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Group cruise thought

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This is Iowa State fan related but figured I would put it in this bucket just incase.
Anyway, my wife and I take cruises pretty consistently (3 or 4 times a year) so I am curious if anyone knows of any group cruises with Iowa State fans that have happened in the past or are going to happen in the future? We are looking for a bit of variety and enjoyed a different group cruise late lest year. As such, we are now more interested in using cruising more socially and in groups as the destinations we haven't been too are diminishing. If anyone knows of a group of Iowa State group cruisers I would like to link up with them to see where they are going and if we can take part.

If nothing like this has happened before or is not the next couple years. I might look into creating one but if that is the case I would be interested to know if there are others that would even be interested.

Thanks all.
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VIDEO: Dresser, Swiderski and Bastida

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Weekly availability video!

Enjoy!

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VIDEO: Dresser give team updates, Bastida and Swiderski talk about growth - Cyclone Fanatic

Head coach Kevin Dresser gave status updates on injuries and dove into what he hopes to see from his freshmen as they go through growing pains and expectations for Utah Valley. Plus, Bastida and Swiderski discuss their personal growth and confidence.
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Great stuff from Dresser and Swiderski about growing pains. It's just nuts how confident Paniro and Swiderski are.
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Saturday's 125-year Kansas basketball reunion to feature some of the biggest names in program history...

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Saturday's 125-year Kansas basketball reunion to feature some of the biggest names in program history

It’ll be a Kansas basketball festival for the ages this weekend, when the 2nd-ranked KU men’s basketball team plays host to No. 14 Iowa State, with a 125-year celebration serving as an exciting complement to the main event. <strong>By Matt Tait</strong>
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Who's ready for some good old Kansas home cookin'?
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***#15 Iowa State vs. Kansas State (Wed., 6:30)***

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Who: No. 15 Iowa State (10-3, 2-1 Big 12) vs. Kansas State (12-4, 1-2 Big 12)
Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa
When: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 – 6:30 p.m.

The Links
WATCH: Big 12 Now
PxP: Shawn Kenney
Analyst: Molly Parrott

LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf
Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson

LIVE STATS

IOWA STATE GAME NOTES (PDF) | KANSAS STATE GAME NOTES (PDF)

PROJECTED STARTERS
#15 IOWA STATEKANSAS STATE
F - 31 Kane (6-3 SR*); 3.8 ppg, 4.0 rpgF - 1 Shematsi (6-2 GR); 6.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg
G/F - 21 Joens (6-1 SR); 20.1 ppg, 9.2 rpgG - 3 J. Glenn (6-1 SO); 12.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg
G - 3 Fritz (5-11 FR*); 6.3 ppg, 3.8 rpgG - 5 B. Glenn (6-1 SO); 8.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg
G - 21 Donarski (6-0 JR); 12.7 ppg, 3.4 apgG - 12 Gregory (6-0 SR); 21.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg
G - 11 Ryan (5-11 JR); 12.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 7.2 apgG - 4 Sundell (6-1 SO); 11.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 5.3 apg
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**Coaching Carousel Mafia**

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The coaching carousel is in full swing. Power grabs are causing fans to clench their butt cheeks out of concern that their coach - theirs! - might take a job at a school that ALLEGEDLY has better tradition or a higher pay. As fans, your job is to sniff out the schools trying to poach your coach and help him understand that he needs to stay!

Players

The Good Guys

The Head Coach
  • This person is the most important in the game. They are college football's crowned "next big hire" for schools everywhere. Specifically, they are the target of:
    • The Blue Bloods
    • The Mega Donors
    • The TV Broadcaster
    • The NCAA Sanctioner
  • As The Head Coach, this player is also the top recruiter for the school and therefore gets an investigation nightly. This investigation is carried with them to other schools or organizations if they leave.
  • The Head Coach is impervious to night hits from either mafia the first 3 nights (this will be announced without noting the target).
The Fallback Coach
  • Once considered the greatest coach in your school's history, this player's work has been outdone by the recent accolades of The Head Coach. This player has the ability to assuage fans if The Head Coach is lost and thus has the ability to protect/heal/whatever one player each night (this is not at all dependent on The Head Coach, just made for a good write-up. They're the doctor).
The Top Assistant
  • This player is loyal - FOREVER - to The Head Coach's current school. If The Head Coach leaves for another school, The Top Assistant takes over the abilities of The Head Coach but remains The Top Assistant and CANNOT be recruited to another school.
The AD
  • This player is trying to counter any and all attempts to poach The Head Coach. As such, they are allotted one night hit during each two day period (i.e. they can kill once in day 1 and 2, once in day 3 and 4, etc.). If the AD can successfully off someone who poached The Head Coach, they will bring The Head Coach BACK to their school. This will obviously cause all sorts of mayhem, which I am wont to do.
The Fall Guy Assistant
  • Sometimes things aren't going as well as they should. Special teams isn't performing up to expectations and some fans want change. For this player, that's bad. Heck, this player didn't even know they were the special teams coach, they thought it was a myth. If things are looking dicey for the AD (or if the AD thinks things are looking dicey for The Head Coach) they can choose to "fire" The Fall Guy. This simply switches The Fall Guy Assistant's votes with the player of the AD's choosing at the end of the day. This will not be announced unless The Fall Guy Assistant or the player whose votes are swapped end up eliminated.
Fans
  • The remaining players are all fans. Some are disgruntled fans, expecting more from The Head Coach and willing to let him leave for greener pastures. Some are happy fans, wanting The Head Coach to stay and continue to build a storied program. If the number of disgruntled fans equals or exceeds the number of happy fans The Head Coach is potentially heading for another school...
How these roles were messaged:
  • You are a regular fan who is currently happy with the direction the program is headed.
  • You are a regular fan who is currently unhappy with the direction the program is headed.
The Bad Guys (Blue Bloods)

The Blue Blood AD
  • This player offers a player the opportunity to coach at their school on a semi-nightly basis (odd nights). If The Head Coach is offered AND The Head Coach's support is at or below 50% then The Head Coach joins the Blue Bloods. If The Head Coach is currently working for the Other Bad Guys, recruitment fails.
The Scouting Firm
  • This player can check the role of any player on a nightly basis.
The Blue Bloods also get a nightly hit.

The Other Bad Guys ($$$)

The Mega Donor
  • This player is literally made of money. They are willing to pay anything at all (up to $25 million per year, let's be reasonable here) to get The Head Coach to come to their school. They can offer The Head Coach a job on a semi-nightly basis (even nights). If The Head Coach is offered AND The Head Coach's support is at or below 50% then The Head Coach joins the Other Bad Guys. If The Head Coach is currently working for the Blue Bloods poaching fails.
The Scouting Firm Deux
  • This player can check the role of any player on a nightly basis.
The Other Bad Guys also get a nightly hit.

The Neutrals

TV Broadcaster
  • This player's goal is to poach The Head Coach and/or the Blue Blood AD. They choose a player semi-nightly (even nights) to recruit for their Saturday morning pre-game show. If they can do this, they will have the most successful pre-game show ever and if their pre-game show can survive until the end of the game, they win. Note that this player can continue attempting to poach if they successfully poach one of the two. If the Blue Blood AD is recruited that player loses their own recruitment power.
NCAA Sanctioner
  • Look, the NCAA somehow always wins. So this player automatically wins. But, to make it interesting, this player has the ability to sanction any of the three universities. To do this, the NCAA Sanctioner chooses one player nightly. If they happen to choose The Head Coach, The Blue Blood AD or The Mega Donor, the NCAA will begin an investigation. At the beginning of the following day the mayor will announce the school is under investigation (e.g. if NCAA Sanctioner chooses The Head Coach night 2, announcement comes start of day 3). The NCAA Sanctioner can choose to say they know who the player is under investigation or not. After 3 days the NCAA Sanctioner concludes their investigation and decides if they want to sanction the player (kill them).
  • This player's PRIMARY goal is to survive past The Head Coach, The Blue Blood AD and The Mega Donor. If they can do this, they really really win. If both mafias are eliminated before The Head Coach, they cannot win.
Win Conditions
  • The Good Guys: eliminate the two mafias
  • The Blue Bloods: eliminate the Other Bad Guys and have more people remaining than Good Guy + Neutral survivors
  • The Other Bad Guys: eliminate the Blue Bloods and have more people remaining than Good Guy + Neutral survivors
  • TV Broadcaster: have more people remaining than all other survivors (difficulty: extreme)
  • NCAA Sanctioner: outlast The Head Coach, The Blue Blood AD and The Mega Donor
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"Next" Saturday

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Say today is Sunday, Jan 15th. What day is "next Saturday"

  • "This Saturday" and "Next Saturday" in this case are the same = Jan 21st

  • "This Saturday" = Jan 21st, "Next Saturday" = Jan 28th

Results are only viewable after voting.
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Please help me settle an ongoing argument with my in-laws.

We're at the game last night (Tuesday) and the wife asks me something about what's going on "next Saturday". I say, "you mean 'this Saturday', right?" and we go down our standard argument about "this" vs "next" Saturday and her brother chimes in on her side to tell me what an idiot I am.

I'm not talking about "this coming Saturday" or any other qualifiers like that. Strictly, "next Saturday".

If we were sitting on Friday, then yes, logically I could see "this Saturday" would be the next day and "next Saturday" would be 8 days from now, but I'm talking the extreme case of today being a Sunday, so the closet Saturday is 6 days away.
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Transfer Portal in wrestling

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2021 NCAA D1 Transfer Tracker (flowrestling.org)

Notables on the list



Shane GriffithGraduate165Dec. 9Stanford
Nathan TraxlerGraduate285Dec. 9Stanford
Jaden AbasRedshirt Fresh149Dec. 9Stanford

Gabriel TaggRedshirt Fresh141Feb. 3North Carolina

Luke KaramGraduate141/149Feb. 10Lehigh

Brandon TessauRedshirt Soph165/174Feb. 19Iowa StateGrand View

Austin KraisserGraduate165/174March 5Campbell

Adam BusielloRedshirt Fresh149March 12Penn State
Jarod VerkleerenGraduate149March 15Penn State
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Stainless Steel Cookware

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My wife is going to buy me some nice pans for Christmas. I‘be been undecided on what kind of set I want until we bought a cheap stainless steel pan and love it. I’ve been afraid of stainless steel for a while because of the normal fears with using it, but those have vanished now.

With that said, I’m not sure what kind of ply I want. 3 ply seems to heat up faster, but less evenly, while 5 ply heats up slightly slower, but more evenly. So for those who use these pans, what’s been your experience between 3 ply and 5 ply?

The plan is to build my own set, so for my first one, I’m looking at either getting a saucier or sauté pan.
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