Time for this again as the season ends. Probably wont use this as a tracker thread as there's so many dudes, but if someone else wants to start one go for it.

Opening the thread with a WR piece I dont know a ton on but is someone we could probably use

UPDATE: The transfer rules for this season are that the transfer window opens on December 5th. Grad transfers can jump in whenever they want to. For football the windows are:

Transfer Window 1: December 5th - January 19th
Transfer Window 2: May 1st - May 15th

Hope that helps everyone make sense of all of this


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Today's Athletic article (Subscription required)

“From Day 1, I feel like that’s what they’ve said about this place: You can’t sustain it. It’s not doable,” Campbell said. “The more things change, the more they say it can’t happen. You’ve got to be uncommon here and be willing to do it in an uncommon way. That’s the thing I love about this place. I know this program is really what I believe, or at least how I believe you should run a college football program. We still get to do that here."​

Why Matt Campbell had to fix The Process at Iowa State

As challenging as the Cyclones' last two seasons have been, there’s nowhere Campbell would rather be, running a rising program his way.

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A rooster that comes in the house and murders you:
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Our competition this year for more marquee matchups are:


Nebraska at Colorado (rivalry and the Deion storyline)

Texas A&M at Miami

Wisconsin at Wazzu

Oklahoma State at Arizona State

Utah at Baylor

Oregon at Texas Tech

Notre Dame at NC State

Auburn at Cal

Arizona at Mississippi State

Purdue at Virginia Tech


Reminder that Texas at Alabama is already primetime on ESPN

Burnley and Sheffield United are moving up from the Championship, along with the winner of Saturday’s match between Luton Town and Coventry City.

Southampton is guaranteed relegation, but Leicester City, Leeds and Everton are in play for the other two slots. Nottingham Forest would be there but not for an improbable win over Arsenal this weekend.

My prediction: Leicester City loses to both Newcastle and West Ham. Leeds beat Spurs 3-1 and Everton loses to Bournemouth, seeing Everton related from the Premier League for the first time ever!

Iowa State commit Abu Sama was named Gatorade Iowa Football Player of the Year today:

Josef Newgarden wins the 500 and wants to get into the grandstands.

He makes his way in, NBC follows and on his way out, this dude is wearing a sweet I State Jack Trice 5 stripe t-shirt is in the right place.

LET'S GO STATE!!!!!

With all the attention garnered by Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham being promoted from non-League football to League Two, I wonder if anybody is paying attention to or interested in the Luton Town story.

Before the formation of the present Premier League, Luton Town FC was in the English First Division for a decade (1981-1992), then going into a free-fall which found them in the non-League Fifth Division from 2009-2014. They won the National League in 2014, then were promoted from League Two in 2018 and League One in 2019. The finished third in the English Championship (2nd Division) this year and are in a playoff with Coventry to see who will be promoted to the Premier League.

In short, Luton Town F.C. is on the verge of doing what Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are eventually hoping to do with Wrexham. I think it's a pretty cool story and wanted to know what other soccer fans think about it.

Frost got things started last week, Herm Edwards got the axe today. With these big contracts, this stuff is going to be starting sooner and sooner every year. Neither are a suprise but its pretty crazy to be in week 3 and have 2 p5 jobs already open.

Please only respond to this if you are familiar with this eclipse I am talking about here, which is occurring on April 8 2024.

I was living in Omaha at the time of the last big one in the US, so it was a leisurely drive to Beatrice Nebraska. I looked closely at some eclipse maps, and the best places to observe this one will be in southern Texas or Mexico. I have never been to either one, though. So, I would appreciate suggestions for motels in cities on the totality line, preferably as far south as possible. Can I book motels this far in advance? Smaller cities might be preferable to avoid crowds, but motels might fill up quicker in such cities.

Safe to say he's made a splash in Indiana so far.
Tyrese Haliburton will drive a pace car before Sunday's Indianapolis 500:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2023/05/...ry-pace-car-driver-at-107th-indianapolis-500/

I am reaching to my CF brethren for advise on a PDF software. On occasion, I receive PDF files that I need to provide notes or markup and forward to others. This is seldom and does not justify the cost to purchase a full version of Acrobot Abode or other completing PDF softwares, but I am yet to find a free downloadable version that does more than just open the fie and let you view it. Would anybody be aware of a free (or close to it) version that would open the PDF and also allow you to add notes/comments to the file? Your recommendations are appreciated.

Just added to my YTTV account but I'm working today. Anyone had a chance to check it out yet?

There is a video of the entire Bishop Garrigan vs Hopkins Minnesota game on YouTube for those interested in seeing Audi Crooks other than in highlights. Hopkins of course is the large school Minnesota team that produces Division 1 players year after year. And Bishop Garrigan is an Iowa small school team. So a mismatch in the talent pool because of school size just like when Lexi Donarski's Aquinas team player Hopkins a couple years. I just started watching but Audi seems to get up and down the floor well. Had one basket so far, some nice passes out of the post and swished a couple free throws.

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These are…amazing!

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PIT - Steelers ink Hakeem Butler

Source: XFL.com

Free-agent WR Hakeem Butler (XFL) signed an undisclosed contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday, May 16.

I hope he makes the team and sticks with PIT. Would make a great story coming back through the XFL.

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Best home slate in a very long time. Iowa, UNI, Mizzou, Pitt will all be great duals

Hadn't started up a thread for this season yet. Am enjoying this season so far, the cast has some fun personalities and are already playing the game hard it feels like. Crazy they had the medical issues from the start too.

I like the new twists from the start too with the risking up to 2 votes for the possibility of an advantage then the advantages were not identical either. The bag in the cage with the idol and fake idol was a great new way of creating chaos. Already have 1 fake idol successfully planted with Danny planting the key again and Matt finding it.

Wish I had started this from episode 1 to keep better track of what has gone on so far and been more fresh in my mind plus I'm watching it a day or so later now that my 3rd grade daughter wants to watch it with us now too. Some random thoughts I have:

- My favorite player right now is Danny. He's playing a sneaky game strategically while not overplaying it so far.
- Carolyn is a bit nutty but I think she would be a good person to align with if you can keep her calm enough as I think her only move at the moment is to find a few people to stay loyal with and be part of some votes
- Yam Yam is quite the character, such a happy personality and playing a good social game so far
- The "love connection" going on with Matt and Frannie while entertaining we all know how that winds up eventually as they just put bigger targets on them to be voted out.
- So far there isn't a player that I just loathe but maybe give it a couple more weeks and someone might start to annoy me. Overall really think they put together a good cast this season compared to some of the more recent ones.

There’s an old ISU vs Iowa video that used to grace the internet. It’s two animated fans with computer narration talking **** - with an Iowa bias. I believe it was called “State of the Nations” or something similar. There’s a Seneca Wallace reference included. It’s a legendary video amongst my friends but we can not locate it online. Does anyone know what I’m talking about or have it saved down?

2-0 win for Arsenal over Palace today to kick off the PL season.

Welcome to another edition of “On That Note,” CF’s weekly music series, co-hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.


This week we are looking for songs with the words believe (in all forms) and belief in the title or lyrics.


Last Week: 'Remember' to make a 'Memory'

Watch this video recording of mysterious lights up in Rolling Fork, MS massive EF4 Tornado on March 24, 2023.

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