After our upset-packed weekend, the rankings have been re-processed.

Some notables:

Sebastian Rivera has 2 matches at 133, and his ranking at that weight is now #2, right behind Seth Gross.

Brent Moore of Virginia Tech moves up 12 spots to #4 after pinning #2 Sammy Sasso.

Ethan Smith of Ohio State moved up 10 spots to close at #12 at 165 pounds.

Dean Sherry also gets 14-place bump all the way to #12 after his upset win over Skatzka of Minnesota.

Kyle Conel slips down 2 spots to finish at #4 at 197.

There's a new #2 at 285, and he works for Michigan. Mason Parris trades places with Matt Stencel after his upset win last weekend. Don't worry though, Stencel has a chance at revenge THIS WEEK as Central Michigan and Michigan meet in a dual.

Wrestler Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/starters

Dual Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/dual

Tournament Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/tournament

Redshirt Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/redshirts

Statistical Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/statistical

One reminder about the dual rankings; they do NOT reflect previous head-to-head dual results. They are a result of running each team through the prediction engine to see who would win in a dual based on the individual matchups.

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IOWA STATE (2-1, 0-0 BIG 12)
VS. SOUTHERN MISS (1-1, 0-0 C-USA)
TUESDAY, NOV. 19 | 7 P.M. CST
AMES, IOWA | HILTON COLISEUM COLISEUM (14,384)



Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)
TV: Cyclones.tv
Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)

Ames high basketball has been in a championship drought for about a decade. I think Iowa City West almost has as many championships as Ames does. What are the odds Ames high returns to greatness again?

Is it just me, or does Booger just make EVERYTHING so agonizing?

Before tonight's games, the Big 12 teams have won 27 out of 30 games. WIthout checking, I doubt that other conferences can match that so far. So dang difficult to win in the toughest conference year after year, referring of course to conference games when it gets down to that.

Some of these seniors were Rhoades' recruits. Of the 20, who were CPR recruits and who are CMC recruits? Congrats to all the seniors and to those who stuck it out with the coach who did not recruit you. You have been part of a remarkable transformation and are reaping the rewards.

South Dakota's new tagline for its anti-meth campaign is, "Meth. We're On It" complete with a web site, onmeth.com. Actual grown-ups approved this and the governor even recited it on video.

This is some ad agency's idea to break through the noise and attract attention, but I'm not sure how effective it is when the first reaction (and the second, and the third, and the fourth...) is to make jokes at your state's expense. Let's see if it survives being a national laughingstock or if they change it.

https://www.argusleader.com/story/n...s-anti-meth-campaign-meth-were-it/4227949002/

So before everyone jumps all over me about "CMC knows better than all of us" and "you aren't a coach so you dont know" talk. I would like to know 2 things about our play calling.

1. Offense : We have Breece Hall, the guy runs for positive gains and makes people miss. We have a line that opens holes for him and he averages over 4 yards a carry. Why do you stop feeding him the rock the entire 2nd half? We become so 1 dimensional on offense instead of wearing down a defense and holding a lead!

2. Defense : Why do we constantly see 3rd and 10, 3rd and 12, 2 and 35 etc etc, and we rush 3, get zero pressure on the quarterback (obviously) and the other teams offense consistently gets 1st downs? It is maddening. I wish someone would run a stat to see what team leads the nation is 3rd and longs given up, because we would have to be near the top. I for one would rather see a 3rd and 4 or 3rd and 6 versus a 3rd and long with this team because of the way we soften our playcalling.

Great to get a win this week, but that game should never have been in doubt. If we pressure Elinger like we did the rest of the 1st half it is 10 to 0 and we roll in a victory instead of biting our nails into the last seconds down by 1.

Ok Trolls, attack!

Nebraska radio reports Henry Lutovsky from Mt. Pleasent will sign with Nebraska. Did ISU make a serious offer?

https://www.azpreps365.com/articles/11102-perrys-dynamic-duo-the-purdy-broth

Their parents have instilled in them that football is not everything. God, sports and who they are outside of football is everything. For the brothers, it is the foundation of who they are.

Their family truly does everything together when it comes to sporting events, dinners and activities like that, which is something the Purdy brothers are truly proud of. Each time either one steps on the field, they show how proud they are to be a Purdy and remember the sacrifices their parents have given them to get to the point where they are today.

Wow...so glad Brock is a Cyclone!

Link:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/football-and-random-things-episode-51/

SIAP:

https://big12sports.com/news/2019/11/18/football-isu-ou-osu-and-wvu-earn-week-12-awards.aspx

Hello everyone, re-live Saturday's win against Texas with my photo gallery!

CW said they're amazing so you have to look at them.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/11/...yBiGoWSaj45OM4H4XNG9bfenc-gKtfk225SQQZamChqzo

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/texas-southerns-uniforms-stolen-before-loss-at-no-1-oregon

Very unfortunate situation for their team.

The Tigers had their game uniforms stolen before the game Saturday and any hope of an upset over No. 1 Oregon vanished early.
The jerseys were left in a conference room while the Tigers watched video in the morning.
We came back to the holding room, they were gone,” she said. “We looked everywhere for them” with the assistance of hotel staff and the Eugene police but the search came up futile and the Tigers played in their practice gear.

Texas Southern is at Iowa State on Tuesday, and a new set of uniforms will be shipped there, Cooper-Dyke said

He's got great size and made some really nice plays this year. On a roster full of guys that can get yards, Sean is really surprising me. He's really got a bright future here.

Only other power school that offered him was Kansas. What a steal.

Ahead of writing for this week, and in an attempt to avoid blathering on in an article, I had a thought that I would love to get feedback on.

I think Neal Brown, Matt Wells, Chris Klieman, Lincoln Riley, Mike Gundy, Gary Patterson, won't acknowledge Baylor, and Tom Herman are good coaches. Each program, along with Iowa State has been building and will continue as the new coaches reach their potential, which is very high. This makes for a killer conference from a competitive standpoint.

All QB's are likely to return except for Hurts and Stanley. I can't remember if Brewer is a senior or not. OU has an all worlder waiting in the wings. Purdy, Duggan, Doege, Rattler, Brewer, Bowman/Duffy, Sanders, Thompson, and Ehlinger makes for a ridiculous bag of riches at quarterback.

There is no point except that the top of the conference may expand from 2 to 6 or 7 teams. Am I right? What does it mean for the conference? Playoff chances? Iowa State's position in it. Is it sustainable? How does it rate against the Big 10 and the SEC? What about national perception?

Iowa State opens up as a 23 point favorite against my beloved Jayhawks. Is this number too high or too low?

We live in the boonies and have been stuck with 0.5 Meg 'high speed' internet service from CenturyLink. They allowed us discounts in the past because of the poor service and our bill was $54/mo. Even though the service is still crap, they are now increasing our bill to $103/mo. in order for us to "pay what we should have been paying".

We'd love to dump our CenturyLink friends but options here seem limited. Satellite options any better?

Tickets are gone.


I would enjoy if someone could use these 2 tickets in section 238.

The only thing that I'm asking is.....you MUST take a "child" (K-12 grade) to the Cyclone game with you to experience Hilton Magic. Please don't resale the tickets.

Please PM me your email address so I can send tickets via email.
Thanks and Go Cyclones!