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CF Mailbag: 9-23 Edition

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher Good day Cyclone fanatics. Have you backed away from the cliff after last Saturday’s loss? I hope so. That was a pretty epic meltdown we encounter here on the site after the Kansas State game. It was borderline ridiculous. Don’t worry about it though. I totally understand and love you …

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Blum: Cyclone psychology

By Brent Blum, CycloneFanatic.com Columnist I was listening to 810 WHB out of Kansas City on my way to Arrowhead last Friday afternoon when host Kevin Kieitzman said something about Iowa State that intrigued me. Kieitzman was discussing Farmageddon 2010 with “The Racin’ Boys.” (For what it’s worth I always enjoy names of things that …

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Introducing our Cyclone Fanatic podcast

You asked for it months ago. It is here. Welcome to our first every CycloneFanatic.com podcast. In today’s installment, CycloneFanatic.com’s publisher Chris Williams chats with Brent Blum of the Cyclone Radio Network about topics ranging from Tyrus McGee to this Saturday’s football contest with Northern Iowa. Listen on your computer, put it on your Ipod, …

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CF Experts Pick’em: Week 3

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher We’re now two weeks into our CycloneFanatic.com pick’em season and I’m happy to announce that I’m still on top of the standings. Trust me. This won’t last long. Looking back at least week, not one of our experts picked the Iowa State-Iowa game correctly. Every single one of us took …

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Blum: Cyclone offense lacks fire power

By Brent Blum, CycloneFanatic.com Columnist Driving home on the catastrophe known as I-80 after the game Saturday gave me quite a bit of time to think. I thought about how Iowa City could mix in an extra road or two from Kinnick to the interstate and how the "hit-music" radio stations always seem to play …

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CF Experts Pick’Em: Week 2

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher I don’t want to come off as arrogant by writing this but only two guys went undefeated in last week’s pick’em column. I was one of them. The other was the best man in my recent wedding, former Cyclone linebacker Adam Carper. Yes, this is just more proof that there …

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The Real World: Iowa City Road Trip

By Brent Blum, CycloneFanatic.com Columnist To commemorate one of the more entertaining weeks of the year in the state, I bring back the third edition of a column I wrote for the Iowa State Daily in my younger days: “The Real World: Ames.” It follows the fictional adventures of roommates Dan McCarney and Wayne Morgan …

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CF Experts Pick’Em: Week One

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher I received a shocking phone call earlier this afternoon. "I want to go out on top," Ken Miller of 1460 KXNO’s Matt and Miller Show told me. You see, Miller not only won but dominated CycloneFanatic.com’s first-ever Experts Pick’Em competition during the 2009 college football season. "I put everything I …

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Blum: The Cyclone experience

By Brent Blum, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor It is finally here. After 245 days of waiting, Cyclone football returns. Thursday is a Cyclone family reunion, 50,000 strong. There aren’t many experiences that can match the first trip to Jack Trice Stadium each fall. For me, the butterflies get amped as I approach the Highway 30 exit on …

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Outside the men’s room: It’s about time

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor The players aren’t the only ones ready for the season opener. Scrimmaging and hitting the same guys every day—sometimes for two practices a day—grows old. Sooner or later it’s time to put on the game uniform and perform in front of the fans. Similarly, there aren’t many more angles to …

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CF Mailbag: 9-23 Edition

Blum: Cyclone psychology

Introducing our Cyclone Fanatic podcast

CF Experts Pick’em: Week 3

Blum: Cyclone offense lacks fire power

CF Experts Pick’Em: Week 2

The Real World: Iowa City Road Trip

CF Experts Pick’Em: Week One

Blum: The Cyclone experience

Outside the men’s room: It’s about time

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