Chris Williams reacts to No. 16 Iowa State’s 96-80 win over Mississippi State.

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I've chatted with a few of you and decided to post up some "way too early" impressions of what we are seeing in this year's women's team. I'll try to follow up with more as the season goes on. I'd love to see responses to the same questions posed in this TWS!

Hey great win by the team. Good season so far. Always appreciate it when adversity reveals character. The yellow pants & Cyclones script got me thinking again. Again, kudos to all involved in AD & licensing for loosening the reigns a bit to allow more vintage stuff on uniforms. Secondary logos show confidence in the strong I-State branding and creates new opps to catch eyeballs.

On bluesky last week I saw a post by Homefield announcing their new retro jacket collection. There are 66 schools participating. Here's ISU:


See the large vintage stamp branding on the front? Eyeballing it, looks like it takes up about 10% of logo visual weight. Simply can't miss it. I looked at all other 65 jackets. The schools that only use a tiny barely visible TM or C mark are:

Bama, ASU, AZ, Ark, UA, Bay, Cal, Cin, Clemson, CU, Duke, UF, FSU, UGA, GT, ILL, UI, Iowa, KU, KSU, UK, Lou, LSU, MD, Miami, MSU, UM, MN, MSU, Miz, NCSU, Neb, UNC, NW, ND, OSU, OU, OSU, Miss, UO, OSU, PSU, Pitt, Pur, Rutgers, SCar, Syr, TCU, Ten, A&M, Tex, TT, Tulane, UCF, UCLA, UConn, USC, Utah, Vandy, VA, VT, UW, WSU, WVU, Wisc

Here are the schools that require a large licensing stamp:

ISU

Since there is absolutely positively nothing serious going on in the world at all, I'm begging ISU to please put the kibosh on vintage stamp requirements. This may be a minor thing, but I can't sleep at night. Thank you

New Euro pipeline?

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Gets the culture TJ wants.

He has a message for Iowa State fans.

“Cyclone fans are used to a winning culture the last 5 years and I want to only add to that. I’m not from the U.S, I’m from France so I’m still learning the system of the NCAA but one thing I learned fast is that Iowa State an incredible fan base, that was obvious on the visit. Their energy and enthusiasm was amazing to see.”

As of today 11/10, TJ is sitting at 97 win and 45 loses at Iowa State, just 3 wins away from reaching the 100 wins mark. Fred reached 100 with a 100-48 record. With the remaining schedule we have the next couple of weeks, does TJ beat the mark set by Fred?

Remaining schedule
11/10 Mississippi State
11/17 Stonehill College

Players Era Tournament
11/24 St John's
11/25 Creighton
+1 extra game

12/3 Alcorn State
12/6 Purdue

Jacqueline Cordova, Jake Remsburg, and Jirehl Brock react to Iowa State snapping its 4-game losing streak in a win against TCU. Does this change the season outlook? Aiden Flora’s moment. Defense played its best game of the year and more. Presented by Wyffels Hybrids.

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Today marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. Obviously most know the famous song which thankfully I got to see Gordon sing in person before he passed, but story has fascinated me as much as Titanic does.

Both were state of the art ships and manned by famous captains, but with the Edmund Fitzgerald there were no survivors so what caused it is still debated today.

Below is the song and a documentary about the ship.

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Mississippi State (1-0, 0-0 SEC)
#16 IOWA STATE (2-0, 0-0 BIG 12)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH 7:00 P.M. CST
Sanford Pentagon / Sioux Falls, S.D.


TV: ESPNU
Talent: : Pete Sousa, pxp Tim Welsh, analyst

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (Varsity Network)
CRN Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)

Down to 3 @Big Daddy Kang @Shawker @gipper2001 All three have 7 tiebreaker points.

Obviously must put your last team in this thread. Along with your pick put down if the over or under will hit it. In case of a tiebreaker beyond that pm me how many points will be scored in the game involving the team you have to pick includes opp too.

My wife's computer got the blue screen of death. It's old (8 yrs) Windows 10. I tried all the fixes w/o success. She wants photos from it. Any way to get in to get them. She doesn't use One drive or other cloud storage.

Chris Williams & Brent Blum break down Iowa State’s 20-17 victory over TCU on Saturday in Fort Worth. Is what the defense did against a good Horned Frogs offense sustainable? Plus, Iowa State men’s basketball plays a good Mississippi State team on Monday night. Guessing the point spreads and more, all courtesy of Mechdyne.

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Iowa State moves to 3-0 with a 99-36 win over Sacred Heart.

Watch everything Bill Fennelly, Addy Brown and Alisa Williams had to say following the win.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/11/...wn-and-alisa-williams-after-sacred-heart-win/

Did he run track in high school? Events? Times? He flat out smoked those TCU punt return defenders.

Iowa State gets their first real test of the season tomorrow night in Sioux Falls.

Find out what you'll see out of Mississippi State in Jackson Pence's preview. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/11/...s-for-early-season-test-against-the-bulldogs/

Happy Sunday, Fanatics!

Check out everything Matt Campbell, Aiden Flora and Tre Bell said following Saturday's win over TCU.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/11/...ora-and-tre-bell-said-following-win-over-tcu/

There have been plenty of struggles across the whole team recently, but it was nice to see the first points scored by special teams or defense all season (not counting extra points and two-point conversions).

Fresh Randy Peterson column for your Sunday morning!


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I'm sure we have someone on the roster who can kick an extra point. It seems like sometime our staff is trying to outthink the game.

Not the riches we're used to, but still a couple of ISU goats.

Monte Morris debuted with the Pacers against his old team the Denver Nuggets.

15 minutes, 3 points, 2 boards on 1-5 shooting. So some rust to knock off.

Niang has yet to play, although should be back any game now.