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.

So long Thunderstruck. What will it be?

In honor of this great holiday, what is your favorite cheese?

For this segment, we’ll explore songs with lyrics/title that reference SPECIFIC names of establishments that provide food as a primary or significant offering, including these categories of convenience store, restaurant, bar&grill and grocery store.

We DO NOT ACCEPT generic references to those terms. So, something like “I went to the restaurant” wouldn’t count.

It must involve a real-life establishment, not fictional. (Defunct eateries are fair game).

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“The girl at Stuckey’s, her face was a mess.”

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Just curious what events people have gone to or plan on going to. Our big pride event is actually in July out here, but still lots of other stuff. My large employer is having a drag bingo contest next week, hah!

Chris Williams and Brent Blum dive into the big day on Capitol Hill in college sports, as the Big Ten and SEC released a joint statement. What’s best for college sports? Spinning the wheel of ISU history and more, courtesy of Mechdyne.

Iowa State earns its second commitment in 24 hours, this time in Farmington, Missouri, LB Josh McCarthy.

The 6-foot-1, 217-pound McCarthy picked up his Iowa State offer during Iowa State’s prospect camp on June 4th.

Murph and Andy posed a question about which former ISU athlete will be hardest for ISU Fans to watch in a different uniform next season. I thought I'd bring it to this group. Sorry if I missed it posted elsewhere.

Iowa State and Jimmy Rogers landed their 11th commitment to the 2027 recruiting class in Utah native Cash Hollingshead.

The 6-foot-3, 205-pound quarterback was invited to the Los Angeles Elite 11 Regionals this past February and held only one other offer from Northern Arizona.

Read more about the Utah native below in an interview with Cyclone Fanatic.

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Jake Brend, Ben Hutchens, and Rob Gray put a bow on the Milan Momcilovic saga that lands him at Kentucky. What does Tamin Lipsey’s future look like as he makes his way around NBA workouts? The Wheel brings the good, the bad, and the ugly. All this and more courtesy of Kelderman Manufacturing.

Are we watching in black and white or full hue color? What is canon?

With the proposal being 5 years of eligibility for 5 years after high school graduation, how will this affect BYU and their players ? Will going on Mission for 2 years count or will they all get deferments?

Outside of a flame thrower, what's the most effective solution against these bastards when I'm trying to enjoy being on my deck?

I hesitate to copy & paste paywall content, but I will here to get this recruiting thread going. Matscout Willie does a nice job of summarizing where we are & where we should go.

Iowa State Cyclones
Needs: Everything

First Call: #42-Mac Crosson (IA) and #45-Max Dhabolt (IA)

Why: Guess how many commits ISU has for 2026. Wrong. Zero. They have no commits for next year and had just one (#14-Christian Castillo) in 2025. That's not to say Coach Dresser can't recruit. No, far from it. It's to say the Cyclones should have a gang of money. And they'll need it. 8 of this year's 10 starters will be JR's or SR's.

The good news is that the state of Iowa has an above average group of prospects in 2027 - ten Big Boarders in total.

If I were Dresser & Co., I'd start by locking down Crosson and Dhabolt to get off to an early start before hitting more both in-state and nationally.

Who They Are: Crosson and Dhabolt were both 3rd at state as FR and won state titles as Sophs. Dhabolt also made Fargo finals. Both are growing significantly and I think could project to very fine starters in the 165-174 range.

Others: #38-Dawson Youngblut (IA), #50-Gavin Landers (IA), #53-Grayson Fuchs (MI), #71-Brayden Koester (IA)

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This goes so hard!

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Chris Williams and Brent Blum discuss the growing congressional fight over college athletics, Milan Momcilovic’s future, Texas Tech battling Texas publicly, and why the Big 12 desperately needs playoff success. All this and more presented by Mechdyne.

Watched the premiere tonight. Not sure what to think yet. Leaning hard to it might just suck. Seems like I have seen some of this before (Longmire). Already dislike almost every single character other than the Native American wife and her son. Everyone else seems to be a total unmitigated ******* or a suck up toady. Not sure that is going to do much to get me watching.

We are in a quiet time for women's basketball. Where are things at and why?

Let me know if there are any corrections needed.

Rankings:
ES -- ESPN 2026 SportsCenter NEXT 100 (retrieved 10/3/2025)
PN -- Prospects Nation 2026 Ranked Players -- 50 players ranked plus a watchlist (retrieved 10/3/2025)


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Bitdefender Total Security has sent me almost 100 notifications over the past month that look like this:

I only get these when I'm on CF. What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a-goin' on here? (Quote from what movie, anyone?) CF doesn't seem to need this link. Is this something CF tech support should look into?

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