN), 3:00 p.m.
Oklahoma at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 3:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Texas Tech (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 5:00 p.m.
BYU at West Virginia (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 5:00 p.m.
Iowa State at Baylor (ESPN2), 7:00 p.m.

Monday, February 5
Kansas at K-State (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 6
Oklahoma State at Houston (ESPN/2), 6:00 p.m.
Iowa State at Texas (LHN), 7:00 p.m.
BYU at Oklahoma (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m
Texas Tech at Baylor (ESPN2), 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 10
TCU at Iowa State (ESPN/2), 1:00 p.m.
West Virginia at Texas (LHN), 2:00 p.m.
Houston at Cincinnati (ESPN/2), 3:00 p.m.
UCF at Texas Tech (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 3:00 p.m.
Baylor at Kansas (ESPN), 5:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
K-State at BYU (ESPN2/U), 9:00 p.m.

Monday, February 12
West Virginia at TCU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
Kansas at Texas Tech (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 13
Iowa State at Cincinnati (ESPN2/U), 6:00 p.m.
UCF at BYU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 8:00 p.m.
Oklahoma at Baylor (ESPN2/U), 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 17
Texas Tech at Iowa State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 11:00 a.m.
TCU at K-State (ESPN/2/U), 11:00 a.m.
Texas at Houston (CBS), 12:00 p.m.
BYU at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
Kansas at Oklahoma (ESPN), 3:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 3:00 p.m.
Baylor at West Virginia (ESPN2), 5:00 p.m.

Monday, February 19
Iowa State at Houston (ESPNU), 6:00 p.m.
K-State at Texas (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 20
UCF at West Virginia (ESPN2/U), 6:00 p.m.
TCU at Texas Tech (ESPN2/U), 8:00 p.m.
Baylor at BYU (ESPN2/U), 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 21
Oklahoma State at Cincinnati (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 24
Houston at Baylor (CBS), 11:00 a.m.
West Virginia at Iowa State (ESPN/2), 1:00 p.m.
BYU at K-State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at TCU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 2:00 p.m.
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (ESPN/2), 3:00 p.m.
Texas Tech at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 3:00 p.m.
Texas at Kansas (ESPN), 5:00 p.m.

Monday, February 26
West Virginia at K-State (ESPNU), 6:00 p.m.
Baylor at TCU (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 27
Cincinnati at Houston (ESPN2/U), 6:00 p.m.
BYU at Kansas (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
Texas at Texas Tech (ESPN2/U), 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 28
Oklahoma at Iowa State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
UCF at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 2
Kansas at Baylor (ESPN), 11:00 a.m.
Oklahoma State at Texas (ESPN/2), 1:00 p.m.
Iowa State at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 3:00 p.m.
Texas Tech at West Virginia (ESPN2/U), 5:00 p.m.
K-State at Cincinnati (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Houston at Oklahoma (ESPN2), 7:00 p.m.
TCU at BYU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 8:00 p.m.

Monday, March 4
Texas at Baylor (ESPN), 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5
Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
K-State at Kansas (ESPN/2), 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6
Houston at UCF (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
BYU at Iowa State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 7:00 p.m.
TCU at West Virginia (ESPN2/U), 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 9
West Virginia at Cincinnati (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 1:00 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas (ESPN), 1:00 p.m.
Iowa State at K-State (ESPNU), 1:30 p.m.
Kansas at Houston (ESPN), 3:00 p.m.
UCF at TCU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 4:00 p.m.
Baylor at Texas Tech (ESPN2), 5:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at BYU (Big 12 Now on ESPN+), 8:00 p.m.

March 12-16
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
Kansas City, Mo. (T-Mobile Center)

I had not heard of this guy before the beginning of the season. I looked him up for his recruiting profile and couldn’t find it anywhere! I’m assuming he must be a walk-on who made it on to the team.

In my opinion he’s been our best LB and a critical piece of the defense, just wanted to shout him out as he’s been a good player for us so far and I hope he’ll continue to improve

Sometimes I peruse the estate auctions on Tangerine Zebra, because I find it funny to buy people’s old dental licenses and weird crap like that.

I thought this was interesting - a brick from the old Clyde Williams facility is up for auction the next 13 hours:

"The 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director that comprise the CFP management committee will gather Tuesday and Wednesday at the Big Ten offices just outside Chicago."

I would pay good money to watch Brett Yormark in action at this meeting!

Wtb g6

I haven't heard anything about Norton's injury since Saturday.

I was watching a replay, and noticed there was a very brief shot of him in a sling in the 4th quarter. Anyone in the know?

Looking for a C3 parking pass for TCU game. Would also look at C3 for remainder of the season if avail.

ISU Football - 4 lower level seats and C3 parking pass - 11/4 vs. KU and 11/18 vs. Texas

Section 15, Row 23, seats 9-12
C3 paved parking

ISU vs. Kansas on 11/4 **SOLD**
$400 for everything

ISU vs. Texas on 11/18 **SOLD**
$500 for everything

Electronic transfer after venmo received
No splitting parking pass from tickets at this time

Only lost 2 people almost everyone's pick who survived covered. @3rdCoastClone with a 3rd straight underdog pick winning.

Tiebreaker points return this year. A reminder regarding tiebreaker points: If your team wins and covers you gain an extra bonus point. If you take a undefeated team who is the underdog you gain the point for them covering plus another bonus point. As the season goes on the number of teams undefeated being a underdog greatly diminish so take advantage while you can.


I will be using ESPN's Lines. Line will be the line at kickoff for tiebreaker points



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1. Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
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Why do some people think it is okay to dump their shot bottles and trash all over the ground while tailgating and then just load up and leave it for the people that clean the lots? You were offered a garbage bag upon entry, USE it. S1 space 9. I wished I would have taken a picture of their license plate before entering the game.

Our oldest is in 7th grade this year, the first year they actually assign letter grades. Before, it was just the fall, winter, spring standardized testing results.

How do you/did you approach balancing a push for good grades with just doing their best? What were suitable grades for your kids?

Our kids are incredibly intelligent but struggle with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression so there's a bit of a balance act we have to figure out and just realized as the first grades came in that we hadn't figured that out yet.

Coincidence? Couldn't have been planned any better I think.
News release (couldn't find it online yet) and link to a short video


Iowa Pork enters NIL agreement with Iowa State football players Purchase, Moore, Hamann, Bacon

September 25, 2023 – The Iowa Pork Producers Association is partnering with four Iowa State University football players to promote the pork industry. Through an NIL (name, image, likeness) deal, Cyclones Myles Purchase, Tyler Moore, Tommy Hamann, and Caleb Bacon are leading the new “Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon” marketing campaign. The goal is obviously to push Iowans to buy pork products. More specifically, they want you to purchase more ham and bacon.

“After the ‘Hamann Bacon’ photo went viral on social media following the Cyclones’ season opener, we knew we had to jump on this opportunity,” said Trish Cook, president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association. “These four young men are not only great football players, they also have strong academic records, and great last names! We couldn’t be more excited to work with them in this fun initiative to publicize Iowa pork.”

October is National Pork Month, aka Porktober, and this promotion will be part of that monthlong celebration. The Iowa Pork Producers Association will run ads on social media featuring the four players surrounded by delicious Iowa pork and strategically using their names to encourage pork consumption.

In conjunction with the NIL partnership, the Iowa Pork Producers Association will donate $1,000 of pork to each player’s food pantry of choice.

“Iowa pork producers and pig farmers care about their communities, and while this partnership is a fun way to promote our industry, it’s also one way we can give back,” Cook said. “Food insecurity remains an issue for many people and we’re glad to partner with these Cyclone football players to help their local food pantries.”

Myles Purchase, Tyler Moore, and Caleb Bacon were all named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team in 2022. Tommy Hamann was named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2022. The Iowa Pork Producers Association is pleased to work with these student-athletes to promote pork and the work of Iowa pig farmers, while aiding local communities.

“It’s something unique and it feels good to be able to do something for a good cause,” said Cyclones Defensive Back Myles Purchase, a junior from Denver, CO.

“It’s a really crazy way to incorporate all of our names and I think it’s a great way to promote Iowa pork producers too,” said Cyclone Tight End Tyler Moore, a redshirt sophomore from Des Moines.

When the picture of Tommy Hamann and Caleb Bacon together on the field went viral on social media, the players had several friends sharing the photo with them.

“I think it’s just hilarious being able to use play-on words on our last names in a super clever way to promote Iowa pork and it’s just an all-around great opportunity to bring us all together,” said Hamann, a redshirt freshman defensive end for the Iowa State Cyclones.

Caleb Bacon has heard jokes about his last name for much of his life. “People said I should take advantage of it, and it just came to fruition in that picture. I think it’s just good for our teammates and I’d like to thank the Iowa pork producers for the opportunity.” Bacon is a sophomore linebacker from Lake Mills, Iowa.

Iowa is the number one state in the nation for pork production and nearly 150,000 Iowans are employed by the pork industry.

A link to a 15-second “Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon” video is available at this link.