Kickin’ It: Best trash talkers, worst road trips, and more mailbag questions

Grant Mahoney and Jeff Woody opened it up to answer all of your questions about the biggest trash talkers they played with and against, their worst memories from away games, and their views on recruiting as a player. Talking NCAA settlements and more, courtesy of Kelderman Manufacturing.


WBB: Women's AmeriCup Team Trials

Congrats to Crooks and Brown for being invited to the AmeriCup trials. By my count, ISU is one of 4 schools with two players invited (Oklahoma, Vandy, Notre Dame).

MONDAY MUSINGS: Haliburton, Carleton's 9-0 start, Bananas & ESPN vs. Sports

MONDAY MUSINGS
-Tyrese Haliburton's Game 1 winner
-Bridget Carleton & Minnesota's 9-0 start
-Official Visit Weekend
-The Savannah Bananas & ESPN vs. Sports & more in this week's edition from @cfchangs9

Kickin It - fielding questions for a mailbag episode (6/10)

For this weeks episode (released 6/10) we’d like to do a mailbag episode. We know Williams and Blum have recently done this as well, but there’s honestly not a lot going on that hasn’t already been talked about, and a lot of the people we’ve tried to come on our show are on vacation. So we want to hear from the listeners and field as many questions as we can! We record at 5:00 on Mondays so get the questions in before then!

Williams & Blum: Should the Big 12 consider the 4-4-2-2 model?

Chris Williams & Brent Blum dumb down the much talked about house settlement for the common fan. Plus, should the Big 12 consider taking two auto bids? All this and more presented by Mechdyne.


RECRUITING: Iowa State lands commitment from OL Pete Eglitis

RECRUITING: Iowa State picked up its 13th commitment of the 2026 recruiting class today in 6-foot-7, 285-pound OL Pete Eglitis.

OT Pete Eglitis Commits

Big commit, literally! Someone got maple syrup? This guy loves pancakes!

Not sure if he’ll end up on the right or left side, but that’s what S&C is for, right?

Excellent get!

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Why is canceling a subscription so hard?

Never mind, I know why it's so hard -- so you give up in frustration and keep paying in perpetuity. I went to cancel my 247 subscription as the promotional period was about to end and followed the instructions to a T. I was told to go to my settings on the 247 site, then under the subscriptions column, click on "cancel my subscription." Only problem is, there is no such set of words to click on anywhere on the page.

It also gave me the option of calling to cancel or emailing. I chose calling when canceling online failed to work. I got the robo answering machine, went through all the prompts and after the final prompt, the phone rang and then nothing. No music, just dead silence. I had a sneaking suspicion they hung up on me. Turns out, after a wait of nearly 5 minutes that that is exactly what happened as the call just ended. So I called back.

If they expected me to give up at this point, they don't know who they're dealing with. I called back and finally got to talk to a live person, but they made me jump through hoops before they agreed to cancel the subscription. It shouldn't be this hard, but more importantly, it shouldn't be this deceitful. If you say there is a button where you can cancel your subscription, you ought to, by god, have a button where you can cancel your subscription.

  • Poll
How much for a tailgate ticket?

What is the most would you be willing to pay for a ticket to a tailgating party?

  • Less than $50

    Votes: 17 34.7%
  • $50-$60

    Votes: 17 34.7%
  • $60-$70

    Votes: 5 10.2%
  • $70+ (just take my money)

    Votes: 5 10.2%
  • Skip the tailgate and do cash bar somewhere Friday night instead

    Votes: 5 10.2%

I'm on the board of the Iowa State Alumni of Denver group. We are trying to plan an event of some kind for the game in Boulder in October. Boulder is not cheap and the tailgating scene is scattered at best. We are trying to put together a tailgate party with ticketing, wristbands, a couple of food trucks (one entree included), and unlimited beer/seltzer (no other alcohol available). Profits from the sale of tickets would help to fund our scholarship. An alternative idea is to go simple and find a bar/restaurant to host ISU fans with a cash bar the night before. How much would you be willing to pay for a single ticket to a tailgating party like this?

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