I've watched some games where the announcers get this right. But today's game -- and so many others -- gloss over the parts of the story that are critically important, especially in our current era.

Jack Trice was not just the first black player on Iowa State's football team. He was one of the early black players outside of HCBUs generally, because colleges and their sports teams were heavily segregated in that era.

Jack Trice did not just die after a football game. He was trampled (ultimately to death) by racists during a game in Minnesota of all places.

This white-washing of Jack Trice's story to make it more appealing to a general audience is obnoxious, and if networks aren't going to tell the full story, I almost wish they wouldn't bring it up at all.

/end rant.

4 tickets for the Oklahoma State game on September 23 in Section 9 Row 8 Seats 11-14. $150 per ticket and will sell in groups of two. Venmo and mobile tickets will be transferred. 641-751-5956

I know there are plenty of other things to talk about, however. Anyone else notice the students stopped partaking in cowbell with the band?? Sat there confused as the whole student section sat on their hands while it was played.

Moving the students away from the band has really negatively impacted the energy in the stadium.

Why was the flag picked up when Ferentz called their 3rd time out in the 2nd quarter when they had 12 men in the huddle?

We have to have the worst route tree in college football!

Tired of all the 5 yard out routes. Our passing game philosophy basically gives us no chance for yards after catch!

Why can't we run something over the middle, maybe a few crossing routes?

Iowa State's late rally in Saturday's Cy-Hawk loss was overshadowed by early mistakes.

@RobWGray has more from JTS.

The good: The conference is going to be pretty bad ass going forward. Especially, starting next year, no program should be automatically expected to win the conference. I’m expecting lots of competitive games that are fun to watch and new rivalries form while the pundits decide college football is now only about the Big 10 and SEC. Meanwhile, it will be fun watching weekly Big 12 games that decide the conference playoff game with multiple teams in the mix.

The bad: ISU didn’t play well and lost to Iowa again. Scoring points will be challenging and wins won’t be easy. Going to be a challenging year in conference play.

The ugly: Conference new joiners this year and next are hungry and going to make waves. The conference is going to be up for grabs and that favors programs ready to step up and stake a claim. If I look at program trends, I don’t see ISU in that category. CMC has a long leash from Pollard and he’s also stubborn. He’s going to be so far outside looking in by year 10 of his tenure.

I’m having an issue where my router is constantly kicking devices off the network. We switched to Metronet about a month ago and have an Eero Router with one extender. The Echo devices get kicked off constantly to the point they’re almost useless because I have to put them in setup mode and get in the app to connect again. My phone will randomly go back to LTE instead of Wi-Fi and I have to toggle on and off again.

We purchased a high enough package that we aren’t limited to devices (we have around 15-20 with the kids ****, ring, nest, TVs, etc.) I’ve also never been able to hit more than like 250 down on 1 gig service in the same room as the router. These are my speed tests since we switched.

163 entered and after week 1 we are down to 144.

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


This week is CyHawk and ISU is undefeated and an underdog. Like last year I'm offering chance to take ISU and get 3 bonus points if they win.

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1. Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
2. Don't pm me the pick, post on here your pick.
3. You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
4. The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
5. Only games that have a FBS school facing another FBS school are eligible to be picked.
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14. You can't join in during the middle of the season.
    Please include prior weeks picks with your pick for the week.

Have any questions, pm me or ask in the thread. Thanks!

I haven't seen this posted yet:
http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...na-defensive-coordinator-stepping-down-020917

Well apparently my cousin does.

The ceremony will go over the start and the reception will probably start during half time.

Do I put the game on my phone during the ceremony?

Bride and Groom are both Hawk fans, how do I make sure they never live this down the rest of their lives?

What's a good "excuse" I could use to get out of this until the game is over? ... unless?

Sorry, couldn't resist. Absolutely brutal clock management. I hope he gets roasted in the presser for it (though I know he won't).

Discuss

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3 hillside for Hawks game

We hit a 56 yd FG!!!!!!!!!! did hell just freeze over??

Gone

That's all I need. Would lile $80 or less. Willing to Venmo or PayPal. Thanks!

Selling 2 tickets: West stands, 35 yard line, halfway up, near the aisle. Section F, Row 16, seats 5 and 6. $250 for the pair. Cyclone fans only.

0-0 barn burner nearing half. I'm rooting for a 0-0 tie.

When did it become a thing to trot around in the dugout with a trident or a samurai helmet or, gawd forbid, a powdered wig after you hit a home run? It has to be one of the silliest, newest, most annoying rituals in sports, right up there with the log chains, axes, title belts defenders run and grab after a securing a turnover in football.

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