Kirk Haaland

Outside the men’s room: Commemorative coin curse

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor I’m a Jamie Pollard fan. In his near five years of being in Ames, he has been in the limelight on many occasions making many bold proclamations, controversial decisions and coaching moves. While some of his coaching hires have turned out unsuccessful, it is difficult to argue that any of …

Basketball Men's Sports

Outside the men’s room: Re-election

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor Fred Hoiberg? Conventional wisdom amongst basketball brains has always scoffed at the notion. The hometown hero coming back to be an assistant coach has long been the dream of many born and bred Cyclones, but vaulting past that scenario to be the new head man is a true shocker. So …

Football

Outside the men’s room: Stat sheet scrutiny

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Fan Blogger I would love to be able to offer up some unique takes and storylines from my observations from the annual spring game this past Saturday. The problem is that I was unable to attend due to family reasons. So instead, I’m going to take the completely opposite angle and …

Football

Outside the men’s room: The winning way

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Fan Blogger The Iowa State football team could find itself in a bit of a precarious situation this fall. A situation that will resemble that of 2006 for a variety of reasons, but most notably in my mind, will be an offense that is expected to be explosive with numerous returning …

Women's Basketball Women's Sports

Outside the men’s room: For the good of the game

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Fan Blogger To be honest, this is only an Iowa State topic because the Twister Sisters were the most recent victim of what is currently the most dominant team in all of sports. The most common analogy thrown out with the UCONN women’s basketball team is Tiger Woods, but that just …

Olympic Sports

Outside the men’s room: Champs and challengers

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Fan Blogger It’s been a big week for the Iowa State Athletic Department with the National Wrestling Tournament in Omaha last week and hosting the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday and Tuesday nights. There were far more great things to come out of those events than …

Basketball Men's Sports

Outside the men’s room: Finally

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Fan Blogger It was a long time coming. Not only for Greg McDermott’s coaching tenure at ISU but for this year’s team in particular. All of those close games over the past two months that resulted in losses and frustrating experiences finally led to a win. As pointed out on 1460 …

Basketball Men's Sports

Outside the men’s room: Senior night

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Blogger Perhaps the most unique senior night in recent memory will be upon us tonight, with the only two seniors on the roster and both at least have the opportunity to return next season. Jamie Vanderbeken is seeking a medical red-shirt that he at least appears to be likely to receive …

Basketball Men's Sports

Outside the men’s room: A rock and a hard place

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Blogger I have an inner conflict brewing. You know, the one that was depicted on cheesy sitcoms in the late 90’s by having a miniature devil version of oneself sitting on one shoulder and a miniature angel version of oneself sitting on the other shoulder, immersed in a deep dispute. A …

Football

Outside the men’s room: It’s all in the stars?

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com blogger (All recruiting rankings in this piece are from the Rivals.com database) It took seven seasons of Dan McCarney at the helm in order to reel in what would be the best recruiting class of his tenure. That year, Coach Mac’s class was headlined by six four-star and eight three-star recruits. …

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Outside the men’s room: Commemorative coin curse

Outside the men’s room: Re-election

Outside the men’s room: Stat sheet scrutiny

Outside the men’s room: The winning way

Outside the men’s room: For the good of the game

Outside the men’s room: Champs and challengers

Outside the men’s room: Finally

Outside the men’s room: Senior night

Outside the men’s room: A rock and a hard place

Outside the men’s room: It’s all in the stars?

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