STL offense wasn't bad and anything is an improvement.

Saw Georges at the Cy-Hawk game today, got a discussion among our group about most popular Cyclone basketball player AFTER Fred Hoiberg. Niang was a an almost unanimous choice.
-4 year player
-successful tams while he was here
- related well to the community then and now.
Ejim and Morris were others mentioned but we agreed Georges was it.
Thoughts?

What am I missing here?? Why is the line so close? I know we're not great but we handled Ohio last year and don't know why we wouldn't be able to cover this easily...

Well it’s the day before game day less than 24 hours to go and no thread on this game. I’m not overlooking it unlike the rest of you. A loss here would pretty much be a season-killer.

Win conditions for this game are no different than the rest of the season: defense is stifling. Rocco throws no picks. We don’t screw up on special teams. Offense is good enough.

Some “nice to sees”: OLine is assertive in the run game. one of Norton or Sama becomes the primary 2-3 down back for the rest of the season. Receivers do anything more than the bare minimum.

Some potential horrible signs:
Continued horrid rushing game. More WR drops. Rocco throws multiple picks. We allow more than 17 pts.

Verdict: winnable game that we *should* win comfortably. Doesn’t mean we will. As long as we walk outta there with a W I’m happy.

What do you have?

Hawkeye gal sprawled on the ground near our tailgate. Her two friends helped to support her to walk.

Saw a guy literally sleeping or passed out in his chair by an RV as we were leaving the Haunted Forest

Hawkeye Fans tried to get into some seats and were told those were they someone else’s seats. Lady said they was their season tickets. Gal responded it was here parents tickets and knew who they gave the tickets to come to sit by them. Hawk lady called the gal a *****, which the gal’s husband heard. The husband was not a happy camper and responded, “What did you just say?” Thought all hell might break loose. Hawk lady just moved on with her husband who just kinda stood in the background.

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Will be making our way down from Columbus and looking forward to meeting up with fellow Clones

Nice brand but these aren't as cool as I would of hoped for $98

I’m tired of everyone claiming that ISUs young roster is a challenge with the insinuation that it will be a future benefit. In todays world of roster turnover, the future is now.

**** programs care about 6 wins for bowl eligibility and **** programs need multiple years to rebuild.

Unrealistic expectations for ISU, I am well aware, but it’s also todays reality.

Sold

I'm outraged because they call a football a pigskin. It isn't even made out of pig!

Not sure poking at Deion is wise. Guessing the Buffs lay it on them.

The large circle bar with only 3 bartenders doesn't work. I personally stood right up to the bar at the beginning of half-time and missed six minutes of the 3rd quarter before I got served. Either have more bartenders or lines starting at the card readers. 3 bartenders have no way of knowing who is next and to stand there and think it has got to be me next, only to wait another half an hour plus, is frustrating. Still tipped the bartender. It wasn't his fault. But come management, this is the same problem every year. Get more help in there!

Outside of the Joel Lanning packages, how many QB rushing attempts has his offense called since he's been in Ames?

We have the same talent as K-State, yet our coach refuses to use a weapon that they consistently use..

We need to be recruiting dual threat QB's not pocket passers, until our offensive line gets a pulse. Throwing 3 yard out routes and screen passes doesn't require Peyton Manning at QB

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They looked pretty good against Illinois last night.

I saw this posted somewhere on social media this week, had some fun asking the question to others, thought I'd throw it out here. When I first saw the question, a particular movie came to mind, but then I wanted to research other well-known movies from that year to see if any other choices would change my mind. None did and I stick by my choice of.....

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

What would be yours?

Got a new fan WITHOUT a light but with a remote. There is a light switch in the room that turned the old fan on/off. In the ceiling I have black, white, red, and metal ground. On the fan I have white, Black, and green. I wrapped the red up by itself, white to white, black to black, and green to ground. Nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

Since Yormark stated there would be a rebrand of the conference when it expands to 16 teams it got me thinking. Would a rebrand include a new name? Ever since the Big12 became 10 teams and the Big10 became 14 teams I've hated the numbered conference names. I much more like the regional names. With 16 teams in 3-4 time zones in 10 states across multiple regions what would a good rebranded name be? I'm thinking something like the NAC National Athletic Conference. Or to mess with everyone just call it the NCAA National Conference of Awesome Athletics.

Anyone with some graphic expertise want to make up some logo ideas?

Tired of watching Iowa put this game away by halftime because we know that two touchdowns in the second half is like climbing Mt. Everest on one leg
Tired of losing to a total mediocrity of a program because we can't do the simplest things that are supposed to be our calling card
Tired of not being able to pick up a single god damn yard when we really, really need one
Tired of running the most predictable play possible when we need that yard knowing full well we can't pull it off
Tired of the same game plan for 17 years in a row, because this year will be the time it finally works
Tired of our insistence on making Brian Ferentz look competent
Tired of watching Iowa fans reveling in our humiliation in our own stadium
Tired of wondering why a program with a NYD bowl game winning coach is asking itself these questions in the 8th year of that coach's tenure
Tired of wondering when these supposed great recruiting classes start to pay off

Tired - really, really tired - of this:
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....if Iowa has such a great defensive scheme (almost invincible judging by the podcasts) doesn't everyone in college football play the same scheme?

I'm no football genius, but I'm tired of hearing that nothing can be done against Iowa's defense. We are just supposed to accept we can hardly score on Iowa. This sounds like excuses to me. Every defense has holes.

I just got my new iPhone ordered. I started as an Android user, but Apple is so ubiquitous and I had a ton of Apple Music, so it made sense to switch.

My daughter has an iPhone, too, which I do love for the “Find My” functionality. No wondering where she is.

I know this is a divisive topic - but what is your phone brand and why?

I do like their products but it seems like there isn't much "growth?"

https://peacetreebrewing.com/blog/peace-tree-seeking-new-ownership/

I'm looking into opening accounts for my children that would be used for future educational expenses 13-15 years from now. I'm leaning towards opening a Roth IRA for them given if the money isn't used for education then they already have a retirement account that's been working for them. A 529 does have the benefit where the withdrawals don't count as income compared to the Roth.

What some of you done and what has been your experience with either?

Thanks