NAIA Football

This will be the 5th consecutive year that a team from Iowa is in the NAIA Championship game.

2018 - Morningside (champ)
2019 - Morningside (champ)
2020 - Northwestern (runner-up)
2021 - Morningside (champ), Grand View (runner-up)
2022 - Northwestern vs. Keiser (Fla.) [Dec. 17, Durham, N.C.]

#3 Northwestern is 12-1, with their only loss by 1 to Morningside in the season opener.

Keiser (10-3) beat #1 Morningside in Sioux City in the quarters, and beat #2 Grand View today in Des Moines in the semis.

Big 12/Big East Battle

8 games in, and the home team has won all of them so far.

Overall standings tied, 4-4.

Marquette 96, Baylor 70
Butler 76, Kansas State 64
TCU 75, Providence 62
Texas Tech 79, Georgetown 65
UConn 74, Oklahoma State 64
Texas 72, Creighton 67
Kansas 91, Seton Hall 65
Villanova 70, Oklahoma 66

Saturday, 5:30 (FS1) - West Virginia at Xavier
Sunday, 2:00 (ESPN2) - St. John's at Iowa State

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Offensive Coordinator- Ideas

1. Western Kentucky OC Ben Arbuckle. They averaged nearly 36 points per game


2. Tulane OC Jim Svoboda. Averaged 33 points per game. This would be my preference as he is from Denison Iowa. He would have to be interested in coming home and stepping up a level.


3. App State OC Kevin Barbay - I put him here b/c they score points and always seem to have explosive offenses.


But what do you guys think? I love the idea of scooping up an over achiever in a non power 5, that is a sweet spot in my opinion. I am honestly agnostic to their style: running spread, passing spread, option, whatever. I simply want someone with more creativity, who has a tendency to do more with less.

***NCAA: Iowa State at Florida (Saturday, 6:00)***

NCAA Tournament - Second Round
(6) Iowa State (20-11, 10-6 Big 12) at (3) Florida (24-5, 15-3 SEC)

Saturday, Dec. 3 - 6:00 p.m. CT (7:00 p.m. ET)
O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla.

Iowa State Website | Florida Website | NCAA Bracket

VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast

Notable: Iowa State faces former coach Mary Wise. Wise (née Fischl) was the Cyclone head coach from 1981-84, with a .559 win pct. Wise is 3-1 against ISU during her time as Florida head coach.

ISU won the last meeting in the series, a five-set victory in Gainesville in 2011.

2023 Schedule

The 2022 football schedule was released December 1st of 2021. Anyone have an idea when to expect one for 2023? I'm curious if the alternating home and aways are all mixed up with the additions to the conference. I assume they will be somewhat.

*** CFB Championship Week Games Thread***

Here is the line-up for Championship Week. We also have a Friday early afternoon (Noon) make-up MACtion game (Akron @ Buffalo) as well:

Friday, December 2nd
CUSA CG: North Texas vs. UTSA6:30 pmCBSSN / CBS Video
Pac12 CG: USC vs. Utah7:00 pmFOX (cable) / FOX Video

Saturday, December 3rd
Big XII CG: Kansas State vs. TCU11:00 amABC (cable) / espn3 Video
MAC CG: Ohio vs. Toledo11:00 amESPN / ESPN Video
Sun Belt CG: Coastal Carolina vs. Troy2:30 pmESPN / ESPN Video
AAC CG: Tulane vs. UCF3:00 pmABC (cable) / espn3 Video
MWC CG: Boise State vs. Fresno State3:00 pmFOX (cable) / FOX Video
SEC CG: Georgia vs. LSU3:00 pmCBS (cable) / CBS Video
SWAC CG: Jackson State vs. Southern3:00 pmESPN2 / ESPN Video
ACC CG: Clemson vs. North Carolina7:00 pmABC (cable) / espn3 Video / Skycast Video
B1G CG: Michigan vs. Purdue7:00 pmFOX (cable) / FOX Video

***#7 Iowa State at #2 Iowa (Sunday, 1:30)***

#7 Iowa State (5-0) at #2 Iowa (5-0)
Sunday, Dec. 4 | 1:30 p.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa

WATCH: BTN
Shane Sparks, Jim Gibbons, Tim Johnson

STATS: TrackWrestling

Iowa State preview | Iowa State notes (PDF) | Iowa notes (PDF) | Iowa preview

POTENTIAL LINEUPS (based on team notes)
Wt.​
IOWA STATE
IOWA​
125TerukinaHarris
133Redding or AttasauovSchriever
141SwiderskiBennett or Woods
149JohnsonMurin
157KraisserSiebrecht or Rathjen
165CarrKennedy
174BrodersonBrands
184ColemanAssad
197BastidaWarner
HWTSchuylerCassioppi

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Oh Roomba… Noooooo!

I’m cleaning the kitchen. Roomba is doing its thing. Kid is playing. Often times with roomba at the same time.

We’re in potty training mode. He’s mastered number 1. Number 2 is a work in progress. Well…. Number 2 happened and he stripped naked to go number 1 and roomba was with him. Mother of God…. What did I do to deserve this?

Send help.

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