Steph and I went back to look at one of Bill Fennelly's Elite Eight teams on a new podcast here. Let me know what you guys think!

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/podcast-re-living-the-2008-09-iowa-state-wbb-elite-eight-run/

For those of you that listen to the Heartland Big 12 podcast, Pete had a fun episode end of last week where he laid out his ideal Big 12 (all hypothetical of course)

https://www.heartlandcollegesports....-what-is-the-ideal-12-team-big-12-conference/

North:
Nebraska
Iowa State
Iowa
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri

South:
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Arkansas

He left Baylor and TCU out for TV ratings, and WV out for geography. Wanted to bring A&M’s rivalries back. Felt Arkansas was a better cultural fit in the Big 12.

Brought Nebraska and Missouri back because they’re a better fit in the Big 12. He added Iowa to bring their rivalries with ISU and Nebraska. Thought that was his most intriguing pick.

Again, completely hypothetical, but fun to do without much else to talk about.

Won't be committing for a while, but might as well get this going. This thread should be fun.

https://n.rivals.com/news/ranking-the-contenders-t-j-bollers

Credit to my brother who has become such a fan he went back and listened to old episodes. I was able to find it on YouTube for your listening pleasure. 28 minutes in, comedian Joe List (who?) riffs on his experience at the Texas game. Funny stuff
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Welcome back to "On That Note," CF’s weekly go-to for music exploration, hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.

With spring now in full force we decided this week's theme would be songs that mention flowers in the title or lyrics. As always if it's in the lyrics post the lyric above the video.

Here are few of the rules for this week's topic:

• We will allow the word “flower” in the title of a song, but a lyric example must mention a specific flower.
• It must be a true floral reference-- e.g., “Rose” used as a female name doesn’t count.
• We will accept songs by bands whose name contains a type of flower.

Last Week's Topic: On That Note: It’s All Been Done
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-it’s-all-been-done.255868/

We got some really nice (so I thought) Beats wireless solo headphones for Xmas from work. They are nice but working from home i wear them all day and they start to physically hurt my ears.

Does anyone have the Apple Airpods Pros? Worth the investment? Any sales you know of anywhere?

Link:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2020/04/coaches-corner-aidan-ralph/

Anyone else see this on reddit or other channels? It was a fun distraction. How about strange fields in Iowa that people know of?

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After working from home the better part of a month, I've come to the realization that the desk chair we have has seen better days and its time to get a new, more comfortable one.

Anybody got a good recommendation?

For me: Troy Burne in Hudson, Wisconsin.

Next on the list: The Wilderness at Fortune Bay and Sand Valley.

Let’s hear yours! Pics encouraged.

Nebraska held a virtual reality spring game and they won! ( they also lost) Going to be bowl eligible with 5 more wins. In honor of this tremendous win, I went to the 2009 ISU-Nebraska game to come down from this high. The sweetest words I ever heard," Upon further review, the ruling on the field is confirmed-Iowa State ball".

This interview was really fun to do with Lincoln College Prep head coach William Brown about a prospect I think has a huge ceiling.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2020/04/coaches-corner-howard-brown/

Only a matter of time. Blum and I discussed this a few weeks ago on the pod. These companies are thriving right now while Disney's and FOX's are getting killed financially.

https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2020/04/20/Media/Pac12-digital-rights.aspx

Hey all,

We have a fairly big shed in our back yard that we'd like to get taken out. Its bones are solid, enough so that my wife and I would rather just get a professional to take it out instead of breaking our backs over the course of a few weeks.

Does anyone have any suggestions for contractors that would do demolition + material removal? We live in Ankeny.

Thanks!

What are your favorite memories of "professional" sports in Cleveland?

This is an oldie but goodie:

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He mentioned Iowa State as having reached out in an interview with Evan Daniels from 247. Averaged more than 15 points per game the last two years for GW. Doing some digging to see if I can find out any more about him, but he's another name to keep an eye as a possibility.

I found this interesting after making the journey to a TOE site. After looking at the threads on the Iowa forum site, I did a snippet of all "Views" portion of the post that were on the that home page:



Wow!! This is crazy. Are hawk fans afraid to post on their own website or what? Or is it because who runs it? I did look at the one that is titled "All Time Starting 5 Native Iowans" The post was started by Rob Howe an administrator. After reading down a few posts someone stated that Ricky Davis wasn't a native Iowan. Mr. Howe comes back and says, "If you go through junior high and high school in Iowa, you qualify. My question. My rules. "

I can see why no one would post on this site when you have a "ruler" like Rob moving the goal posts on you all the time. What a work of art he is as an administrator. This is probably why CF has a lot of hawk troll posters on here as they are afraid to speak their peace under the watchful eye of Mr. Howe on HN. They have to migrate to CF to "sow their oats" so to speak. All I can do is laugh at the HN website. It's a funny site to visit and one I would never want to try to be part of.

Joens comes in as the No. 5 ranked player in College Basketball for next season, according to ESPN's Graham Hays.

She certainly has the stats for it.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2020/04/wbb-ashley-joens-named-to-espn-top-10-list/

Hey all you cool cats and kittens, welcome to Tiger King Mafia.

The Mafia
The Mafia places one hit per night

Carole Baskins - Leader of mafia. Will be given 1 instakill to be used at any time.

All other mafia are regular mafia

Special Innocents
Joe Exotic – Is given an instakill to be used at any time. If passed the tiger, he will look to breed. There will be 2 tigers going forward. Can only double the tiger count once.

Rick Kirkham - Detective

Kelci “Saff” Saffery – Can be passed the tiger and pass it on but will not be able to post the day the tiger is in possession. (As she will be in the hospital).

Doc Antle – As a doctor of Mystical Science, Doc Antle will have the ability to protect one player each night. Cannot protect the same player 2 nights in a row.

Barbara Fisher – Can look for the role of Doc Antle nightly, if found, can join the Doc Antle’s wives PM.

Travis Maldonado – If investigated, will kill himself overnight. This player will not know their role.

Doc Antle’s wives – Group of 3 innocents who can PM each other.

Don Lewis (killed husband) – Player will be a regular innocent (player will not know they are Don), but their vote will not be counted. If killed by mafia, the role of Carole Baskin will be revealed to the Detective.

Allen Glover (murder for hire) – Vigilante – Receives one kill per cycle (Cycle is 2 nights). Cannot kill Carol Baskin. If attempted, Joe Exotic will be put in Jail and perish from Coronavirus.

The Tiger – Tiger protects its owner for the night. Tool that can be passed amongst the innocents. If passed to Mafia, the tiger will be put into the animal sanctuary, never to return.





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Rules:
1. There will be no editing of posts
2. The day will run from 7 a.m. Central through 9:05 p.m. Central, with the exception of Fridays, which will end at 7:05 p.m. Central
3. Votes will count until 9:05 Central as stamped by the Cyclone Fanatic clock (7:05 p.m. Fridays).
4. Votes must be Bolded or they will not count. If you are posting on mobile and don't get the formatting correct to bold the post, your post will not count.
5. No PMs between players unless your role allows it.
6. If you vote twice without rescinding, your first vote will count.
7. Specials will have until 7 a.m. to get stuff in. If everything comes in early I may do a night report, if not then I will do a morning report
8. Missing a vote for two days total will result in a clap.
9. Do not directly reveal your role - though you may claim to be a regular innocent whether you are or aren't actually a regular innocent.
10. I reserve the right to change the rules if I feel that it's necessary. Any changes will be clearly labeled.
11. In the case of ties in the lynching process, Excel's RANDBETWEEN() function will be used to make the final decision.
12. Ghost post using off-color font. Preferable gray.
13. If you have any questions about the game or didn't receive your role, PM the mayer (me).
14. HAVE FUN

Day 1 is Monday, April 20.

Purchased additional PPE this morning and ordered one of these. They are not available until late May but will be sweet IF (big IF) there are football games this fall (with crowds). Search for FOCO Iowa State Face Mask on Amazon.

Two episodes drop tonight. Starts at 8pm.
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Had a lot of fun with this. Enjoy.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/williams-blum-pod-on-the-2017-liberty-bowl-covid19-isu-mailbag/

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I didn’t realize his mom passed away and that was a large reason he transferred from Marquette. For all the big egos in the NBA, Deonte seems to be about as down to earth as you can be.

Report out this morning about ISU being in his top 4.

I'm not sure how serious this one is on ISU's end yet. Stay tuned.