Friday OT - The Big Cheese

I was listening to R.E.M. the other day where there's basically one person who just sort of makes the band. R.E.M. is an example - the others are all awesome, but Michael Stipe is sort of the person without whom they wouldn't have really happened.

What are some other bands where one person defined them?

OT: Ames bars for fun this Friday

ISU grad here but it's been years since I went out in Campustown. I am bringing a few friends from the Twin Cities this weekend and they want to go out in Ames on Friday. What are the best bars for 30+ people. We will for sure hit Welch Ave Station but what other bars in Campustown specifically are a good time for a few drinks?

In my heyday it was Dean's List, Sips, and Paddy's.

Ames Game Day To Do List

Greetings Cyclone Fans,

I'm an Oklahoma State Alum that lives west of Chicago a ways. I've been too busy with work and kids to ever get back to Stillwater and watch a game, so this year I said "Screw it" and bought tickets for me, the wife, and two girls to the OSU vs ISU game on OCT 26th.

I am really looking forward to a crisp fall day full of football!

So I'm sure you get posts like this from time to time, and I'm SIAP..but what are the must do's on a Gameday in Ames?

Affordable auto shop rates

TL;DR version - I'm looking for a shop that will work on my land rover with parts i supply.

I have an LR3 with high miles and I need to install the filter conversion kit. I don't have a lift and while that's not neccessary, would make this much easier. I have purchased the parts already, I was hoping to find a shop that would make this change for me. Youtube video in the product page to explain more about it. These are sealed units that are nearly impossible to change, this kit makes it easier to access to and change.

https://www.roverparts.com/Parts/ATFCK

Thanks for any suggestions. I'm guessing the name brand shops wouldn't touch this.

Weekend Upsets with WrestleStat - Week 2 2020

Holy smokes! What a weekend!

Since we've been running this site, I'm not sure we've ever had a weekend of upsets quite like this.

At the top of our list this week, #68 Aaron Bolo knocked off #2 Kyle Conel of Penn State. Watching the match, it definitely looked like Conel tweaked his knee in the 3rd period. Hope he's not out for an extended period of time. Also, in the Virginia Tech vs Ohio State dual, where Virginia Tech got the upset, #21 Brent Moore upset and pinned #2 Sammy Sasso. Also, #5 Mason Parris continues his impressive start to the season knocking off #3 Matt Stencel of Central Michigan. Parris is absolutely a force and has finalist written all over him.

Here's the rest of our upsets from the weekend:

197 - #68 Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan) beat #2 Kyle Conel (Penn State) by DEC 5 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50919/bolo-aaron/profile
149 - #21 Brent Moore (Virginia Tech) beat #2 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) by FALL 1:16 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/44666/moore-brent/profile
285 - #5 Mason Parris (Michigan) beat #3 Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) by DEC 4 - 0 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51176/parris-mason/profile
165 - #27 Ethan Smith (Ohio State) beat #5 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) by DEC 5 - 4 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50025/smith-ethan/profile
174 - #34 Dean Sherry (Rider) beat #8 Devin Skatzka (Minnesota) by FALL 2:54 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/40019/sherry-dean/profile
285 - #12 Chase Singletary (Ohio State) beat #8 Demetrius Thomas (Pittsburgh) by DEC 8 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/49253/singletary-chase/profile
174 - #52 Jacob Covaciu (Indiana) beat #9 Ben Harvey (Army) by DEC 5 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/59570/covaciu-jacob/profile
174 - #31 Phillip Spadafora (Maryland) beat #9 Ben Harvey (Army) by DEC 9 - 6 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51167/spadafora-phillip/profile
125 - #40 Killian Cardinale (Old Dominion) beat #10 Jakob Camacho (North Carolina State) by DEC 6 - 5 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/49268/cardinale-killian/profile
174 - #24 Joey Gunther (Illinois) beat #11 Connor Flynn (Missouri) by SV-1 4 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/39725/gunther-joey/profile
157 - #78 Tyler Eischens (Stanford) beat #16 AC Headlee (North Carolina) by DEC 4 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51205/eischens-tyler/profile
184 - #53 George Walton (Rider) beat #16 Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) by DEC 7 - 6 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/49265/walton-george/profile
125 - #35 Zurich Storm (North Carolina State) beat #16 Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) by DEC 4 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50138/storm-zurich/profile
133 - #22 Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) beat #16 Quinn Kinner (Ohio State) by DEC 7 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51286/gerardi-collin/profile
184 - #110 Anthony Montalvo (Oklahoma State) beat #17 Chris Weiler (Lehigh) by FALL 6:26 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51619/montalvo-anthony/profile
125 - #94 Jackson DiSario (Stanford) beat #17 Joey Melendez (North Carolina) by DEC 8 - 5 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/57126/disario-jackson/profile
165 - #35 Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) beat #17 Ebed Jarrell (Drexel) by DEC 5 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50615/wittlake-travis/profile
125 - #56 Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) beat #18 Jacob Schwarm (Northern Iowa) by DEC 5 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/56007/deaugustino-michael/profile
125 - #67 Jonathon Tropea (Rider) beat #19 Patrick McKee (Minnesota) by DEC 9 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/46048/tropea-jonathon/profile
133 - #33 Chance Rich (CSU Bakersfield) beat #20 Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) by FALL 6:50 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50933/rich-chance/profile
184 - #29 Zach Carlson (South Dakota State) beat #20 Hunter Ritter (Minnesota) by FALL 2:28 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/40280/carlson-zach/profile

UNI vs IOWA

Put this in the wbb thread instead of in states rival to maybe decrease the troll factor. Uni took them to the wood shed caught just the end of it on the radio. Seems that poor shooting doomed Iowa both three pt and FG% were in the 30's, FT % in the 50's. Hope the Hawks shoot like that when they visit Hilton.

If anyone saw the game please post your thoughts just thought I'd start it since we play both teams this yr.

Nov 17th Dual vs Bucknell

Anybody have any thoughts about the upcoming dual on Sunday?

Looks like Carr will have a good match at 157 (if he wrestles?) as Bucknell's Zach Hartman is a returning NCAA qualifier.

Bucknell has another returning qualifier at 197 in Drew Phipps (FYI-he was eliminated from the tournament last year by our own Willie Miklus). I'm assuming Shapiro will start over Duggan. Either way - will be a tough match up.

Expecting a relatively easy win for the team, but should be a good opening opponent.

What does everyone else think?

Rob Gray's Excellent Article

I just saw the article Rob posted today. I didn't see any post on it yet, so I wanted to highlight to everyone the last two paragraphs of the article.

That’s the hope. The grindstone replaces shiny objects and an ability to remain still in the moment banishes painful losses to the recesses of memory. The future remains bright — and Campbell fully “gets” how being so close to being an results-validated elite team frustrates fans eager to celebrate a long-awaited, nationally-noticed breakthrough.

“I get it,” Campbell said. “I do. I completely understand it, but I also understand this: They’ve seen a a lot of bad football for a long time and I think they’re smart enough to know what good football looks like and what good culture looks like and what really good kids look like. And to me, that’s the thing that’s maybe a joy for me to walk into these walls is knowing what these kids put in to being the best they can be — and when you’re inches and fractions away, you can stomach it, because you know it’s our job to just keep pounding away to get it done.”


As we finish this year, posters should take the big picture view the just how better things are from just a few years ago, and how anyone paying attention has legitimate hope that the best is yet to come with the players and coaches we have in the program.

It's grinding week, who you got?

Texas @ ISU -7 all over the horns given that many points
WVU @ K-State -14 Eers should cover as Cats are way beat-up
Ku @ oSu -18 Hubbard should have a 300-yard day against that defenseless clown show
TCU @ TxT +3 interesting line that I wouldn't touch but taking the frogs if forced
OU @ Baylor +10 going green with that spread (chaos for football championship committee if BU wins, please)

Post game

Anyone have any video of them playing Sweet Caroline followed by Juicy Wiggle after the game? I found a one of just Juicy Wiggle, but it would be fun to see the whole thing.

Also, there's been a new song that they played after the second TD yesterday and they played after an Oklahoma State TD and I'm not a fan. Nothing good has come after that song... ;)

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