Welcome back to On That Note, a weekly music series hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.

This week we return to our OTN series where we focus on different types of animals. This time we are looking for songs, artists and lyrics with a mammal reference other than cats, dog or homo sapiens.

A look back at our previous OTN animal series topics as well as last week's topic.


The Animals (part 1): For the Birds

The Animals (part 2): Raining Cats & Dogs


Last week's topic was On That Note: Reflections Of My Life

Review it here:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-reflections-of-my-life.253475/

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Is anyone aware of any organized game watches in the Des Moines metro?

Enjoy.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/stanz-fitz-episode-92/

Polls were updated today. Baylor still in top 10 and WVU still in top 25. No one else in the Big 12 is even currently close to being ranked. Texas isn't even receiving votes even after beating the Volunteers in Knoxville.

Games of interest and other misc ramblings:

Texas plays #1 Stanford* at Norman Sunday ESPN2 1200

Oklahoma plays #2 Connecticut* at Norman Sunday CBS Sports Net 3:00

Drake plays at Oklahoma tonight at 7:00. Fox Go something for TV, not something I can get. Would like to watch.

Drake drew 7,000 for what amounted to a scrimmage with Waldorf last week. Kudos on the attendance. I'll not diss them too much for that WTF scheduling because of the P5's they are playing.

Random observation: The Pac-12 is loaded.


* Boxster's more than a little envious of these premium matchups. I'd motor down I-35 any day for one of those at Hilton.

With the rumblings out there that Iowa is spending their bowl prep time watching film on Iowa State and Purdy I'll ask the question to Hawkeye fans. Would you rather win your Super Bowl next year or win your bowl game this year?

Brock Purdy is +2800 to win the Heisman next season, according to OddShark.

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Enjoy.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/12/cf-all-decade-basketball-team/

Not much of a soccer guy but want us to not suck at it. Seems like a promising hire. Going to have his work cut out for himself in turning this around.

Cyclones.com article: Fannon Named Iowa State Soccer Coach

As we finish out 2019 and take the first step this weekend in the run-up to the Olympic Trials, I wanted to let you know that the Cyclone Regional Training Center has had a very good year.

Besides adding former Cyclone Willie Miklus to our small arsenal of post-graduate athletes, we also added new volunteer assistant, Joey Palmer. Willie, Joey and Kyven will be accompanied by Coach Carr on the first leg of the Olympic Trials this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas. You can follow the results of the competition starting Friday on FLO or on social media.

Willie will compete at 86 kg FS and Kyven at 96 kg FS. Joey was slated to compete at 57 kg FS, but it was just too big of a cut. So he will compete at 60 kg GR. They have been training hard and WE wish them all well.

None of this would be possible -- including Coach Carr's position -- without the hundreds of donors who have contributed to our non-profit organization in 2019. All three post-graduate athletes plus Coach Carr are fully supported by the Cyclone Regional Training Center.

Just to be very clear, it is our goal moving forward to fill the C-RTC pool of post-graduate athletes with former ISU wrestlers. Coach Palmer currently is the exception, however the fact that he was such a tough light-weight AND we were looking for a volunteer coach made Joey a great choice for us. He really is our kind of guy in the practice room and brings a toughness that will pay big dividends moving forward.

Probably our biggest win in 2019 was the acquisition of the C-RTC House in West Ames. The 4-unit complex currently houses all three post-graduate athletes, Kyven's family (his wife and two daughters), and six current student athletes who are on our roster. We yielded more than a half-million dollars of donated materials and labor to the C-RTC House project. We look to be finalizing permanent financing next month, and the amount of equity we captured on this project is most impressive. A special shout out to HCS Builders in Ames and specifically to Chuck Winkleblack for bringing this opportunity to us.

The other thing that really took off this year was our C-RTC Tree. To date, we have 474 donors on our tree! Supporters from $100 to $100,000 have populated our tree to a current total of $571,846 donated to the Cyclone Regional Training Center. This doesn't include the dozens of you who bought live or silent auction items at various events throughout the year. I just want to say THANK YOU to all who supported us financially in 2019.

My goal when we kicked off this campaign last June was to capture 500 donors and to raise $750,000! Of course, being the goal-oriented guy that I am, I now want to put out one LAST CHALLENGE to all to see if we can hit those numbers.

If you are reading this and you are NOT currently on our RTC TREE, NOW is your chance. WE have two weeks left in 2019! We need 26 more donors to reach 500! I think we can do that together. We also are not that far from $750k! So as we finish off 2019, help me reach these numbers.

You can go here to see all 474 donors AND also hopefully add your name to that board.

IN closing, again THANK YOU to all of you who have supported our non-profit organization! The Cyclone Regional Training Center is making a big difference in so many ways. And as always, it's gonna continue to take all of us!

Happy Holidays to ALL!



Coach Dresser

To listen...
https://anchor.fm/Tuesday-tilts/episodes/Ep--5-Gannon-Gremmel-e9icf9

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gBewAVuAbNiiJn7nel7f3?si=DHvo-yc2TYa6F_gu1GvbLA

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...sodeGuid=2d482a2c-71c0-0772-ecb0-991ae57369cc

As always, phenomenal work by Jay. A lot to chew on here.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/12/jay-jordan-at-the-end-of-the-day-2019-regular-season/

I ordered the seats through the athletics dept on Sunday just after it was announced. I would think we would know by now where the seats are going to be? I’m anxious to know where I end up. Any idea when they will announce?

I assume that's what this means

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https://247sports.com/player/jaquan-randolph-46082109/

Looks like ISU vs. Nebby, Cyclones offered in May.

It’s final

We recently just bought a new house and we need a few things like a doorbell, possibly a security system and cameras. I figure since neither one of us has more than an echo dot, it's a good time to figure out what path we want to go down. I've looked at Nest and Ring but I'm just wondering what some of the experts think is the right direction to go here. Like I said, we have just about nothing invested so we are a blank slate.

Enjoy.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/football-and-random-things-episode-55/

Two tickets section 143 row X seats 1 and 2. $75.00 each. Message me on the board. Thanks

$20 a piece.

Can send electronically

Link: https://collegefootball.ap.org/article/ap-all-america-teams-dominated-lsu-ohio-state

Kolar named Third-Team All-American by the Associated Press

Two tickets to MBB 12/22 vs Purdue Fort Wayne Section 216 Row 12 Seats 8-9, plus parking pass.

$10 total, pickup in Ankeny.