#9 IOWA STATE
125 #9 alex mackall
133 #5 austin gomez
141 #15 ian parker
149 #6 jarrett degen
157 #6 david carr
165 #20 chase straw
174 #18 marcus coleman
184 #8 samuel colbray
197 #23 joel shapiro
285 #15 gannon gremmel

Alright this is for ISU bowl game destination predictions.

Give me your predictions! (You don't have to go full Big 12 but I thought I would.)

I see 7 bowl eligible teams from the Big 12. WVU, Tech and Kansas will not go bowling. TCU will get two more wins and become bowl eligible by beating Tech and WVU.

OU: in the Sugar Bowl (12-1)
Baylor: in Alamo Bowl (10-3)
Texas: Camping World Bowl (8-4)
Iowa State: Academy Sports Outdoors Texas Bowl (7-5)
KState: Liberty Bowl (8-4)
Okie St Cheeze It Bowl (8-4)
TCU First Responders Bowl (6-6)

This will shake out differently if there is some sort of chaos and OU makes it to the playoff. I'd wager that ISU, barring some sort of meltdown, will be in Camping World Bowl or Academy Sports Outdoors Texas Bowl.

Link for Big 12 bowls via Big 12 website.

https://big12sports.com/news/2019/5/23/211718886.aspx

ISU currently at #38. Next match is against #26 OU on Friday night in Ames. Arguably, the biggest match of the season so far in terms of NCAA tourney implications and the quest to finish 3rd behind UT and BU:

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi

Did not watch the KSU sweep on Saturday but noticed in the box score that Anderson played the 2nd DS. That now makes 2 former OHs playing back row spots only with Schuler being the other.

That should be an article right now on the home page.

What is the story with everyone hating Herman so much? I've heard he is a bad dude but no stories...

I believe that iowa state will win out and be 8-4 for the season . Texas is very winnable , Kansas is well kansas, and K State is very up and down. Even though the losses have been close to be 8-4 for three years in a row is a great accomplishment. Anyone else have a comment?

Ah the old FSN.... I almost forgot what it was like to have FSN as the coverage station.

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Mr. Tate Orndorff had a decent weekend, knocking #4 Jordan Wood, and also beating #9 Tanner Hall.

There was one other match that was ALMOST an upset, but the Luke Pletcher of Ohio State knocked off #14 Real Woods of Stanford in SV-1. Look for Woods to have a REAL big year!

Here's our very short list of upsets from last weekend:

285 - #6 Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley) beat #4 Jordan Wood (Lehigh) by DEC 5 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50974/orndorff-tate/profile
157 - #16 AC Headlee (North Carolina) beat #9 Will Lewan (Michigan) by DEC 5 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/39627/headlee-ac/profile
174 - #12 Dylan Lydy (Purdue) beat #10 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) by DEC 3 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/39998/lydy-dylan/profile
157 - #15 Justin McCoy (Virginia) beat #11 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) by DEC 7 - 4 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50946/mccoy-justin/profile
184 - #14 Andrew Morgan (Campbell) beat #11 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) by DEC 11 - 8 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/40250/morgan-andrew/profile
285 - #25 Christian Lance (Nebraska) beat #15 David Jensen (Nebraska) by SV-1 3 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/41064/lance-christian/profile
165 - #19 Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) beat #15 Quentin Perez (Campbell) by MD 9 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/45151/wentzel-jake/profile
174 - #31 Phillip Spadafora (Maryland) beat #16 Neal Richards (VMI) by DEC 5 - 4 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51167/spadafora-phillip/profile
125 - #28 Jack Medley (Michigan) beat #17 Joey Melendez (North Carolina) by MD 10 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51392/medley-jack/profile
133 - #38 Nick Farro (Lehigh) beat #19 Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) by DEC 8 - 7 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/44590/farro-nick/profile
197 - #26 Jordan Pagano (Rutgers) beat #19 Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) by DEC 5 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/20304/pagano-jordan/profile
149 - #34 Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) beat #20 Brent Moore (Virginia Tech) by MD 12 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/49245/thomas-yahya/profile
157 - #25 Markus Hartman (Army) beat #20 Zach Hartman (Bucknell) by DEC 7 - 0 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50585/hartman-markus/profile

I have a old 2 stage 27" wide John Deere that runs ok, but I think it is at the end of its life (it is 25-30 years old). I am looking to upgrade to a new 2 stage. I am thinking 24" wide will be fine for me. I am thinking Ariens or Toro. Does anyone have opinions/recommendations?

I was bored this morning waiting for the good basketball news and looked up some defensive yards allowed stats in the last two conference losses.

The yards allowed by quarter for the last two losses are:

Oklahoma State
1st Q 117
2nd Q 179
3rd Q 98
4th Q 8

Total 402

Oklahoma
1st Q 220
2nd Q 154
3rd Q 100
4th Q 25

Total 499

It is probably somewhat related to conservative play calling by them when they are ahead, but it also has to be the adjustments we made at halftime.

I never played college football. My question for those that know, is it really hard to make adjustments to scheme and plan before you get a break at halftime?

2nd quarters seem to have really hurt us this year.

A lot of stuff packed into 25 minutes here. Enjoy.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts...footballs-heartbreaker-mbbs-immediate-future/

Anybody have any thoughts about the upcoming dual on Sunday?

Looks like Carr will have a good match at 157 (if he wrestles?) as Bucknell's Zach Hartman is a returning NCAA qualifier.

Bucknell has another returning qualifier at 197 in Drew Phipps (FYI-he was eliminated from the tournament last year by our own Willie Miklus). I'm assuming Shapiro will start over Duggan. Either way - will be a tough match up.

Expecting a relatively easy win for the team, but should be a good opening opponent.

What does everyone else think?

I realize we have a number of threads but felt we need one dedicated just to Xavier joining CyclONEation!!!

@AlexHalsted Iowa State has picked up a commitment from four-star center Xavier Foster. The Oskaloosa (Iowa) native is regarded as the No. 59 overall prospect in 2020 according to the 247Sports Composite and is the fifth-highest rated commit in Iowa State history: http://bit.ly/2OdO6Sv

@AlexHalsted With today's commitment from Xavier Foster, Iowa State now has the No. 14 recruiting class in 2020 according to 247Sports, including the No. 3 recruiting class in the Big 12.
Here's the class that'll sign Wednesday.

@AlexHalsted Xavier Foster's mother said that the family sat down yesterday at 3 p.m. to discuss the decision. "I don't think he knew one way or another, it was kind of a gut feeling. He has aspirations to go to the NBA, we saw Iowa State had more recent success with that."

@ChrisMWilliams Foster’s mom just told the Indians Network stream that Iowa State’s success of putting players in the NBA made an impact on his decision.

@AlexHalsted Top-5 commits for Iowa State, per @247Sports
Craig Brackins
Lindell Wigginton
Talen Horton-Tucker
Matt Thomas
Xavier Foster
Georges Niang
@EvanDaniels Four-star center Xavier Foster just verbally committed to Iowa State, he tells @247Sports. | Story: https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/Xavier-Foster-Iowa-State-138406515/
“Iowa State, because I felt that they had some guys commit that I had played with and I know I can better myself playing with the everyday,” Foster told 247Sports.
“The play style, and the relationships,” Foster said when pressed on his choice. “I have a good relationship with the players.”
Foster is a significant addition for Prohm and his staff. The 7-foot center ranks No. 59 overall and as the No. 10 center in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Rivals Reaction
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/xavier-foster-decides-to-remain-in-state

@AdamZagoria Xavier Foster just committed to Iowa State
Crystal Ball was 100 percent Iowa.

https://www.zagsblog.com/2019/11/11/xavier-foster-to-iowa-state/
“We took some time [Sunday] to discuss pros and cons of going each way, but at the end of the day there really isn’t very many cons,” his father Dejuan told IndiansNetwork.tv. “Two great schools, two great staffs. So it was just what he felt more comfortable with and I guess he just felt more comfortable heading over to Ames.”

Go!!

Thank you to everyone who has served in the military.

You suck at weather threads CF.

I'm looking for a new (free) weather app for android. I used "Storm radar" for years but a recent update has essentially ruined it. What's everyone using?

Bart Simpson's prank calls to Moe were inspired by the Tube Bar Tapes. If you have not heard of this, google it. The story is pretty funny. The guy making the prank calls had no idea his tapes were being dubbed and passed around all over the country.

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Well.. How'd you do?

This was my best week by far. 5-0

Illinois +14.5 (1 unit)
Iowa +9. (1 unit)
ISU +14.5 (1 unit)
3 above parlay (1/2 unit)
Baylor -2.5 (1 unit)

Been considering looking into these and just wondering if anybody had any advice or thoughts. I live alone most of the time, so I think I would need some flexibility as far as portion sizes or at least delivery intervals. I'm not a picky eater, so I'd be willing to try new foods. Basically I'm just lazy and using you guys instead of having to go to all the websites for research.

The defender might have gotten there just a bit early...the throw was tremendous.

Odd time to be drinking the kool aid given all of the bad news and results recently but figured I’d throw a fluff post out. Anyone think Purdy has a real shot to be a pre-season heisman candidate? Or even be a real threat some time next season? I think he caught some more national attention with that 4th quarter performance yesterday.

Have a feeling we're gonna see a 50/50 poll. Just curious.

I didn’t catch this until I read the postgame notes, but apparently Tayvonn Kyle made his first start at corner yesterday.

I know he came in as a wideout, and I know he’d been playing more lately. Looks like he had a decent game. Anyone have any more insight on this?