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See the new web design and have liked is to far, with the one exception now I am getting lots of pop up ads again that as a premium member we had been able to get past before.

On Tuesday's Daily Clone, Jake Brend shares the news of Jontez Williams' season-ending ACL injury and what Matt Campbell said about his replacements. Jon Heacock and Carson Willich share the lessons they learned about the decimated linebacker room last season and how that relates to the secondary this season. Presented by Whiskey River in the Northwest Bank Studios.

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This was released today (9/30/25)

Chris Williams reacts to the news of Jontez Williams being ruled out for the remainder of the season and what it means after losing Jeremiah Cooper last week. What’s next for the Cyclones? CW answers all of your questions.

Jack Trice was absolutely rocking on Saturday night. I climbed all the way up to the top row in the student section just to take it all in and I think I captured some sweet photos.

Find my photo gallery from the game below! I hope you all enjoy reliving it!

Just rewatched the game last night and man... this guy has been nothing short of incredible this year. I feel like Brezina got a ton of love last year and we're always talking about Bacon, but I would argue that Ebel has been the most impressive LB this year so far. We've got a great group of LB for the next 2-3 years.

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Below are the rules.

Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
Don't pm me the pick, post on here you pick.
You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
You have till the start of the last game of week 1 to enter.
You have up until the start time of the game you picked to switch When making a switch please edit your original pick post. If you make a second post I will take that as your switching picks.
If your team loses, you are out for the competition.
If you skip a week of picks, you are out.
You can switch as many times up until the game you have picked officially starts.
If you have questions, pm me
Post 2 of the thread will have the possible games you can pick.
Post 3 of the thread will have players left and who they have picked.

Apparently I've lived my entire life thinking that "kybo" was common slang to describe a port-a-potty. It seems to be a local Iowa term.

Have never called it anything else and I grew up calling them "kybos"

Used the term on a teams call at work today and not a single other person on that call knew what I was saying.

Did anyone else learn this term as a kid?

SI has ISU at #25 preseason. Here’s their look at our Cyclones.

Got into this with some colleagues, thought it was interesting. If you had to list the 4 musicians/singers/bands that you like least, who would they be? The ones you truly despise, who make you turn the station when one of their songs comes on.

The only rule is that they have to be real, legit performers who have an actual following; it can't be anyone like Rick Astley, Nickelback, Billy Ray Cyrus, Rebecca Black (the 'Friday' song), etc. who yeah they may be legit performers but are widely mocked and not taken seriously.

I'll start...

Gloria Estefan - I don't know what it is about her, but the second I hear one of her songs come on I virtually break into hives. There's nothing about her music I like.

Rod Stewart - His raspy voice, tiny body, huge hair, spandex tights, and horrible horrible lyrics easily put him on my list. There are definitely some things about the 70s/early 80s I liked. He ain't one of them.

Katy Perry - Everything about her is so contrived. The over-the-top costumes, the dumb themes to her albums and music, her shameless self-promotion and ridiculous product lines, plus from what I've heard and read she's just an awful human.

The Jackson 5 - This has everything to do with young Michael Jackson and his high-pitched adolescent voice. It almost sounds painful. Their version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause" might be the worst recording in human history.

Saturday, Oct. 11
11:00 (TNT) - *Houston at Oklahoma State
11:00 (FS1) - *UCF at Cincinnati
2:30 (FOX) - *TCU at Kansas State
2:30 (ESPN) - *Iowa State at Colorado
6:30 (FOX) - *Kansas at Texas Tech
7:00 (ESPN2) - *BYU at Arizona
9:15 (ESPN) - *Arizona State at Utah

open: Baylor, West Virginia

Play 7:30 quarters. No big delay for coin toss. Heads is home, tails is visitor. Take ball or play D. Switch directions each quarter. Play till someone wins.

What section are the ISU tickets in? Are they still available through the ISU athletic department?

4 eliminations leaves us at 102


A reminder regarding tiebreaker points: If your team wins and covers you gain an extra bonus point. If you take a undefeated team who is the underdog you gain the point for them covering plus another bonus point. As the season goes on the number of teams undefeated being a underdog greatly diminish so take advantage while you can.

Taking a double digit underdog who wins gets you 3 bonus points

3 teams plays 2 FBS in this time period Fresno St. Hawaii and and Sam Houston State. If you take them before their first game they will need to win twice for you to advance.


I will be using ESPN's Lines. Line will be the line at kickoff for tiebreaker points.


Bringing back the reward for top finisher other than bragging rights. Since this is a contest on Cyclone Fanatic I like the idea of the reward going back to helping ISU athletics.
For the top 3 CYCLONE Fan finishers (Hawks fans are as always are welcome to play but this is a contest on a Cyclone fan board) I will donate $75, $50 and $25 to @brentblum and We Will on your behalf.

Rules/How to Play if you are new:
Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
Post your pick in the thread, do NOT pm it to me
You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
Only games that have a FBS school facing another FBS school are eligible to be picked.
You have up until the start time of the game you picked to switch.
Please if you are changing your pick edit your original post.
If your team loses, you are out for the competition.
If you skip a week of picks, you are out.
You can switch as many times up until the game you have picked officially starts.
Post 2 of the thread will have the possible games you can pick.
Post 3 will have each player and their previous week's picks.
You can only pick teams that are undefeated (they will be bolded).
You can't join in during the middle of the season.
Please include prior weeks picks with your pick for the week.
Have any questions, pm me or ask in the thread. Thanks!

Chris Williams & Brent Blum recap Iowa State’s 39-14 win over Arizona. Iowa State travels to Cincinnati on Saturday and will be an underdog on the road. Talking this week in the Big 12, Iowa State’s injury situation and more, courtesy of Mechdyne.

Enjoy!

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I hope the big 12 looks at this so they know what everyother conference thinks of targeting. The big 12 seems like they get paid bonuses to call targeting. It has been better this year, but it's obviously subjecctive.

Fresh, hot Randy Peterson column for your Sunday morning!

If you still don’t believe in Iowa State, you’re missing out:

Good win last night and hopefully the injuries aren't too bad and heal up quick.

But now: