What a shock - no Greta Gerwig (or any other women) in the Best Director spot:

https://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/oscar-nominations-2020-list-nominees-by-category

Hot takes:

- Tarentino will get either his first best director, or his third best screenplay (tying him w/Woody Allen, I think?). I doubt he'll get both.
- Parasite almost has to get best international.
- Either 1917 or Once Upon A Time...for best picture
- They'll throw Gerwig a paltry bone for adapted screenplay

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So yeah, doubt that Big 12 tournament run is happening this year. Not that it would with him, but yeah.

To put a bulk toilet paper purchase from sams club or cosco in a kitchen pantry with the bulk paper towel purchase? Wife thinks it would be strange, I disagree, came here for the poll decision.

All aboard!

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...sodeGuid=0c552366-a03f-4f6b-ac54-0ece43d9085e

Here’s a good trip down memory lane if anyone wants to listen to it. Talks to Douglas, Bono, Weldon, and Zabriskie as well as some good stories at the end, including one that involved Marcus Fizer.

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Nugs up 7 with :45 to go. That 3 is massive.

Pretty vulnerable today! Enjoy!

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/monday-musings-what-if-isu-ever-won-a-national-title/

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I realize it's been a couple of days since the game, but I've been way too busy and just now getting a chance to put down my thoughts. Last week was a critical week for the sisters as they had a home/home opportunity to get back in the upper echelon of the Big 12. They took care of business on Wednesday and Saturday was a chance to move into 4th all by themselves.

For all intents and purposes the first half was a solid performance for the sisters. The team came out playing salty defense and the offense...well...we were seeing motion, passing and it was fun to watch! The ladies would slowly pull ahead in a very workmanlike manner. Rebounding solidly and turning opportunities into points. The two things that were rather weird was our inability to hit the three. The team went a woeful 1-10 in the 1st and improved to 4-10 in the second. A little slow going, but even those misses didn't keep them from getting the job done. Scoring 38 points in a half is just pretty solid play.

As seems to be the case year after year, the ladies had one quarter that was a bust. The third saw them go into neutral on offense and the defense got a bit sketchy at times (but overall was still pretty good). The team hit a grand total of TWO shots in the third as we saw OU get back into the game. OU's offense wasn't exactly a thing of beauty either. It was just a lackluster quarter that saw the Sooners come within 5 points. The scariest part of the second half was seeing Joens go down hard. When she left the court we could see the tears in her eyes and I was feeling like the season just came to an end (and crazily we saw the key player for the men go down later that evening). The place was deathly quiet when she left and when she came back no the court the Hilton crowd (which was a very good crowd) exploded. This kid is one tough cookie. In the end, the fourth quarter was nip and tuck with Sheri's Sooners even taking the lead temporarily. But wouldn't you know it, it was Joens calmly standing at the free throw line with a two point lead and the game hanging in the balance. Two made shots later (the free throw woes are over as the team shot 100%!) and the game was iced.

While the game wasn't pretty all the way through, two things jumped out at me. The offense has shown it can be a motion offense and when that is happening they can be very effective. When the team stays out on the perimeter (As we saw in the second half) it's much easier to defend our players. OU did a good job of neutralizing our perimeter offense and that allowed them to be in the game.

Observations

Free Throws - as I mentioned it was good to see us shoot well from the line. The team went 14-18 (corrected) with no one struggling.

Maggie - after the record setting game against OSU, Maggie dropped her turnover number to 5. Still way too many, but this is a new position she is learning. Not an exceptional game statistically, but she is still helping this team succeed in numerous ways such as her defense.

Wise - got a couple of minutes and still a shell of herself offensively.

Scott - started slow with her inside outside game but heated up fast. She is playing some of her best ball right now. What got me this time was seeing some of her aggressive play on defense. She blocked some key shots without drawing fouls late in the game that were huge. 18 points and 12 boards is nothing to sneeze at.

Joens - here we are again talking about the iron man of the team. A rather slow start on the day, but you know she will get hers. She did. After getting her shoulder popped back into place she came back and gritted her way to 17 and 15...another double-double for one of the best players in the conference.

Rae - Not a great shooting game, but she was aggressive on the court and (as it seems to always happen) took some hard charges on defense that shifted the game in our favor.

AD - she is quickly becoming one of my favorite players. Always hustles. Isn't flashy. But she gets the job done. She is the #3 player on this team and always kicks in a handful of rebounds and points that make a difference. She has become on of our best three point shooters and seems to hit them when we need it most.

What's next? Two road games this week and both are toss ups. Texas and TCU. I think we are on the upswing and wouldn't be surprised to see another sweep this week.

Raw thoughts.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts...o-tyrese-haliburton-being-out-for-the-season/

I have been to or watched 5 meets so far this year. The one thing I don't get is why we don't try to get riding time in a lot of matches. Yesterday there were at last 6 times the other wrestler was up and out in under 9 seconds and we didn't appear to even want to hold them down. These were tight matches and riding out a guy for 30-60 seconds would seem to be an optimal idea to tire the bottom guy out. Am I missing something here, are our guys just not good on top or is this something Dresser would be coaching them to do. I am a novice fan at most but it gets maddening to give up the point that quick.

Not many rules, but this is the important one: "To qualify to be named Iowa’s Best Burger, the burger must be a 100% real beef patty and be served on a bun or bread product."

This page has links to the official contest rules and the online entry form. https://www.iabeef.org/events/best-burger-contest?fbclid=IwAR28BZzx5xR-0Ij8lCEv47y7xXmEdQsfQMjcZAxIbJMvRWzB2XmA-J5Y_54

Nominations taken through 5 p.m. March 10, 2020.

Campos is playing right now on ESPN. He is on the XFL team St. Louis Battlehawks

How can Rob not win this?


a couple of thoughts so far (pre final tribal council)


1) the girls should have tried to take out Rob with Andrea. It wouldn't have been successful because of the idol, but at least it would have shown that they tried to make a big move.

2) Andrea winning redemption island was by far the best case scenario for Rob


I'm especially looking forward to Phil's arguments. I'm expecting him to come clean about his act. I'm also interested in hearing what arguments they have against Rob winning (other than his wife had already won)


Edit: SPOILERS APPEAR LATER ON THE FIRST PAGE

First and foremost, a few links:
Our official question submissions thread: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...n-weekly-mailbag-questions-submission.251174/

Link to last five mailbags (if bored and need some reading material):
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-12-18-2019.253655/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-01-08-2020.254206/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/official-insider-information-weekly-mailbag-01-15-2020.254348/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-01-22-2020.254482/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-01-29-2020.254609/


Insider Information Weekly Mailbag 02-05-2020
Presented by Coke Zero. The drink that makes you ask: why do we even have Diet Coke anymore?


@Cy$ asks: who gets more girls? Me or @CloneFan4
Pants: Trick question; you’re both virgins.
GTO: This would be a tie, as I’m sure the number of Manti Te’o girlfriends you each have makes no difference when comparing against each other.

@Cy$ again: Fat chicks need loving too...seems to be the girls i attract anyways?
GTO: Is Nate Stanley’s sister still stalking you?
Pants: I had a coach in high school that once said fat chicks are like mopeds: they’re fun as hell to ride, but it’s embarrassing as **** when you’re seen on one.

@Fitzy asks: You must select two real people, alive or dead, to serve as a candidate and their running mate in the 2020 Presidential election. If your selections pull off a clean sweep and win all 538 electoral votes, you win $1 trillion. Which two people do you pick, and why?
Pants: Jesus/Ghandi. I feel like that covers a lot of the bases. And while not everyone would vote for them, I feel pretty confident they’d carry enough to win every state.
GTO: Our two greatest movie presidents of all time: Thomas J Whitmore (Bill Pullman) from Independence Day and James Marshall (Harrison Ford) from Air Force One. Alternates: Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) from The American President and Tom Beck/Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) from Deep Impact/Olympus has Fallen.
GTO: Damn it! Just realized this said REAL people. How about Lincoln and JFK? I don't think anyone could shoot down that ticket. I would even say that ticket would be bulletproof. Okay, I'll stop now. (apologies to @ImJustKCClone, since I know she lived through both of those)

@Cy$ asks: How do you get cured from being butt ******* ugly? Asking for a friend.
GTO: Work out enough to at least be called a butterface. Hey, it’s better than having both a jacked face and un-jacked body.
Pants: Get a pocket *****.

@Cy$ complaining about getting some attention: how do I get rid of a stalker on CF?
@Doc @jcyclonee
Pants: Are the stalkers Doc and JC? If so, frankly, you should be honored. I’ve drank beer with both of them. Well, Doc drank hard ciders, but same general concept still.
GTO: You could do worse than Doc and JC. However, I didn’t know Doc was getting drunk off the apple juice.



@jcyclonee asks (and apparently also withdraws the question?): Can you do something about all these basketball games being broadcast on ESPN+ and ESPNU? I'm not paying extra for that crap. Actually, hold off on that request until next year when we get all the recruits with cool names on the team.
GTO: In the age of so many streaming services, ESPN+ does not offer enough for me to justify spending money on the service. I can just find a stream of the game and then proceed to watch ISU basketball brick away another game.
Pants: ESPN is literally the worst. Like, the absolute worst. And ESPN+ has nothing to do with it.
GTO: Remember the good ol’ days of ESPN? Back when I was in college, Sportscenter with Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen was must-see TV. I also miss the late night world’s strongest man and strongest women competitions, lumberjack games, etc. Perfect drunk watching after the bars. In my opinion it all started to go downhill when they started broadcasting WAY too much world series of poker crap. Seems like it was 24/7 poker for a while. They should have put Weird Al in charge of scheduling like in UHF and start mix/matching some of the shows like world’s strongest poker players where the poker chips weigh 50 pounds. A little more challenging being all-in then. Or maybe lumberjack vs. coked-up beaver tree felling. Just some ideas.

Kim Wexler just called to tell me the new season starts February 23. Can't wait.

So my 50th is coming up in 2 weeks. Just got my "invitation" to become part of the club. Do any of you do this and is it at all worth it? It's $12 for a year and I get a trunk organizer.

vs


IOWA STATE (9-13, 2-7 BIG 12)
VS. KANSAS STATE (9-13, 2-7 BIG 12)
SATURDAY, FEB. 8 | 7 P.M. CST
AMES, IOWA | HILTON COLISEUM (14,384)



Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Mark Neely (pxp); Jon Sundvold (analyst)

https://sports.yahoo.com/coach-k-on-college-hoops-i-wish-the-whole-thing-would-change-084051665.html

I normally think Coach K is a bit of a blow-hard, but I thought his views on the future of college basketball are spot on. I also think this discussion is interesting in light of Coach Prohm's struggles. Situations like Wigginton, Lard and, to a lesser extent, THT or Haliburton, have really reduced the amount of high quality basketball players in the NCAA. Kids that would have stuck around 3-4 years and become stars in the past are now declaring with no real guarantee of NBA money.

As kids continue to find creative ways to skip college, and with the likelihood of the 1 year requirement being eliminated, it's going to be interesting to see what kind of quality the NCAA can keep up. I'm afraid the medoicore basketball we've seen this year might be the new norm.