Nice article. I didn’t realize he is from Gilbert.

Our thread for signing day for the 2023 recruiting class.

Beni Ngoyi is set to make a decision between Iowa State and Nebraska at 1:00 p.m. and Iowa State anticipates signing the second highest rated recruit in program history in JJ Kohl this morning, as well.

Fab drone videography starting in the presidents office and through Beardshear accomapnied by a stunning rendition of the Bells off Iowa State.

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Welcome back to “On That Note,” hosted by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and me, cyclones500.

For this week's segment, we pay tribute to notable music artists who died in 2022. Post favorites from those we lost this year. In addition to performers, you may include songwriters, producers, promoters, and anyone who had impact in the music industry or whose work has special meaning for you.

Repeated references to an artist are allowed, but try not to duplicate a track somebody else already posted. Similarly, although no limit to # of songs a person may select from a given performer, try not to “hoard” — post your top choice, then give others a chance.

You may use songs with performer as member of a group, of course, but we prefer it was recorded/performed when the person was an active member (not a mandate, exceptions are allowed). Also counts: member of duets, soundtracks, et. al.

A couple of links for reference.




I’ll post a couple of my choices in a follow-up.

• Last week at OTN: This Ain't No Party ...

I was recently thinking about Lafester Rhodes, as we all do from time to time. We all know about the 54 point explosion against Iowa, but maybe people don't remember how great of a season he had that year, averaging 22.5 PPG and 7 boards per game.

Up until his senior season, he averaged about 3 PPG for his career in spot duty/mop-up minutes. Can anyone smarter than me come up with any other example of a player on any team taking that kind of leap from one year to the next?

I think we need some kind of ISU 30 for 30 to explore this. Did the coaching staff see that coming, or were they just as surprised as I was? What did Rhodes do to up his game? Did he sell his soul to the devil?

Choose to follow her AD from UNLV.

Another new thread made me want to ask for recommendations about puzzle-platform, adventure, horror/survival games. Any similar style games you would recommend? I'm on Xbox One. (I know, I'm old)

I prefer to play games that make me think and strategize, that provide me some occasional scares and excitement. I'm not a big fan of the strictly 1st person/3rd person shooter games. There are a lot of "rankings" lists, but some don't seem to match the rating.

Here are some of my favorites:

• Alien: Isolation
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Limbo
• Inside
• Prey
• Little Nightmares
• Little Nightmares II (Just started playing this a couple days ago)
• Unravel (mellow, low-stress puzzle-platform game)

Hey all, shared this update this morning with all of our supporters that I send as part of a monthly newsletter, but thought would make it visible on the message board as well to let you all know the impact We Will has had in hopes it may spread the word a bit. Thank you for reading!
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Wanted to send you a quick note during this Holiday season to update you on our activities with the We Will Collective.

We have had tremendous growth in the past several weeks and first and foremost wanted to thank each of you for your support and advocacy of We Will. It has certainly been an interesting time in College Athletics and you all have stepped to the plate to help Iowa State as we navigate the changing climate.

As of this morning, through both the non-profit We Will Collective and membership service We Will Club, there have been nearly 1,300 Cyclones contribute to support Iowa State student-athletes through these efforts. You all have made a great impact on our mission to support and keep those that choose to be Cyclones. In the past several weeks we have been able to support the following Cyclones:

Football: TJ Tampa, Beau Freyler, Myles Purchase, DeShawn Hanika, Jaylin Noel, Hunter Dekkers, Gerry Vaughn, Jeremiah Cooper, Dimitri Stanley, Domonique Orange, Isaiah Lee

Basketball: Tamin Lipsey, Robert Jones

Women’s Basketball: Ashley Joens, Lexi Donarski, Emily Ryan, Nyamer Diew

This is in addition to the work from this Summer and early Fall, which supported the entire men’s basketball team as well as Cyclone Football seniors O’Rien Vance, Will McDonald, Xavier Hutchinson and Anthony Johnson.

Thanks to the support of Anthony Johnson, his family was able to join him at a couple of games in Ames this Fall. They had never been able to visit Ames before. Many of you may not know, but Johnson grew up in a motel in St. Petersburg, Florida with eight people and two beds. Last week he became the first of his family to graduate from college. Here is what Anthony said at the Jack Trice sculpture dedication in November that resonates with our mission to support the Cyclones.

"I faced many challenges but I prevailed because I understood that my power resided in my response. Jack Trice is the reason why I want to be the best role model I can be for my nephews and nieces. Jack Trice taught me no matter the obstacles you face, how much the odds are against you, you do it with your chin up and chest out," Johnson said.

"This is not just a statue. This is not just a logo. This is something that we truly believe in and live by on a daily basis."

Cyclone student-athletes Domonique Orange, Gerry Vaughn, Jeremiah Cooper and Gabe Kalscheur recently helped one of our great partners YSS (Youth and Shelter Services) and their adopt-a-family drive. The director of YSS let me know that the guys all stayed two hours after their scheduled shift to interact with the young people and went above and beyond in what they were asked. The director also shared that a couple of the guys learned how to wrap presents for the first time!


I should note that Gabe Kalscheur completely volunteered his time and has received no compensation for dozens of additional hours he has spent helping YSS over the Fall.

We hope we have done our best to hold off some of the larger Football powers who had interest in many Cyclones this off-season. Credit to Coach Campbell, his assistants, and the entire Iowa State Athletic Department’s culture as there were a few offers to our guys that we would not have been able to compete with, but these Cyclones are a special group and truly want to be in Ames and represent us. NIL is just a part of the entire equation and I’ve never been more optimistic that Iowa State will be able to continue its success in this new world. Your support of We Will, but more importantly of being the best fan-base in the country and being loyal, forever, true and showing up time and time again are invaluable.

As you meet with family and friends this Holiday season, hopefully you can share the positive impact NIL is having at Iowa State and encourage them to support as well. A friendly reminder to look into your work corporate matching programs as this is often a great way to maximize impact. We are a tax deductible, 501c3 organization, so please consider We Will in any end-of-year charitable giving as well. It takes all of us and everything adds up.

Thank you again for your support, it is having a tremendous impact and the best times are ahead. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you and please don’t hesitate to reach out at any time. Go Cyclones!

Sincerely,

Brent Blum

I bought a used PS5 recently that my wife and I are giving to my 7 year old daughter as a Christmas gift. Any recommendations on games for someone that age?

I feel like this schedule is going to go so far to helping prepare us for March. Last year we just didn't face as much of the top competition in the regular season. We're going to be ready and I'm here for it!

Okay, this new study was sort of gross but also failed to distinguish between commercial toilets with high water pressure flush system with the low flow low pressure home gravity tank toilet. Still, for the commercial toilets, damn!

Was listening to Two Guys Named Chris, and laughing listening to Hassel talk about his dad's house. The heat being set at 60, all the curtains shut, and a bright TV.
What's your gripe about going home? Having to sleep on your old, crappy mattress? Your mom getting our your old baby book to embarrass you?

Mine is crappy toilet paper. I don't feel like I buy the nicest stuff but man alive, my parent's TP of choice feels like sandpaper.

Seems like a big deal.

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Do you keep an emergency bag in your vehicle (winter or all season)? What's in yours?

We have blankets, ice scrapers and ice melt in the vehicles, plus I bought a backpack to hold some of these items:

Folding shovel
Extra socks
Gloves
Yellowstone whiskey
Emergency blanket
Ponchos
Jump Starter power bank
Flashlights
Bandaids-antiseptic
Matches
Hand/foot warmers
Playing cards
Compass/whistle
Paracord
Masks & bandanas
TP
Trash bags

Who’s looked worse or had the biggest decline year to year?

We’re hoping to drive to Ames From Nebraska Wednesday and drive back Friday after watching WBB and MBB. My weather app predicts 6-10” and subzero in that time. Is that forecast consistent with what you’re seeing?

I'm fired up right now, figured I would get the discussion going for our dual with PSU tomorrow.

125- Perryman/Cabanban dec Steen 3-0 ISU - need this one, should be favored to win regardless who we send out

133- RBY dec Attasuav 3-3 ISU - RBY is 2x defending ncaa champion, ramazan looked great against vito

141- Bartlett dec Redding 6-3 PSU - Bartlett was a big recruit out of hs but was wrestling up a weight at 149, wish we had swiderski as we could see this match later on in the year at NCAAs

149- Paniro dec Van Ness 6-6 ISU - Shayne Van ness was a very big recruit out of hs, haven't seen him against elite competition yet in college. Paniro is favored based on his good wins this season but he will have his hands full here

157 - Kraisser dec Barraclaugh 9-6 ISU - this is a tossup imo and one of PSU's weaker weights, will be huge in deciding the dual

165 - Carr dec Facundo 12-6 ISU - Facundo was a highly rated pound-for-pound recruit but like Van Ness has limited experience against elite folkstyle guys in ncaa season. I think he is a much better freestyler than folkstyle.

174 - Starocci Maj Broderson 12-10 ISU - Starocci is the defending ncaa champ at 174. doesn't always light up the scoreboard, have a good chance at minimizing bonus.

184 - Brooks dec Coleman 13-12 PSU - Brooks is the 2x defending NCAA champ. He is really, really good in all positions. Marcus will have his hands full

197 Bastida dec Dean 15-13 ISU - Dean is the defending NCAA champ but I Bastida has looked so good this year. Dean has already dropped a couple of matches this year, as well. He is very good on the mat, will be interesting to see if Yonger chooses down or if Dean chooses top.

Hwt Kerkvliet forfeit 19-15 PSU - I'm assuming with one day recovery schuyler won't be able to go


Really looking forward to this one and really wish we had Swiderski for this one as I think we could win the dual.

Enjoy!

With the NCAA naming a new NCAA CEO last week, what structural or rule changes would you implement if you were in charge of the NCAA.

A few I would implement:

• Get rid of National Signing Days. Athletes can commit any time after their junior year. Athletes can't sign NLI with a school within 72 hours of visiting a school. If athletes break their NLI, they must sit a year and have 4 years eligibility. This puts some teeth on an athletes commitment. And a coaching staff can feel somewhat confident they can stop recruiting to fill a positional need. There would be exceptions, allowing an athlete to break their NLI due to a change in head coach prior to signing day. Or if a school gets put on probation.
• Eliminate the stupid concept of red-shirting athletes. Every athlete in every sport has 5 years and can play 5 years. It's silly to have a 4 game limit for football players to redshirt. Less silly, but still unneeded is a medical 6th or 9th year. Play your 5, get a degree, play professionally or get a job. Make the scholarship available for a graduating HS athlete.
• If I really wanted to shake things up, I would divide schools into 2 groups:
  • Schools that want to participate in a pre- professional model. Athletes in profitable sports are employees of the school. Subject to a collective bargaining agreement where revenue is shared and teams are subject to salary caps. Also, media rights would be collectively negotiated. There would be attendance, alumni financial support requirements, etc. to compete in this pre-professional group.
  • A second group would be created for schools that want to participate in a traditional student-athlete scholarship model. Athletes could earn NIL for marketing deals. But pay-for-play recruiting would be prohibited. Schools that violate would face a 3-10 year sport specific death penalty. Media rights deals would be collectively negotiated. Schools would agree to pay medical costs for a period after eligibility is up. There would also be degree progress requirements to be eligible.

Not including pies as that's an entirely different discussion.

Assuming a win over Omaha, I think following with a 3-1 start to the conference is attainable. Baylor in Hilton will be tough, obviously, but not impossible. At OU, IMO, is one of the handful of realistically winnable conference road games. TCU on the road is the one I expect to lose. Then beat a TTech team that seems in a bit of chaos, at home.

Crazy? It would be an awesome start!

If this team plans to make it past the Sweet 16 they need to learn how to put their foot on people’s throat. They play with no tenacity. Our two time All-American F Joens got owned by their F Siegrist most of the game (which is how you end up with 32 and 12). Siegrist played the entire 40 min for them too. After awhile wouldn’t you take it personal?!?! I know CBF has forgotten more about coaching than I ever will know but I would love to see him get after people. I was waiting for it during the atomic meltdown against UNC out in Oregon. Nothing. Tonight? Nothing. Light a fire, Bill!!!

I'm having a hard time picking which one was worse so thought I'd poll CF.