People Chris Williams loves

Listening to the instant reaction podcast from last night and hearing CW share his love for Greg McDermott got me to thinking, how many people does this man love?

Texted some buddies and they said they had noticed this too. We worked together to create a list of people we've heard Chris express his love for.

List is comprised of non-cyclone people or media members. Loving everything ISU related is to be expected

  • Tom Herman
  • Lon Kruger
  • Scott Drew
  • Bill Snyder
  • Fred Hoiberg (duh)
  • Bob Huggins
  • Greg McDermott
  • Dabo Swinney
  • Charlie Strong
  • Matt Woodley
  • Jeff Rutter
  • Fran Fraschilla
  • Art Briles (love has surely faded)

Drake Basketball

I know many of you don't give a crap about Drake basketball, and that's fine. But I've been to most of their games this season and honestly, they are pretty damn entertaining. A team with a new coach and cobbled together roster that lost their best player halfway thru the season is now in first place in the Valley with a few games left before the tournament. I don't know where they will wind up, but should get a NIT bid at worst. There is one home game left, next Wednesday, the 27th. The tickets are inexpensive, the beer is cold and they have plenty of chunky cheerleaders (if that's your thing). Check them out, I think DeVries and Woodley are going to get this program to the point where they are very competitive.

On That Note: Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Welcome back to "On That Note," a CF music series hosted by @MeanDean , @cyclones500 and me.

This week we are going with a topic brought to us by @CYdTracked This week with the sports calendar shifting into high gear the topic is songs that mention sports of any kind or individual athletes.

For this topic we aren't looking for jock jams or pump up songs used at ball games unless the song mentions a sport or athlete. Songs that sports teams use that mention their team i.e. Go Cubs Go are allowed.

Last weeks topic:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-’94-at-25.249910/

FS: ISU Season Tix to various games (4 Seats and B5 Parking)

I have a number of games that I will not make it to this year. If you are interested in the following games, let me know and we can discuss price. I have 4 seats and a B5 parking pass. Seats are 3rd row balcony in the SW corner (section M; aisle seats). Seats are one step up from the balcony entrance. Easy in/ easy out. Really close to bathrooms and concessions.

GAMES Available
- Louisiana - Monroe
- TCU
- Oklahoma State
- Kansas

Section M
Row 3
Seats 1-4 (aisle seats; one step up from balcony entrance)

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ROCK BOTTOM: How ISU's 2016 loss at Iowa set the stage for success

Spoke to Matt Campbell on the side Tuesday about his first Cy-Hawk experience — a 42-3 rout at Iowa. He offered great insights on then and now. Sometimes abject failure points the way toward great growth. That's certainly true for Campbell's Cyclones entering his fourth Cy-Hawk game. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/09/rock-bottom-how-isus-2016-loss-at-iowa-set-the-stage-for-success/

What was the biggest game in ISU's history

I think Saturday's game is the biggest game we've had. VERY few people agree so my questions:

What was the biggest game.
What was the result of that game.
What impact did it have on the trajectory of our program over time.

We have had more than a few "statement" games that we've either crapped the bed, or failed to capitalize. I think Saturday could be a defining moment in the CMC era with a win. Nationally televised game. Multi-hour lead-up for that national audience. Ranked opponent and our bitter rival. We lose and we've merely lost a game. We win and large swaths of the college football public, and recruitable athletes, and national media take notice and we get lots of publicity.

2019/2020 WIN Ranking

Looks like first set of rankings for the year are out. Note that WIN does not include freshmen or redshirt freshmen in their initial rankings.

Team - 7
125- 10
133- 5
141- 13
149- 3
157- NR (Carr is a redshirt)
165- 20
174- 17
184- 6
197- NR (Shapiro or Duggan are both redshirts)
Hwt- 16

Season is getting closer, and I can't wait to watch this team!

https://www.win-magazine.com/2019/09/iowa-tops-penn-state-in-wins-2019-20-preseason-rankings/

On That Note: Bang on the Drum

Welcome back to "On That Note," a CF music series hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and me.

Returning to our occasional mini-series about specific instrument groups. This week, we explore songs that feature drums as a prominent ingredient or maybe have a drum solo in it.

Previous Instrument features

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-give-us-your-keys.247831/

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-around-the-horn.248474/


Last week:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-by-the-time-we-got-back-to-woodstock.249389/

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