https://www.footballscoop.com/2025/...lowing-parents-threats-to-family-and-business

A young high school coach won district titles his first two years resigned mid-season because parents started sending threats. He suspended a couple players for a half and the parents got upset.

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My husband will occasionally go out-of-town for work. I absolutely love being a mom/wife/friend/employee/daughter/etc., but I envy him that time alone. Like, alone-alone - it isn’t something I really get.

To that end, I just used up our expiring airline miles to book myself a trip to a state I have never visited before, and I will wander around taking photos (which bores everyone else), and going to see things that interest me that wouldn’t interest anyone else. I may not speak to anyone other than the daily phone calls home and necessary hospitality interactions the whole week, and I am thrilled. (I will because I always end up talking to people, but I don’t HAVE to.)

Do you ever just need some alone time? How do you accomplish it? Do you go ice fishing for a few days alone, maybe just have a hobby room where nobody bugs you where you spend several hours at a time when you don’t want to “people?” Tell us your story/tips!

I just finished a pod about Wind of Change by The Scorpions which touches on the Moscow Music Festival in relation to the end of the Cold War, the CIA and taking down the wall.

Music has a history of driving revolution. What are some other songs that have a cool history and drove some geopolitical change?

Iowa State women's basketball held their annual media day ahead of the 2025-26 season on Thursday. Below, you can watch head coach Bill Fennelly's press conference, along with interviews with Audi Crooks, Addy Brown, Jada Williams, Arianna Jackson, Sydney Harris and Kenzie Hare.

Everything Bill Fennelly and his players said at Iowa State WBB Media Day - Cyclone Fanatic

Iowa State women’s basketball held their annual media day ahead of the 2025-26 season on Thursday. Below, you can watch head coach Bill Fennelly’s press conference, along with interviews with Audi Crooks, Addy Brown, Jada Williams, Arianna Jackson, Sydney Harris and Kenzie Hare.

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We wanted him to be a Clone, but his decision to bet on himself panned out. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46617735/bucks-aj-green-agree-4-year-45-million-extension

Thursday's Daily Clone with Jake Brend double dips into both basketball programs. Women's basketball held their annual media day ahead of the 2025-26 season. Hear what makes Arizona transfer Jada Williams a difference make, how Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Audi Crooks isn't afraid of improvement and why Addy Brown is underrated according to Bill Fennelly. The men's team also held an availability on Thursday ahead of their exhibition against Creighton, hear how Killyan Toure fits into the starting lineup.

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What foods or household items or toys did you receive when you were younger that made you feel like you were fancy or a treat? Like oh I feel rich now? I'll start.

Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger, junior forward Milan Momcilovic and junior center Blake Buchanan met the media ahead of the Cyclones Friday night exhibition in Omaha against Creighton. Watch everything they said below.

A little look at questions on my mind as the season approaches. What are your burning questions?

Given what has transpired over the course of the first half of the season+, taking into consideration the injuries, inconsistencies on both sides of the ball, absence of a kicking game etc., I have been seriously considering what might define a successful season at this point. The conference title game is not mathematically off the table yet, however the state of the team has disintegrated quite a bit below the standard of the team that raced to a 5-0 start. The remaining schedule while not daunting necessarily, is for the most part littered with games I consider to be coin tosses:

BYU - coin toss at home
@TCU - coin toss with soft lean toward assumed loss on the road
Arizona State - coin toss at home
Kansas - coin toss with soft lean toward assumed win at home
@Oklahoma State - heavy lean toward assumed win

I would love to see the team win out. But it's not happening. The losses on the LB unit last year were crucial and inevitably caused collapses in the games we lost. Kansas, Texas Tech, and Arizona St gashed us and took advantage of our weakness. As bad as that was, it seems like the loss of maybe fewer players overall, but better ones in Cooper and Williams, a hampered and less effective version of Dom Orange, Konrardy, and Hansen (1 game is hopefully all he misses) has really hurt our star power. The stars that are left are Rocco and the tight ends. Sowell has the potential but hasn't grasped it yet completely. The offense in general just doesn't play in sync, which needs to change asap. I think given the circumstances, I've talked myself into thinking an 8-4 regular season finish would actually make me feel OK. That's beating OK state and splitting the coin flip games. What does everyone else think?

I've been with one of the major cell phone companies for a LOT of years. In reviewing our bill, we only use like 5 GB per month data but have to pay for unlimited usage - they don't offer an option. We could cut our monthly cell bill in half with one of the newer companies. We would need to find different insurance coverage, however. Have any of you switched to one of the low cost companies? What is your experience?

Jake Brend, Ben Hutchens, and Rob Gray discuss Iowa State’s upcoming scrimmage against Creighton before looking at all the TV slots for the Cyclones. Rocco Becht delivers an emotional press conference. What are the expectations for football now? Presented by Kelderman Manufacturing.

Fun article about Katie Robinette’s son Caden.

Went to Walmart and Target to get Halloween candy (for the kids). Where’s the 100 Grand bars? Everything is Reese’s and Skittles. While I do love me some Reese’s cups, I need variety. There was almost no caramel options at all.

Im thinking a class action lawsuit or anti-trust case would bring Halloween back to reality. Who’s signing up with me?

On Wednesday's Daily Clone, Jake Brend takes a deep dive into the new faces and new roles in the backcourt. Hear how Jamarion Batemon has impressed T.J. Otzelberger on and off the court, why Killyan Toure loves facing Tamin Lipsey in practice, where Dominick Nelson needs to grow and the passion Cade Kelderman has for being a Cyclone.
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Amazing accuracy here

So..... had an interesting conversation with an ISU fan in Boulder during the game. He told me, "It won't be long before JTS sells alcohol, maybe even next season." I asked how he came up with that.... He said the reason why it currently isn't happening, is because Wendy is against it... But when she resigns in December it will no longer be a roadblock. Of course Jamie has a good relationship with her, so he goes along with the idea.

Full disclosure: I have zero evidence that this is a thing or not, but it is something that seems interesting and COULD happen depending on the next president ISU selects.

When leaving work I often notice and hear cheers and chants. I then realized there are a bunch of small groups of students in different sections of Hilton parking lots.

Anyone know this is all about?

Rolling Stone recently released its “250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far.”

Link to list with rank and title, in case you want to skip descriptions.

For this week’s segment, we could have some fun with it. Several options, you may apply any or all of these as you wish:
* Post song(s) from the list that you like.
* Choose an alternate track or two by an artist on the list that you prefer to what RS selected.
* Select a song from this century by an artist that does NOT appear on the RS 250. (Can post multiple artists).

Our focus isn’t to debate the ranking order itself, although you’re free to comment on that aspect, too.

“On That Note” is presented each week on Cyclone Fanatic by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and cyclones500.

• Last week’s OTN: A Bar Song

One to get us rolling:

AGREE:
1901 - Phoenix (#191) … Should be top 75, I’d put it in my top 30.

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Got posts going in the season thread on our ranking so I'd start a polling thread for future polling now that the first "official" poll is out. We can talk about overall ranking of teams/conferences etc along with updating our own ranking by week.

AP's Preseason Women's Basketball Poll

Others receiving votes: Washington 79, Ohio State 46, West Virginia 17, Princeton 17, Minnesota 15, Kansas State 15, Kansas 7, Stanford 3, South Dakota State 3, Illinois 2, Nebraska 2, Columbia 2.