What a night at Hilton Coliseum.

Watch everything Bill Fennelly, Audi Crooks and Addy Brown said following the record-breaking night. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/11/...s-and-addy-brown-after-record-breaking-night/

It wasn't always pretty, but there were still lots of good things to come out of this one.

Game Night was just added to Netflix. I couldn’t be more thrilled. This movie is wildly underrated and just so fun and funny. There are scenes in this I’ll rewind because I’m laughing so hard.

What is one movie you’ll watch even if it’s not the best movie ever but for some reason you just vibe with it.

This week following a satisfying Cyclone football victory we are looking for songs with title or lyric mentions of the word satisfy and all of its various forms.


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


Last Week: Too Early, Too Late

For true Cyclone fans this should be an easy one. Let's see if you can tell the ISU player from a picture. Take the quiz now.

What a trash piece on BYU!
Would be great to get 2-3 in playoff.!!


Legend has it that after the angel Moroni showed Joseph Smith the golden plates upon which the Mormon Church was founded, he also warned Smith to make sure to heed the oft-forgotten inscription located on the scratched up backside of the plates: "BEWARE THE COVETED FIFTH SPOT LEST IT BITE YOU IN THE BEHIND IN LUBBOCK."

Anyone else locked out of twitter? it is asking me to re-enroll a key that I have never had, nor never enrolled in the first place:

On Wednesday's Daily Clone, Jake Brend shares some information about new Iowa State President David Cook, looks at where the Cyclones are currently projected to go for a bowl game and how much Rocky Elam loves wrestling in Ames.

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Chris Williams and Brent Blum discuss Iowa State naming David Cook its new president and why they like the hire. Iowa State rolls Mississippi State as the pieces come together. Looking around the Big 12 and taking mailbag questions. Presented by Mechdyne.

Enjoy!

I can't get enough of all of the Northern Lights photos from last night. Show us what you got. Figured it deserved its own thread.

For those that missed it, tonight is the peak and should be even better than last night!

I know I said I'd wait a day or two, but I lied. Next up is another all-timer with an incredible list of films: Alfred Hitchcock. Please pick only feature films.

His full-length features are as follows, but note he had a LOT between 1925 and 1940ish...but not many would have seen them. If you have, and one of them is in your top 5, by all means add them. I started with what is considered when he became popular. I have a feeling a lot of the same will be the top five, but the order of the five will be interesting. I also know his movies are old, so not be very many responses to this one. Alas.


The Man Who Knew Too Much
The 39 Steps
The Lady Vanishes
Jamaica Inn
Rebecca
Mr. And Mrs. Smith
Suspicion
Shadow of a Doubt
Lifeboat
Notorious
Rope
Strangers on a Train
Dial M for Murder
Rear Window
The Trouble With Harry
The Man Who Knew Too Much
To Catch A Thief
The Wrong Man
Vertigo
North By Northwest
Psycho
The Birds
Marnie
Torn Curtain
Topaz
Frenzy
Family Plot

Dylan Coon and Nigel Dyson react to No. 16 Iowa State’s thumping of Mississippi State. Tamin Lipsey took control as some of the new faces made some big-time plays. What is this team’s identity? All this and more!

Enjoy!

This is a team with a new head coach. One who has been very successful at other levels and is doing a major rebuild. Valpo is 0-2 on the new season and will likely struggle this year as they’ve loss both by an average of 34 points. So far, they’ve been prone to giving up big runs and digging holes. They are led by Fiona Connolly who is averaging 15 per game. They aren’t afraid to chuck up threes with only Allia von Schlegell having a decent make percentage. Expect more of that tonight. Their defense appears to be sketchy at best as they are giving up nearly double the number of their own baskets made (yes that is also because of their bad offense) as they make about 18 per game while giving up 34. They are giving up nearly THIRTY turnovers per game. I suspect our pressure defense will ensure that number continues. Don’t expect this one to be remotely close, but thats why they play the games.

Giddy up - Season opener is this Friday!

I have full video from today's media availability with Kevin Dresser, Connor Euton and Rocky Elam.

I also did have the time today to write out a few quotes from the interviews that I thought were worth highlighting for those of you who prefer to read over watch! I didn't do the entire interviews but I think you guys will like this format!

I also added the projected ISU lineup at the end of the story. During availability, Rocky did make it seem pretty clear that he won't be wrestling this weekend and will be focusing on the Cy-Hawk on Nov. 30.

I will be there Friday taking photos and doing my usual coverage! Looking forward to it.

Enjoy!

Akron just pulled off a sweet onside kick:

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How is no one talking about this new series?! They’ve dropped two eps and it’s bonkers in a crazy good way.

Iowa State University names David Cook their 17th president.

Learn more about the Ames native and Iowa State graduate below. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/11/iowa-state-names-david-cook-new-president/

Should do well for the University and it is nice he has experience as a President already.

On Tuesday's Daily Clone, Jake Brend dives into Blake Buchanan's breakout performance against Mississippi State, Tamin Lipsey shares what impresses him about the freshmen and Mississippi State head coach Chris Jans talks about what makes Iowa State so hard to prepare for.
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Right now I think this is a fair assessment of where the team is this early in the season. I really want us to host this year!

I have a bit of cabin fever waiting for my new gig to start so just bear with me on my off topic threads a bit.

I'm curious how people would rank some of the top film directors of all time. I'll do a post every couple of days with a new director. Starting off with Spielberg. As a refresher, below is a list of his feature films he directed. Top 5 only! This is actually hard as sh!t.

The Sugarland Express
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1941
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Color Purple
Empire of the Sun
Indiana Jones and Last Crusade
Always
Hook
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Amistad
Saving Private Ryan
A.I.
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
War of the Worlds
Munich
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Adventures of TinTin
War Horse
Lincoln
Bridge of Spies
The BFG
The Post
Ready Player One
West Side Story
The Fabelmans

My CF app stopped working so I deleted and went to reload in app store but it is not there anymore? Any help would be greatly appreciated

We bought tix through AXS for both session 1 and session 3 for the upcoming Las Vegas tourney. The session 3 tix did not show up in their app. Now my account is locked and their (AXS) customer services is basically non-existent.

Anyone else having problems?