STORY: Iowa State defense outexecuted in Liberty Bowl loss

Iowa State's defense was outexecuted in its 36-26 loss to Memphis in the Liberty Bowl.

ISU falls behind early, can't close late, in 36-26 loss to Memphis in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl

A summer retreat helped Iowa State weather numerous storms in advance of the Liberty Bowl

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The thing is, we didn't just lose to a mid-major, we got HUMILIATED

And that is a lot to take in prior to a long 8-month break.

I am almost of a mind to just say, let Heacock retire. Rip that band-aid off now and get it over with. The defense has been underperforming lately anyway. Find a replacement earlier rather than later. Maybe Jordan Hankins, the interim DC for Memphis? After all, we once got a head coach from a team that beat ISU during the prior season.

STORY: Iowa State prepped to face vaunted Memphis offense by Connor Ferguson

Iowa State is set to face one of the top offenses in the country in Friday's AutoZone Liberty Bowl, but Gerry Vaughn's approach shouldn't surprise Cyclone fans.

"We're just going to go out there and do our job."

Parsed Sports

Hey all, I dabble in college bball gambling and have found a site that uses a slick computer model to pick all games. Its like Kenpom but geared towards betting. So far its been a winner for me. Its www.parsedsports.com, and just $20 a year. Been on a good run over the last few weeks. They have free pages which have Iowa St. ranked 24 and a 6 seed. 4-3 on Iowa State games this year. Just thought I would share. Good luck! Here is the bracket they posted on twitter...

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Prime to Insert Ads in Programming in January

Unless you pay another $3 a month.

From email I just received:

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Dear Prime member,


We are writing to you today about an upcoming change to your Prime Video experience. Starting January 29, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited advertisements. This will allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time. We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers. No action is required from you, and there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership. We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month* that you can sign up for here.

Pop-Tart-Gate 2023

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This historic moment needs a thread of its own. A day that will go down in infamy. The travesty that was the blatant rip-off of the Pop-Tart gig.

It’s not a mascot if somebody isn’t in it - it’s basically a cake dispensed out of a fake toaster. The hype that thing had and the letdown would be like Iowa going to the Rose Bowl and playing against cheat-code McCaffery.


I don’t know that I have ever felt more cheated, robbed, and lied to than I am right now. Travesty! Blasphemy! Heathens!

Kids everywhere deserve a world where these types of horrible events don’t occur.

Class of 2024 Breakdown

Guys (and ladies).

I must admit that I did not have the excitement to make another one of these threads due to the struggle with the team that began at the end of 2021. With the recent success (and also me reviewing my evaluations of guys like Becht and Cooper), I feel energized and excited to share my thoughts on these players. I look forward to seeing what you guys think. I will do my best to post a couple guys every week.

*****IMPORTANT NOTE*****
I want to make clear the vocabulary that is the "Player Comp." Over the past few years, I have given player comps in these evals to try to paint of picture of the play styles of a prospect. When I make a player comp, I am not projecting the career that the prospect is likely to have, but moreso the play style they have. For instance, I may compare Deon Silas is comped to Darren Sproles (rather than a guy like Jerome Bettis), meaning he is a short back that makes quick cuts to get yards and not his body. I am not saying that Deon is likely to be a Heisman finalist and have a 15 year NFL career; that projection is in a different section.

I don't want you to think I'm incredibly delusional and believe that we are going to have a team full of Heisman hopefuls.

Let's get started......

PLAYER RATINGS

Freshman Rating
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Dylan Lee 71
Cooper Alexander 70
Connor Moberly 70
Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman 70
Cael Brezina 68
Wade Helton 68

Potential Rating:
Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman 96
Dylan Lee 96
Cooper Alexander
Cael Brezina 92
Connor Moberly 92
Wade Helton 89

SUPERLATIVES

Most likely to be your dad's favorite player

TBD

Most likely to have the longest NFL Career
TBD

Most likely to start first game of collegiate career
TBD

My Top 5 Favorite
TBD

Switching between apps to watch games is a PITA

Anybody know a workaround for this? I hate when there are multiple games I want to keep track of and some of them are on YouTubeTV and another one is on ESPN+ and another one is on Peacock or Paramount+. I have a Firestick and it’s a pain to have to hit the home button, find the other app, get it to load, and find the game in the app just so I can watch for a few minutes before switching back to another game. Is Roku or Apple TV or Google TV better for this? Is there some app where you can switch between games using the same interface?
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