Saw an article on a KSU web site that claims Weber will be fired after the big 12 tourney. I realize that they are not having a great year, but besides the theatrics I always thought Weber was a good coach.

I went back and forth on starting this thread, but figured I should since there are enough soccer fans here at CF.

As if the world wasn’t already messed up enough as is, there was a huge brawl between the opposing fans this Saturday in a match between Querétaro and Atlas (Mexican league). Official reports are saying 20 something people injured and a handful in critical condition. On social media there are rumors of double digit deaths as a result of this atrocity. After watching some of the videos, I’d be surprised if there are no casualties.

Hope the Mexican federation and FIFA give out some serious punishment to the clubs, especially the home team. Needless to say, but also hope the local authorities arrest as many of the people involved as possible.

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It’s corny and sounds forced and seems to deflate the crowd afterwards.

However, love the kill kill kill chant. I hope it carries over to football on 3rd downs.

Happened just before 3 pm, three kids shot and in critical condition. Shooting occurred outside the building but on school grounds.

With awards coming out this week thought we could have thread on it. I'm not a huge awards tracker and don't freak if we don't get some but this year we have more notable candidates than usual.

Pre-season picks had Joens and Donarski as All-Big 12 and Ryan Honorable Mention. Post-season has 1st team (10 players), 2nd Team (five players) and Honorable Mention. Joens is going to be a unanimous pick but Ryan is a lock also (11th in scoring and 1st in assists by a mile). So, probably all three in on first team. Don't think Cyclones have a 2nd team candidate and just not sure about Honorable mention. Aubrey Joens looked like she had a shot fo that half way through he season but didn't sustain that play.

POY is likely Baylor's Smith. Shame to have three players averaging almost a double/double (Smith and Lee did and Joens almost did). Smith/Lee/Joens all 1-2-3 in scoring and rebounding. Shame to have to pick one and pass over the other two but Smith gets the nod. Smith was the pre-season pick and answered the bell expectation-wise.

COY will be interesting. It's between Fennelly and Jenny B. Collen won the conference but she was picked to do that so did what she was supposed to do and I think that bumps her out along with the "it was Mulkey's team". Considering other coaches success in conference bumping Collen is 100% justifiable. Sort of a dead heat between Fennelly and Barancyk. Both finished where they were picked. Barancyk did do more with Sherri's players than Sherri's did so she has that going but that seems to have been predicted in the preseason poll. Voted by coaches and not so sure our coaches is loved by some of them. No feel for how hey feel about newcomer Jenny. Not sure "nominated but not won before" like movie awards plays into coaches thinking on voting, maybe but lots of newer coaches in the league. Grabbing a piece of the title would have iced it for either one of them.

Last year was my first year buying season tickets so I will be renewing for the first time this year. I just looked at my invoice and I noticed there are two options, one is to renew just the donation at this time, the other is to renew both the donation and season ticket purchase at this time. I have a couple questions about this that someone may be able to answer.

1: If I select the option to renew just the donation right now, will I still get the email to login and purchase priority tickets as I would have last year or am I basically saying I don't want season tickets by selecting this option?

2: Regarding the option to renew both the donation and season tickets, I noticed my specific seats from last year are listed on this option. If I select this option am I locking myself into these seats again for next year or will I still have the option to login once tickets are on sale to look for new seats?

Thanks in advance for your help!

All the coaches spoke about Carr's accomplishments but most importantly highlighted just how much he cares about his team. The way he's become almost an extra coach in the room.


Enjoy!

This has been talked about in multiple threads but let's try to put it in one to keep it straight and figure out just exactly how much money we can raise for Cyclone Regional Training Center!

$25 per NCAA win for Jarrett

Who's in?

Here's a small clip from my conversation with Coleman

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CFTV: Dresser, Metcalf and Carr talk Big 12 Championships

Head coach Kevin Dresser and assistant coach Brent Metcalf give their overall thoughts at the conclusion of the Big 12 Championships plus their thoughts on the staple that David Carr is to the program. Plus, David Carr reacts to becoming a three-time Big 12 Champion. https://youtu.be/m18KQ2IGES

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The howks just ducked two matches in the finals of the Big10s. The big10 can’t be happy about this. 8 of the 10 matches took place but their biggest star didn’t get to wrestle. Is the NCAA their own worst enemy on this? Currently there are no repercussions for MFFs leading into nationals. 4 of Iowas 10 guys forfeited out of the tournament. Is it time the seeding committee takes a stand? Do they have power to make it happen without first having structured rules around it? What a terrible black eye for the sport. Funny thing is, the guy heading this is the tough guy always pointing and yelling and flexing. Desperation at its finest, trying anything possible to beat penn state at nationals.

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Got to thinking today… I’ve been doing the Twister Sister Summary for over twenty years now, it originated on another site that will not be named. I have no idea where the term "Twister Sister" originated. Anyone have any insights?

Setting the tone for a busy week. Enjoy.

If this is 1999 Breece is assured of a top 5 pick in the First Round. Alas, it is 2022 and RBs are devalued.

I know most here are biased, but with his workout AND his tape I cannot see where his is not the RB with the best chance to go in the first round. To me it is not even close.

If you were guaranteed that he would go in the first round, which team would you put your money on? I see a few teams that are a stud RB away from being the best version of themself in 2022.

How would that change if you wanted Breece to play for your favorite NFL team?

On Wednesday, I posted with all session tickets and had no one reach out. Unfortunately, due to health issues my wife and can't go this year - haven't missed one except last year since 2010. I am willing to split out the Iowa State session (session 3 on Thursday) to ensure that Cyclone fans fill the lower bowl. I have 2 tickets in section 122 Row 26 that I can transfer electronically. Cost with fees was $65 / I will sell the pair for $100. Text me at 614-832-8469.

The NFL lists Breece's 40 time at the combine as 4.39. Why do people keep posting that it is a 4.4? What is the reasoning behind skipping events at the combine? For instance, Enyi, Rose, Kolar, and Allen did not run the 40.

Ben and I got together quick and poured our initial thoughts:

I think going into this game we probably all thought the sisters would win. They have bounced back nicely from losses this season and why not now? They did, it was just how they did it that may have surprised.

The first quarter was a mess. WVU was being physical and yet it was ISU that was being called for the fouls. Yes, many were pretty obvious but it was a bit startling. How would you feel three minutes in when both of your mainstay posts are on the bench with two fouls? Though the ladies were down 7-2 it was early and I still felt comfortable. They settled down, scored some buckets and started to increase the defensive pressure. By the end of that nasty first the ladies were only down four 14-10. Yep...ten points. Not the high output you normally expect. But then came the second.

This was when we started to see Emily Ryan take over this game. Wasn't necessarily her shooting from deep, it was her driving and maneuvering things to make positive things happen. Oftentimes it meant she scored. She only ended up with four assists on the night and that is because she was our principle scorer. Ryan put in 9 points in the second, helped by Donarski with 5 and Jordao with 3 and the ladies went on one of their offensive runs. It was fueled by solid defense as the ladies went from four down to six up rather quickly. WVU just wasn't having any luck shooting and a lot of that was due to fantastic defensive pressure that had a hand in their face all of the time. By the time the quarter was over the sisters led 34-28. The most frustrating stat of the first half were all of the turnovers. Against another team these (9 of them) could kill you.

The second half saw the team work out to big double digit leads of 17-18 points only to see WVU keep edging back. Why? A big part of it was offensive rebounds. On several possessions our defense was good forcing tough shots only to give up 1, 2 or 3 offensive boards and an eventual bucket. WVU ended the night with TWENTY offensive rebounds on the night. That's just inexcusable. The other thing we saw happening in the second half was a WVU foul fest. I'm not sure I saw any or many that weren't actually fouls, but we know there are always more than what is called. Two WVU players fouled out of the game. It finally boiled over for WVU coach Carey. He ran across half court, said some very choice things and "ding" first technical. Then he bumped (accidentally) Emily Ryan and said a few more choice things and "ding" technical number two and an ejection. This is one of the other frustrating parts of this game. Too many missed free throws. During then ensuing SIX free throws (the technicals happened after a personal foul) Donarksi went 1-2 and Ryan went 2-4. Ugh. While WVU kept things somewhat close I never felt the game was in doubt. The sisters closed it out with a nice 74-57 win.

Observations

Free Throws - 21-29 tonight. That's not our usual stuff and the misses were from usually reliable folk. This is part of the team bread and butter and they need to keep the percentage above 80.

Three pointers - this wasn't the game you thought it might be. WVU did a nice job defending the perimeter and ISU continued to struggle a bit from outside. 7-18 is close to the season average, but some of the opportunities were just plain misses. I hope it smooths out a bit for the tournament.

Ryan - wow, what a night. Career high in scoring with 29 points. The was the engine of this team tonight. Even the very WVU pro announcers lauded her praises over and over. The 1:1 assist/turnover ratio is a little abby normal, but when you are doing the bulk of the scoring the assists won't be there. The downside is the low number may keep her from over taking they who shall not be named in the season record book.

Joens (sr) - Tough day at the office for Ashley. A whopping 2-10 from the field, she made her living at the line going 6-8. WVU blanketed her and focused on not letting her hurt them. Yet she did in another way - assists. She had three very nice plays where she drew the double and dished to the post for an easy score.

Donarski - she reminds me of that little terrier dog who is ferocious and wants to bite your ankle off. She is just tenacious on defense. She clearly frustrated WVU. Her offense was a bit tough tonight as well. Picked up 11 points on 3-10 shooting. Not the norm we expect from her.

The posts - Jordao had one of her best games IMO. She was working hard on the boards (7) and scored some nice buckets to net seven. Kane had a rougher go and only played 11 minutes tonight.

Offensive boards - WVU just ate the Cyclones for lunch on the offensive boards. It was pug ugly. They ended up with 20 of the little monsters and without that many the game wouldn't have been remotely close. As coach says, rebounds are all about effort and desire. We just got beat to a bunch of them. That can't happen again. Net we were out rebounded 42-38.

Well, everything is falling into place for the Big 12 tourney. Unfortunately OU fell on its face today and lost to Kansas. That drops OU to the 4th seed and bumps Texas to our side of the bracket at #3. OU is just a mystery that way. I would also almost lay odds that the KU coach gets the Big 12 coach of the year for turning that program around. The only thing left is for all of us to get out our voodoo dolls and pins and hope that TTU pulls off a miracle and beats Baylor in Waco. OK, wishful thinking.

Hope there are going to be lots of you going to the tournament next week. It's going to be cold as crap with highs in the upper 30's so the normal warm and fun trip to KC just isn't happening. But it's up to us to make Muni one very hot place for every ISU opponent. Even if you can only make it for one game make the drive and have some fun. After the tourney we all get to venture back to Ames as the women will be hosting the first two rounds. Maybe we can get lucky and get assigned to Wichita as well? The Power of the Pop crew will be in KC and I hope we see you there. Outside of the games our usual haunt is Quaffs. Join us for a cold one or six.

Who is going to KC? Are you going to the game Thursday night? Both men's and women's games? Kelly's on Wednesday night?