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We have an extra pair of tickets for Texas in Section 230 Row 2. Asking $75 per ticket.

I reached out to the contact at KU that helped us with a block of 60 tickets for Football and can get a group rate on tickets for this Saturday(not exactly sure on details yet). I'd love to quickly see how much interest there is here so I can go back with as big of request as possible for negotiations.

Feel free to reply here or DM me with how many you'd be interested in and I'll work on getting more details.

And if you can't go, share with your friends! I know it's not the same as FB but the group tix we got were about half the price of buying individually.

Sec 225, row 12, seats 9-11. $45 a piece. Can transfer right away.

Thanks!!

Enjoy!

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Who do you think so far this season is the Men's most valuable player in basketball. You can see reasons for a couple. Curious to see what others are thinking.

Looking for 3 for Texas. Let me know what you have, thanks.

Section 138, Row 4

$100 a ticket for the Hunter reunion ($200 total) PM if interested.

Looks like David Montgomery Jr made his entrance into the world recently. David seems like he’d make an awesome dad. 2023 is looking up for him getting out of Chicago and becoming a father. Congrats, David!

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Seeing a lot of rumors about this. Who in their right mind thinks this is a good idea?

With improved special teams in 2022 we would have won at least 6 games and been bowling for the 6th year in a row, but that's not what happened and special teams was a disaster for the ISU football team, once again. So, for the hell of it, lets pretend Campbell hires a special teams coordinator this off-season - which I think is a very likely scenario. We have 3 open coaching positions; Strength coach, OL coach and essentially a third opening we can be open to something new with. The strength coach is what it is, the OL coach is what it is - and usually OL coaches aren't also a special teams coordinator, so that leaves us with our third open coaching position. Right now Scheelhouse is the OC/WR/RB coach, so ideally we would hire a special teams coordinator that would also coach WR's or RB's and take one of those positions away from Scheelhouse.

I don't know who all Campbell is connected to so I'm going to toss out some names that I could potentially see being options for us.

1. IMO, my #1 guy would be Brian Haines from App State. He's from WV but had spent a good majority of his career in Ohio so he could be connected to Campbell somehow. He's currently the special teams coordinator and RB's coach at App State.

Named a 2021 candidate for the Broyles Award that goes to the nation’s top assistant, Haines coached a running back group that helped App State extend its FBS-leading streak of consecutive years with a 1,000-yard rusher to 10 and directed a special teams group that included kicker Chandler Staton, who received first-team All-America recognition, and Jalen Virgil, who had two kickoff returns for touchdowns.

App State ranked 16th nationally in overall special teams based on the Fremeau Efficiency Index (FEI) that combines kickoff return, kickoff, punt return, punt and field goal efficiency into one overall rating.

App State’s two leading backs (Nate Noel, Camerun Peoples) both rushed for more than 900 yards while ranking No. 2 and No. 3 in rushing yards per game in the Sun Belt, and that came a year after the Mountaineers were the only FBS team in the country to have four running backs rush for at least 500 yards.


2. Adam Scheier brings 26 years of collegiate coaching experience into 2022, including the last 22 working with special teams. Prior to coming to Temple, Scheier spent two seasons as Rutgers' special teams coordinator. The Scarlet Knights ranked 7th in the ESPN Special Teams Efficiency Ratings in 2020 and improved to No. 4 in 2021.

This guy has been a stud everywhere he's been and has coached WR's and RB's before but it's been a little while. He most recently has been a ST Coordinator while working with the TE's at Temple.

3. Erik Link - he's a Drake graduate and has been on the ISU staff before. He's currently the Special Teams coordinator and TE's coach at Mizzou and has coached Andrew Mevis's brother (who is an All American Kicker) the last few years. He was also previously at App State where their special teams units were very impressive.

Under Link's guidance, Appalachian State ranked in the nation's top 30 in numerous special teams categories, including a national-best seven blocked kicks (five kicks/two punts), without allowing a single blocked kick or punt. The 2019 Mountaineers also ranked in the following special teams categories: punt return coverage (15th NCAA/1st Sun Belt – 3.65 avg.), kickoff returns (16th NCAA/1st Sun Belt – 24.4 avg.) and kickoff return coverage (28th NCAA/3rd Sun Belt – 18.91 avg.).

It would be in ISU and Campbell's best interest to fill the third coaching position with someone who could not only take a position group away from our first year OC, but also someone who could double as a special teams coordinator because the coaching-special-teams-by-committee approach he's tried, isn't working. Also, not shockingly, the teams with the top 9 special teams units in 2022 all have special teams coordinators. Make the right move, Matt!

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Texas Tech (10-5, 0-3 BIG 12)
#14 IOWA STATE (12-2, 3-0 BIG 12)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10TH 7:00 P.M. CST
HILTON COLISEUM / AMES, IA


TV: ESPN+
Talent: Shawn Kenney, pxp Lance Blanks, analyst

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

Just saw the new shirt for Lipsey. Has CF ever done a local pick-up option on these?

Figured we should have a thread to track the in-state teams efforts to reach March Madness.

Iowa 16-6 Net #21 Looking good but still work to do.
UNI 19-3 Net #43 Having a great year...could get an at large but can't lose more than 1 more regular season game IMO.
ISU 9-12 Net #73 Net ranking higher than I'd thought, probably need to go 8-2 for a chance at an at-large.....just kidding, need to win B12 tourney
Drake 15-8 Net 153 Good year...NET sux....need to win conference tourney.

Headed back to Tahoe to ski in early March and in desperate need of new proper ski jacket and pants. There are so many brands it's causing me anxiety. What are your favorite brands and products when it comes to ski jackets and pants?

Open to anything except crazy pricey like Arcteryx. Really like stuff in the mid-range from Patagonia, North Face, Helly Hansen, Stio, Montbell, but it's overwhelming.

What the blue fuckk is this? I saw that Tom Kakert posted he was done at Hawkeye Report (Rivals) but now the entire site is called 'Go Iowa Awesome'? What a horribly stupid name.

www.iowa.rivals.com

This is the craziest ******* stat I’ve ever seen.

Since this can be a high priced investment that I will have to live with for the next 10 years or more (I hope), I wanted to get the thoughts of the Cyclone Fanatic brethren. With the tons of different models/types of mattresses on the market today I wanted to get the thoughts and experiences that others have had when buying a new mattress- do you like it or buyers remorse?
I think that I am leaning towards a king size, firm mattress. Other than that I really dont know what I want in a new mattress.

TIA

2023 has claimed another. Remember watching him while I was a young fella

Here are some quotes from a DM Register article today from CMC regarding the offense:

"With Iowa State last in the Big 12 most statistical categories and ranked 110th nationally in scoring, there’s a natural inclination to wonder if something is structurally or philosophically wrong with the Cyclones’ offense.

That, though, is not what coach Matt Campbell says he sees when he watches film of his team.

“With that, you see inept, an inability to function,” Campbell said of a hypothetical fundamentally flawed group. “Those aren’t our issues. Where we’re at offensively, it’s been the inconsistency.”

"“It’s not the call. It’s not the play. They are all there,” Campbell said. “It’s the execution of it. Those are things that continue to lead to inconsistency. That’s the hard thing about it and the frustrating thing about it.

Even has the players spouting the exact same thing. Per Noel - "“It wasn’t the play call. It was just us executing the play, being able to pick up the right blocks and do our right assignments to be able to execute that play.” Also - "“Knowing that it’s the execution part, knowing that it’s something we can fix and hold ourselves accountable for is in a way a good thing because we know we can go back and fix it.”

CMC is doubling/tripling down on his offense and play-calling. Given this, I expect to see little change for next year (staff, offense plays, scoring, and ultimately record). I guess he has now watched the tape and has decided it is not his system that is at fault. Unsurprising to say the least.

Dead at 54 following cardiac arrest

Welcome back to “On That Note,” CF’s interactive weekly music series, hosted by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and me, cyclones500.

With a new year underway, the focus this time is concept of “beginning.”

1. Songs with titles containing forms of “begin” and “start,” or any word connected with the concept (random examples: launch, forward, dawning, take off)
2. Songs containing lyrics with the relevant words, but they should be significant part of the lyrical flow. There is some leeway with key words as long as it encompasses the basic theme (you’re allowed to “get a little creative” if it’s conceptual).

• In case you missed it: Last week’s OTN: Smiley Smile

As a starting point, here’s the thread’s namesake ...

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