Do you have any forum or discussion topics that you just can't quit? Whenever you hear/see them, you just have to take part in them? (Caveat - let's try and keep it from getting political.)

I can't keep out of a good vaccination debate.

What are yours?

A lot of people have given up on MBB with the most recent loss (whether that's correct or not). What's your next sport on which you focus after basketball ends for the season, but before football starts? The 72 months of the NBA? NASCAR? Golf? Baseball?

The Marty Tirrell thread got me thinking. Have you ever been successfully conned or tricked, particularly out of money?

One time in high school, I had a job as a cashier. I didn't know there was such a thing as a "quick change artist," particularly in Iowa. I've always had a tended to be overly polite, so I'm sure that I looked like the perfect target for this - here's an example: LINK

The guy came up at a time when we were overwhelmed with customers, did his transaction, and then started swapping out for change as I was helping someone else. I was super-busy and naive, and so I totally fell for it. He ended up conning us out of about $25 - and I felt like a total idiot after.

I love going to see comedians live, but prefer ones that keep it clean (no or limited swearing, no sexual humor). The ones that I have seen recently are:

Tim Hawkins
John Crist
Michael Jr.

I have tickets to see Jim Gaffigan in Sioux Falls in June (on my birthday).

Does anyone have suggestions for other (clean) comedians that they have seen that they like?

Anybody do this, and if so how is it? We're thinking about buying a home out in the sticks where our only options for internet are satellite or hotspot. There is a cell tower with line-of-sight across the valley so 4G reception is great. My wife uses the internet to work from home, but only for downloading and uploading documents - no streaming. We will do some streaming from time to time, but we can get a dish/DVR to watch most shows.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...a-state/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.74ff004cfa2a

Nice write up on MS from the WaPo. Sounds like this was a win/win for both Marial and ISU. I for one am very glad we have him! (I just wish it had been all 4 years.....)

Enjoy.

Prohm should cover the 'Hilton Magic' sign we see on the hype videos until this team earns it.

Title says it all. No longer going to the dentist from back home and looking for a good dentist in the Des Moines area. I'm a little freaked out by the whole dentist experience so the more gentle they are, the better.

Thanks in advance!

WV appears to be scheduling two P5 noncons on the same years leading up to this. Definitely beefing up their schedule.
http://wvmetronews.com/2019/02/22/alabama-west-virginia-announce-home-and-home-football-series/

Hello friends and happy Saturday.

I have a CFTV with Willie Miklus! He discusses tomorrows dual, what's next for him and talks about his role in the wrestling room.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/...what-it-will-be-like-to-face-his-former-team/

Then, I also have this feature with Chase Straw! It was a good time to get to know more about him and his thoughts personally on his season so far.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/...w-to-turn-his-season-around-after-slow-start/

Join us Thursday night at Whiskey River in Ankeny as we're going to get Flo up on the TV's for some Cyclone Wrestling ... I really hope we have a decent turnout and we can start doing more of these. Figure it's a great opportunity to get some old guard wrestling fans mixed in with some newer, casual ones.

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Our picks are here. What you guys got?

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/predictions-iowa-state-at-tcu/

Talented U.S. athletes from many clubs and RTCs will be competing in Cuba, Feb. 17-22

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/sport...cle_26b4ce60-33b4-11e9-92fe-9ff52a92f66e.html

https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/February/16/Cuba-rosters-2019

Cyclone ties in Cuba

• David Carr, unattached: 70 kilograms (154-pounds) freestyle
• Kyven Gadson, Cyclone Regional Training Center/Sunkist Kids: 97 kilograms (213-pounds) freestyle
• Pat Downey (former Cyclone), Titan Mercury Wrestling Club: 86 kilograms (189-pounds) freestyle

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Starts at the 1:04 minute for Derek St John

i could do without the ad that takes up half the page that I can’t even close out of.

Saw ISU featured in the photo for the BIG 12 sites story on the meet.



"Edwin Kurgat (Iowa State) won the 5,000-meter race with a 14:10.79 for his first indoor track & field gold medal, fourth gold medal overall (2018 – 5,000m and 10,000m, Outdoor T&F; 2018 – Cross Country Individual Champion). "

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=211792164

Not bad for a true freshman.

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Hear me out here. Obviously the clones and hawks are going to get in but Drake is in first place in the MVC and playing well and after watching UNI the last few games they are peaking at the right time now too. Just beat the other team in first place in the MVC (Missouri State) by 20 @ Mo state last night. It will just take Drake or UNI to win Arch Madness and there are 3 teams in.

This team lives and dies on the defensive rebound. It is the #1 way to beat this team and the data supports this assertion.

1. This home loss vs. Baylor is frustrating to the same ilk as @iowa, @Baylor, KSU, and TCU. The common thread is the inability to get defensive rebounds.

2. If this team defensively rebounds at a rate ~70% or better this team will likely win most games it plays. For reference the best teams average defending rebound rate is around 80% and the worst is 65%. In summary, ISU only needs to be an average to slightly below average defensive rebounding team to win.

3. This is one the better defensive teams in sometime at ISU, but it has been slipping in defensive efficiency as of late. Often forgotten is that you end a defensive possession by getting a defensive rebound. Defensive rebounds is a major component of a defensive possession, and it happens to be ISUs glaring weakness.

4. Per KenPom, ISU's defensive efficiency is correlated around 65% to its defensive rebounding rate- which is a fairly significant correlation. FWIW no team in KenPom top 25 has as high of a correlation as ISU (ISU currently sits at #13 in KenPom).

ISU's success (AKA winning games) is majorly dependent on the ability (or lack there of) of getting defensive rebounds. Basketball can be pretty simple.

I could write much more on personnel adjustments, observations of player positioning, strategy of how many players to crash for defensive rebounds, but that may be for another day.

OK, I want to try to say this in the nicest way possible, but...I personally could not care less what Matt Campbell thinks about LeBron, Baker Mayfield, Mike Leach, the WWE, what restaurants he likes or what he has on his DVR. If I had an hour of one-on-one time with the coach, I would want to save the small talk for after the interview is done. I mean, my first thought would be...going into spring, how do they try to replace Willie Harvey? DeAndre Payne? Montgomery? Butler? Seonbuchner? Peavy? Maybe ask about the new FB facility...how much input did he have? What's he like about the plans? What are some of the cool things about the new building and how will it fit in with what they currently have?

There are tons of FB related questions to ask. Thoughts on 3-4 vs 4-3, evolution of Leo/Star positions, strength and weight gains, how the new FR are doing so far, who's participating at pro day, what they want to accomplish this spring, how the new coaches are settling in, who have been the leaders over the winter and who are potential captains.

I love CW's work and appreciate what this site does, but for as limited of access as we get, I just hate seeing time on a podcast "wasted" by asking about what TV shows the coach is binging. I understand that it's a fine line and it's great to have a friendly relationship with the HC...and that there's some value to fans being able to see what he's really like outside of the buttoned up press conference situations, but I feel like if the opportunity is there to ask more FB questions and less non-FB questions (like cut in half), that would make for an even better podcast.

I'm sure I'll get ripped up for this post, but I actually consider it constructive criticism.

https://sports.yahoo.com/james-harden-says-personal-arrogant-ref-scott-foster-150558032.html

I don't follow the NBA closely but I know that Harden tends to get away with a lot. Those of you who know more about this is there something to Harden's belief that Foster is out to get him or is he just mad that Foster won't let him schmooze into getting favorable calls?