You do have to go through a paywall to read it, but I think a subscription to The Athletic is a great investment for any self-respecting sports fan. You might even be able to take advantage of any holiday deals they might have going on at the moment.

https://theathletic.com/1482788/201...est-player-remaining-after/?source=dailyemail

10 tickets together. Will seperate. Section p36 row S. $150 each

These are in the open air club section.
http://www.campingworldstadium.com/tickets-seating/premium-seating/indoor-club/Open-air-Clubs

Edit: Updated

As of 12/29 if you picked the higher ranked sagarin team to win their bowl game you'd be 16-5 so far.

Louisiana State (3) beat Oklahoma (7)
Pedo State (11) beat Memphis (18)
Notre Dame (13) beat Iowa State (23)
Washington (16) beat Boise State (29)
toe (17) beat Southern California (21)
Texas A&M (19) beat Oklahoma State (22)
Central Florida (26) beat Marshall (84)
Appalachian State (27) beat Alabama-Birmingham (107)
Air Force (31) beat Washington State (41)
Michigan State (37) beat Wake Forest (58)
Florida Atlantic (43) beat Southern Methodist (45)
North Carolina (50) beat Temple (68)
San Diego State (57) beat Central Michigan (105)
Pittsburgh (62) beat Eastern Michigan (112)
Buffalo (76) beat Charlotte (123)
Arkansas State (87) beat Florida International (120)

Clemson (2) beat Ohio State (1)
Hawaii (75) beat Brigham Young (63)
Louisiana Tech (92) beat Miami-Florida (54)
Kent State (97) beat Utah State (76)
Liberty (106) beat Georgia Southern (88)

Haven't been paying attention to weather at all up here in MPLS because it's been so mild. 10:00 news just now said several models are saying a massive storm this weekend in the 16+ inch range for Twin Cities. A couple of other models saying it will be south. Are they predicting **** weather in Iowa this weekend?

Welcome to the pre-Christmas edition of On That Note. A weekly music post from @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.

Last weeks offering can be found here: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-the-animals-part-3-mammal-mania.253643/

Besides posting a bit early because of the holiday - this week we're going to try something different.

For two reasons:

1. @BoxsterCy when he responds to our threads likes to throw in his personal memory that he associates with the song. I love that!
2. Like the Christmas memories thread that @Angie started on Friday, this time of year does cause one to think about the past.

Hopefully I can satisfactorily explain how this is designed to work. (Whether it WILL or not, we'll see.)

I will kick it off. I will post a song with a story/memory I associate with it. Next someone will post a memory associated with that same song AND post another different song and story/memory. Any followup post can be a memory associated with ANY earlier song as long as the poster also posts a new song and memory.

So eventually there should be dozens of songs to choose from and share a memory - and post another song and memory.

And to kick it off, 500 and Rulzzz will hopefully chime in almost immediately. So there will be 3 songs almost right away.

And since this is kicking off a bit earlier because of the holiday there'll be a few extra days to post. I'll do my best to keep it on the "front page" during the week.

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Beach Boys (In My Room)

Working at the Muscatine HyVee, Mid 1970's. One of our employees came up to the pick-up lane to get his groceries. I was working that station. He had the 8-track (Endless Summer) playing. It sure sounded good coming out of the speakers on a warm spring day! At this point the Beach Boys were kind of a forgotten entity. I didn't get the album then but my ISU roommate, a few years later, had it.

When CDs were a new thing I finally acquired a copy on that medium. I remember some friends (slightly older) were visiting and were curious about CD's. To show them how the sound was crystal clear I played for them In My Room. The harp, especially, sounded so clear and to the front.

From Wikipedia: Endless Summer is a compilation album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 24, 1974. A collection of hits from the band's 1962–65 period, Endless Summer was compiled by their old label, Capitol Records, while the Beach Boys were contracted to Reprise Records. Its unexpected success bore immediate consequences for the band's then-progressive musical direction. It revitalized the band's popularity after years of lukewarm sales, but also inspired nostalgia for the Beach Boys' early surfing and hot rod-themed music, repositioning the group as an oldies act.

Four months after its release, the album reached number 1 in the United States and Canada. It was the group's second chart-topping album in the US and returned them to a level of commercial success they had not experienced there since the mid 1960s. The compilation spent 155 weeks on the Billboard albums chart...

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Hey has coach said if anyone has stood out in practices. I know practice is mostly for youngsters

Was just searching around and came across these: https://www.comc.com/Cards,sh,i100,=kyle+kempt

Had no idea they made cards for him this year.

We have an extra pass in lot L. $40 OBO

Have two tickets for NYE basketball game in sec 139 row 12. Seats are on the aisle and includes a Victory parking pass. Asking $125.00 or best offer.

Tickets sold.

Anyone know what uniform’s we might be wearing? I “heard” black helmet but not black uni’s. Not sure that would look good with our standard colors! I’d be all for all black since we haven’t lost when wearing them.

i assume we’d wear our standard cardinal & gold colors to show off our school colors.

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"January 20: Deadline for college players who are underclassmen to apply for Special Eligibility. A list of underclassmen who have been approved for entry into the 2020 College Draft will be sent to clubs on January 24."
(https://operations.nfl.com/football-ops/league-governance/2019-20-important-nfl-dates/)

I have heard Good-Jones failed a drug test and wont play in the bowl game. Anyone with better sources hear anything?

List em below. Also if you have the recipes go ahead and drop em.

Nice story about Lazard's journey to prominence as a favorite target of Aaron Rodgers, courtesy of Packers.com.
https://www.packers.com/news/longform/nothing-given-allen-lazard-s-journey-to-green-bay

Welcome, newcomers. The tradition of Festivus begins with the airing of grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you're gonna hear about it!



Let's hear everyone's Airing of Grievances

@BigEastTimeRTT

The Big East wins the Inaugural Big East-Big 12 Battle, 8-2:
W, Georgetown-Oklahoma St.
W, Texas Tech-DePaul
W, West Virginia-St. John’s
W, Marquette-K-State

L, Seton Hall-Iowa St.
L, Butler-Baylor

W, Oklahoma-Creighton
W, Ku-Villanova
W, Texas-Providence
W, Xavier-TCU

Was chatting in the Prohm thread, and the subject came up of what is the biggest shot in ISU history. Thought it would be a fun topic to debate and wanted to decouple it from the toxic sludge that is that thread.

Some big games in the past that likely had some big shots that I was either not alive for or too young to remember (so you old guys will have to help us out ):

1986 second round win vs Michigan
1996 Big 8 championship vs KU
1997 second round win vs Cincinnati

I’d probably consider Kanes layup vs UNC as the biggest of my lifetime that I can remember.

Go!

2020 Southern Scuffle Participants
Southern Scuffle


Air Force
Appalachian State
Binghamton
Cal State Bakersfield
Chattanooga
Cleveland State
Davidson
Drexel
Gardner-Webb
George Mason
Iowa State
Little Rock
Lock Haven
Navy
North Carolina*
North Carolina State
North Dakota State
Northern Colorado
Oklahoma State
Oregon State
Pittsburgh
Rider
Rutgers
Stanford
The Citadel
Virginia Tech*
VMI
West Virginia

Anyone have any experiences with it? Good or bad?

I'm looking into the company, Figo, which offers a pretty solid plan for $25 a month. Any other suggested companies?

What are your top ten TV shows of all time? Awesome if you can manage to rank them, which is more than I can do with any certainty (and these are of shows I have seen, obviously - not including things like "The Wire," which I haven't):

10. Twin Peaks
9. Stranger Things
8. 30 Rock/Parks & Rec
7. Freaks & Geeks
6. Game of Thrones
5. The State
4. Mr. Show
3. Downton Abbey
2. Arrested Development
1. Breaking Bad

Honorable Mentions - Fargo (I haven't seen all of the seasons), Larry Sanders Show (same), Seinfeld, The Office (UK version), Louie, My So-Called Life

I know, I know the season isn’t even over and we still have a bowl game to play in (not to mention preseason ranking are pointless), but it isn’t every day ISU gets love in these things. Once I scrolled past 20 I figured ISU wasn’t going to make an appearance, but merry Christmas early Cyclone Nation from B/R.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...-2019-early-signing-period?share=other#slide9

For those of you unfamiliar with Orlando, it is a great location for a bowl game. However, it is more spread out and extensive than San Antonio and it has way more entertainment options. Here are a few thoughts from my experience on several trips thereover the years. Hope this thread will serve as a place for those with Questions to meet those with Answers.

1. The main tourist zone is along I-4 with Universal Studios on the north, the Convention Center and Sea World on the south, and Disney on the far South.
2. International Drive and Universal Blvd. essentially run parallel to each other and are the two main tourist routes (with trolleys). This area was built to handle tourists and people attending conventions. There are tons of hotels and attractions. https://www.internationaldriveorlando.com/50-ways-to-have-fun/. A new one that I might try is Andretti Indoor Racing (calling out @isufbcurt).
3. The Convention Center for the Cyclones Unplugged event is huge (much bigger than you think and way bigger than it looks). Our event will be big, but take up only a fraction of the facility.
4. The Hyatt Regency for the CF charter is right next to the Convention Center.
5. The Gridiron Club event at Marlow's in Pointe Orlando is just north on International Drive from the Hyatt.
6. There are nice areas of nightlife near, but not in the amusement parts (no admission fee required), such as Universal CityWalk https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/theme-parks/citywalk and Disney Downtown https://disneyland.disney.go.com/destinations/downtown-disney-district/.
7. You can often get free parking if you go to an establishment near the parking garage and get your ticket validated.
8. The Camping World Stadium is north of Universal on I-4 toward downtown. I've heard that there is a lot of construction, so bear that in mind for your transportation. I'll give the details I have in another post.
9. The Amway Center for the Magic/Sixers game is not too far from the Camping World Bowl, so if you go to the game on Friday night, you can scope out the football stadium too.
10. There are tons of things to do outside of the main tourist area. For instance, there is a small man-made lake with waterskiiing pulls and jumps. Or my favorite, go on an airboat ride in an alligator-infested swamp. Get the craziest driver and tip him early in order to have a great time.

Well, that should get the conversation started.