There is a special Iowa State Football social event for all Cyclones in Eastern Iowa on Saturday, June 27, starting at 6PM. The evening will feature a great steak dinner provided by The Barn, a fabulous auction with unique Cyclone-themed items and experiences. Cost is $100/person, includes an open bar.

Meet and greet with these Iowa State football players:

• Kyle Konrardy
• Aiden Flora
• Connor Moberly
• Zaimir Hawk
• Jonah DuPont
• Keaton Roskop
• Along with, Special Teams Coordinator Rob Grande.

It’s a perfect chance to connect with fellow fans, meet the student‑athletes and staff, and show your support for Cyclone Football. Proceeds go to Cyclone football, including directly supporting the players in attendance.

Registration open until June 23. Register HERE

On History Channel. Anybody been watching? I was really looking forward to this series, and I think it's been generally good but I have some opinions 6 episodes in. Curious if others watching have thoughts.

Jake Brend ranks Iowa State's 2026 football schedule 12 through 1 based off of interest in each game. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery in the Northwest Bank Studios. Login to view embedded media

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Jake Brend and Brent Blum take a look at all the angles surrounding the Brendan Sorsby gambling allegations. Can the Big 12 step in? Discussing the NBA Draft in a few weeks and what it looks like for former Cyclones. All this and more presented by Mechdyne.

You can’t have a yearlong thread unless it starts on the first day. And while it would have, could have been a sweeter beginning with an ISU victory today, we’re all Cyclone fan(antic)s to the end. Cheers!

While I’ve been a casual viewer of most the MCU movies since they started coming out in 2008, up until lately, it has been just that… casual entertainment. Well, a few months ago, I decided to give the whole MCU a big chance to fully engage me and wow, it has been a fun ride ever since. What I wanted to do was to watch everything in chronological order, and by everything, I mean the movies, TV shows and even the official tie-in comics. Most of the comics are just some type of prelude to the movies. Took me a few months to pull this off. To get a good chronological order, I found this website and I followed it to a “T”, which turned out to be a great way to go:

http://www.storyhobby.com/timelines/marvel-multiverse-chronology/marvel-cinematic-universe-timeline/

Anyway, now that I’m caught-up, I thought it would be fun to rank and debate what I just watched, so feel free to rank and chime in yourself. Also, I figured it would be good to start an ongoing thread where people can post any new news items related to the MCU as they come out. So, here is my ranking of the entire MCU, minus the comics.

1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Thought this movie had the best drama and best action scenes of all the movies
2. Marvel’s The Avengers – Iconic way to pull everything together with the best villain in the MCU
3. Iron Man – Epic way to start the Universe with an unbelievable star for a headliner. Never got into the Iron Monger villain though.
4. Guardians of the Galaxy – Best space epic since the original Star Wars movies. Also was probably the funniest movie of the MCU so far.
5. Marvel’s Daredevil: Season 1 – Loved the street-level more-adult-themed tone of this show. Also contains probably the second best villain in the MCU. Being on Netflix is a great way to un-cuff all the normal problems of making a TV show for network viewing.
6. Ant-Man - Had super-low expectations, but walked away pleasantly surprised. Yet another weak villain, but contained some great comedy with some great actors. Paul Rudd won me over when I once was really skeptical of him.
7. Captain America: The First Avenger – Epic first-half of the movie with Cap’s origin story, but believe it or not, I found Red Skull a little underdeveloped. Loved the WWII time period aspect of this one.
8. Iron Man 2 – Many will mock me, but I actually really enjoyed this movie and actually enjoyed it more than Iron Man 3. Make fun of me all you want, but I didn’t think Whiplash was that bad. I think this movie gets unfairly criticized.
9. Avengers: Age of Ultron – Fun movie, but suffered from too much CGI action, too many characters, and too many storylines.
10. Thor: The Dark World – Criticize me if you will, but I actually liked this movie and thought it got an unfair bad wrap. I didn’t find Malekith that bad and I actually liked this movie more than the original Thor.
11. Iron Man 3 – Don’t know what it is, but I just never really got into this one, and it probably had something to do with the big Mandarin villain twist towards the end. Also never really liked Killian either. Again, I surprisingly like Iron Man 2 better
12. Marvel’s Agents of Shield: Season 2 – Liked the less cheese and more serious tone than the first season. Also, loved the Inhuman’s storyline. Used to hate Skye, but now don’t mind her.
13. Marvel’s Agent Carter – Loved the period timepiece aspect of this. Great show.
14. Thor – Don’t know what it is, but I just never got into this storyline or villains as much as the others. Again, I surprisingly liked Thor: Dark World more.
15. The Incredible Hulk – Good movie, but not great. Never was into Norton for the role, so was glad when the switch was made.
16. Marvel’s Agents of Shield: Season 1 – Struggled hardcore in the first half-dozen episodes, but then finally picked up when Winter Soldier storyline set in and the cheese started to fade. Overall, ended up really enjoying this.

It is also worth noting that I haven't actually disliked anything so far, while the first half-dozen episodes of Agents of Shield Season 1 came close. But again, even that got better. Overall, I've just found entertainment and merit in all of them, which is really pretty impressive, but of course, I definitely like some more than others.

Chris Williams and Brent Blum go position-by-position to rank Iowa State’s roster in terms of comfortability. Plus, the guys analyze the first quarterback commitment of the Jimmy Rogers era. All presented by Mechdyne.

Regionals: May 15-17
Super regionals: May 21-24
WCWS: May 28-June 5

Regional Hosts (top 16)
1 (1) Alabama
4 (16) LSU
3 (9) Florida State
2 (8) UCLA

1 (4) Nebraska
4 (13) Oklahoma State
3 (12) Duke
2 (5) Arkansas

1 (2) Texas
4 (15) Texas A&M
3 (10) Georgia
2 (7) Tennessee

1 (3) Oklahoma
4 (14) Oregon
3 (11) Texas Tech
2 (6) Florida

Big 12 qualifiers (7)
Texas Tech - regional host
Oklahoma State - regional host
Arizona State - #2 seed in College Station
Arizona - #2 seed in Durham
UCF - #2 seed in Tallahassee
Kansas - #2 seed in Norman
Baylor - #3 seed in Austin

I don't want to overreact to anything. I'm a rational Iowa State fan.

That being said, Jimmy Rogers is currently undefeated as Iowa State's head coach, which means the dynasty has technically already begun.

If you're looking for a place to spend the next several months wildly oscillating between "we should temper expectations" and "Jimmy Rogers is about to build the greatest program in college football history," then CF After Dark Discord is where you belong. We're entering a new era of Cyclone football, and naturally the only sensible response is to discuss every practice report, recruiting rumor, and coach interview in exhausting detail.

What are your top 5 songs of all time?

No more. No less. Any genre.

I made a list last year, might as well do one this year as well. I had a list started on my work computer but deleted it by accident. Here are the ones I can name off the top of my head...

QB Grant Roach - Buffalo
RB Joshua Thomas - West Georgia
RB Martinez Syria - Texas Southern (Ran for over 800 yds last year at Kilgore College in Longview, TX)
WR PJ Harris - West Georgia
WR Jauan Wesley - N. Illinois
WR JaQuarius Daniels - W. Texas A&M
WR Marley Allison - Winona State
TE Alex Leslie - Houston
TE Scotty Schaffner - Missouri State
TE Jake Ortale - Satan Barbara JUCO
OL Duaron "Big Dawg" Williams - Tennessee State
DT Devlyn Cousin - West Georgia
DE Collin Bevins - NW Missouri State
DE Alton Meeks - N. Illinois
LB Jordan Harris - LA Tech
CB Damein Lawry - Prairie View A&M
S TJ Mutcherson - UCF
S Ace Rogers - Minnesota

Missing in Action:
QB Dom DeLira
RB Tyler Brown
WR D'Vario Montgomery
WR Tyus Mason
WR Jake Rhoads
WR Clayton Henning (was on the roster a couple years ago. I think he was drafted by the KC Royals IIRC, so he is probably pursuing a baseball career)
C Nick Severs - no longer playing football.
OL Clark Johnson. Was a true freshman walk-on from Connecticut last year.
DB Oscar Opara
S Kamari Syrie
S Trevor Hodge (was at Riverside CC last year)

DT Ma'Kayle Phillips quit the team but is still a student at ISU. I think he saw action in a few games last year.

EDIT: TE Jake Ortale will be a sophomore at Santa Barbara College this year. Check out the first play in this highlight video, he makes a catch in triple coverage.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/5409738/highlights/314352393

Iowa State assistant Kyle Green accepts the head coach job at UNI.

Green has been a key orchestrator in Iowa State's patented defense since day one. He returns to a place where he spent 16 years as an assistant.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/04/breaking-uni-hires-kyle-green-as-head-coach/

Interesting story on Milan's signing process with Kentucky

Thought this was interesting in contrast to Milan's $6.5M contract

I was doing a bit of digging on where players landed. Does anyone know if everyone found a home?

Hi Fanatics. There have been some cool posts on here by people with their man caves or other cool Cyclones gear. I thought it'd be neat to have a threat if people had "extras" they'd be willing to swap...whether it be unique or cool Cyclone items or autographs.

I guess post what you may have you're looking for or wanting to trade. For instance, I have a couple CPR autographed game programs, a FB team signed poster from last year, a vintage ISU button up coat, that I'd be willing to swap for other stuff people may have.

If you’re bored this offseason, a buddy of mine created a Cyclone basketball lineup builder game inspired by the 82-0 game that has been popular recently. Feel free to try it out and share some of the cool squads you made!

Link to game: cyclone-lineup-builder.netlify.app

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Thought I'd start a new thread for non-Bridget Carleton pro league talk. Didn't want to resurect a dormant thread that was likely mostly Calark talk from a couple of years ago.

So, Big 12 related and local for me:

Big 12 POY Olivia Miles is having a great start to her pro career with the Lynx. Had a WNBA rookie record 8 threes the other night. Truthfully have not paid them much attention to the Lynx since Carleton got drafted away from them and with Collier still out. Might have to give them a look but don't have the local subscription so won't see them much.

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Time to get these going again. April was a crazy at work with a new football regime change. Time to get these back up and going. Pre the last CF vote after Villain's is fast food. Obviously we need to discuss what encompasses fast food and if pizza places count.

Another ask for committee members always nice to get some new blood in.

New wrinkle because always looking to innovate. We normally do a non cf poll vote after submissions are closed and top vote getters represent the people. Now instead of that for those wanting a say but don't have time to be on the committee I want people to send me via pm their 1-64 and I will add them to all of the committee's members lists.



https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/next-cf-bracket.292623/




Here is basic list to started us off.


Chick-fil-A
Five Guys
Wendy's
Taco Bell
In-N-Out Burger
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
McDonald's
Dairy Queen
Chipotle
Arby's
Domino's Pizza
Burger King
Sonic Drive-In
Jersey Mike's Subs
Pizza Hut
Steak 'n Shake
Subway
Panda Express
Culver's
Raising Cane's
KFC
Whataburger
Shake Shack
Firehouse Subs
Jimmy John's
Carl's Jr. / Hardee's
Jack in the Box
White Castle
Long John Silver's
Bojangles
Taco John's

2027 dual-threat QB Blake Moser commits to Iowa State as a wide receiver, he announces on social media.

The three-star from Lake Stevens, Washington led his team to the 4A state title game, compiling 3,462 all-purpose yards and 55 touchdowns as a junior. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/06/iowa-state-lands-commitment-from-2027-wr-blake-moser/

Yeah, I'm a Buffy fan, and this sucks so much.