Need to pivot from the CMC >>> Penitentiary State University drama...

After watching Iowa Everywhere podcast with CW and Keith Murphy, I went down a rabbit hole after CW mentioned cyclones.tv or byu.tv as a resource...and who would want to meet Dustin Hogue in a dark alley at night comment...

Started watching some old 2014/2015 games which led me to Dustin Hogue's dunk at the end of the 2014 game against KU...Dude just murdered the rim...

Next I found the Chris Babb dunk against Oklahoma State which was jaw-dropping...

Who can forget a couple of years later Abdel 'Darth' Nader's dunk against Oklahoma State...

Last memorable one, and IMHO, the BEST - Deonte 'Timberland' Burton against WVU in Hilton South...

What are your most memorable dunks (not dunkers)?

Hey fanatics. Get ready for tomorrow's top 10 showdown in West Layfette, Indiana between No. 10 Iowa State and No. 1 Purdue. Get to know the Boilermakers and more with my preview below.

Yandro Soto-Rivera​

Ames, Jr.

Following in the footsteps of former state champions and current Iowa State wrestlers Daniel Herrera and Christian Castillo, Soto-Rivera gives the Ames wrestling program another dynamic transfer capable of doing damage at state in 2025-26.

Soto-Rivera is an experienced freestyle wrestler who comes to Ames from Puerto Rico. He will begin the season wrestling at 144, and he has the potential to not only reach state, but do damage once he gets there.

Is there a song that, every time you hear it, makes you want to stick sharp objects in your eardrum?

Yesterday, December 4th saw a few upsets.

The early season loss to UNI doesn’t look as bad, with UNI winning yesterday to face Creighton on Saturday.

The Cyclones face the Tommies at 4:30 (I will be watching and rooting from home).

The Tommies will be motivated being the first team from the college to be in any NCAA Division 1 postseason. The team boasts 9 seniors. They have a 21-9 record.

Height wise, the two teams match up closely. The tallest player on the Tommies is a 6’4” MB. The team stats show the same 7 ladies have been the same rotation all year with 1 somewhat regular 8th player. Again, just basing on stats it looks to be a 5-1 being run by the Tommies. They are hitting .248 for the season while holding opponents to a .173 hitting. They do not appear to be a super strong blocking team and give up more blocks. The team also has more service errors and aces then the Cyclones.

Hopefully the Cyclones can walk away in 3 and then scout the Gophers.

1st team: none

2nd team: Hanson/Brahmer/Flora

3rd team: Miller/Orange/Neal

Honorable mention: Sama/Eskildsen/Sowell/Bonifas/Buhr/Bacon/Konrardy/Perkins

I feel like a few of our guys deserved better, especially Orange

I have tried with getting traditional HVAC companies to work on htese, but they don't want to because of the liabilities assocciated with ventless heaters. I can understand, but who the heck works on them in the Ames area?

Edit: and if they don't charge outragious service fees, that would be great! I hate having to pay someone $130.00 to spend 15 minutes dignosing the issue.

This week's Big 12 Championship has massive stakes for the conference. Is it going to be one or two teams in?

Either way, Derek Duke isn't happy with how BYU has been treated by the College Football Playoff committee. Read his whole column in this week's Big 12 Buzz. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/12/big-12-buzz-a-championship-preview-byu-screwed/

Here is the Line-up:





Also looks like it will probably be "Lubbock East" at Jerry World on Saturday. Although I'm sure BYU will have a good amount of fans there as well.

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A school record 132 points? Yup. A program record 22 threes? It looked like shooting practice.

T.J. Otzelberger's team isn't here to break records but they did. Thanks to a team effort, they crushed Alcorn State the "Cyclone Way."

Watch Jake Brend's full postgame report from Hilton Coliseum below.

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No. 10 Iowa State broke a couple of records in their 132-68 win over Alcorn State on Wednesday night.

Watch everything T.J. Otzelberger, Jamarion Batemon and Cade Kelderman said after the win. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/12/...on-and-cade-kelderman-after-alcorn-state-win/

Insanity:

Milan shooting threes so far:

Had games he went 2-6 and 1-5 and 3-9. Those are his worst games.

Overall from three: 34-62 (55%)

Since SJU: 21-32 (66%)

Past two games: 14-19 (74%)

With the big rivalry win in wrestling this week we are looking at songs with wrestling terms in them. Looking for these words in the title or lyrics: wrestle, wrestling, pin, grapple, stall, decision, escape, reversal, and takedown.

“On That Note” is presented each week on Cyclone Fanatic by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.


Last Week: Shop Around

I know Alcorn State is incredibly bad. But still. My goodness.

See how much you know about Audi Crooks and the rest of the team. Take the quiz today!

On Wednesday's Daily Clone, Matt Campbell breaks down his 2026 recruiting class, specifically the fit of Jeffery Roberts and Elijah Reeder. Then Jake Brend updates the crazy week of the coaching carousel in the Big 12. Plus, a fun story from Conrad Hawley!
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I can’t see anything through the pop-ups nothing can’t see forum list anything I am actually using voice controls right now because I can’t even see the text that I am typing. Can’t post screenshots either because that button is covered up by pop-ups site is completely unusable at this point.

Listened to Klieman’s retirement press conference just now. Whew, that was a weird one. First, he took no questions and turned it over to the AD, Taylor, after he was done. Mainly seemed to talk about how proud he was that he did things the right way. Although there is a lot of speculation that he is retiring for his wife’s health, didn’t really come up.

Then the AD got on his soapbox a little before taking questions. Said he was “pissed” because it was the state of college football that caused Klieman to get tired of the situation. He also implied some programs were “circumventing “ the settlement and something needs to be done to fix college football.

Most of us would agree the system is broken, but I had not heard anything that some schools are cheating around the settlement.

I couldn’t listen to the whole Q&A, but will be curious to see how the press writes this up.

Iowa State signed 26 players for the class of 2026 during the early signing day.

Watch everything Matt Campbell said about the class during his press conference on Wednesday. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/12/watch-matt-campbells-press-conference-on-national-signing-day/

This has to be one of the worst Coaching searches in history. They have gone after 5 or so coaches and the bottom line is they got them all raises at their current school. I would not doubt it if they came after Campbell. I don't think Campbell would go. However, I could see Jamie giving him another raise. Any idea who else they are going after? BYU gave their coach a ton more money.

Jacqueline Cordova, Colin Newell, Jirehl Brock, and Jake Remsburg quickly debrief Iowa State’s final regular-season win over Oklahoma State before taking a step back and looking at the big picture. How good was this offensive line? Looking around at the state of college football and more, courtesy of Wyffels Hybrids.

Enjoy!

The draw is set for Friday in Washington D.C.

This article explains the draw much better than I ever could.

How does the 2026 World Cup draw work? Format, date and more

The stage is almost set for the 2026 World Cup, which begins June 11 and concludes with the final July 19. Here's what to know about the draw.

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