Like the football twitter thread, so figured I will start one for the wrestling program. Cool video on the freshmen and their go-to takedowns.

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Welcome to my Halloween party! Make yourself at home, but I need to ask you for a favor while you’re here. You see, there’s been an influx of troublemakers that have moved into the area. These guys will do anything to make my life a living hell, and I suspect, will try to ruin this party. I suspect they will do their best to blend in and be difficult to detect. I need your help to find them before they destroy the party.
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The party has started, and everyone is having a fantastic time. We’ve got drinking games, Mummy Wrap, and Halloween trivia and more! All of a sudden, the power goes out and panic fills the air. In the midst of all the yelling, sounds of doors slamming and cabinets opening can be heard throughout the place.
However, I was a couple steps ahead. I had a backup generator with local cops on standby in case things got messy. Once the lights come on, the cops appear. I go through the invitation list, and notice there’s way more people here than expected. There are no signs of anyone escaping, so some of these people have to be the troublemakers that moved in. I need to give the cops a list of who broke in, will you help?
Each day, everyone in the party will vote for who they think broke in. That person will be sent to jail. The cops aren’t night people, so at night, things will get a little funky…but hopefully not too funky.

NOTE: Everyone has a costume to differentiate themselves, however, regular innocents do not know what their costume is. Revealed when eliminated.

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Some of you were paying more attention to Cash’s warnings then others, and these people have special roles, listed below. Everyone is town:
Samuel Loomis (Doctor): Heals one person each night (cant be same person back to back nights, preventing them from being attacked. They can only heal themselves one time throughout the game.

Sherlock Holmes (Investigator): Investigate one person each night.

Hagrid (Jailor): Can send one person to jail for the night.

• The Jailor can anonymously talk to their prisoner through me. At max of 3 messages a night.
• The jailor can turn the prisoner in, hence eliminate them.
• The prisoner can’t perform their night ability, and is safe from all attacks.
  • Anyone targeting the prisoner will be told the prisoner is in jail
• If prisoner is a target of the mafia, can't pick them the following night.

Dexter Morgan (Vigilante): Must Eliminate one person at night. Wins with town. If hits a town member, gets psychic ability before next kill.

Mewtwo (Psychic): On odd nights, has a vision of 33% of remaining players, at least one will be mafia. On even nights, has a vision of 25% of remaining players, at least one will be town.

Cupid (Matchmaker): Can target one person at a time. They can talk to each other throughout the game. If Cupid’s target dies, Cupid can target another member to talk to.

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Mafia Roles:

The mafia can eliminate one player a night. Rest of mafia not listed below are regular members:
Al Pacino (Godfather): Will appear as a regular innocent to the investigator and psychic reading. He can’t be killed at night.

James Doakes from Dexter (Evil Detective): Mafia detective. Will be told if a member is a special or regular innocent.

Sabrina Spellman (Witch): Each night, pick a player and their action will not occur (doesn't work on jailor). Can’t pick the same player in back to back nights.

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GAME RULES

1. There will be no editing of posts.
2. The day will run from 7 a.m. Central through 9:05 p.m. Central, with the exception of Fridays, which will end at 7:05 p.m. Central.
3. Votes will count until 9:05 Central as stamped by the Cyclone Fanatic clock (7:05 p.m. Fridays).
4. Votes must be BOLDED or they will not count. If you are posting on mobile and don't get the formatting correct to bold the post, your post will not count.
5. No PMs between players unless your role allows it.
6. If you vote twice without rescinding, your first vote will count.
7. Specials will have until 8 a.m. to get stuff in. If everything comes in early I will do a night report, if not then I will do a morning report.
8. Missing a vote for two days total will result in a clap.
9. Do not directly reveal your role - though you may claim to be a regular innocent whether you are or aren’t actually a regular innocent. (The mayor actually doesn't care about this rule)
10. I reserve the right to change the rules if I feel that it's necessary. Any changes will be clearly labeled.
10b. You must post more than 5 times in a 5 day window.
11. In the case of ties in the lynching process, Random.org will be used to make the final decision.
12. Ghost post using off-color font.
13. If you have any questions about the game, PM the host (me).
14. HAVE FUN!

Voting is open for the Cyclone Fanatic Movie Villain Elite 8.


How to vote:
To select the favorite (the show seeded highest), choose the Heart emoji.
To select the underdog, choose the Rainbow emoji.
No other emojis will be counted.

Deadline to vote: Now through Saturday at 10 PM

Bridget Carleton is still thriving in Minnesota.

Stephanie Soares was cut by the Wings on January 4th. I'm guessing she'll show up in someone's training camp.

Ashley Joens was signed to a training camp contract by Atlanta.

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It’s my habit to watch four scenes from the movie 1776 on July 4th then follow with a toast (one, or maybe more, beers). Thought I would post here should anyone be of similar mood.


The fireplug: John Adams. May 1776 no movement toward independence vote. 'Open Up A Window' is a reference to deliberations in secrecy with closed windows and guards posted at windows outside. Philadelphia sweltered. The issue was preventing public factions from applying pressure on delegates and creating stalemate.

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Savage scene: Slavery the Divisive Impediment to Independence. ‘Who Stinketh Most, Charleston or Boston?’ New England culpability in the slave trade. (Who remembers Holling Vincouer from ‘Northern Exposure’? He’s still ticking along at age 95.)

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John Hancock signs the Declaration, humorous short scene.

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Final dramatic signing scene

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Does anyone have this issue with their jeans? Mine usually last about 6 months before the crotch in my jeans wears through. Anyone have a recommendation for some jeans that area resistant to this condition?

Looks good! I'm a big fan of the 80s flick, but apparently it was very different from the S. King story and this is supposed to be much more in line with that. This looks very different from the original and pretty good! Edgar Wright is a great director, so I have high hopes for a fun action movie.

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Chris Williams and Brent Blum dive into the decision from the Big 12 to no longer use a media poll before CW gives his idea for how to fix it. The guys give their mid-July Big 12 Poll and more. Presented by Mechdyne.

In anticipation of 4th of July weekend, we’re focusing on terms related with grilling and cookouts.

Key words (in title/lytics): Barbecue, grill, griddle and related aspects. Also acceptable: Burger, hot dog, marinade. Some flex with creativity, if it stays close to the grilling concept. Picnic probably OK, too.

“On That Note” is presented each week on Cyclone Fanatic by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and cyclones500.

Last week’s OTN: Toast (and Marmalade)

Here's one to start the fire:

“Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.”

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Just needs to slightly be raised to show above Cytown for the night?...could revert back to Cytown July 4 or 5th.....just wondering??

From what little I’ve heard it should be quite nice and much larger and located in the Sheman building. What have you heard?

Figured start a thread to show the latest in Athletic Facilities across the country.

Minnesota & Michigan just opened up new facilities.

Minnesota: $166 Million Football Facility & "Athletes Village":

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Michigan new 32,000 sq ft., $21 million Weight Room:

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I don’t know if this was posted somewhere, but I figured it deserved it’s own thread. The players having fun,

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Don’t see it. What a piece of garbage movie. I don’t expect much out of summer popcorn movies but this was truly one of the worst blockbuster movies I’ve ever seen. Five of us went and all of us said it was laughably terrible.

German freshman forward Dominykas Pleta arrives in Ames and fills out Iowa State's roster for summer workouts.

Really weird how the police are handling this?



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RECRUITING: Iowa State's 2026 QB commit picked up an Alabama offer a month after announcing the Cyclones as his choice.

He caught up with @cfchangs9 to talk about it.

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.

Let me know if there are any corrections needed.

Rankings:
ES -- ESPN 2026 SportsCenter NEXT 100 (retrieved 7/3/2025)
PN -- Prospects Nation 2026 Ranked Players -- 40 players ranked plus 22 on watchlist (retrieved 9/18/2024)


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Starting up 2028, as I just realized we have a big name on the list already.

Let me know if there are any corrections needed.

Rankings:
ES -- ESPN 2028 SportsCenter NEXT - Terrific 25 (retrieved 7/3/2025)
PN -- Prospects Nation 2028 Watch List -- 2 on watchlist (retrieved 4/17/2025)


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Finally have someone higher than level 1, so I'll get this thread started.

Let me know if there are any corrections needed.

Rankings:
ES -- ESPN 2027 SportsCenter NEXT - Super 60 (retrieved 7/3/2025)
PN -- Prospects Nation 2027 Ranked Players -- 25 ranked plus 12 on watchlist (retrieved 4/17/2025)


Verbals:


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