I'd hesitate to include East vs West schedules in your analysis as they will undoubtedly change soon, but whatever. Which is the worst? The poll allows for 2 choices so it's a bit of a ranked choice scenario. I left off the teams typically found at/near the top of each division and yes, this does include iowa).

let's define worst as the place it would be most difficult to win at consistently.

I’ve refreshed Twitter 500 times in the last 24 hours waiting for a cyclone football hype tape. Something is wrong with me.

Anyone with any bets they like the next few days? Way too pumped for CFB to be back and to bet on these games. I had bet on Nebby and Hawaii last weekend so I'm off to a cold start... I'm on WV +7.5 tonight, partly because I believe they'll pull it together this year and partly because I would love the B12 to win this one on this stage. Also like Penn st -3.5 / Arkansas -6.5 against Cincy / OR St -2.5 against Boise.

Feel like the big games (Oregon/UGA and ND/OSU) have way too big of lines for me to want to bet, feel like those could go either way.

Which two teams will qualify for the 2022 Big XII Championship game? Its a high difficulty factor this year with the new coaches, and nobody getting much pre-season love in the CFP prognostication.

You can return to vote every week until Nov 24, the Thursday prior to the final weekend.

Pretty badass here:
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So, what would you walk out to?
This would be high on my list:
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That’s it. Pretty damn cool.

I realize a lot of factors determine this, but if you had to take an average of how many games per season ISU plays in FB and bball on ESPN+ what would your estimate be?

I seem to remember a handful of football games but quite a few mbb games is that correct? I usually just stream games via illegal sites but it would be nice to not have to do that. I watch very little TV outside of college sports.

verizon is going door to door trying to get people to switch away from fiber. 30 day free trial and free disney+ Hulu and ESPN+. Same Price as fiber.

worth the hassle of switching?

(2) tickets in Section 34 ( end of row )
Parking Pass on east side of Jacobsen Building

$125

send me a message if interested. I’ll check in later

Has anyone had their mobile passes show up yet? I haven't seen mine yet. TIA.

Never mind called ticket office said they'll be sent Friday

Thoughts on this?

Last year I took screen shots of my tickets and parking pass and they scanned with no issue. When I took a screenshot today, I got a notice that said a screenshot will be unusable. Anyone have any insight on the change or if that is true?

And yes I know there are other ways to save them to my phone.

Has Kyle Klingman ever watched an ISU match? Not sure given his recent 197 preview. For those without Flo Klingman has Max Dean as the 97 favorite and has contenders of Warner, Buchanan, Elam, and Bonaccorsi.

Then in his predictions he does not have Yonger as an AA, but does have Elam (Yonger 2-1 against), Hoffman(Yonger 1-0), and Warner(Yonger 1-0).

Going to want to bookmark this one and pull it back when Yonger is top 4.

Who are you betting on this weekend?

I took WVU +7.5 (and WVU money line)
Louisville -4
Kent St +22.5
LSU -2.5
FAU -4

Good Luck!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Edit: Disclaimer this is probably not worth your brain space.

Didn't see this posted, but I'd think this is likely a good sign...

My son and his wife moved to Burlington this summer. Is there a good Cyclone bar/restaurant there for them to go and watch games when they can't come up to JTS?

Fanatics, I’m sure there are a few techies on these forums that have nice in-home game day setups and I’d love to get your input.

We just moved into a “new” house that is wired for surround sound in the basement. Sounds like the wiring is in good shape and up to par. Mind you, we just got our first sound bar last year so we are by no means high tech and I’m pretty frugal.

I had Best Buy out to take a look and they quoted us $3000 worth of equipment. I didn’t have the slightest clue going in what the equipment would cost and that’s way more than we want to spend. Anyone have recommendations for others you’ve worked with? Do you think it’s even possible to connect some decent speakers and a receiver for significantly less than that? Or or is that the going rate for a decent system and I should either buck up or give up the project entirely?

Today the latest Netflix doc in their Untold series dropped and was on the Tim Donaghy scandal. It was very interesting and while Donaghy deserved what he got I totally feel he wasn't the only one.

The NBA and David Stern especially come off just as shady.

Another weekly post about musical topics from your crew at OTN. We are @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.

This week, we're looking for song titles and/or lyrics that mention a specific type of building (barn, garage, restaurant).

Exceptions: We are NOT accepting these for this segment:
(1) Songs that mention home, house, apartment, condo or other typical dwelling place. (We've already had an OTN on that topic).
(2) Songs that mention churches, temples, chapels or other places of worship (We may save those for a separate topic).
(3) Structures such as bridges, walls, etc. that normally don't have a typical wall/roof structure.
(4) Generic word "building" itself does not count.

Last week's topic was Future Tense, songs with Future or Tomorrow in them. It can be found here:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-future-tense.272865/

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My First Five

Roadhouse Blues - Doors
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Big Barn Bed - Paul McCartney and Wings
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And We Danced - Hooters "I met my be-bop baby at the Union Hall"
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Levon - Elton John "garage by the motorway"
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Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay and the Americans "In a little cafe just the other side of the border"
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I was just watching the weekly press conference and someone asked about Anthony Johnson's transition to safety. I know he has NEVER recorded an interception. My bold prediction is he gets a pic in the 1st game this season. What's everyone have?

What the guys on the field had to say today about SEMO:

Video from Matt Campbell's first weekly presser of the season here:

When I pull up a thread that I have not looked at for a while, it should not take me to page 1. For example, I opened the Climate Change Deniers thread today. Until yesterday, no one had posted since March. It should not be hard to remember all threads accessed and the last page read.

I watch a couple channels with these guys. This is their second channel, and I noticed they have been building a Truck for Pivot Bio. The episode before this they were in DM and around the area meeting with farmers. But in this episode they came to Ames and had a meeting in the Sukup and Jack Trice.

Here is the link, should be cued to when they are headed to Ames, just a couple minutes of them in Ames/JT. (about 6:20 in) You can check out the whole video and the prior one if you like. Just wanted to share this clip here.

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Last year @Fitzy took home the crown

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.