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IOWA STATE (10-14, 3-8 BIG 12)
VS. TEXAS (14-10, 4-7 BIG 12)
SATURDAY, FEB. 15 | 1 P.M. CST
AMES, IOWA | HILTON COLISEUM (14,384)



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Talent: Rich Hollenberg (pxp); Robbie Hummel (analyst)

Want to have a CycloneFanatic.com tailgate before the Texas basketball game? I do. This has been a crazy week and I want to do something totally different.

We've got most of a keg of Blue Moon. And I'll bring several dozen hot dogs and condiments.

Plan to start serving at 11:30am. Find me in C-5. Look for the 40 foot flagpole, ISU window flags, and ISU plates (literally, ISU PL8S). Weather will feel balmy by comparison to the last few days.

No cost, but let's continue the CycloneFanatic.com tradition of fundraising for good local causes. Everything you contribute will go to the family for which @ChrisMWilliams had a fundraiser at El Bait Shop a couple of weeks ago. Sorry, but I can't find the link. [see post below for the link]

See you there.

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WR Jaylin Noel, offer 6/8/19, visits 9/1/18; 6/8/19; 9/14/19; 2/1/20.

The CF consensus pick has moved to a very impressive 9-3 so far in conference play, we got a tight one for tomorrow.

#FadeorFollow

Women's softball is off to a great start. Just won a game this afternoon against Villanova 4-3. Looks like Villanova had runners on 2nd and 3rd in the final inning with one out. Freshman pitcher Jasso struck out two batters in a row to end the game. Had to be exciting for our team. Good to see an ISU program on the upswing. Well done, ladies!

Using Title IX is an intriguing application of the law for equality in competition events.

",,,The suit was filed against the Connecticut Association of Schools-Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference and the boards of education in Bloomfield, Cromwell, Glastonbury, Canton and Danbury, the Associated Press reports. It argues that the policy "directly violates the requirements of Title IX," a federal regulation designed to protect equal educational opportunities for women and girls.,,"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/connec...-transgender-athletes-competing-girls-sports/

Who needs a significant other anyway!? Am I right?!

The stuck bolt thread got me thinking about repairs or projects I've attempted that have ended up in worse shape due to ability or loss of temper.

Last year, I was doing some landscaping. I was scoring and chiseling some pavers for a decorative path. I was struggling with one unique cut, mis-cutting it twice. On the third attempt, the paver split, I mashed my finger and it set me off. I ended up cursing and throwing the paver to the side.... right into a flower pot stand, knocking it over and smashing one of the pots.

What "repairs" have you made worse?

Dennis Dodd of CBS, has a good article about what the Mel Tucker to MSU hire tells us about college football.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...colorado-to-recruiting-the-pac-12-and-beyond/

He makes several good points, but the best in my opinion is about how there is so much gnashing of teeth when suggestions are made to allow college athletes more freedom to change schools or make money, because of the "imbalance" that it would supposedly create between teams, and how ludicrous that argument is considering the massive degree of imbalance that already exists.
It seems like a no brainier to me, and yet so many will ignore/excuse that the imbalance exists while making their argument against the players.

Tucker's own quote from the article, with it's blatant hypocrisy, is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.
"There is no transfer portal in the real world"
What? How do you figure? I would guess a majority of us on this board enjoy "unfettered free agency" in our careers. I could walk out of my job right now and go join another company. Some of us might have non-compete agreements, but to say that a transfer portal doesn't exist in the real world is ridiculous. It's called LinkedIn or Glassdoor or Indeed.

It's either ignorant or deliberately false for him to say something like that, and becomes massively hypocritical given what has transpired.

Can whatever imbalance people are afraid of happening really be all that different than what we have now?

Good morning! What are the worst love songs of all time? I've got several...

"More Than Words" by Extreme - Nothing says romance like singing, "Right, saying you love me is nowhere near enough, put out."

"Angel" by Shaggy - It's catchy, but "shorty, you're my angel" makes me laugh every single time.

"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion - it's just so awful.

"Picture" by Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock - I can't stand either of them separately, but this duet is just SO trashy.

https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/...s-kai-jones-and-jase-febres-to-miss-isu-game/

If Jericho Sims is really out I could see Solo or Conditt going off. With their other injuries these teams could actually be evenly matched.

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6696942-ncaa-releases-second-coaches-ranking-and-first-rpi

Straw and Shapiro have some work to do, but each of the other starters seem likely to earn automatic bids (knock wood).

Would like to hear what everyone has for predictions against UNI.
125 Mackall by Major 4-0
133 Small by dec. 7-0
141 Parker by dec. 10-0
149 Thompson by dec. 10-3.
157 Carr by TF 15-3
165 Straw by dec. 18-3
174 Steiret by Major 18-7
184 Lujan pin 18-13
197 Shapiro by dec 21-13
Hwt Gremmel by dec 24-13

Hope Carr wrestles and hope Degen can beat Thompson this time around.

Just like in football, if a team struggles in basketball, some assistants get the boot. After this year, who is safe and what assistant coaches may be let go?

Pitchers and catchers are reporting, it's almost time for us to deflect our attention from our underachieving men's basketball team and think about baseball.

Twins add Josh Donaldson and Kenta Maeda, and (hopefully) get Byron Buxton back full-time. The outfield looks awesome, and the infield ain't shabby neither.

The rotation isn't dominant, but with this line-up they may not have to be.

What's your take on the coming season?

Hey CF... need your help. Have a long bolt I'm trying to remove, probably about 5" long or so. It runs through the mount shown in the picture and caps off with a nut on the other end.

I have the nut removed, the bolt spins (with a lot of force) but is wedged into that mount so good I can't get it out. Unfortunately, the end of the bolt is not in a spot that is easily accessible to use a punch and hammer, unless the punch is something like 2 feet long. I've managed to get it about 3/4" out using a long punch so far but I don't have the angle to continue pushing it down in the mount. I believe the bolt is slightly bent due to circumstances leading to its removal. There is full access to the bolt hex head.

How would you remove it? I'm thinking to heat the mount with a torch and using a slide hammer for my next try. What say you?

I got off work last night, and the wife wanted pizza. I ordered it from my Little Caesar's App and walked out to the car to drive over. It's not far from where I work, so 3 minutes later I'm parked in front of Little Caesar's. The place is walk in only, and I've still got 15-20ish minutes to wait, so rather than stand inside awkwardly, I stay in my warm car, leaving the engine on, cuz it's cold why wouldn't I?

At this point in time, everything is fine. I pull out my phone, do some bs'ing on CF, check my Action App, make a few bets on my William Hill app etc all of a sudden, 20 minutes is up. I take my eyes off the screen for the first time in 20 minutes and discover that my dash is lit up like a Christmas tree. Check engine light and ABS lights were on, and a few others (should've grabbed a picture). I immediately shut my car off, went inside and grabbed my pizza, hoping that all would be well when I got back in the car. Maybe it was a daydream or something.

I get back to my car, and lo and behold all the lights were off....EXCEPT...the check engine light. Took it to Auto Zone and had them run a diagnostic on it, and they mentioned the only thing that came back on their little report was something about a brake light switch sensor. They couldn't tell me much else, but said it should be fine and reset my check engine light so that it is now turned off.

Internally, I'm still freaking out. Any car geeks out there have any advice for me?

Is anyone else having this issue where the article is not right after the ad on the top of the website. Is this the norm now? Just wondering

Setup for developer:
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Came across two pretty cool threads on Iowa State reddit.

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We are officially in commitment watch for QB Charles Wright. All signs are pointing that he will be the QB for this class.

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I think I would be selling my house and everything in it.

Audio Commentary - NSFW

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Here we go!