RECRUITING: 2025's top in-state prospect Thomas Meyer recaps visit

RECRUITING: Iowa State hosted the top in-state prospect in the 2025 class in @thomasmeyer0 during the Cy-Hawk game last weekend.

@cfchangs9 caught up with him to recap the visit.

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BS jobs

I listened to an interesting lecture on BS jobs. That is to say jobs that aren't really necessary or one doesn't really do much of anything. Maybe in a 40 hour work week there is only a couple hours of actual "work".

Now, I realize there are often very "real" jobs created by or existing in support of these jobs (i.e. often others have to clean the place etc.), but aside from that, the impact on the world economically is dubious at best. And it's your job to do that.

The criteria in particular being a job that could be eliminated or consolidated with something else relatively easily with little to no impact in the greater scheme of things, and the job holder is well aware that this is the case.

Q: Have you ever had a BS job?
Q: Did/do you like it?
Q: Compensation?
...etc.

Tell us about your experience.

Microsoft Word

My wife is a retired teacher. In 2014 the school district gave each member 5 free downloads of Microsoft Office. She used one and I used one. Today, her Office will open in read only mode. Mine still works fine. Chatted w support and they said neither of us have a valid license and we would have to buy one. I thought when you got a license for a version (Word 2016), it was good to use forever. Support guy said that was true, but then said we have to buy. My 2013 still works and I even have a Word 2000 version that still works. I don't get it.

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Copium Time

Alright everyone, time to stop shitting on Campbell and coaching staff. I agree it was a bad loss but those can happen. Campbell isn't getting the boot this year even if we lose out so no point in talking about it on this super influential message board.

It's copium time now. First, we need to rationalize the loss. I'm elite at rationalizing my failures and shortcomings, as my gf would tell you. Ohio is a great team that may even finish the season ranked; they were the best team in the MAC last year and clearly got even better. The loss seems horrible on paper but we just played Ohio football at their peak in many, many years and we were their Super Bowl (as the couple Ohio fans I met at the bar were yelling pregame).

Second, many of the remaining games on our schedule are definitely still winnable. Oklahoma State, Baylor, Cincinnati, and Kansas are all winnable games. If we can find one more win, we're in a bowl game. Now I'm not saying we will win all these games, but you can't all sit here and tell me we don't have a good chance (under one score spreads) against these teams. If we end up making a bowl game, I don't think anyone can complain about the season, even if the first three weeks were disappointing.

The offense and kicker are still infuriating. Yes, it sucks that the issues from last year haven't yet been fixed. Maybe we will lose out or only win one or two in conference play and Campbell's seat warms up for next season. But there's still a lot of football left to be played and wins may still be yet to come. Let's look forward to the rest of the season and be good fans instead of bitter haters.

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