Keep seeing 1-3” of rain the next few days along with a chance on Saturday. Ground is already saturated. Hopefully the lots are open but with the weather pattern lately you never know what Mother Nature will give us this week.

thru 4 games this year it seems like we have given up more deep passes than all of last year. i knew losing peavy and payne would hurt but i didnt think it would have been quite as much.

anyone else see this as a issue going forward with the teams coming up on our schedule?

Looking to the CF community for advice...

My truck has some decent rust on the rocker panels (paint peeling off in several spots). Very sad for a 6yr old vehicle, but apparently a common issue with this model.

My google searching has indicated that it is possible to DIY a repair (with or without welding)... but it looks very time consuming and I don't have any experience with body work. I'm hoping some CF'ers have had experience with local shops and can recommend one to get an estimate. I'll let the $ figures drive whether I try to repair it myself - sounds like it could be $1k-5k based on how bad it is under the panels...

On the other hand, if you know someone who does body work on the side, I'm all ears.

Need to replace the carpet in a house I'm purchasing here in a few weeks. Anybody in the Des Moines area you would recommend?

Growing up this was my favorite time of year, but after the World Series, I really despise the Cubs offseason starting before November.

A lot of moves are expected for this offseason - I’ll list the 2019 guys who had some sort of impact on the season, playing or financially, which will include Ben, then try and find a way to see who is kept, kicked, or brought in for 2020.

Rules to remember for next season

• Pitchers must face 3 batters minimum (no more lefty-lefty bullcrap)
  
  
• Rosters are expanded to 26 men, 13 pitcher maximum.

Green = Added player
Yellow = Players future unknown
Red = Player no longer a Cub

Catchers
Willson Contreras
Victor Caratini
Jonathan Lucroy - Free Agent - $550,000 for 2 months of service

Infield
Anthony Rizzo - $16.5 million team option - Accepted
Javier Baez
Nico Hoerner
Daniel Desalsco
Kris Bryant
Addison Russell - Non-Tendered - Free Agent

Outfield
Jason Heyward - $84 million/4 Year - Opted In
Steven Souza - $1million/1 Year, up to $3 million with incentives
Kyle Schwarber
Albert Almora
Nick Castellanos - No financial significance - Gone to Reds for $64/4 years

Utility
Robel Garcia
David Bote
Ian Happ
Ben Zobrist - Free Agent - $12.5 million off the books
Tony Kemp - Traded for Minor League player Alfonso Rivas

Starting Pitchers
Yu Darvish - $22 million player option - Accepted
Jose Quintana - $11.5 million team option - Accepted
Jharel Cotton - Acquired for cash from Athletics
Jon Lester
Kyle Hendricks
Kendall Graveman - $3 million team option - Declined - Gone to Mariners for $1.5 million
Cole Hamels - Free Agent - $20 million off the books - Gone to Braves for $18 million

Relief Pitchers
Dan Winkler - $750,000 one year Minor League Deal
Brandon Morrow - Free Agent - $12 million team option - Declined - Resigned to Minor League Deal
Danny Hultzen - Non-Tendered - Resigned to Minor League Deal
Jeremy Jeffress - $800,000/1 Year
Tyler Chatwood
Craig Kimbrel
Dillon Maples
Alec Mills
James Norwood
Kyle Ryan
Duane Underwood Jr
Rowan Wick
Brad Wieck
Brian Duensing - Free Agent - $3.5 million off the books
Xavier Cedeno - Free Agent - $1 million off the books
Steve Cishek - $6.5 million off the books - Gone to White Sox for $6.7 million
Pedro Strop - $6.25 million off the books - Gone to Reds for $1.82 million
Tony Barnette - $3 million team option - Declined - Retired
David Phelps - - $5 million team option - Declined - Gone to Brewers for $1.5 million
Brandon Kintzler - $5 million off the books - Gone to Marlins for $3.2 million
Derek Holland - $7 million team option - Declined - Gone to Pirates - Minor League Option

Do we recruit kickers much or do we pretty much go with whoever shows up? We’ve missed kicks in both games we have lost that could of possibly won it for us. Not just yesterday but the last 15 yrs we could of won some important games.

68 entered and 54 remain after week 1. 39 got high score tiebreaker 1 person got low score tiebreaker No one got both. Watch below for grid jpg and your can't pick team.






Rules-
1- Pick a team each week to win. Submit pick before kick off Central time.
2- If your team wins, you survive. Lose and you're eliminated.
3- After you pick a team, you may NOT pick them again.
4- You may NOT pick AGAINST a team in consecutive weeks.

5- If you submit a team you've already chosen, pick against a team in consecutive weeks, or don't submit a pick for the week....you're eliminated.
6- Last player standing wins. If the final group of players are eliminated the same week, we'll go to the tiebreakers.
7- If you run out of teams to choose from later in the season, you're eliminated.

Each week, you will submit additional picks for tiebreaker purposes.
1: Highest scoring game of the week
2: Team that scores the least points

Tiebreakers:
1- Road wins. Neutral site games count as 1/2 point
2- High score game of the week picks
3-Team that scores the least points



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5th
11:00 AM TCU @ Iowa State
11:00 AM Oklahoma @ Kansas
11:00 AM Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech
2:30 PM @ Baylor @ Kansas State
2:30 PM Texas @ West Virginia



PM with any questions.

Enjoy.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/09/...ere-to-go-following-saturdays-loss-to-baylor/

57 down to 53

Circa Sports just released Week 6 lines, I would guess this will move our way when wagers go live but who knows.

I'm heading to San Antonio for an extended work trip soon and looking for recommendations on golf courses, bars, restaurants, etc. I know many of you were just down there for the bowl game so would love some ideas!

Two losses by a total of 3 points isn't the end of the world so I don't want to be a drama queen but my observation of the Baylor game

1 - It isn't limited to Iowa State but I consistently see teams in the last couple minutes go to the prevent defense. That is the best way possible to allow the opposing team to move uncontested down the field. Add one more game to the long list of games lost when a team did exactly that.

2 - Lack of a ground game. No question Purdy is a rare high level qb recruit who doesn't come along every day but without the threat of a ground game opposing teams are going to defend the pass and Purdy will have trouble finding open receivers. Coaches are going to have to run the football. If they need to adjust to a power running formation then that might be the way to go. You can still pass out of those formations and more likely to have a receiver isolated. Can't pass into teams dropping 8 into coverage.

So many people say ISU was a better team than both Iowa and Baylor. Even TE Chase Allen said, ““From my perspective, we haven’t lost to a better team yet,”

I’m puzzled how anyone can say ISU is the better team when they lose? And they lose by either not performing well or making critical mistakes.

This team may have a lot of potential, but it’s only showing up in the field in spurts. The lack of consistency is what makes this team average at best.

It seems like when we have a RB start getting into a groove, that player stops getting the ball. Kene has been banged up a bit, but there have been times where he has looked pretty good and then doesn't get touches. Lang was having a decent game against Baylor early on and then didn't get any touches again until late. Croney… well he's just not very good. And I don't think Hall and Brock should get into any games if it's just for a play or two. Brock got in for one play against Baylor. What was the point of that? One of those two, if not both, should redshirt if they're not gonna get carries.

Here are the carries by game, not counting QB's:

BAYLOR (15)
J. Lang - 6
S. Croney - 6
K. Nwangwu - 3

ULM (22)
S. Croney - 9
J. Brock - 5
B. Hall - 5
K. Nwangwu - 2
J. Lang - 1

IOWA (9)
K. Nwangwu - 6
J. Lang - 2
B. Hall - 1

UNI (42)
J. Lang - 14
S. Croney - 13
B. Hall - 11
K. Nwangwu - 4

I personally don't feel that the RB's are being utilized properly. With Kene's open field abilities, why is he not being used out of the backfield in the passing game? Same with Hall.

Looking to buy a 65-inch tv and have no clue which is the best option. I don't want something that craps out on us after a year. But I realize for what we are wanting to pay that might happen. There are several 65 inch tvs at Target/Best Buy/Amazon under $550 and we are days away from pulling the trigger but have no idea which brand to go for and why.

What we are hoping for/wanting:

• Great picture quality
• Very minimal glare
• Alexa-enabled would be nice but not a must at all
• Sporting events look awesome
• Solid sound

I keep hearing good things about TCL but then looking at reviews there are quite a few saying a certain version crapped out after a year so that isn't good.

LG or Samsung is kind of where we are at but not sure which and why. And if TCL is great, then by all means say so. And what about a brand like Hisense?

Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. Again, I KNOW that quality is going to be better the more expensive it is. But we just aren't wanting to pay over that $550 mark at this time and know that could mean lower quality and lifespan...

TIA

The O$U demolition in Stincoln, Nub further removes HCMC from any consideration.

We’re lucky some of our players didn’t die from heatstroke! I remember Baylor punching Montgomery last year and now this!

That we are lucky we don't have Scott Frost as a coach. Year 2 in a ****** conference and he's still this bad?

Ohio State is obviously really good, but they did lose to Colorado and almost lost to Illinois. And 38-0??

The sky is not falling, but between this game and the Iowa game I’ve noticed our personnel is a bunch of pussies and plays too conservatively until we are losing by a lot and it’s usually that our offense does just enough to rely on our defense too much to close out the game. I wish this personnel would wake up and let our offense sling it from the start of the game because we would’ve beat Iowa and Baylor if our personnel were not a bunch of pussies and let our guys sling it from the start. Thoughts? 2-2 is unacceptable to be honest.

Did Baylor lay back in that horse crap bend but dont break defense? No, they brought the house.
What did we do on their last drive? 3 man rush, drop back 10 and give up the 10 yard passes, and the game. No pressure on the qb..

If ISU can't have tents to keep cool in Texason a hot day in September should we be able to deny visiting teams to use coats and heaters in Ames when the wind chill is 10 degrees in November?

That was freakin bush league of Baylor and the conference. But what else should I expect?

I am not a Hoiberg clinger-on. Sure, I really enjoyed him at ISU and especially the success he attained. I am as supportive and happy with Steve Prohm. I don't wish Fred mis-fortune but I am not going out of my way to cheer for them either. In general, I hope he does well, while the football team continues to flounder.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27693019/fred-hoiberg-really-win-nebraska

Houston football, Holgorsen and his quarterback, D'Eriq King, became a national story this week. After that 1-3 start, it was decided King and wide receiver Keith Corbin, both seniors, would take the rest of the year off, redshirt and come back fresh in 2020.

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https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/like-it-or-not-its-tough-to-blame-houston-dana-holgorsen-and-deriq-king-for-working-the-system/