I think that this is an important question we need to ask ourselves. I think it is part of what is causing a lot of the vitriol between certain groups. As some others said I think we just have groups who have different views of what our program status is.

My breakdown of the groups are as follows so hopefully we are on the same page.

• Top 10: Blue Blood
• 10-25: consistent tourney team with occasional runs
• 25-35: regular tourney team who regularly wins one game
• 35-50: semi regular tourney team
• 50-70: occasional tourney team
• 70+: doormat

EDIT: More clarification

“Today, past seasons or future seasons? This makes no sense if its just what you WANT it to be.”

Apparently I wasn’t clear. The question is what type of program are we. AKA where are our expectations for a program.

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Returning production, based on 2018-19 stats, minus players that are out of eligibility, announced intentions to enter the draft, or announced intentions to transfer. Obviously, it will change if any players decide to return to school (or don't actually transfer):

AVERAGE PERCENTAGES (9 categories below)

MINUTES
180.0 - Oklahoma State (89.6%)
150.5 - Baylor (75.0%)
129.4 - Texas (64.1%)
120.5 - West Virginia (59.4%)
111.3 - Kansas State (55.7%)
104.0 - Texas Tech (51.7%)
84.9 - Oklahoma (42.3%)
74.9 - Iowa State (37.4%)
66.1 - Kansas (32.7%)
64.1 - TCU (31.6%)

POINTS
62.2 - Oklahoma State (91.4%)
51.9 - Baylor (72.2%)
42.3 - Texas Tech (58.1%)
39.3 - Texas (55.4%)
38.1 - West Virginia (51.7%)
30.9 - Kansas State (47.0%)
29.1 - Oklahoma (40.9%)
23.3 - Iowa State (30.3%)
20.7 - Kansas (27.4%)
19.1 - TCU (25.9%)

REBOUNDS
27.8 - Oklahoma State (90.1%)
27.8 - Baylor (81.0%)
20.2 - West Virginia (56.5%)
19.4 - Kansas State (62.9%)
17.0 - Texas (53.3%)
15.9 - Oklahoma (48.0%)
15.4 - Texas Tech (48.3%)
13.6 - Kansas (38.4%)
12.4 - Iowa State (38.2%)
11.6 - TCU (34.6%)

ASSISTS
12.0 - Oklahoma State (90.8%)
9.4 - West Virginia (69.1%)
9.3 - Baylor (67.0%)
9.0 - Texas (68.6%)
7.9 - Texas Tech (58.1%)
5.9 - Oklahoma (46.7%)
5.5 - Kansas State (40.5%)
4.7 - Iowa State (31.1%)
3.5 - TCU (21.9%)
3.1 - Kansas (23.6%)

STEALS
5.0 - Oklahoma State (87.4%)
4.8 - Baylor (78.0%)
3.8 - Texas Tech (52.2%)
3.8 - Kansas State (50.0%)
3.6 - West Virginia (58.7%)
3.3 - Texas (54.2%)
2.9 - Oklahoma (49.3%)
2.8 - Iowa State (40.1%)
2.1 - TCU (30.2%)
1.9 - Kansas (28.8%)

BLOCKS
4.4 - Baylor (93.7%)
4.0 - Oklahoma State (92.1%)
2.6 - TCU (59.3%)
2.3 - Kansas (59.0%)
2.1 - Iowa State (46.9%)
1.6 - Kansas State (71.1%)
1.6 - Oklahoma (53.9%)
1.6 - Texas (38.2%)
1.4 - West Virginia (41.3%)
1.3 - Texas Tech (26.3%)

FG ATTEMPTS
51.1 - Oklahoma State (91.0%)
41.0 - Baylor (70.9%)
35.4 - Texas (61.0%)
32.3 - West Virginia (53.4%)
31.6 - Texas Tech (56.8%)
26.3 - Kansas State (47.6%)
23.3 - Oklahoma (40.2%)
16.8 - Iowa State (28.7%)
16.1 - Kansas (27.2%)
15.1 - TCU (25.8%)

3PT ATTEMPTS
22.9 - Oklahoma State (97.2%)
18.2 - Texas (72.1%)
15.0 - Baylor (63.4%)
12.3 - Texas Tech (61.7%)
12.1 - West Virginia (51.3%)
10.0 - Kansas State (47.0%)
6.8 - Oklahoma (35.2%)
6.6 - Iowa State (28.4%)
4.1 - TCU (18.5%)
3.9 - Kansas (18.8%)

FT ATTEMPTS
14.4 - Oklahoma State (83.8%)
14.4 - Baylor (77.2%)
11.6 - West Virginia (49.0%)
11.1 - Texas Tech (61.0%)
8.8 - Kansas State (51.9%)
7.8 - Texas (45.2%)
6.5 - Oklahoma (35.8%)
6.0 - TCU (32.4%)
5.9 - Kansas (30.8%)
4.7 - Iowa State (27.0%)

picked number 9 (21 overall) in the second round by Connecticut.

Brent Metcalf's latest appearance ON THE MAT with hosts Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman

Listen: mattalkonline.com/otm566

Ok, I hesitated doing this, because of course hardly any of you know her. But she'll kill me if I don't use every network at my fingertips to get the word out.

If you don't mind, go here and vote for my daughter. She's a sophomore at Wheaton Warrenville South High School (Chicago suburbs) and she was nominated for Athlete of the Week. She threw two shutouts last week in two wins for her high school softball team. Voting closes at 6:00pm today!

https://t.co/TnCYJrJhVqto

Edit: I just realized of course you don't know her name. She's Katey (listed as Katie) Pierce, so vote for her, not the other nominees.

With his 25th season coming up next season, and Bill saying Bridget was one of his best players ever, I decided to look at just who would be the Fennelly Five. While I welcome all to share their Fav Fennelly Five, I put together this one based upon how individual players were ranked as far as AP All-Americans, and All-Big 12 Teams. I picked the AP as the AA team because it has been the one AA team that has been around for all 24 seasons. I used the All-Big 12 team members listed in the team history on cyclones.com.

I applied the following scoring system:

All-American: 1st team - 8 pts; 2nd team - 6 pts; 3rd team - 5 pts; Hon. Mention - 4 pts
All Big - 12: 1st team - 3 pts; 2nd team - 2 pts; Hon. Mention - 1 pts

*Note before 2003, the Big 12 named 3 teams, with only five on the 1st team. So a 2nd team honor prior to 2003 is scored as part of today's 10-player 1st team and 3rd team is considered today's 5-player second team.

The Cyclones have had nine players become All-Americans. One of them three times and four twice.

The Fennelly Five:
C - Angie Welle 25 pts (AA - HM, 3rd, 2nd; B12 - HM, 2nd*, 1st, 1st)
PG - Stacey Frese 19 pts (AA - HM, 2nd: B12 - 1st, 1st, 1st)
SG - Bridget Carleton 17 pts (AA - HM, 2nd; B12 - HM, 1st, 1st)
SF - Hallie Christofferson 14 pts (AA - HM, HM; B12 - 1st, 1st)
PF - Chelsea Poppens 14 pts (AA - HM; HM; B12 - 1st, 1st)

The next seven to round out a 12-women roster:
CG - Alison Lacy 10 pts (AA - HM; B12 - HM, 2nd, 1st)
PG - Lyndsey Medders 10 pts (AA - HM; B12 - 1st, 1st)
SF- Kelsey Bolte - 9 pts (AA - HM: B12 - HM, HM, 1st)
SF Megan Taylor 9 pts (B12 - HM, 3rd*, 2nd*, 1st)
CG - Anne O'Neil - 8 pts (AA - HM; B12 - HM, 1st)
PG - Lindsey Wilson 8 pts (B12 - 3rd*, 2nd*, 1st)
PF - Jayme Olson 7 pts (B8/12 - HM, HM, 3rd*, 1st)

Have at it.

This was just sent to me by a buddy. Enjoy
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chaos-walmart-woman-karate-son-exposes-dog-steals-food

On right now. 7:45 AM

Information about the end of the year banquet.

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/4/15/iowa-state-wrestling-end-of-the-year-banquet.aspx

It looks like the two All-Americans are recovering from shoulder issues.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...99/msu-student-reported-rape-reveals-identity

Some pretty damning stuff in here about their reporting office deterring women from reporting rape and assault by MSU athletes to the authorities.

soon we hope?
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2019/4/11/18304747/college-gameday-sites-history-never

It's still about 15 years until I'm 55, but I think I may like to retire in Puerto Vallarta or something like that. Does anyone know any ex-pats living in Mexico or other countries in Central America? How do the pros match up with the cons? I know Belize is popular too.

One has to wonder if this is the begining of the end for Bill Self. Dotson declares for the NBA today. Grimes says he's gone. Charlie Moore gone. The two MEM bros - gone. Dok likely gone. FBI/NCAA lurking. And there sits coach Beard in west Texas awaiting a blueblood proposal.

I went to Cys Locker Room on Duff the other day and they had a very limited selection for wrestling specific clothing options. Does anyone know a good place/website to get some quality Cyclone wrestling apparel? Thanks

By Allen Trieu for Hunter Zenzen. He is a 6'3 215 Pound OLB from Minnesota. 81 rated 3 Star per 247 but the kid is an absolute beast. He is a 2 way player lining up as a TE on offense, and a OLB/DE on defense. I believe he would be a major under the radar gem ie. Mike Rose. Allen Trieu has a 91% success rate on his predictions fwiw.
https://247sports.com/Player/Hunter-Zenzen-46080659/

I'm going to sticky this post to the top just so people can easily find all our coverage of spring football over the next several weeks. I'll list who we talked to on each day of access with coaches and players as well just so things are easy to navigate.

March 26 - Open practice/Matt Campbell

*** Campbell hopes to see Purdy evolve into true leader of Iowa State football

*** Campbell sees leadership roles taking shape through two spring practices

*** CFTV: Matt Campbell

March 28 - Tom Manning/Alex Golesh

*** ISU's 'F' spot continues to evolve as tight end talent pool deeps

*** Cyclones looking to mix of skillsets to replace David Montgomery

April 2 - Eli Rasheed/DK McDonald

*** 2020 recruiting cycle will be crucial to the future of ISU defensive line

*** Greg Eisworth has earned superhero status at ISU for good reason

*** CFTV: Eli Rasheed

*** CFTV: DK McDonald

April 4 - Nate Scheelhaase/Jeff Meyers

*** 'X' marks the new spot for Iowa State's budding star receiver, Tarique Milton

*** For ISU's O-Line, competition points the way to consistency

*** CFTV: Jeff Meyers

*** CFTV: Nate Scheelhaase

April 9 - Tyson Veidt/Matt Caponi

*** ISU LB Mike Rose's 12-month makeover created a foundation for success

*** CFTV: Tyson Veidt

*** CFTV: Mike Rose

*** CFTV: Matt Caponi

Since it's the off season. Wondering what your top crazy scenarios if something didn't happen in Iowa State sports

My first one off the top of my head is "What could have been had Niang not got hurt in the tourney and we beat UConn".

What does everyone think about next season and how this squad will look? I think Nixon is the real deal, and I think THT and Wigginton are back. That, combined with a healthy Solomon Young (it was clear that not having him on defense was rough and hurt). I think we have a starting lineup of Nixon, Wigginton, THT, Jacobson, Young with Halliburton and Lard being the first guys off the bench. Lard was all over the place, but if last night was an indicator of how he’s going to play, he will be a starter for us before the end of the year. I think we are looking at a team that’s a little better than this year and it could be a fun ride for us fans starting in November. I’m intrigued with Anderson, as I think he’s got a high basketball IQ, and hopefully guys like Conditt and Griffin make strides and see more minutes. I think Lewis transfers out as well.

Some of you may be victims of this, but lots of people who have been long time RVer's have received emails that they will no longer get an RV pass. Apparently the demand by higher level donors has increased and the email says 75% of the RV passes are going to those donating at the Captain's level (2500) or above.

In our case we had nearly our entire community that has been tailgating together for years and years (as in since around the turn of the century) has been torn apart. Out of 7 families only two of us got passes. There was no prior communication that a higher level donation might be required this year, just notification that they were out. Lots of angry folks out there. And of course that includes talk of cancelling future donations, etc.

What say ye?

Way to go Peterson!


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Says he played all year with a torn pec - didn't recall hearing that. Also, said he's the only Cyclone football player to beat all conference opponents over the course of his career.

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Some chatter on Huskerboard that it is all but official. If true, I am surprised he would go this route. https://www.huskerboard.com/index.p...nts-for-miles/&do=findComment&comment=2119201

Who you got?





So, the CF poll options wouldn't let me add any more. Would you really be picking: Jaime, Davos, Gendry, Bronn, Theon or The Hound?

http://mentalfloss.com/article/573211/game-of-thrones-betting-odds-iron-throne