Do you need to make $400,000 a year to afford 2 kids? Day care for 2 kids is $28,000 ?
KCCI thinks so. In their news tonight. Glad I don’t live in Des Moines.

Hornacek
Sullivan
tyrus Mcgee
Dedrick
And several others. I have never been so confident anytime some shot the ball.

Tonight and tomorrow night. That's all I really want for my birthday tomorrow. I don’t want to be greedy.

Ummm... maybe I do. Let's go for at least 15 more each, m'kay?

Hey guys!

Fresh video for ya below from this week's interviews. I'm pumped we had the chance to talk to Zerban! He was so quiet on media day and I had shared last week on the podcast that he was a man of few words. I thought he gave such great insight this week to just get a feel for his personality, his approach to wrestling and I asked him where his love of wrestling started.

I really enjoyed chatting with him! PLUS, I'm very biased and I love the Frost brothers so always fun to talk to them.

Enjoy!

Tomorrow night brings Cincy to town for a rematch of the game that really started the losing streak the ladies are on. Here are a few thoughts about the rematch.

On Tuesday's Daily Clone, Jake Brend previews No. 9 Iowa State's game against UCF, T.J. Otzelberger explains why he wants his team to forget about the non-conference and Bill Fennelly talks about searching for an identity. Presented by Whiskey River in the Northwest Bank Studios.

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Set of 4 tickets together tonight in section 202 Row 5 seats 1-4. $100 for all four. If I need to share this in a different forum or something let me know, I haven’t been on the site for a bit. Thanks!

Why can’t I post pictures/images on my posts anymore? I just tried to do that (with the Attach Files) option and got the message I don’t have permission to access the file - then I reloaded the page and the “Attach Files” button had disappeared. What’s up?

EDIT: it appears to be just in the Trump Regime 2.0 thread? Or maybe the Cave in general? If I try to post an image here it works fine.

EDIT EDIT: It now in fact appears I’ve been limited from the opt-in political forums - they no longer show up in my feed. Have I been shadow banned or something?

And no Iowa.

Let Him Cook: Dylan Coon and Nigel Dyson react to Iowa State's 0-2 week and preview their matchup with UCF. https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts...-0-2-week-and-look-for-answers-going-forward/

There is a "2026 Big 12 Football Schedule Reveal" listed on ESPNU tomorrow (Jan. 21), at 10 a.m. CT.

Presumably the schools will also be tweeting/releasing their individual schedules during or immediately after the program.

Good morning,

Are you interested in helping to support Cyclone football? To those who aren't aware the Cyclone Gridiron Club is a booster program which was created to help enhance fundraising efforts for the young men who strap up to take the field at 'The Jack' every Fall. The board has some open positions they are looking to fill with volunteers - requirements are pretty limited:
1) Be an active member if the Cyclone Gridiron Club (min. $100 annual donation)
2) Regularly attend monthly meetings - 1st Tuesday of the month, from 4PM - ~530PM (Zoom option available for those outside of Ames/Central Iowa)
3) Assist with fundraising/ member events - Lacy Golf outing in July, game watch events, "Big Raffle" ticket sales, etc.

If this sounds like an interesting opportunity to you or someone you know, please follow the link below and submit your application by Friday, JANUARY 24TH:
https://forms.gle/jYADHxzz1jpyVwMGA

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UCF (14-3, 3-2 BIG 12)
#9 IOWA STATE (16-2, 3-2 BIG 12)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH 6:00 P.M. CST
HILTON COLISEUM / AMES, IA


TV: CBS Sports Network
Talent: Andrew Catalon, pxp Steve Lappas, analyst Hailey Sutton, reporter

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (Varsity Network)
CRN Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)

On Monday's Daily Clone, Jake Brend recaps T.J. Otzelberger's press conference from Monday morning. How can the Cyclones get back on track? Otzelberger talks about forcing turnovers, moving the ball and becoming a more desperate team. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery in the Northwest Bank Studios.

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Fascinating pod. So many things I want to know more about:

1. 46% year over year growth! That's crazy for an entire industry that is already well-established. Is that just the impact of NIL bringing new money into the industry?

2. Rutgers. The Big 10 didn't bring Rutgers in so that they could get "all the Rutgers" fans to watch Big 10 TV. It was so that they could get the fans of all their other teams who live in the New York area to watch when they play Rutgers (and others).

3. Equity Partners. I'm still unclear on what someone gets when they buy 10% of a program or conference. Do they simply get 10% of future revenue? Or 10% of just future profits? Are they "silent partners," or do they get some sort of controlling influence, such as related to consolidation of marketing?

4. Debt Load. Was debt load factored into valuation? Everything else being equal, a school with massive debt is worth much less than a school with no debt.

After one of the worst weeks in recent memory of Cyclone basketball, where do both teams go from here?

Andrew Harrington gives his opinion in this week's Monday Musings.
https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/01/monday-musings-a-brutal-week-of-cyclone-basketball/

Iowa State returns to Hilton Coliseum Tuesday night riding a two-game losing streak.

Watch everything T.J. Otzelberger, Nate Heise and Dominykas Pleta said ahead of the matchup with UCF.
https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/01/...r-nate-heise-and-dom-pleta-said-ahead-of-ucf/

On3 has Penn State at 14, Iowa at 21. Highest Big 12 is Texas Tech at 7, also BYU at 13, Utah at 16, Houston at 22 and Arizona at 25 for the Fall 2026 preseason poll.



Thought: Does that mean if Campbell hadn't left ISU (and took all those players), Iowa State would have been around #14?

Having a farming background and my love for Trees, I have combined the two for my next venture. Technically not garden, but rather Orchard, I decided to try to grow peach trees from seeds. After doing some research and watching some YouTube videos, and subsequently failing, I tweaked the method and tried my own. Early September of last year I cracked some pits to retrieve the seeds. After visually sorting them, I packed them in some moistened cedar shavings (with the idea that they have some natural bacterial/fungal resistance), put them in the back of the refrigerator in a sealed mayonnaise jar. This was an attempt to replicate the chilling hours (cold stratification) required for germination. A few days ago they started to sprout and my method turned out to be successful as 29 of 31 sprouted. I spent the morning potting them up and we’ll see what happens from here!

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Not as good as 28 Days Later. But better than the last 28 Years Later. The social commentary these movies focus on is something else. We all loved it.

Chris Williams & Brent Blum discuss Iowa State’s two-game losing skid. What seems to be the issue, and how can Iowa State fix it? A fresh look at the Big 12 standings. Jimmy Rogers picked up a nice piece to its secondary on Sunday. Finally, the women’s program is spiraling after losing five and a row. Analysis on all of that and more, courtesy of Mechdyne.