Done by end of summer.

Already announced at least two other closings in Cheyenne, WY and Loveland, CO.
We've bought boots, shoes, water bottles, jackets, etc. there over the years. Not sure where else to find some of what they offered in hiking boots and shoes.

Grant Mahoney and Jeff Woody welcome on Iowa State superfan Dan Barrett to discuss his incredible streak of attending Cyclone games, his favorite memories, and everything in between. Presented by Kelderman Manufacturing.

With the schedule coming out tonight is there a game you are looking forward to?

I will probably go to a game this year, it couldn't be the weekend of a Cyclones home game and will need to have a Cyclone presence on a team.

A few I am considering

49ers at Browns
Jets at Bills
Lions at Philadelphia
Jets at Denver (hoping for same week as CU game)
49ers at Colts
Texans at Titans
Any game in Detroit

Any others standout?

I should add I would like to go somewhere new. GB, MN, Chicago and KC are out.

According to Iowa State's fact book (media guide) the Cyclones tied 46 games.

Against Marquette in 1951, Cyclone George Hess had 601 punting yards, were outgained 240-5, had 47 rushes for five yards, attempted zero passes and recorded one first down against Marquette in 1951.

Iowa State led 6-0 at half thanks to Bob Rohwedder's 42 yard pick six.



A 73 yard pass to Hilltopper freshman Ron Drzewiecki (drafted 11th overall in the 1955 NFL Draft) with about three minutes left tied the game at 6.


“He Swam All The Way” Photo credit: Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University Libraries.

Just noticed that ISU plays Houston Christian Dec 29. The head coach of HCU is Craig Doty. Craig coached Graceland University (where I taught for 20 years) when Graceland won the national title in 2018. Will be fun to see him back in Iowa again.

My daughter is selling football t-shirts again this year to help raise money for the cyclone cheer team to travel to out of state games to cheer on the football/basketball teams and to Daytona Beach to compete at NCA nationals.
The NEW 2025 ISU Football T-Shirts are now available…. $20 per shirt.
Size S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL
If you are interested in purchasing a shirt through the link below please list Sarina Oginski in section 3 of the order form as the athlete you are supporting.
Pre-sale ends on April 14th and orders will be shipped out mid-April.
If you would rather not pay for shipping and live near campus comment below or send me a pm. You could send payment through Venmo,Zelle or PayPal and she could hand deliver the shirts when she gets them in May or at any home football game. Thank you!

RECRUITING: Wisconsin prospect Donovan Davis (@DavisBB21) was at Hilton for Iowa State's win over Kansas Wednesday.

"Iowa State is one of those teams I would watch, because of Tyrese Haliburton coming from Wisconsin."

Welcome to the Cyclone Fanatic Cartoon Tournament Selection Show.

Interest in the Cartoon Tournament was extensive. The Committee considered more than 190 nominations for the field of 68. In addition to the seven Committee members, a public poll was established and results were included as the eighth Committee member, People's Choice.

And now, on to the bracket reveal.

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I thought to myself that we are in a "down" time right now and thought some info about Jensen might be of interest.

Hi everyone!

I wanted to extend an offer to the group for those going to Ireland for the game vs. Kansas State.

A friend of mine has 3 foursomes that are non-refundable at Portmarnock Golf Club just outside the Dublin airport. He is not able to make it and wanted to know if any Cyclone fans going to Dublin would be interested in buying a foursome from him. He can transfer the foursome to any date around the game.

Price details:
-$445 per person
-$1780 for the entire foursome

If you are at all interested please shoot me a message. Thanks!

Voting period is open for the First Four of the Cyclone Fanatic Cartoon Tournament.

New this year is using poll website for voting. Found an option with this site to still see who votes for what. When you vote it will asked how you for a name. If you could just do your CF username there it would be appreciated.


Deadline to vote: Now through Tuesday 10 pm


*** Cartoon Tournament Selection Show ***

As the thread name implies, looking for suggestions on Ames restaurants with a party room. We have a group of college friends getting together with families for a friend's 40th birthday. Families include a number of children under the age of 10, so emphasis on a place that is family-friendly, or at least doesn't mind kids who are LOUD. Going the men's game on December 15th, but looking for go out to dinner the evening of the 14th. I know that Jethro's up there has some kind of room, but if folks have other suggestions, that would be appreciated. Not sure how many people, but let's say 20ish for now. Thanks!

My family and I have booked our vacation to Estes Park, CO, for early August. We are spending a week there and the plan is to spend most of the time at RMNP.

Does anyone have recent experience with the timed entry system? My concern is how much of the park we can realistically expect to have access to given the high demand, parking, etc. You can get into the park without a timed entry pass as long as you arrive before 9AM which is no problem for us. We are staying 5 minutes from the entrance and I'd like to be there no later than 7:30am most days.

You can only get into the Bear Lake area without a pass if you arrive before 5am which is impossible for us. So, we need to get a pass to get to that area.

My questions are:
1) How hard is it to get a timed entry pass to Bear Lake? I see the passes open up for our time frame on July 1. They also hold another 40% back until the night before so there's another opportunity there.
2) How bad is parking in the park? I see they have a shuttle system for the Bear Lake area. What about in the non-Bear Lake area?

Any other things to be aware of or consider? Our plan is to get there early, hike in the morning, have a picnic lunch and do additional hiking before leaving in the afternoon.

This place looks pretty unreal. This is what it looks like "normally":



They lit it up for the 1st time yesterday:

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Continuing my regular drumbeat on the forum of , “what is good for Des Moines is good for Ames/Iowa State” (both in terms of recruiting as well as retaining alumni post-graduation), here is some recent positive Des Moines’ related news demonstrating how well things are going.

First article on explosion of housing units downtown. 2nd one on Mid-year housing permits showing DSM metro beating out much larger metros (e.g…1.5 million+ metros like Cincy and Milwaukee), not to mention our neighbor to the west, Omaha :

More than 2,300 units planned in downtown Des Moines

Joel Aschbrenner, [email protected]12:12 p.m. CDT August 5, 2016


The rental market has boomed in recent years. Now, the biggest flood of new apartments downtown has ever seen will put the market to the test.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

· More than 2,300 apartments are scheduled open around downtown Des Moines in the next year.

· Never before have so many housing units opened in such a short period in the city's core.

· Developers say they can fill the apartments; there is strong demand for downtown rentals.

· But some are concerned that an apartment bubble could be forming.

An unprecedented wave of apartments is about to hit downtown Des Moines.

More than 2,300 rental units are scheduled to open in the next year alone in and around the city's core, a Des Moines Register analysis shows. That represents a more than 40 percent increase in downtown’s housing stock. And another 1,400 downtown apartments a…

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Housing Permits as of June 2016 YTD


Columbus, OH 3890

Oklahoma City,* OK 3805

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 3775

Boise City,* ID 3661

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson,* MD 3588

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 3502

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade,* 3468

Charleston-North Charleston,* SC 3399

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, 3393

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 3299

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beac 3051

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 2903

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara,* CA 2675

Richmond, VA 2627

Cape Coral-Fort Myers,* FL 2619

Provo-Orem, UT 2562

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission,* TX 2532

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 2498

Durham-Chapel Hill,* NC 2467

Madison, WI 2445

Colorado Springs,* CO 2423

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 2342

Columbia,* SC 2263

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 2124

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 2107

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis,* WI 2027

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 1996

Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1925

Draftkings put this out on facebook recently. I personally can't wait to celebrate the 2055 National title. The Big 12 has quite the run in the 2050's.

Which one do you want to see done next?

Why am I seeing this incorrect usage so often now?

I can't remember anyone making this mistake until about 3 years ago. Now it's all over the place?

Jake Brend and Derek Duke fill in for Williams and Blum to rank Iowa State Football’s opponents, discuss what Big 12 coach could get canned, and debate who the best Cyclone in the pros is. Presented by Mechdyne.

Switching jobs after a rather long time at one place, and I need to move my 401k. For those of you that have done this, what did you do? Move it into the new employers account or move it to something like etrade, ameritrade, vanguard?

Which one?

Time to get CF bracket season in gear. Cartoons / animation shows is first up. Posting a nomination thread for people to nominate bracket worthy options. Got a list of ones many will mention already below. Also please if you are interested in being a committee member we would love to have some new blood. It's not super time consuming.

Once nominations are closed I will use poll site from before so public can vote will be used as a voice in committee discussions.

These are listed in no particular order.

South Park
The Simpsons
Family Guy
TMNT
DuckTales
SpongeBob SquarePants
Rick and Morty
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You
Looney Tunes
Thundercats
He-Man
GI Joe
Transformers
Futurama
Heathcliff
Rugrats
Animaniacs
Dexter's Laboratory
The Pink Panther
Phineas and Ferb
Yogi Bear
Flintsones
Jetsons
Smurfs
Bob's Burgers
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Inspector Gadget
American Dad
Cleveland Show
Darkwing Duck
King of the Hill
Talespin
Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Ren & Stimpy Show
Catdog
Doug
Beavis and Butthead
Archer
Muppet Babies
goof troop
Dennis the Menace
Tom and Jerry
Beetlejuice
The Wild Thornberrys
Underdog
Super Friends
BoJack Horseman
Captain Planet
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Hong Kong Phooey
Sonic
Dragon Ball Z
snorks
Johnny Quest
Bluey
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Arnold
X-men (from the 1990s)
Clone Wars (from Star Wars)
Space Ghost
The Herculoids
Batman: The Animated Series
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Gravity Falls
Adventure Time
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Invincible
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Boondocks
Batman: The Animated Series
Samurai Jack
Metalocalypse
Speed Buggy
Shirt Tales
Jabberjaw
Road Runner (likely to be combined with Looney Tunes)
Top Cat
Heckle and Jeckle
Tom Terrific
Tennessee Tuxedo
Land of the Lost
H.R Puffenstuff
Electra woman and Dyna Girl
Ruff and Reddy
Johnny Bravo
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Laugh Olympics
Powerpuff Girls
The Fairly Oddparents
Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
Superman: The Animated Series
Batman Beyond
Arthur
Pinky and the Brain
Magic School Bus
Gargoyles
Recess
The Tick
The Venture Brothers
Mr. MaGoo
Blue Eye Samurai
Rocko’s Modern Life
Dungeons and Dragons
Speed Racer
The Legend of Zelda/Super Mario Brothers Show
Daria
MASK
Voltron
Battle of the Planets
Felix the Cat
Teen Titans GO!
Chowder
Woody Woodpecker Show
Silverhawks
Jem & the Holograms
Fat Albert
The Garfield Show/US Acres
ProStars
Underdog
Cowboy Bebop
Ghost in the Shell
The Real Ghostbusters
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley

Anybody spot any yet? Sorry for the cardinal sin of a thread with just the name. I live in southern Iowa and I haven’t yet.