It's how the game is played now folks. If you want to see the top-tier recruits and transfers it costs dollars.

And it's Giving Tuesday, so go to the CRTC page and throw a few bucks their way please.

Update:

top-to-bottom review is ongoing. Hopefully Myers is a matter of time

Hopefully we hear good news in the coming hours... Would LOVE to get a a new offensive system in place SOON!

The portal is exploding and we should be aggressive while teams are in bowl/playoff prep. Landing key contributors before the spring semester would be a massive step towards 2023 improvement.

Coming to you live from the Denver Airport.

10 FBS conference championship games are on tap this coming weekend. For the CFP, its win-and-in for Georgia, Michigan, and TCU. Can they win #13? If so, who would slide in as the 4th team?

There are two former Big 12 coaches in the CCGs: Mack Brown with UNC, and Lincoln Riley at USC. Both are favored, but only USC has a realistic shot at the CFP.

Which teams do you pick to win for each conference?

Note on the Poll: The home team is the first one mentioned (on the left. prior to "vs"). Most of these are neutral site, so home teams are picked by each conference. Pretty sure I got them correct.

Anyone know why our tipoff time is still TBD? And when it would finally be announced?

I will be having surgery in January to repair my rotator cuff.

I have a hooked acromion that has caused impingement. (Born with it). Add in wear and tear to the rotator cuff. It is my dominant arm.

Wanting to know what I should have on hand to make recovery easier

The physical therapist gave me a flyer for an icing machine that pumps cold water through a wrap. Is it worth the expense?

Luckily I will have help.

Eh, screw it. I'll start one of these. Any names we're connected to drop in here. Ill update the OP with a list and anything else yall want


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Have any of you rented out your home or part of it? I have a buddy in Ankeny that would like to turn his 3 BR 2 bath basement into VRBO. He doesn't know the first step. Securing the home, insuring it for guests, etc.

Any direction would be great.

As of today his winning percentage at Iowa State at .529 is the highest in the modern era.

You have to go back before Jack Trice played to find a better winning percentage.

Ankeny created Centennial in 2013. Iowa City created Liberty in 2017. Waukee created Northwest in 2021. Any talk of more new high schools opening in growing districts?

I see Southeast Polk, Johnston, and Linn-Mar BEDS (grades 9, 10, and 11 enrollment) are in the 1700-1800 range. Don't know if growth is strong enough in those communities to support an additional high school? I know WDM Valley is over 2000 but they are stagnant with growth and haven't created a 2nd high school.

Connor reports that Jayden Gray is hitting the portal. First Cyclone of a few I'm sure. Lower rated 3-star defensive end out of TX. No other P5 offers besides Iowa State. I am guessing he was pretty far away from making an impact.

Outgoing transfers (will keep list updated on this post):

DE Blake Peterson, RS SO
DE Jayden Gray, RS SO
RB Deon Silas, TR SO
S Mason Chambers TR JR
QB Nate Glantz TR JR *walk on*
LB Hunter Zenzen RS SO
WR Sean Shaw RS SR (assuming he has one to play still, with covid year)
WR Tristan Michaud RS FR

Xavier Hutchinson just completed a remarkable season where he was one of the lone bright spots on a struggling offense. When the offense needed him, X was open. He leads FBS Power5 conferences in targets per game, catches per game, and is 4th in yards per game (min. 9 games).

Hutchinson has not only the skillset to succeed at the next level (route running, catch radius) but has shown he can do well with an exceptionally high volume. The below table shows where he stands compared to other Power 5 receivers in the last 5 years (min. 9 games).



He's third in receptions per game behind a 2nd round pick and a Heisman winner.

He accumulated 13.6 targets per game this year, the most for a P5 receiver in the last 5 years. This was 1.3 more per game than Rondale Moore in 2018 and 1.4 more than Jahan Dotson in 2021.

He can do it all and there's a lot of information pointing to him being drafted in the first two rounds next year.

people need to take a chill pill yes the season did not go how we wanted it to go . we were playing very young in very important positions qb rb wr (except x) tight end db (except anthony johnson). and except for tcu we were in every single game.

baylor - if beau doesnt get eject on 1st drive different ballgame
kansas-- freshman kicker had a couple misses other wise win
k state- we have the ball for the final driver to set up win just missed on couple passes
texas -- normal surehanded x drops the go ahead touch down pass another probable win
okalahoma-- ehh
ok state - noel drops another sure fire go ahead td pass int the 4 qrt
texas tech - 2 missed fg again chip shots other wise win

i remember before matt became the head coach we were getting smoked by pretty much every team on the schedule besides kansas.

we have a very strong core comnig back if you look at the d line line backers and with tampa and purchase on the corners and beau at safety our db field will probably be rated top 3 in big twelve . dekkers got a lot of experience this year (he got no help from the running game at all ). i really like norton and sanders (plus we have abu sama coming in).

oline i personal think moving downing to center was the worst move we made but that is a debatable subject. yes we need some new leader ship in the oline area but you have tyler miller so tyler maro fr remsburg coming back along with simmons.

our recored could have been 9-3 instead of 4-8 if we just got some breaks that didnt go our way. i still believe in matt campbell he will get things figured out . we had 5 years of success we can again

So I'm trying to get rid of a lot of old stuff, and I have a ton of basketball and baseball cards from late 80s to mid 90s.

Do people still collect cards? Any recommendations for liquidating them?

I pulled these out of an old storage bin and just looking for some change for them.

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Finally we stop the challenge with a conference that is stealing our teams and trying to destroy us. Hopefully it's replaced by a Big 12/Big 10 Challenge that's in December, instead of the end of January.

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Thank you and going-bye. Fired just in time to recruit a new coach to open their new volleyball arena.

While 15 wins the last two years was not enough to save her job, she was ISU kryptonite this year, as the only conference team the Cyclones could not beat. Likely cost us a better seed in the tourney.

Absolutely awesome game from him in all facets. I'm sure there will be lots of stretches this season where he doesn't score but he is so steady and makes so many winning plays. Excited to see him develop over the next couple years.

Talk about a game of halves. Everyone talked about ISU's offense and also North Carolina's ability to overcome big deficits. We saw both tonight.

Soares started the scoring for the sisters on a rebound two. Both teams were playing good defense and offenses were missing. One thing I saw early on was what we saw with Creighton last year, the speed of NC's guards compared to our team was very evident.
NC picked up some early fouls. As usual Kane was in early to sub for Soares and scored.
Fritz nails the first three for the sisters and things were starting to warm up. NC answered back to tie the game at 7. Early observation, with Soares out, the threat of a block also disappears. NC started finding success driving. Joens struck from deep to open a 5 point lead. M&M nailed a three to stretch the lead to 6. She looks confident today. Throughout the first half the defense was scrappy. Active hands. Good hustle and switching. ISU would go on a 12-0 run…NC was cold as ice. Just couldn't hit a shot. At the end of one ISU led 17-11.

The second quarter picked up in much the same way as the first. Efficient offense and solid defense. The sisters were dominating the boards. Bad news alert. Donarski picked up her third foul with 5 min left in the 2nd. That’s not good. She would sit for a LONG time. A questionable intentional gave ISU two freebies to extend the lead. Interestingly, Ashley was having a tough time scoring. Then something shifted. All of a sudden the sisters were fouling left and right. Allowed NC to crawl back into the game. Last two minutes were scoreless. Was this a sign of something to come? End of the second had ISU up 35-22, but the last two minutes saw NC showing some life. Something to note at this point - Soares has 12 points and 9 boards.

The third quarter saw pretty even play by both teams. NC was pushing on offense and closing. ISU early shots weren't falling. The Sisters were just sloppy on offense and all of a sudden that once 17 point lead is down to 10. Joens puts an end to it with a stop and pop to help maintain some distance. Bad news alert #2 - Soares picked up her third foul with 6:30 to go in the third. Puts two starters on the bench. ISU had managed to push the lead back to 16, but NC would hit back to back treys and it was 10 again. With Soares on the bench, NC drives and Kane is just too slow to stop them. Still, the lead hovers at 10-12. With Soares and Donarski out, our offense just stalled out. Bad news alert #3 - Fritz would pick up her third foul on a trey and the lead was down to 8 (50-42). NC is feeling it. Uncharacteristically, the sisters offensive play was just sloppy. Unforced turnovers would allow NC to score repeatedly. Ashley would temporarily stem the bleeding with a three to stretch the lead to 9 one last time. Another foul on ISU would give NC a deficit of only 8 53-45 at the end of three.

Then the wheels fell off. No, the wheels fell off, the axle broke and the gas tank burst into flames. What we saw in the fourth quarter was a complete and total dysfunctional falling apart of the sisters in pretty much every way you could imagine. As an example, the quarter started with an air ball by Diew. NC would score and score again as ISU floundered on offense. The lead was 6, then 3. A turnover would allow NC to tie the game. ISU's offense ceased to exist as a functional unit. Too much dribbling, not enough attacking and Soares has been forgotten. NC would immediately take the lead as ISU was stone cold. It was a 19-3 run by NC and a 14-0 run to start the fourth. Really, everything that was happening was about fouls and ISU missing shots. We were doing both at a rapid pace.

NC would hit another shot and go up 4 with 6:30 to go. ISU would keep misfiring on offense. No one can hit and the ball isn’t getting into Soares hands. All of a sudden it was a 6 point NC lead and a 23-3 run. Three point shooting by the sisters is abysmal

Two free throws by Soares would end the MAJOR drought. Soares is fouled again (wow…finally passing her the ball) and hits one. Lead is three. Every time we closed, NC would answer. Usually a defensive breakdown would give them an open shot. A trey by NC extends the lead to six again. And...we keep missing free throws. NC would stretch the lead to 7 and Soares would answer. Then...an air ball trey by Ashley. Soares gets blocked and NC is hanging on a 5 point lead with 2 min left. ISUs offense just kept misfiring. A big trey by M&M makes it a two point game and she then forced an offensive foul. Donarski would tie the game at 64 with FT. Could they pull this out? Nope. The next series of events would seal the game. We foul on a drive without a good switch. NC scores, Donarski fouls out and NC gets the rebound on the missed FT. A very poor decision by M&M to foul when she didn't have to essentially ended the game. Without the foul we "might" get a stop and a chance to tie. Instead the free throws give NC a four point lead. We end the game with two horrible inbounds turnovers allowing NC to ice the game at the line. In a nutshell, the fourth quarter was a disaster end to end.

Final score NC 73-64.

Observations
We saw a recipe for other teams to use against us. Fast guard play when Soares is out is one. Attacking and getting us to foul is another. In this particular game, our deep bench didn't come through outside of M&M.

Soares - great first half. Disappeared in the second. Remember the 12 and 9 at halftime? 19 and 12 were her final numbers. Four turnovers.

Joens - Ok first half with 7 points. Tried to hard at times to make things happen in the second. 18 points and 9 boards on 33% shooting.

Donarski - tough defense, but foul trouble neutralized her. Sitting on the bench will do that. Only 6 points and fouled out. Very unlike her.

Ryan - seemed out of sorts much of the second half. Too much dribbling. Perhaps not enough motion from her teammates? Only 5 points, but had 10 assists. We need more scoring here.

Fritz - Foul trouble here as well. 3 points and 0 rebounds. Seeing a trend?

The bench
The good? M&M made some positive contributions with 8 points and 2 boards. One bad turnover that contributed to the NC run.
The average or bad? Diew and Kane combined for 5 points. Kane did pull in 8 boards, but the scoring didn't help out much.

So what happened? From my viewpoint, (and I backed up and rewatched the second half) our offense forgot who it was. What worked in the first half we stopped doing in the second. Our three point shooting was horrid (9-35). We kept chucking them up instead of taking advantage of our size inside. Turnovers. 17 of the little monsters and about 40% were unforced. Fouls. It's been a while since I've seen so many players get into foul trouble. We put NC on the line for a total of 28 free throws. And they missed ten of them and still won going away. They actually had one more foul than we did (just the non-shooting variety), but unlike Iowa State, they had multiple players in double figures (ISU had two). When you have 7 other players only combine for 27 points...that will kill you every single time.

I have to give some credit to NC's defense. We saw this same thing a year ago against Creighton. Four guards on the floor who are quicker than you are. Your shots don't fall. They slice and dice you to death. And folks...NC missed a TON of wide open shots. But the second half appears to be their thing as they outscored the sisters 51-29. That's a good old fashioned, take 'em behind the woodshed butt whooping.

Now this is where coaching comes in to play. ISU will likely fall out of the top ten. That's ok. Coaches will teach lessons. The team gets better and learns from what happened. Next up...a return to the friendly confines and a tune up for the Hawks. Believe me...if our shots aren't falling from 7 out of our 9 player rotation...that game in Iowa City won't be pretty.

They finished 9-3 and got a big come from behind win against Oregon yesterday. I have a soft spot for them because I feel they are similar to us. To think a good football team/program may be left behind makes me sick, and that could have been us at one point. Something is wrong with college athletics where some schools get to play big boy football because of their associations (Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest etc..) and others may not.

TCU just a 2.5 point favorite on K-State

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