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Given that Memphis has 4 10-win seasons in the past 10 years, has 10 consecutive bowl appearances, has wins over ranked UCLA, Ole Miss, Miss ST, UCF, Cincy, Houston, and SMU, is putting $750 million into facilities, and has a basketball program with vastly superior history to ISU……,what is the basis for the feigned superiority expressed on this board?

Saturday’s game showed Memphis with dominant line play, superior speed, and skill levels above ISU

We respect all opponents; maybe that’s something many in your fan base should consider?

Can you still be fake ID if you are not even ranked in the top 20.

What is it now, about 100 to 0 they're getting outscored by ranked opponents.

Lol

Flag football for men and women is being added to the Olympics in 2024, and that has brought calls for the NCAA to add Women's Flag Football as a scholarship sport. Last month Sens. Rubio and Shaheen sent a letter to NCAA Commissioner Charlie Baker asking him to encourage member institutions to begin creating their own programs.

Currently, there are a few dozen NAIA programs that have formal women's flag football programs, and plans at DIII Atlantic East Conference to start their own programs.

Do you think Iowa State would be willing add flag football? Would you support a flag football program? Does the sport need to grow from the high school level first, or start at the college level to encourage lower level participation?

Would those of you with daughters encourage/have encouraged them to play if the sport was an option?

With all of the angst about bowl games not being good, dying, etc.; what would you do to make them better?

• Eliminate Bowl Game Contracts with Conferences = let bowl games pick any teams they want. It's like opening a bowl game portal.
• Have the Bowl Games and/or TV pay players to play = self-explanatory.
• Play more Bowl Games in actual CFB Stadiums = this could go in a number of directions. I was thinking it would be cool to go to a bowl game in some of the iconic venues in college football that are in warmer parts of the country (e.g. Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Clemson, etc.).
• Play more Bowl Games between Christmas and January 2nd = this would make it easier for fans to go.
• Encourage more off-field entertainment with sponsors like Pop-Tarts = I'm not sure how feasible this is, but part of what makes college football great is its quirkiness. We love MACtion, dumping mayo/french fries/etc on the winning coach, and other things like that. Make the non-game portion more entertaining.

Apologies if there's already another thread...

Brock Purdy
S.F. (12-4) NFC West Champions, #1 seed, & 1st round bye
49ers 27-10 win over the Commanders
Completed 22 of 28 passes for 230 yards and 2 touchdowns. 8.2 yard avg. QBR of 88.2. Rating of 124.7. 1 carry for 4 yards.

Side Note: Purdy passed Jeff Garcia (4,278 yards in 2000) to become the 49ers single season passing yards record holder with 4,280.

Side Note #2: Purdy's dime to Aiyuk at the beginning of the 4th...One word. Beautiful.

Charlie Kolar
Baltimore (13-3) AFC North Champions, #1 seed, 1st round bye
Ravens 56-19 win over the Dolphins
1 reception on 1 target for 19 yards and a touchdown. 1 Solo Tackle.

Breece Hall
N.Y. Jets (6-10) Eliminated from Playoffs
Jets 20-37 loss to the Browns
13 carries for 84 yards. 6.5 yard avg. long of 25 yards. 9 receptions on 9 targets for 42 yards and a touchdown. 4.7 yard avg. long of 21 yards.

Will McDonald IV
N.Y. Jets (6-10) Eliminated from Playoffs
Jets 20-37 loss to the Browns
1 solo tackle for loss.

David Montgomery
Detroit (11-5) NFC North Champions
Lions 19-20 loss to the Cowboys
14 carries for 65 yards and a touchdown. 4.6 yard avg. long of 22 yards. 0 receptions on 1 target. 1 solo tackle

Xavier Hutchinson
Houston (9-7)
Texans 26-3 win over Titans
2 receptions on 3 targets for 8 yards.

Jake Hummel
Los Angeles (9-7) Clinched Wild Card birth
Rams 26-25 win over the Giants
1 tackle.

Anthony Johnson Jr.
Green Bay (8-8)
Packers 33-10 win over the Vikings
1 solo tackle.

Kene Nwangwu
Minnesota (7-9)
Vikings 10-33 loss to the Packers
6 kick returns for 166 yards. 27.7 yard avg. long of 47 yards.

It was the year of fire, the year of destruction, the year we took back what was ours. It was the year of rebirth, the year of great sadness, the year of pain, and the year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed. The year is 2024; the place: RTT 18!!!

It appears to be a personal Year of Fire ahead in 2024. May joy predominate in yours!

Enjoy!

Leaning toward a 9-9 conference record and Lipsey being first team all conference. I have a feeling the weak schedule will backfire to begin the conference schedule and by the middle of the season we'll be humming along.

He seems like a genuinely nice human, but he's 15-20 years past his prime... Just move to Florida and retire.. Constant errors all non-con. The play by play guy is really sharp and has to constantly save the broadcast.

Serious question, do they volunteer or pay minimum wage? Because there is no way that is the best we can get...

Recently traded my Iowa registered vehicle at a dealer in Nebraska. The dealership sent me home with an in transit dealer temp paper/license in the back window. I also still have my original plates as they removed those and gave them to me.

Anyone who's done a similar transaction know when I can put my plates back on? Do I have to wait for the new registration paper to be mailed to me from Polk county?

Even though I have a sticker in back window I don't relish the fact that it's not exactly super visible and I'm giving every police officer a convenient excuse to pull me over. It does have the dealer logo'd plates in the license plate frames so I guess it doesn't look super stolen/sketchy driving around.

Looking for 2 tickets

$25 total

I’m selling a pair of tickets for the Houston game on 1/9. Section 216 row 13 on the aisle.

$20 each. I have Venmo and can transfer electronically.

3 tics section 213 row 17. $30 obo.

Looking to buy 4 tickets for todays game against NH. Open to buying them in pairs. Send PM if you have any.

Most of you know that I only was able to take in the first half of the game live, but I stayed up and watched the entire thing after getting home last night. Had a band gig at Revelton Distillery in Osceola from 4-7. There are quite a few things to glean from this one...so here goes...

The first half started a bit ugly after the ladies worked to a 6-5 lead. OSU went on a three point barrage mainly due to a lack of defense on our part. The defensive focus seemed to be to stop the inside game, but the ladies were leaving the three much too open. OSU surged out to a nice lead, but...and this is what I like about this young team...the young sisters showed composure and fought back. The defense settled down a little, but the offense is what really started to flow. Passing settled down and the ladies were making some nice shots. It was back and forth for the rest of the first half with ISU getting 5-6 point leads and OSU answering back. Just very competitive ball. Joens and Brown looked like veterans out there - not rookies. Crooks just keeps doing her thing with confidence. Of great importance, Crooks appears to have been working on her free throws. Of great importance, the ladies were sweeping up every missed shot from OSU. There were no second chances. By the end of one the ladies led by 3.

The second quarter saw some good and bad. More good. AJ showed zero hesitation to put the ball up when given the opportunity. Her shots were deadly yesterday and critical. She was also doing a very good job as floor leader. The bad was way too many missed bunnies. Overall, the quarter was another back and forth as both teams scored and had misses. It was just close all the way. I kept watching Gusters to see what I thought of her. Just when I wished Crooks had a nice short range jumper like Gusters...bang...she goes and hits one. Folks...I'm very happy we have our center. Gusters is a nice player, but we have one that is a couple of steps up from there. The quarter and half ended in style as Crooks made a soft lay in and hustled to the other end to take a charge to end OSU scoring. The sisters led 40-38 at the half. Very competitive game.

A few third quarter observations. One thing we saw yesterday was Brown’s step back ten foot jumper is just automatic. Not a prettier shot out there. For the most part the beginning of this quarter was offensive pain. Neither team was scoring although AJ finally broke the proverbial ice with another trey to put ISU up 47-40. She was on fire yesterday. A downside was seeing Brown really struggle at the line. She was just off yesterday. Just as we’ve seen before, when Ryan is on the floor things happen. She didn’t do a lot of scoring yesterday, but she had some highlight assists. While she was in the game the lead was stretched to 12 points with every basket having an assist attached to it. It was 59-47 after three. That’s a very nice 19-9 quarter. Defense definitely had made some adjustments.

Now, keep in mind that OSU is a much more experienced team that the sisters. Yes, they have one of the very good freshmen in Heard, but they have a lot of experience on the court and you knew they weren’t going away. We’ve seen this earlier in the season, and we will see it again, as OSU applied a full court press. The sisters just seemed lost and tried forcing too many things. Four straight turnovers to start the quarter and OSU scored on every one in transition. Just as the bleeding saw the lead getting narrow Brown hit a banked trey to keep it at ten at the halfway mark. But the turnovers didn’t stop. And OSU kept banging away. Again, just as the lead was cut to six, an assist fed the ball to AJ for another of her treys. Just enough breathing room and too little time. The ladies would battle it out to take a 76-68 victory on the road.

Observations

POG - has to go to AJ this time. She emerged (as we knew she would) as a dangerous scorer. If she hits shots like this consistently, this is a much more dangerous team. Fourteen points of 4-5 shooting from deep.

I’ll just get this out of the way. Our kryptonite has been put on display. The full court press is something I’m sure the coaching staff will work on. It led to 14 second half turnovers after only having 4 in the first half.

Crooks - she just does her thing. Soft hands. Good movement. Continues to impress me with her growth. She knows her game. Twenty-one points and seven boards. And she was playing against a highly touted player in Gusters. Guess who won that battle?

Brown - Last year I absolutely loved watching Fritz play. She was the grittiest player on our team. Well, that is definitely Brown this year. She isn’t afraid to dive into any melee. She can shoot inside and out. She rebounds hard and she can distribute the ball like a point guard. Just another day at the office as she had 20 points, 9 boards and 5 assists. Why can’t Brown and Crooks share a Freshman of the Week honor? Only downside were five turnovers.

Natabou - Another very good game as she really played well on defense. You can tell she is learning as she grows in our system. Ten points and four boards in only 12 minutes. This time there was no drop off when she came in the game.

Joens - not a lot of flashy shots, but that doesn’t always seem to be her thing. She just plays Joens ball. Three points and three rebounds doesn’t show what all she did defensively and helping to move the ball on offense.

Diew - well, I’ve gotten used to Ms. Inconsistent. She is either hot or cold from game to game and this was a cold one. Two points and three boards on 1-9 shooting. Some of the shots were just bad ones. Of course I fully expect to see her on fire come Wednesday.

Ryan - played the most minutes of the year. She found creative ways to share the ball with some outstanding assists. Four points, four boards and six assists. She makes things tick with this young team.

Bristow - As I watched the game there were few highlights that made her jump out. But one thing you can count on from her is rebounding. She pulled in seven critical boards.

Belanger - her injury was talked about prior to the game. She is definitely hurt and was still able to play fifteen minutes. But everything about her offense was just “off.” This is another reason why AJ’s offensive emergence was so critical. We need Belanger back.

Rebounding - So, there were several keys to the game. This was probably the biggest. The ladies ended up with a 48-21 rebounding edge. There were NO second chances for OSU and some of our offensive boards resulted in points. This was fun to watch. Did we have stick-em on our hands?

Three point shooting - our best game so far. 39% from the field on 23 shots. I’ll take nearly 40% every game please.

Free throws - we just didn’t get to the line yesterday. Only shot 7 free throws with four coming from Brown. She had both misses. Crooks made all three of hers. OSU had 18 attempts. Most of those in the fourth quarter.

Assists - over half of our shots had assists attached to them. Sixteen total. This is a very good thing. Ryan and Brown are doing a great job of seeing the open player and then we convert.

This was a good road test for our growing team. We can call them young all we want, but they don’t look anything like the team that took the court in November. They are smart. They are learning. They are becoming a threat. Other teams had best take notice. Now if we can just figure out how to handle a press….

See you all Wednesday for a big game versus KU!

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With the Orange Bowl fiasco, has preparing for the NFL combine and transfers killed the bowls?

Less probable, but will the new playoffs also be hit by the same problems? I'm not sure anyone who has a shot at the NFL should risk injury in the college post season.

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I failed to do “notable posts” in September, for Q3 2023. I was frazzled at the time, and didn’t get to it.

As a catch-up, here is a delayed list.

I plan to do a separate one for Q4 2023. That might have to wait until Sundee.

Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and all the usual stuff. Also includes a few excerpts from Chris-Blum podcast series.

Key:
Bold is thread title (or summary of it)
*** indicates break in narrative flow.

• In case you missed it: Notable Posts Q2

Favorite childhood indulgence (food)
@1100011CS: My parents let us drink 16-ounce bottles of Mountain Dew before bed. Surprised I'm still alive.

Huggins might be in trouble …
@keepngoal: Huggins may be broke, and needs a shakedown?
@JP4CY: We know he isn't spending the money on suits.

Williams & Blum podcast: Big 12 media days preview (et al)…
@ChrisMWilliams: Media poll came out. Cyclones are 10th … I have a vote, but I didn’t vote this year.
@brentblum: (laughs) Well, thanks a lot. That’s a dereliction of duties if I’ve ever heard it.

The beginning of time and, eventually, Earth
@Jeremy: How do you think the universe was created, started, etc.? How did that eventually turn into what we know as Earth and its huge variety in minerals, life forms, etc?
@3TrueFans: The only certainty is, this thread will go poorly.
Jeremy: Oh, I fully expect it to be a powder keg.
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@JM4CY: God created the heavens and the earth… and then he made JLH.
@alarson: I guess we know why he rested the day after that.

Jack Trice 'like a kindergarten class'
@CascadeClone: Paul Finebaum couldn't win a fight at a retired accountants picnic.

Realignment megathread
@Freebird: F*** UConn. They broke Cy’s leg.
@KidSilverhair: Arm, but yeah.
@Dr.bannedman: Birds don’t have arms.
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@Lexclone: Any fan base that has as much hatred of Texa$ as A&M does can’t be 100% bad.
@Jeremy: Dude, they fuckoff into jars... that's not normal. At least in my experience.
@JM4CY: Fuckoff isn’t caught by the filter … Noted!

Greetings from Utah
@uteman1011: Hello All! We were visited by a few of your friends at utefans.net and were invited to take a look around here. Hopefully, you'll tolerate Utah fans once you get to know us.
@Freebird: Welcome. Am I too late? Did you already smell @CoachHines3’s finger?
@uteman1011: ’Twas offered, but I didn’t partake.
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@DrShip: Welcome. Do you know anyone who has to get a Pac 12 tattoo removed?
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@Saul_T: Utah is an incredibly beautiful state that has people as well.

Bob Barker dead at 99
@CYphyllis: Sprite, saltines, Bob Barker — the true childhood sickness regimen.
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@Drew0311: Am I the only one sad that he didn't hit the one dollar? 99 is a solid age, though.
@Dr.bannedman: Well, he didn’t wanna go over.

Williams-Blum podcast: UNI Deep Dive
@ChrisMWilliams: You all can say all you want about our content. Blum and I suck. The Clones suck. But I'll be damned if I am going to sit here and let you bad-mouth “Yakety Sax.”

Official UNI vs. Iowa State Game Day Thread
@cyclonespiker33: Who’s the best QB in the state of Iowa?
@xboxfever: Not Theo Day.
@t-noah: It was not a Theo day.

CyHawk Hot Takes
@coolerifyoudid: Halftime entertainment is Jorbo vs. Niang in a steel cage match at the 50-yard line.
@Peter: Domonique Orange will abuse the Iowa offensive line, physically, mentally and spiritually.

CyHawk Game Discussion
@WastedTalent: Wednesday of game week, and I've read enough about ticket scanners. Let's talk about the game.
@CoachHines3: I hope I don’t miss 3/4 of the 1st quarter because of the ticket scanners.

What Would You Want On Your Tombstone?
@Stormin: Firmly Entrenched.
@Leidang: Get off my lawn!
@ImJustKCClone: Not planning on having a tombstone. It's in my directive that they are going to put my ashes in the root ball of a Sycamore tree. I wasn't tall in life...but I can be tall after death!
@Jeremy: At first I read it as “football” and was thinking, somebody’s going to want to kick the hell out of that.

Iowa State’s rally overshadowed by early mistakes, by Rob Gray
@galactawitz: I'm not convinced Rob Gray's mistakes caused us to lose.

Williams & Blum: Cy-Hawk lumps …
@ChrisMWilliams: (Some of this paraphrased) At halftime, Cameron, my daughter, said, “Dad … what do you think the chances the Cyclones come back and win? And I told her, ”If the Cyclones win, I will get you a pony."

Official Iowa State vs. Ohio game thread
@xboxfever: Jesus Christ, quit running the ball.
@dosry5: No, I think it was Norton …
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@CyGuy5: Game-ending interception coming. I know how this one ends.
@Die4Cy: F*** you, Nostradamus.
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@stormchaser2014: I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
@quasistellar: I picked this week to start sniffing glue.

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Nominees for thread title of the quarter (additional nominations encouraged)
How often do you think about The Roman Empire?
Putting on my socks