Don't know any details but just saw that Brock Purdy signed an endorsement deal with Toyota. The first NFL player to sign with them since they became an NFL sponsor. Hopefully it will allow him to stop eating mac and cheese! Ha!

This is related to the Robert Jones thread but I didn't want to harp on this there and taint what was suppose be an ode to Jones and is hard work.

Much like last year Otz is really dropping the ball in terms of utilizing/playing one of his best and most effective players. More than even my disdain for Jones' play last year was his usage, moreso Otz's penchant for for inserting BRE at the expense of Osun. While Osun had limitations, and had play sometimes dictated by foul trouble, he was often prematurely removed from games, without the faintest sign of fatigue. I maintained it was a huge mistake not to let the game (obvious signs of fatigue, foul trouble, or ineffectiveness) dictate Osun's minutes and I'm pretty sure we lost a game or two because of it.

This year Ward is an absolute force. Even more than Osun, he is one of the best players in league play when he's on the floor. We are offensively efficient and defensively devastating when he plays. Despite this, and for reasons I can't even begin to understand, Otz is arbitrarily limiting his minutes. Much like last year, the benefactor is often Jones.

Unlike last year, Jones' play isn't the reason for this concern. Bob is fine when he's on the court and I'd be happy with his utilization if he was our best or only option. The problem is he isn't and for that matter neither is King. Otz needs to play Ward until he shows he is ineffective, is in foul trouble (which has sometimes been an issue), or is obviously fatigued. But if you condition a player to only play 20ish minutes he will never learn how to manage a larger workload. I have seen nothing from Ward to indicate he isn't capable of such. While it's also likely he won't be as "fresh" (often a counterargument by some posters on here), no player is as "fresh" playing 30+ minutes compared to 20. That doesn't mean it's not the right move or that the team doesn't benefit by having a better player on the floor more. This would most certainly be the case here.

It's time for Otz to unleash the beast and allow Ward to show he can/can't handle the workload. It's not about Robert or even Tre, it's about Ward being the much better player of the 3. Largely I think Ward/Jones' minutes should mostly be dictated by the opponent and who (of those two) is more effective. In the KU game we needed King's scoring so Bob sits. In other games Bob will be the better player/matchup so King sits. Then there may be some games where Ward is ineffective or is in foul trouble. In those the other two (obviously) get more minutes.

Personally I think Otz's objectivity is clouded by Jones' work ethic. Tre and Osun should have both played more last year but Otz routinely overplayed Jones. This year Ward losing minuets to Jones (and even King). We are a much better team when Ward is on the floor and Otz is robbing the team of it's maximal potential by limiting his minutes. A 43.9% floor time rate is beyond criminal.

Solid video here out of Arizona.

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Would be interested to hear some opinons. Might turn this into a poll later on.


JFK..... Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Ed Asner, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Vincent D'Oronfino, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Brian Doyle-Murray, Michael Rooker, Donald Sutherland, etc.

The Outsiders..... Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Diane Lane.

The Godfather..... Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, James Caan, Robert DuVall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire.

The Firm..... Any movie that has Gary Busey and Wilford Brimley both, must be on this list. Also has Tom Cruise (not a fan), Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter and Hal Holbrook.

Pulp Fiction...... John "Butt Smurf" Travolta, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, Amanda Plummer, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel.

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My question is for Big 12 wrestling Championships tickets. Where should I buy tickets and are there certain sections for Iowa State fans?
Or do you contact the school?

Second solar eclipse in 7 years that I plan on getting somewhere to see. In 2017 it was over cast during totality. That was a bit of a bummer but still pretty cool. About to pull the trigger on a room in Dayton Ohio the night before for about half what everyone else is charging. Who else is planning on going somewhere?

Eclipse will be on April 8th.

Traffic was a **** show in 2017 but worth it in my opinion as these are quite rare. The next total eclipse in the US wont be until 2044.

Iowa State has made it official that the dual time for the UNI dual has moved to 1 p.m.
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Really weird story that I haven't seen much coverage of.



"Three Kansas City Chiefs fans were found frozen to death in the backyard of their friend’s home, where they had gathered to watch a game — but the homeowner is insisting he had “no knowledge” that their bodies had possibly been there for two days.

The bodies of David Harrington, 37, Ricky Johnson, 38, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, were found on the evening of Jan. 9 after the fiancée of one of the men requested a welfare check, Kansas City police told Fox Digital.

One man’s body was found on the back porch of the NW 83rd Terrace home, while the other two were discovered in the backyard.

But Jordan Willis, the man who was renting the home, had “no knowledge” that his friends were freezing to death on his property after they had watched Kansas City take on the LA Chargers in the last game of NFL regular season play on Jan. 7, police said."

No updated heights or weights yet—probably when summer drills start. For those of you who haven’t seen it, the newcomers are all listed. Nine early high school enrollees, the three transfers, and the “walkon” placekicker from Florida.

Oh, and grayshirt Carson Rhodes is unsurprisingly listed as an OL at 6’7” 245. Not sure how accurate that weight is—it was what they listed him at on Cyning Day last year.

Thought this would be a great discussion leading up to the Super Bowl.

Think back 2 years, prior to the NFL Draft. What were your REALISTIC and HONEST expectations for Purdy coming out of his ISU career?

Haven't seen any audio posted yet, but it's being reported on socials that he "definitely said it"

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How on earth can you lose approx a quarter mil per game?

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Second highest rated player by any service since 2000 (tied with JJ Kohl on On3). Only player higher is Allen Lazard.

Expect big things from the 6'4" Speedster. Noah Pauley is the truth.

The Big 10 announced their 2024-28 future opponents today has their been any talk/speculation when the Big 12 would be releasing theirs with the 4 new teams joining? Big 12 going to do the "Flex Protect" Model like the B1G?

Why is Bilas wearing this??? Good God...

Anyone have suggestions on where to watch Saturday game in Scottsdale az. Thanks

@kentkel @azhuth09 @Cardinal and Gold @Bubbahotep @ameslurker @delt4cy @Cybyassociation @el tornado @TOFB4ISU @packattack425 @daniel22

100-62 Let's Go!!

Hopefully the rain holds off. If only there were a stadium with a roof within 90 miles they could play at instead...

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Interesting 49ers story.

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This will be interesting to follow, and maybe @brentblum can give us some insights. Tennessee is under very intense scrutiny across numerous sports right now for NIL violations. Even when an SEC team can finally cheat legally they do it wrong.

If you remember, OSU provided a solid opponent when we traveled to Stillwater. I looked for this game to be competitive. Upon arriving at Hilton, OSU looked to be very short handed as Gusters isn’t here. Apparently another injury. I’ve not seen so many Big 12 teams lose so many key players as we’ve seen this season.

Bristow again started and made some great hustle plays rebounding and going after loose balls. Our posts were a little out of sync with OSU collapsing on them immediately. Brown looked fully recovered from her illness and was getting it done inside and out scoring 7 of the team’s first 9 points. Free throws kept OSU in the game early as we kept fouling on drives. Meanwhile our offense stalled out and we made some really bad passes. Six turnovers alone in the first. OSU went on a 13-6 run after the sisters started out 9-0. Fortunately, Bristow would get a traditional three and the sisters lead 18-13 after one. A bit shaky after a fast start for sure.

The second quarter was like watching the keystone cops on both ends for a while. Neither team could make a shot. The sisters were a miserable 3-14 from deep at this point. There was no flow to the game on offense at all. After Belanger nailed a trey we gave up one of those wide open threes we’ve seen way too often over the past three games. Jackson answered with one of her own. Boy was it nice to see her making shots again. We followed with a shot clock violation. It’s either feast or famine. As with the past three games when the ladies do something good on offense they break down on defense. What was awesome was seeing Crooks demanding the ball and get on a roll. But OSU would hit a trey at the buzzer and it was 32-28 at the half. Only 3 turnovers that quarter, but lots of hits and misses.

The third started with Crooks missing a few close shots and OSU would score five straight to pull within one. OSU would then take the lead as Audi just watches a girl drive by her. Very strange non-reaction. Our offense was just sputtering at this point and the defense was up and down. Belanger would hit a trey to break a 36 all tie, but our defense would again leave OSU wide open for a tying three. This was just a struggle any way you look at it. Another wide open trey would actually put OSU in the lead 44-41. This is like a broken record on defense. After another miss we gave up yet another wide open three. At this moment OSU was just out-hustling ISU. Crooks scored again to cut the lead to three 44-47 to instigate a shift in the game dynamic. Ryan followed with a trey after some nice passing to give the sisters the lead once more 49-47. Ryan nailed another three and the sisters got a great defensive stop and at the end of three it was 52-47 ISU. Nice way to close it out on a 10-0 run.

The fourth started with an OSU bucket. But nice ball movement would result in an AJ trey. Brown would follow with a bucket. After a traditional three by OSU, AJ hits another trey and suddenly the lead was ten at 62-52. Ball movement is the name of the game at it impacted the offensive flow tremendously. Crooks was unstoppable and the ladies were finding her down low consistently. Interestingly, on offense OSU was playing five girls outside (no post) with our four trying to guard leaving Crooks in middle not guarding anyone. OSU would hit two treys in a row using this formula. With five minutes left ISU led 66-58. The game at this point was feed Audi and it worked again and again. As Audi said in the post game she enjoyed being guarded by a 5’6” player. The threes stopped falling for OSU and it was 72-60 with 2:42 to play. Brown makes a no look assist for another AJ trey. If you didn’t get to see this it left the Hilton crowd breathless. This pass all by itself is worth rewatching the game. As the game wound down, beautiful passing would net another Crooks bucket and a 78-65 lead. It became chew clock time with our main crew now on the bench. The ladies coast in to a hard fought 78-67 victory.

Observations

POG - most would think Audi on this one, but no…its Emily Ryan. After a truly miserable game at WVU, Ryan was a floor general tonight. She had nine points and nine boards and an astounding 14 assists. Yes, FOURTEEN.

Assists - how about 27 assists on 32 made shots? That’s a formula for success. That spells ball movement. This is the most critical stat of the game.

Turnovers - first quarter was an ugh with six. Second quarter down to three. How about ONE in the entire second half? I’ll take that.

Crooks - OK…POG #2. A career high 29 points as she was unstoppable for the most part inside. Add in 8 boards.

Brown - so I understand she was sick last week which would explain some things. Tonight she was our scoring in the first and then was quiet on offense for two quarters. And then she got going again. How about 14 points, 8 boards, 9 assists, one block, 2 steals and one turnover. Is she a point guard or a forward? Wow.

AJ - her offense makes a HUGE difference to this team. She was back on track tonight after battling a hand injury as she netted 12 points and 2 boards. Also did a great job handling the ball.

Bristow - Strangely we didn’t see much of her tonight. Started off with her usual hustle and then spent a lot of time on the bench. Three points a 2 boards.

Joens - Only nine minutes of play time. No points, boards or assists. We missed her production.

Belanger - the senior provided some real help hitting three treys, but missed seven attempts. They were big when she hit them though. Nine points total.

Natabou - I thought she played hard tonight. She struggles to score sometimes as she continues to put the ball up too hard. (she did have one pretty soft shot early!). She is starting to show a propensity to foul.

Diew - played some very good defense tonight, her offense is still MIA. One three point attempt which was an airball.

Rebounding - this team has out rebounded everyone so far this year. This time it was 40-33.

Why was the game so close? ISU practiced for one team (with Gusters in the middle) and had to play a five guard rotation instead. This really caused some problems. Add to it that OSU had two players hit some big threes that normally don’t happen. That’s basketball folks. OSU was very scrappy tonight and I was impressed. In the end, this was a big win to get off that nasty three game losing streak. KSU lost to OU by three tonight and that puts OU in first place in the conference. I’m so impressed with how good KSU has been since Lee went down. I did not expect it. So, the ladies have win #1 in the second half of the season. Saturday they play an 11 AM game against UCF. UCF has the top scorer in the conference and not much else. They are in last place with one win against lowly Houston. Should be a win, but the good ISU team needs to show up. I’m hoping what we saw in the fourth quarter tonight was a resurgence of the ISU team we know and love.

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#7 Kansas (16-3, 4-2 BIG 12)
#23 IOWA STATE (15-4, 4-2 BIG 12)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH 12:30 P.M. CST
HILTON COLISEUM / AMES, IA


TV: CBS
Talent: Ian Eagle pxp Bill Raftery, analyst Jay Wright, analyst

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (Varsity Network)
CRN Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)

I made a list last year, might as well do one this year as well. I had a list started on my work computer but deleted it by accident. Here are the ones I can name off the top of my head...

QB Grant Roach - Buffalo
RB Joshua Thomas - West Georgia
RB Martinez Syria - Texas Southern (Ran for over 800 yds last year at Kilgore College in Longview, TX)
WR PJ Harris - West Georgia
WR Jauan Wesley - N. Illinois
WR JaQuarius Daniels - W. Texas A&M
WR Marley Allison - Winona State
TE Alex Leslie - Houston
TE Scotty Schaffner - Missouri State
TE Jake Ortale - Satan Barbara JUCO
OL Duaron "Big Dawg" Williams - Tennessee State
DT Devlyn Cousin - West Georgia
DE Collin Bevins - NW Missouri State
DE Alton Meeks - N. Illinois
LB Jordan Harris - LA Tech
CB Damein Lawry - Prairie View A&M
S TJ Mutcherson - UCF
S Ace Rogers - Minnesota

Missing in Action:
QB Dom DeLira
RB Tyler Brown
WR D'Vario Montgomery
WR Tyus Mason
WR Jake Rhoads
WR Clayton Henning (was on the roster a couple years ago. I think he was drafted by the KC Royals IIRC, so he is probably pursuing a baseball career)
C Nick Severs - no longer playing football.
OL Clark Johnson. Was a true freshman walk-on from Connecticut last year.
DB Oscar Opara
S Kamari Syrie
S Trevor Hodge (was at Riverside CC last year)

DT Ma'Kayle Phillips quit the team but is still a student at ISU. I think he saw action in a few games last year.

EDIT: TE Jake Ortale will be a sophomore at Santa Barbara College this year. Check out the first play in this highlight video, he makes a catch in triple coverage.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/5409738/highlights/314352393

WBB: Audi Crooks set a career high for the third straight game in Iowa State's return to the win column Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum.