New Orleans signed Hunter Deckers to practice squad today.

Hey gang!

With the bye week coming up, I was wondering what you all would think about us doing another mailbag episode. Same format as last time. You all send your questions to me or even the boys and we do our best to answer as many as we can.

Just thinking ahead and wanting to stay proactive. I want to make sure we give you a good mix of content and a chance to pick the brains of these guys! Let me know your thoughts!

I'm not even sure how this became a thing, but I was asked about this enough a few times this past week so I figured I would set the record straight.

When Jack Trice married Cora Mae, she was NOT 15 years old. Not even close. She actually graduated high school a couple years before Jack. She was probably 20 when she married Jack and it wasn't uncommon for women to fudge their age to be younger. (Marriage certificate listed her as 19.)

Wikipedia and many other stories have this wrong. Is anyone on Wiki - change it?

Since I'm here I also thought all of you would enjoy seeing Cora's graduation picture, which is not online (see comment #15). I have the full one somewhere. It's something that really helps drive home the tragedy. That's the face that Jack was looking at when he died. I should mention that Alex at the Ames History Museum put together an excellent Jack Trice exhibit a few years ago with correct info (sans one quibble) throughout. Seriously, it's great. Go see it.

A college football fan (TN fan) travelled to Iowa State to experience an Iowa State football game. Here is a video of his experience.

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Big Monday is back for Big 12 Basketball!

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I'm bringing back the look-a-like thread after it was brought up on the InCyde Zone podcast.

https://astateredwolves.com/sports/football/roster


Post your best Arkansas State look-a-likes.

Holy cow this person is clueless. Her ballot is an abomination and her explanation only furthers the need to either actually vet these pollsters or get rid of it entirely.

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I grew up on that ****. On 8-track!

I'm going to start putting together a Top 25 every Tuesday morning. Criteria fluctuates, integrity doesn't. Enjoy.

For all of you “referees are never held accountable” people, ESPN is reporting they removed the crew who did the KU/Mizzou game from their next scheduled game Friday because they allowed Mizzou to punt instead of kickoff after their first TD.

Jacqueline Cordova, Colin Newell, Jake Remsburg, and Jirehl Brock relive the Cy-Hawk game and the emotions that come with it before looking ahead for the Cyclones. How do they avoid the trap against Arkansas State? All this and more presented by Wyffels Hybrids.

Enjoy!

Was pretty surprised how active and passionate they seem to be but also seem to be pissed at how things are going as well

72 entered 69 remain

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.

On a 3-0 Monday edition of the Daily Clone, Jake Brend tells you the latest Cyclones to take home Big 12 weekly awards, how Iowa State has turned the tide against their biggest rivals and what rising star head coach Alex Golesh had to say about his time in Ames.

Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery in the Northwest Bank Studios.

Bears to the Super Bowl after that opening drive TD.

Thanks in advance...

Anyone got a link to the radio call of the FG and/or end of the game?

Dearest Cyclone Fans,

A most dire missive I pen to thee this eve. The battle at Little Rock took quite a toll on the men. They remain brave, but the spectators are wrought with woe. Some fear our season is doomed, lost to the annals of stubbornness and NIL. Our captain, Lyle Allen Jones, inspireth not. His untoward plans to attack continually in the middle of the battlefield rather than on the edges is bewildering. Our coverage softer than my dear Edna's bussom. We feareth that the time for high hope is no more. Please send care packages and milk.


Fellas - this ain't good. I should start by telling you that the Arkansas game was made worse by a couple of very bad ref calls. Calls that even the announcers were pretty adamant about. 3 led directly to either scores or scores being wiped off the board. I don't in any way mean to tell you we didn't get hammered - we did. Arkansas scored 28 points in the first 14 offensive plays. But the final probably should have been something like 49-21. I say that, but the truth is Arkansas could have easily scored another 2 TDs if they had really wanted. The final score didn't matter, because with everyone watching we simply looked like we didn't belong.

The truth is, this was a very bad night for Arkansas State. Much worse than many realize, and with way more implications than one game. We lost a ton of respect as a program in the state, and looked completely outclassed in almost every facet of the game.

If you had asked me a year ago, I would have told you that your upcoming trip to Jonesboro would be awesome. I'd probably be hyping up Raynor to Rucker. That attendance would be great, that you'll be impressed with the stadium in person and our fans. I am not so sure of that now. The weather looks hot and it's a 3PM game on big boy tv. I can't count a long list of folks who don't have any plans to go.

Butch has lost an average of 3 games per year by 28 or more points. He hired a DC with only 1 year of FBS experience - also the youngest DC in the country and he appears in over his head. Our lines are barely average, and we've lost our star RB Cross to ACL tear last week in practice. NOBODY is excited for this game. We know how good Iowa State is and I think our appetite for getting blown out is about exhausted. I know I was a lot more peppy than this last year, but I'm just done with Butch. He's stubborn, full of coach speak and empty promises. We are stuck with him for a while though because our program rewards mediocrity.

To those of you that are coming, I really hope you enjoy the trip! I still think you'll like our waterfalls. I'll be checking in here in case any questions pop-up.

SIAP but driving and didn’t see it. Feel free to delete or merge if already posted.

Clones are #10

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...college-football-week-2-power-rankings-top-25

anyone coming down to the lake this weekend? Where ya going to be watching the game. I asked Frankie and Louis and they always take care of me and play it on the patio bar and inside. Casablanca always plays the basketball games for me. I really want to get a Cyclone bar going down there somewhere.

If you haven't checked out We Will shopping https://shopwewill.com/we_will_collective_x_tsb/shop/home, give it a look. It seriously has the best selection of styles, logos, quality around. Vintage walking Cy, leaning Cy (the best Cy), FB and BB Cy, script Cy etc. Can get all on nearly anything from hats to Ts to sweatshirts. Plus 50% of purchase goes to NIL! Puts Scheels, Rally House etc in DSM to shame.

In a gritty, emotional Cy-Hawk showdown, Iowa State leaned on clutch performances from kicker Kyle Konrardy and defensive lineman Tamatoa McDonough to secure a 16–13 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes— the Cyclones’ first home victory in the rivalry since 2011.

Open: Arizona, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State

(all times CT)

FRIDAY, SEPT. 19
6:30 (ESPN) - Tulsa at Oklahoma State

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20
11:00 (FOX) - *Texas Tech at Utah [10 a.m. in SLC]
11:00 (ESPN/ESPN2) - SMU at TCU
2:30 (FOX) - North Carolina at UCF
5:00 (FS1) - *West Virginia at Kansas
6:30 (FOX) - *Arizona State at Baylor
6:30 (ESPN2) - BYU at East Carolina
9:15 (ESPN) - Wyoming at Colorado

Full game day gallery for you all!

Let me know your favorites

127 made it to week 2, 10 were eliminated so 117 remain.

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!