It's grinding week, who you got?

Texas @ ISU -7 all over the horns given that many points
WVU @ K-State -14 Eers should cover as Cats are way beat-up
Ku @ oSu -18 Hubbard should have a 300-yard day against that defenseless clown show
TCU @ TxT +3 interesting line that I wouldn't touch but taking the frogs if forced
OU @ Baylor +10 going green with that spread (chaos for football championship committee if BU wins, please)

GameDay Questions

Hey everyone,

This is my first Iowa State football game as an alumni, used to just walk to the games while I was in college. The public parking at VetMed opens up 5 hours before kickoff, is that still the case? So 9:30 this Saturday for $20?

Not sure how much has changed in a few years, but I'm taking my girlfriend (Texas fan... yuck), so was wondering if anything new or exciting has opened up in Ames that is a must go. (We'll be flying into Des Moines on Friday and renting a car, so proximity to Ames isn't an issue)

Thanks all

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***Official Insider Information Weekly Mailbag 11-13-2019***

Thoughts on this week's mailbag

  • Mmmmm Nut juice!

    Votes: 2 8.7%
  • I own a pair of recruiting pants.

    Votes: 3 13.0%
  • Pants and JSB just need to get a room.

    Votes: 7 30.4%
  • I would rather roll with Steyer, Schuster, and Boothe as my backups

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I prefer Thanksgiving or Halloween to Christmas

    Votes: 1 4.3%
  • Great job by the Insider Information Crew and jsb this week!

    Votes: 9 39.1%
  • Too much Fred Hoiberg for my taste

    Votes: 4 17.4%
  • I'm naming my next kid Donglingston

    Votes: 4 17.4%
  • That is one ugly fish!

    Votes: 3 13.0%
  • Eeewwww!

    Votes: 4 17.4%

First and foremost, a few links:
Our official question submissions thread: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...n-weekly-mailbag-questions-submission.251174/

Link to past mailbags (if bored and need some reading material):
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...-information-weekly-mailbag-10-9-2019.251540/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-10-16-2019.251727/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-10-24-2019.251963/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-10-30-2019.252145/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...-information-weekly-mailbag-11-3-2019.252386/


Weekly Insider Information Mailbag 11-13-2019
Presented by Hotmail. Because sometimes you have to keep that one Hotmail admin employed.
With special guest JSB



First, a few straggler questions from last week:

In response to @jcyclonee asking about changing his name to Darlinstone Dubar, @Doc asked: Not at this point. How about Donglingston Dubar?
Pants:
Donglingston Dubar is my favorite Bollywood Actor.
JSB: Donglingston Dubar sounds like a porn name, right?
GTO: I’ve seen enough Bollywood and porn movies and have never come across a Donglingston Dubar. @jcyclonee - feel free to take that name if you like.

@BCClone asks: flowers or flour? (I don’t even remember the context on this one and I’m too lazy to look, so just answer as a standalone question)
JSB:
I know nothing about marijuana. I’m very innocent.
GTO: Are we talking all-purpose flour, or that pure Colombian variety?
Pants: This was about marijuana. Which is illegal in Iowa. You’re all going to hell.

@ImJustKCClone asked: Building on this question - will we have more off-season psycho threads if we dump football & basketball?
Pants:
Probably less. CF traffic would crash. As much as GTO and I may try to keep things going here, we’re only two mere mortals (technically GTO is half immortal, but does that really mean much when the other half is totally mortal?)
JSB: Well, we would still have the Politics boards, so there would be plenty of psycho in that.
GTO: I actually enjoy the off-topic threads as well as the meltdown threads quite a bit, so I would be okay with that. My only worry is that then this site could potentially become Uniform Fanatic. By the way, did you say I’m half immoral or immortal?

@mdk2isu guessed @Gunnerclone’s morning drink: Mountain Dew it is. Maybe even Diet. (I need to know how he knew that)
Pants:
This was creepy. He guessed it immediately. I was shocked by it. Honestly, probably just thought of the most disgusting thing ever made and assumed no one actually ever drank it.
JSB: I’m just glad that someone cops to drinking pop at all anymore. I love Diet Pepsi. I can’t quit it even if I only drink a can a day. But my morning drink is iced, black coffee.
GTO: Is mdk2isu a Gunner alt? Has to be, right?

Post Touches

There was definitely a half time adjustment last night to feed the post (Good work CSP), but I think we need to make this a bigger part of the offense going forward. To me it felt like every post touch we had either led to points in the paint by Solo or Jacobson, or kick outs which led to open looks or drives.

Most of Bolton's points came off a player trying to close out on him. If we get double teams in the post these rotations lead to a lot of close outs that players can take advantage of. I just don't see a lot of production from our high ball screens/weaves.

On That Note - Going the Distance

Happy Tuesday/Wednesday.

Welcome to another weekly posting of On That Note.

OTN is a weekly music post hosted by @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and yours truly.

Last week's OTN was Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and can be found here

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-head-shoulders-knees-and-toes.252363/

This week we're doing songs with units of length or distance in the title or lyrics. So "inches" "feet" yards" "kilometers" etc.

Do not include songs about the body part 'feet'. We did body parts last week, remember? See link above.

My first 5:

500 Miles - Bobby Bare
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Smile Away - Paul McCartney
"I can smell your breath a mile away."
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2,000 Light Years from Home - Rolling Stones
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10 Inch Record - Bull Moose Jackson
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ISU Fight Song
"And when we hit the line we'll hit it hard, every yard for I-S-U!"
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Diagnosing Whole Home Humidifer

I’m fairly handy but don’t even know where to start. Our house was at 30% according to the thermostat on the main level, so I turned it up. We are now down to 27 and I have it set between 40 and 45. I don’t think it’s doing anything. Not sure it did much last year but had no way of knowing.

I know there’s water flowing from when I changed the filter. Outside of that, it makes no noise, there’s no readout and it’s a closed system.

The Mandalorian (with Spoilers)

I just finished episode one and felt this needed it's own thread.

I was super impressed, the early world building looks solid in the initial episode and Pascal plays a cool gun-slinger very well! Dissapointed I will have to wait a few days til the next episode but I am all in on the series.

And OH MY GOD THAT ENDING!!!

I am not even sure what to even say about the reveal at the end but obviously has huge implication for the larger universe. I always thought Yoda's race was extinct but don't know where I heard that story.

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