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Sources: UMBC has canceled the remainder of the 2026 softball season.

The firing of 2 coaches and a player vote led to the decision.

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Quarterly roundup of some amusing comments I encountered on Cyclone Fanatic, January-March 2026.

Far from comprehensive, merely a sample. If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, feel free to add. Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and such.

Key:
Bold is thread title (or summary of it)
*** indicates break in narrative flow.

• In case you missed it: Notable Posts Q4 2025

***Official West Virginia vs. #3 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@rosshm16: Nice to see the team respond to my critical remarks from the first 10 minutes.
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@fsanford: I am an idiot, I didn’t realize we have 2 Presidents again. Brain transplant, please.
@GP4ISU: In your defense, you may have been really young when Buchanan was in office.

2025-26 Men’s College Basketball Thread
@3TrueFans: Wearing a shirt and tie to coach basketball is weird.
@MeanDean: Shirt is fine. I'm not sure I'm watching if it's just the tie.
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(re KU vs. Houston, 2/23):
@not-the-manager: What does it even mean that every Kansas fan on Twitter says Peterson “gets a bad whistle”? Officials don’t single out people to force to play through more contact. You can argue they’re allowing too much physicality in general, but I have no sympathy for Peterson.
@dahliaclone: It means every Kansas fan is a dipsh!t.
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(re: Big 12 tournament)
@Jdk: The lighting of the ASU-Baylor game in the arena is terrible watching it on ESPN Plus.
@t.m.: Can't turn all the lights on. All the power is being diverted to run the technological marvel that is a gray floor.
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@Cyclonepride: I see Auburn beat Mississippi State, so Lunardi probably can bump them to a 4 seed.

Bill Fennelly
@hoosman: Our milkman in the 1960s in Davenport was Tom Fennelly, who I believe was Bill's uncle, so there is a chance that I, and many in my old neighborhood, are related to Bill Fennelly.

***Official Iowa State vs. Cincinnati game(day) thread***
@3TrueFans: Just Jizzling all over our faces.

(CFP championship discussion — IU vs. Miami)
@CycloneDaddy: Miami playing dirty.
@EnkAMania: And people say there's no tradition left in college football.

MBB struggles
@brokenloginagain: If (fans) think we should make the final four — we've done that zero times.
@clone1990: Technically, we went to a final four in 1944.
@3TrueFans: And it has been downhill ever since
@madguy30: '45 team was still good (11-5/8-2), but played too much hero ball and didn't care.

Update the site or take down the information
(OP): The football scholarship chart has not been updated since 2022; high value Mods! Good work!
@coolerifyoudid: Finally, I get to do something with this stack of torches and pitchforks.

Hilton Coliseum Renovation
-->Link for context: tinyurl.com/3sas45mj
@HawaiiClone: Wait, there's a retractable roof?!?
@isucyfan: Hell yeah there is. Johnny's is now a strip club, too.
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@CyValley2: Uh, is this a combo football / basketball stadium arena? Hmmmm.
@isucy86: And baseball!!

2025-26 Men’s Basketball thread
@enisthemenace (re: BYU at KU): Hey … is Daryn Peterson playing in this game? I haven’t heard Bilas say his name at all. (jimlad). Geez … why don’t you just blow him, Jay?

***Official Iowa State at TCU game(day) thread***
@Koala: If you took a drink every time a player picked up his dribble 8 feet behind the arc with no plan for what to do next, you'd die.

***Official #6 Iowa State vs. #23 BYU game(day) thread***
@cyfan92: 8:45 church tomorrow morning is not going to be pleasant when I got to bed at 1 a.m.
@CyCoug: I thought I was on the BYU board for a second when I saw this.
@12191987: Meh. Depending how you metabolize, you could still be drunk at 8:45.
CyCoug: OK. Not the BYU board.

2025-2026 MBB Computer Projections Thread
(OP, citing outside source): Cyclones have the most 10-0 runs in the country and chuckleheads on this website are still concerned about scoring droughts
@CycloneErik: Well, yeah, but for every 3 or so runs, we give up one, and sure, we give way less runs than the vast majority of teams, but it could happen at the wrong time once, which never but always happens in basketball, so it's all over, unless we keep winning and it isn't, but even then, it could be.

Keshon Gilbert signs 10-day with Washington Wizards
@FerShizzle: What does a 10-day NBA contract run these days?
@nfrine: 10 days.

Fed intervention on NIL
@3TrueFans: It’s literally not possible to have a thread about a president’s executive orders and have it not be political. Might as well make a thread about cheeseburgers, but ask people to not make it about food. The entire premise of (this) thread is political.

***Official Selection Sunday Thread***
@IlliniCy: We're a 2 seed. I'll bet your house on it.
@Cyclones_R_GR8: But you won't bet your own house on it? Interesting.

MBB (tournament) teams by state?
@Cycsk: Which 6 states have the most teams in the NCAA MBB tournament? Don't look at a bracket to count. That's cheating ... and that's my job.
@BCClone: Your job is cheating? Where do I sign up for that job?

***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***
@simply1: Did any Georgia players come out at halftime?
@demoncore1031: A couple did. Their parents were shocked, but good for those guys. Oh wait, you meant something completely different.
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@NWICY: I love watching Texas burn money like James Harden at a strip club.
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@CycloneErik: I slept through the first half. Did Tennessee do that, too?
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@Pitt_Clone: (Danny Hurley) is such an *******.
@ClonesTwenty1: He’s more insane than Bobby knight was.
@Fishhead: The sideline chair disagrees with you

***Official Kentucky vs. #6 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@helechopper: I’m gonna let my 11-year-old daughter drink a Guinness tonight in celebration of our victory.

J-Jeff injury updates
@iowastatefan1929: Blum is saying it’s 50/50 that Jefferson plays Friday.
@nhclone: I'm a little more confident than that. I think it's like 60/60.
@Kettes: I'm with you 120%!

Egg prices might be going up
@FLYINGCYCLONE: A small fire south of Britt today. 400,000-plus birds will die. That is a small number of laying hens , but sounds like a lot.
@Cyballz: Fried chicken prices down, though?

***Official Tennessee State vs Iowa State thread******
@HouClone: I thought I saw dust fly off Nelson's uniform when he was dribbling.
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@jcyclonee: “Titanic” would be way better if they cut off the first 2.5 hours of the movie. Even better, just leave out everything to do with the two main characters.
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GoSTATE71: 0-3 in sweet 16 games, but sure were clutch.
@fcclone: JFC. You don’t just move the goal post. You move the whole damn stadium.
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@loyalsons4evertrue: Thankfully, I'm also a Minnesota pro sports fan. The Vikings, T-Wolves, Twins and Wild never let me down.

On the first Daily Clone of the offseason, Jake Brend dives into five offseason wishlist items for Iowa State men's basketball. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery in the Northwest Bank Studios.

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Where will he be drafted? Saw on ESPN that KC could take him in the 4th round. Not a Chiefs fan, but good for him.

Which cup holder belongs to the driver?

W&B: Chris Williams and Brent Blum put a bow on Iowa State's Sweet 16 exit before looking into next year's roster and how they anticipate T.J. Otzelberger attacks the offseason. Presented by Mechdyne. https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/williams-blum-chicago-recap-offseason-preview-march-29-2026/

Amazing career and good luck to whatever the future holds. Hopefully it's still at ISU.

If you are watching this Purdue vs. Arizona game, I want you to watch the Purdue offense. Look how they play inside out by getting the ball to Cluff and having MULTIPLE shooters spaced wide. They also run a lot of zoom actions to get the guards full speed to attack the hoop or get some space for a shot. These are super efficient because if the defender goes over the screen, the guard drives; if they go under, the guard shoots. They run staggered screens with usually two screens to get open Fletcher Loyer and it WORKS. I am tired of running mainly pistol sets over and over and over again. All of this to say that Nate Schmidt has to go and some new offense has to be installed because it simply isn't good enough to make it past the S16. Curious on anybody's thoughts on this.

This was posted in another thread, but figured it deserved its own thread. Hopefully we get some good news on Milan soon
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I appreciate the efforts put forth by all of our sports teams this year. Basketball is a trash wound on our hearts, WBB and Wrestling are more recent wounds to all hearts.

Regardless, I wish all our athletes and coaches well and good wishes this next year.

Thank you all very much,
Karl

@The Rob Gray used this line to summarize Joshua Jefferson's experience. "Physical pain merged with mental anguish." You really hear it in the clips with him after the game. Rob does a great job in this article of capturing the pain/anguish, both for players like Jefferson, but also fans like us. This article is good therapy. Thanks Dr. Rob.

Catching up with videos from before and after the game.

I found it very interesting that Rick Barnes talked so much about the importance of an AD who understands the changes in the game. It was hard to tell exactly what he meant, but he certainly said all the "right things" about his appreciation of the role of football for an athletic department.

It was also interesting to hear him talk about how "I love practice . . . I could have practices 4 hours a day 7 days a week." His proficiency with practices was on display with his team's performance on Friday.

SIAP

Hearing the players talk about the program and Otz makes me feel lucky we have this guy. Otz demands a lot from his players, but he respects them as a person first. Heise even said he and Otz had weekly lunches together.

Players seem to love Otz even with the 6:00 AM military style workouts. Opposing coaches all rave about Otz. Otz also conducts himself very professionally on the court. I can only think of a few instances where he truly lost his temper on the court.

With Otz leading the program, I have no doubt he will continue to lead the team to great success, both on and off the court. We are truly blessed to have him as our head coach. The season just ended, but I already can’t wait for November

Thanks @JakeBrend for a season of great recaps, but this one deserves its own thread. There are probably 100 things I could comment on, but I'll pick a few that probably aren't in other threads:

1. JJeff said something about "all the times I've cooked for the team." Sounds like that might be a good story in itself.

2. TJ refers to Tamin as a "generational player" and how he "built the program around Tamin." That's awesome. Great player, great person, and Ames' own. The term "Tamin" plays will endure for a long time.

3. Do our managers ever get tired? They are having their own shoot-around after the game on the United Center floor. Seems like their might be a good off-season CW pod on the experiences of managers. I know they were looking forward to a manager's game in Indy.

Off-season 2026. Lets ride!!!

One day I hope to do this after our last game is a win but sadly it wasn't to be this year.

I normally do this in the last gameday thread but it can easily be missed in there. This season and going forward I will be doing a separate thread so hopefully everyone I name in here will see it.

Got to start with the guy who I believe as been my gameday thread partner longer than anyone else, the gif master @GTO

@ISU4Life Tommy Boy gif
@cytor Rambo gif
@bawbie and @CoachHines3 for informative posts they bring

The group all kinds of AI inspired stuff throughout the season (I have bookmarked them all and will post in this thread)

@pourcyne @CloneLawman @harimad @HackTheGibson @EnkAMania

@exCYtable and @CloneLawman for Batemon pics

@CycloneErik might as well LLC

@JM4CY and @Spanky @Cyched @RezClone for all the stuff they bring

@MartyFine uniform tracker and other Twitter stuff

@AlaCyclone Let's Go State

@bozclone Go Clones

@CySmurf for Beat (fill in blank)

Now for a long list. I went through every gameday thread and believe I have everyone who made a post naming me in it whether it was every thread or just once.

@NENick @danvillecyclone @NWICY @t-noah @Acer88 @Texbudman @Jdk @67CY @jcyclonee @harimad @cycloner29 @CySmurf @RezClone @Bestaluckcy @Nococy @NorthCyd @HawaiiClone @nfrine @Clonefan94 @mj4cy @demoncore1031 @Blackhawk6515 @CycloneHump @2020cy @CyNews @qwerty @coolerifyoudid @riceville98 @indycyclone @loyalsons4evertrue @iseedit @Chizit @BWRhasnoAC @Des Moines Clone @Die4Cy @RagingCloner

To those I missed or if all you did was like the OP I also appreciate you as well.

People may wonder why I do this well one is 90% of the time I'm up that late anyway but the REAL reason is the support from all of you. See you in the fall for the start of the Rogers Era.

PS while the end of basketball season is sad, CF Tournament bracket season can begin!

Chris Williams reacts to Iowa State's loss to Tennessee before looking at the big picture for the Cyclones, courtesy of Karl Auto Group.

Questions for CyFan Premium peeps:

1. Does Premium have its own forums and game day threads?
2. Does it have less popup ads?
3. Do the Game Day threads have less trolls in it than the non paid?

I have noticed a RAPID decline in the CyFan experience in the last year. Pop up ads that make the site nearly unusable. Even worse, a handful of posters who are clearly not Cyclone fans that take this from what-used-to-be a fun site to a not fun site--specifically Darius Bieber, cmhawks99, and GoSTATE71.

Obviously tough end to the season, but wanted to give shout-outs to all the seniors for a great year.

Dom Nelson: Appreciate you staying ready despite not playing a lot during the season. Played some good minutes in the tourney for us. Thanks for being a Cyclone!

Eric Mulder: You made that 3, that was fun! Thanks for being a Cyclone!

Nate Heise: Dawg. Dirty work guy. Does whatever needs to be done. Stepped up in the tournament the last 2 years for us. Probably the most under appreciated player I can remember. Thanks for be a Cyclone!

JJeff: Such a well rounded player, if you would have told me he'd be an all American when he came here I wouldn't have believed it. Sucks how he went down, I know he did everything he could to get ready, and appreciate everything he gave us. Thanks for being a Cyclone!

Tamin Lipsey: Captain. Role Model. Iowa State basketball. We don't have the sustained success the last 4 years without him. Not sure anyone has given more of their body to a team like Tamin has. Hang the jersey. Thanks for being Mr. Cyclone!