Sorry for giving you a hard time, 12 deep and just always cheering for Cyclones.
RECRUITING: Jett Thomalla (4-star QB 2026 commit) flips to Alabama
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I admire your loyalty. Once they leave Ames they pretty much leave my mind honestly. I appreciate everything they do while in town but I'm not giving them a lifetime of fandom. Just me though. I dont really have a favorite NBA team but I kind of root for OKC. I have since they moved there I lived there briefly a few years before they got to town, still have friends there, and like seeing a team from a metro of 1.5 million win. Actually I root for the Pacers in the East for a lot of the same reasons except I've never lived near there. I just think they're a gritty franchise.
You almost had me there. Still only 8 SEC conference games per team for '25. The talk is that it might go to 9 games in 2026, but I'll believe it when I see it. Haha SEC.
They say they will only do it for more money. Good gad, man! Aren't they getting that now?
I hadn't watched the NBA since the 90's and now I bought a Cers shirt. Cyclones in the NBA/NFL gives us funding.
It certainly doesn't hurt funding. Dont get me wrong I root for our guys to get drafted, hope they do well but I'm just not automatically following their teams. I root for ISU, Chiefs, Royals, and Sporting KC. Other than that I dont have any real "that's my team" type of interest. Im kind of a sucker for the small markets teams honestly. I was hoping Edmonton would win the Cup. If I didn't despise St. Louis in general I'd probably be a Blues fan.
Well I can say you are a true fan cheering for 3 teams from the same city.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but SGA and Purdy did not go to high school together. SGA went to St Tomas More before transferring to Hamilton Heights. Purdy went to Perry.
Iowa State is certainly not Quarterback University, but we've had 5 quarterbacks play in the NFL. Actually, 6 if you count George Admunson who ended up an NFL running back.
So this kid is a 26? Just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me for Bama to sign two 4 star QBs in one class. Usually, they are 5 star hunting. They signed one in 25 and you know they’ll be back in the market for one in 27. If Jett was their guy for this class, there’s no reason to sign another.
This tells me that either Jett is having second thoughts or Bama is having second thoughts. I still think Jett never plays a snap for Bama whether he signs there or not. But it doesn’t make much sense to basically sign two backup QBs in one class.
For more context, Bama offered Kaawa on 6/11/25 and let him OV last weekend (After Jett committed and the Elite 11 camp).
Do I think this is because either side is having second thoughts? No.
It likely means that Bama isn't giving Thomalla the preferential treatment that they would give a 5 star. AND... it means they don't think he is that caliber.
They probably also have split opinions on their staff about who is better, so they are just going to take both.
I would be shocked if he ever played a snap for Bama. Not that he’s not good. It’s just that the competition there is going to be super steep. And good QBs don’t just sit the bench for 3 years. They need to play. Now, there’s no harm in taking a bag and learning under a good staff for a few years before transferring. I just think that Jett will eventually end up getting his on field snaps somewhere else.
If I remember correctly, the staff found Brock Purdy during his senior season of HS. The timing of Jett's decision was not the best, but the staff will work to find someone who can compete at ISU. Easton Webb looks like a solid QB.
I couldn’t be any more different. I’ve been a Rams fan my whole life and have been rooting for the 49ers over them the past few years. To me, ISU fandom far outweighs any allegiance to pro teams that I didn’t really have a connection to in the first place.
Rooting for the chiefs over Purdy after they’d already won a couple of super bowls? In no way could I understand that.
With today’s world of the portal, I don’t think it’s that big of a deal to worry about. At the end of the day if we wanted to spend and plug(if we needed to) we will.
It already happened. Chiefs won. And they had not already won 2 under Patrick. Just one. Facts suck.
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If Jett does in fact decommit, I hope we don’t take him back if he wants too. Keep prioritizing the ones that went to be here. Especially now that we’re paying the players now.
