Chris Williams

VIDEO: Cyclone CCL highlights from 6-15

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher While the Des Moines YMCA Capital City League certainly doesn’t dictate how an upcoming season is about to go, it can give fans a glimpse as to what to expect from individual athletes come November. Iowa State fans will be buzzing about the league all summer long, as anticipation for …

Football

CF Mailbag: 6-16 Edition

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams Triggermv writes: In the video link for the Gridiron Club’s Coaches Cookout, Paul Rhoads mentioned that this year’s football team will be the best team he has put onto the field so far since arriving at ISU. Do you tend to agree with him or not, …

Football

Cast-Iron Knott: Full speed ahead

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams Jake Knott doesn’t lock his car when he gets out…The car locks itself because it’s scared that Jake Knott will get back in it. (For those of you who don’t know, that’s an old Chuck Norris joke). While Iowa State’s junior linebacker Jake Knott doesn’t …

Basketball Men's Sports

Iowa State offers Brooklyn duo

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams Two 2013 basketball prospects out of Brooklyn South Shore, N.Y.Terrence Samuel andShamiek Sheppard, received scholarship offers from Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg on Wednesday. Samuel is a 6-foot-3, 175-pound point guard. Sheppard is a 6-foot-4, 190-pound small forward. The two prospects are not only high …

Basketball Men's Sports

South Padre anyone?

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher Pack up that suntan lotion fanatics. Get ready for a Cyclone spring break in November! We’ve all known this for a while, but Iowa State made it official today. The Cyclone men’s basketball team will participate in the 2011 South Padre Invitational in Texas on Nov. 25-26. The field will …

Football

Williams Blog: UConn game is crucial to 2011

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams Every summer, I seem to become enamored with a non-conference game on Iowa State’s upcoming schedule. Last year it was Utah. This is often times an obscure game against a program that you don’t see very often. I think that Iowa State needs to at …

Football

Monday Musings: 6-13 Edition

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams On Iowa State football… — Is it me, or was the overall reaction to Iowa State’s plan to build a $20.6 million football facility a little bit bland last week? I thought that fanatics would go bonkers over this news. I realize that most fans have …

Football

Multimedia: From Saturday’s Coaches Cookoff

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher If you didn’t get to attend Saturday nights 2011 Cyclone Gridiron Club Coaches Cookoff, you missed out on one heck of a time. Nearly 150 Cyclone fanatics gathered at the Coldwater Golf Links in Ames for a night full of BBQ, football chatter, golf and some cold beer as well. …

Football

Cyclone Roundup: Heavy on hoops

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams I have a problem. I’m obsessed with hoops. I’m a junkie. Don’t get me wrong. I love football. College football is probably my favorite sport as a fan. But college hoops is my favorite sport to cover. Yesterday was refreshing for me. The Big 12 held …

Basketball Men's Sports

Big 12 Teleconference: Fred Hoiberg Q&A

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher The Big 12 Conference held its annual summer basketball teleconference on Thursday morning. Below is the complete Q&A session from Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg’s time in the spotlight. A lot of the guys on your team have pretty lengthy to do lists for the summer. Realistically, how much …

Search

VIDEO: Cyclone CCL highlights from 6-15

CF Mailbag: 6-16 Edition

Cast-Iron Knott: Full speed ahead

Iowa State offers Brooklyn duo

South Padre anyone?

Williams Blog: UConn game is crucial to 2011

Monday Musings: 6-13 Edition

Multimedia: From Saturday’s Coaches Cookoff

Cyclone Roundup: Heavy on hoops

Big 12 Teleconference: Fred Hoiberg Q&A

@cyclonefanatic

Become a Super Fanatic