Here's the article from Jared:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/04/where-the-undrafted-cyclones-are-headed/


Undrafted Free Agents:

- Matt Eaton, Green Bay (Released May 13th)

- Willie Harvey, Cleveland

Rookie Mini-Camp Invites:

- Brian Peavy, Arizona

- Kyle Kempt, New Orleans

- Sam Seonbuchner, Green Bay

- Mike Warren, Cincinnati

- K. Tongamoa, Washington

What are your favorite movies that are so bad they are good.

My top 3:
Big trouble in little China
Fast five
Snakes on a plane.

Although snakes on a plane was meant to fit this topic.

Found one in our home today, the first I have noticed. There is a line of rotting logs separating our property from the home to the west so I assume the nest is there. Anyone had luck clearing these with DIY stuff or should I get a pest management service in?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/26927529/reports-taco-beef-results-arrest-db

I hope it comes out that they were arguing sour cream vs guac.

Both future Clones are up for Player of the Year awards for their respective sports in the state of Kansas. Caleb for basketball, Breece for football. Also, Emily Ryan, an ISU WBB commit is up for POY for Girls Basketball. Vote for all 3! Online voting! Do what we do best! Here is the link.

'https://www.catchitkansas.com/content/news/Voting-for-the-2019-Catchys-is-here-510929881.html

Apparently, there is no limit on the number of times you can vote each day. Also, it is not necessary to vote in all the categories, but you do need to scroll to the bottom and go through a couple of steps to vote. No email address or anything required though. Help these guys out! Voting ends July 3rd.

Both future Clones are up for Player of the Year awards for their respective sports in the state of Kansas. Caleb for basketball, Breece for football. Also, Emily Ryan, an ISU WBB commit is up for POY for Girls Basketball. Vote for all 3! Online voting! Do what we do best! Here is the link.

'https://www.catchitkansas.com/content/news/Voting-for-the-2019-Catchys-is-here-510929881.html

Apparently, there is no limit on the number of times you can vote each day. Also, it is not necessary to vote in all the categories, but you do need to scroll to the bottom and go through a couple of steps to vote. No email address or anything required though. Help these guys out! Voting ends July 3rd.

What is your pick for "most 80s-sounding song from the 80s"? I am not sure how better to word this - songs that are so utterly 80s sounding that, even if you didn't know they were from the 80s already, you could tell just by listening to them.

Some examples:

"Wang Chung" - Wang Chung (so very many synthesizers)
"Take On Me" - A-ha
All things Rick Astley
"Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners (whimsical accordion, synthesizers, reedy vocals - also maybe my most-hated song from the decade)

If you want, feel free to do this for other decades, too. The 80s are just super-easy.

We were looking at an elliptical on ****'s website but didn't order it. Then an hour later we got an email from them thanking us for our order. We called ****'s and they would not stop the order, then called PayPal and entered a dispute with them and called the credit card company and entered a dispute with them. We then got another email from ****'s that our order is on it's way. Anyone have something like this happen or have any advice on anything else we should do?

Nice article about Caleb Grill's performance in the 2019 Kansas Shrine Bowl game.
https://www.kansas.com/sports/varsity-kansas/varsity-football/article231352323.html

Welcome back to On That Note, a weekly music series hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.

This week we are starting another topic that will feature several subtopics. We decided of doing a series on OTN where we focus on different types of animals. We are starting off with topic focused on songs, artists and lyrics with a bird reference.


Last week's topic was Mamas and Papas. Review it here:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-mamas-and-papas.248271/

I don't know why this hasn't shown up on these boards - forgive me if I missed it - but I came across a couple reports that Matt Thomas is likely to sign with Valencia Basket, in the Spanish league. In the process, he apparently turned down the advances of the basketball wing of L. Messi's employer, FC Barcelona.

Article on turning down FC Barcelona: https://sportando.basketball/en/spa...portedly-turns-down-offer-from-barcelona.html

The headline of this article in the Spanish sports daily Marca translates as "Valencia Basket ties up wing Matt Thomas" but then it says it could not finalize the transaction in June due to some contract verbiage in the contract of Erick Green, an American that played for Valencia last season: http://www.lasprovincias.es/deportes/valencia-bc/valencia-basket-escolta-20180531002416-ntvo.html So, it seems like it could be de-railed but bigger clubs are taking an interest in Matty Ice after this year's performance at Obradoiro.

For a bit of context, Valencia finished #4 in the Spanish league regular season (2 of the top 3 spots were won by giants FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, where Doncic played). Valencia seems to have lost in the 1st round of the 8-team playoffs but qualifies for intra-European competition next year.

The latter bit is important because those teams are basically in two leagues, play more games, get more TV and sponsorship money and pay much better. Clyburn, Babb and Ejim all played for teams in Russia this year that were in the Euroleague (as well as their own domestic league) and so the pay scale is much higher. If you follow soccer at all, it's sort of like the teams that play in the Champions League (or the Europa Cup) - they have to finish toward the top of their domestic leagues to qualify).

glad to see some Cyclone football players show up to participate today. When I left they were in first place. Our receiver number 9. Can’t remember his name absolutely looks like the next great Cyclone receiver. Just looks like a total stud athlete.

I'm considering asking my employer to pay for me to go through this training to get certified. I'm curious what others have done.

Has anyone out there done it and gotten certified?
Did you just do the one week boot camp? Or did you do a much longer course?
Was it worth it?
Was there a benefit to your career (whether at your current employer or a new job)?
Was it difficult?

I'm in the engineering/construction industry and I'm seeing it more often, but I haven't seen it be a big enough deal to choose candidate A over B.

Just a quick update on his timeline.

Sounds like it'll be Iowa State or West Virginia and he's going to decide on Wednesday.

Immediately eligible to play.

6-foot-3. Would be a nice plug-in to help make up for the loss of Josh Johnson.

I was watching the Web.com tournament and saw an ISU logo on the leaderboard. Chris Baker is tied for 2nd after 2 rounds of the BMW Charity Pro-Am at -14. I always enjoy seeing a Cyclone do well in whatever they are competing in. He's currently 19 in the annual ranking and if he finished in the top 25 he moves up to the PGA tour for next year. Wish him well!

I had my first IPA yesterday in over 5 years. Last time I had one, I thought they were gross. I tried Sierra Nevada's Resilience yesterday and thought it was pretty good. Maybe they've gotten better, or maybe my taste has just changed. Either way, what are some other good ones I should try that are available in the Des Moines area? Need to forget that game.

No, I'm not talking about some dumb Hok. Has anyone been to The Chicken, a restaurant on the south side of West Des Moines, along the bike path to Cumming? We went there a couple of weeks ago and had an awesome dinner. Actual broasted chicken, cold beer in a nice atmosphere.

I know it's niche viewing, but the new season starts tonight. I like it because I used to watch it with my daughters, both of whom think it's weird I watch it now. Anyhow, I find it entertaining, mostly because the PxP and color commentary can be hilarious at times. 20:00 on Discovery, same time as NBA finals.

Hey guys the plan we have is to bring all the guys in the 3rd week in July. We are going to practice up at Iowa state with their players but while we are in Des Moines we thought it might be fun to have a meet and greet somewhere at a business in exchange for some sponsorship if anybody is intrested?

We are fully funded this year but would be great progress on next year's team to get them even more. Shoes, gear that sort of thing.

Just spit balling idea but we could bring the entire team and coaches for a couple hours to your business. Autographs, photos, etc. And obviously we can do alot social media wise.

We are getting this out there to a lot of places so certainly DM me if anyone has interest in hosting and helping sponsor us and we can talk details. Thanks!

NCAA pushed the line to match up with international play.

Edit: Other notable rules were changed as well. This included a 20 sec shot clock reset after the ball hits the rim and the offense rebounds. Reviews also now can include goal-tending/basket interference in last 2 minutes of play.

I debated whether or not to put this into the Cave but I think it should be in the Real Estate Section.

Apparently the City of Des Moines is going full we know best mode. This is absolutely crazy town and would halt new construction in the City. And that they try and couch this as cutting Red Tape is so disingenuous as to be laughable.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...ity-zoning-code-home-construction/3740891002/

Consultants from Chicago spent 19 months examining every city street to determine appropriate scale and design guidelines based on the character of each neighborhood. (well now there's your problem)

The proposed code would require one-story homes have 1,400 square feet of finished space above grade, while a two-story home would need 1,800 square feet. Homes also would be required to have a full basement and a single-car garage.

The regular season starts tonight with Boston at Philly and OKC at Golden State. The early game should be pretty good and the nightcap should be a walk for the Warriors with Westbrook still out of the lineup.

Hearing that Bolton might make his decision tomorrow...Could be later, but it is expected to be this week.

I saw that Rothstein on Twitter had the same timeline.

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So as of late last week, my birdies were telling me it would come down to Iowa State and LSU. Rothstein has Iowa State, Cincinnati and Colorado State.

The Bolton's apparently cancelled their LSU visit unexpectedly.

I'm just spit-balling here: Because of the LSU deal, I really like Iowa State's chances. Bolton has a connection to an assistant at Colorado State but I don't really see that overcoming what Iowa State has to offer. I'm honestly not sure what the deal is with Cincinnati, other than the fact that they have a new staff.

Stay tuned.

ISU has signed a transfer pitcher who only played basketball her freshman season at Bradley.

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/6/5/softball-cyclones-sign-transfer-pitcher-ellie-spelhaug.aspx

The article says that she will provide immediate help as ISU graduated two of their top pitchers. Does this mean that she will not have to sit out a transfer year? Is this because you don't have to in softball or because she was not on the softball team at Bradley. And, if she can play right away, will she have four years to play four since she has not used a year of eligibility in softball? (Kind of like Stevie Johnson playing a year of football after exhausting his basketball eligibility at ISU.)

So many questions...