Putting the Otz rumor to rest

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher

The rumor mill has been a little bit on the nutty side regarding the Iowa State men’s basketball team as of late. Just ask Iowa State assistant coach T.J. Otzelberger.

Lately, the hot talk on Coach Otz says that he recently interviewed at UCLA.

On Thursday night, Otzelberger confirmed to CycloneFanatic.com that the UCLA rumor is false.

“I never interviewed at UCLA,” Otzelberger said. “My priority is helping Iowa State’s program win basketball games. I owe a lot to Greg (McDermott) and Iowa State. That is where my focus is right now.”

Otzelberger was a member of McDermott’s initial staff that he brought to Ames back in the spring of 2006.

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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