Kirk Haaland

EnCYCLONEpedia: Thank You

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com ContributorVisit Kirk’s Iowa State website, enCYCLONEpedia.com The standard thought among the most aged and well versed Cyclone fans is that Iowa State does not pull out games like the one on Friday against Oklahoma State. Surely, Lucy will pull the ball away at some point, right? Times, they are changing. It …

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enCYCLONEpedia: Why not now?

By Kirk Haaland of enCYCLONEpedia.com/CycloneFanatic.com Contributor Follow Kirk on Twitter @Khaal53 Currently this year, Oklahoma State is averaging 8.59 yards per pass attempt and is 11thin the nation in that category and second in the Big 12 behind Baylor. In which game of Cyclone football history did they give up the most pass yards per …

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enCYCLONEpedia: A Paul Rhoads Special

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor Kirk Haaland has been a contributor to Cyclone Fanatic for more than two years and has his own Iowa State Football & Basketball website, www.encyclonepedia.com. There, you can read more of his Cyclone related content including historical data and current day coverage. Follow Kirk on Twitter: @khaal53 I was duped. …

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enCYCLONEpedia: Relating stats to wins

By Kirk Haaland: Who has been a contributor to Cyclone Fanatic for more than two years and has his own Iowa State Football & Basketball website, www.encyclonepedia.com. There, you can read more of his Cyclone related content including historical data and current day coverage. Follow Kirk on Twitter: @khaal53 I have a theory. It is …

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enCYCLONEpedia: Blowout bitterness

By Kirk Haaland of enCYCLONEpedia.com I was most definitely wrong a couple of weeks back when I characterized the Texas game as the clunker of 2011. That was clearly reserved for Saturday’s trip to Columbia, we hope. It was evident quickly that the defense couldn’t tackle and the offense wasn’t going to help by moving …

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enCYCLONEpedia: Burnham’s Boys

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor As background, some of the stats that will follow are based on percentage of opportunities instead of raw numbers in an effort to level the playing field. The “percentage of potential yards” is based on the most possible yards an offense can gain in a given game by figuring the …

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enCYCLONEpedia: Season preview

By Kirk Haaland of enCYCLONEpedia.com (a special to Cyclone Fanatic) I don’t want to bore you, the avid Cyclone fan with the same old player by player profile that you have read everywhere else and already know (no promises that I don’t bore you anyway). Instead, let’s just look at the overall available talent and …

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Haaland: ISU 2011 Season Recap, The Returners

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor Follow Kirk on Twitter: @khaal53 If you like this type of analysis check out Kirk’s website: www.enCYCLONEpedia.com Here are the first three installments of this series: Recap 1, Recap 2, and The Departures There are five players returning for Iowa State who saw significant action in the 2010-11 season that …

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Haaland: 2011 ISU Season Recap, Part Two

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor It’s time for round two of reviewing the 2010-11 Iowa State basketball season and to put it in proper perspective historically. The thoughts of the season have been hashed and re-hashed but there are some interesting statistics as food for the thought that will be provided here. I will present …

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Haaland: ISU 2011 Season Recap, Part One

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor Another one is in the books too soon as Iowa State once again failed to win a conference tournament game or garner selection to the NCAA or NIT. However, that is about what was expected in this topsy-turvy season that was 2010-11. I will be doing a multi-part series focusing …

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EnCYCLONEpedia: Thank You

enCYCLONEpedia: Why not now?

enCYCLONEpedia: A Paul Rhoads Special

enCYCLONEpedia: Relating stats to wins

enCYCLONEpedia: Blowout bitterness

enCYCLONEpedia: Burnham’s Boys

enCYCLONEpedia: Season preview

Haaland: ISU 2011 Season Recap, The Returners

Haaland: 2011 ISU Season Recap, Part Two

Haaland: ISU 2011 Season Recap, Part One

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