Quarterly roundup of some amusing comments I encountered on Cyclone Fanatic, January-March 2026.
Far from comprehensive, merely a sample. If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, feel free to add. Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and such.
Key:
Bold is thread title (or summary of it)
*** indicates break in narrative flow.
@rosshm16: Nice to see the team respond to my critical remarks from the first 10 minutes.
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@fsanford: I am an idiot, I didn’t realize we have 2 Presidents again. Brain transplant, please.
@GP4ISU: In your defense, you may have been really young when Buchanan was in office.
2025-26 Men’s College Basketball Thread
@3TrueFans: Wearing a shirt and tie to coach basketball is weird.
@MeanDean: Shirt is fine. I'm not sure I'm watching if it's just the tie.
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(re KU vs. Houston, 2/23):
@not-the-manager: What does it even mean that every Kansas fan on Twitter says Peterson “gets a bad whistle”? Officials don’t single out people to force to play through more contact. You can argue they’re allowing too much physicality in general, but I have no sympathy for Peterson.
@dahliaclone: It means every Kansas fan is a dipsh!t.
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(re: Big 12 tournament)
@Jdk: The lighting of the ASU-Baylor game in the arena is terrible watching it on ESPN Plus.
@t.m.: Can't turn all the lights on. All the power is being diverted to run the technological marvel that is a gray floor.
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@Cyclonepride: I see Auburn beat Mississippi State, so Lunardi probably can bump them to a 4 seed.
Bill Fennelly
@hoosman: Our milkman in the 1960s in Davenport was Tom Fennelly, who I believe was Bill's uncle, so there is a chance that I, and many in my old neighborhood, are related to Bill Fennelly.
***Official Iowa State vs. Cincinnati game(day) thread***
@3TrueFans: Just Jizzling all over our faces.
(CFP championship discussion — IU vs. Miami)
@CycloneDaddy: Miami playing dirty.
@EnkAMania: And people say there's no tradition left in college football.
MBB struggles
@brokenloginagain: If (fans) think we should make the final four — we've done that zero times.
@clone1990: Technically, we went to a final four in 1944.
@3TrueFans: And it has been downhill ever since
@madguy30: '45 team was still good (11-5/8-2), but played too much hero ball and didn't care.
Update the site or take down the information
(OP): The football scholarship chart has not been updated since 2022; high value Mods! Good work!
@coolerifyoudid: Finally, I get to do something with this stack of torches and pitchforks.
Hilton Coliseum Renovation
-->Link for context: tinyurl.com/3sas45mj
@HawaiiClone: Wait, there's a retractable roof?!?
@isucyfan: Hell yeah there is. Johnny's is now a strip club, too.
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@CyValley2: Uh, is this a combo football / basketball stadium arena? Hmmmm.
@isucy86: And baseball!!
2025-26 Men’s Basketball thread
@enisthemenace (re: BYU at KU): Hey … is Daryn Peterson playing in this game? I haven’t heard Bilas say his name at all. (jimlad). Geez … why don’t you just blow him, Jay?
***Official Iowa State at TCU game(day) thread***
@Koala: If you took a drink every time a player picked up his dribble 8 feet behind the arc with no plan for what to do next, you'd die.
***Official #6 Iowa State vs. #23 BYU game(day) thread***
@cyfan92: 8:45 church tomorrow morning is not going to be pleasant when I got to bed at 1 a.m.
@CyCoug: I thought I was on the BYU board for a second when I saw this.
@12191987: Meh. Depending how you metabolize, you could still be drunk at 8:45.
CyCoug: OK. Not the BYU board.
2025-2026 MBB Computer Projections Thread
(OP, citing outside source): Cyclones have the most 10-0 runs in the country and chuckleheads on this website are still concerned about scoring droughts
@CycloneErik: Well, yeah, but for every 3 or so runs, we give up one, and sure, we give way less runs than the vast majority of teams, but it could happen at the wrong time once, which never but always happens in basketball, so it's all over, unless we keep winning and it isn't, but even then, it could be.
Keshon Gilbert signs 10-day with Washington Wizards
@FerShizzle: What does a 10-day NBA contract run these days?
@nfrine: 10 days.
Fed intervention on NIL
@3TrueFans: It’s literally not possible to have a thread about a president’s executive orders and have it not be political. Might as well make a thread about cheeseburgers, but ask people to not make it about food. The entire premise of (this) thread is political.
***Official Selection Sunday Thread***
@IlliniCy: We're a 2 seed. I'll bet your house on it.
@Cyclones_R_GR8: But you won't bet your own house on it? Interesting.
MBB (tournament) teams by state?
@Cycsk: Which 6 states have the most teams in the NCAA MBB tournament? Don't look at a bracket to count. That's cheating ... and that's my job.
@BCClone: Your job is cheating? Where do I sign up for that job?
***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***
@simply1: Did any Georgia players come out at halftime?
@demoncore1031: A couple did. Their parents were shocked, but good for those guys. Oh wait, you meant something completely different.
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@NWICY: I love watching Texas burn money like James Harden at a strip club.
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@CycloneErik: I slept through the first half. Did Tennessee do that, too?
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@Pitt_Clone: (Danny Hurley) is such an *******.
@ClonesTwenty1: He’s more insane than Bobby knight was.
@Fishhead: The sideline chair disagrees with you
***Official Kentucky vs. #6 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@helechopper: I’m gonna let my 11-year-old daughter drink a Guinness tonight in celebration of our victory.
J-Jeff injury updates
@iowastatefan1929: Blum is saying it’s 50/50 that Jefferson plays Friday.
@nhclone: I'm a little more confident than that. I think it's like 60/60.
@Kettes: I'm with you 120%!
Egg prices might be going up
@FLYINGCYCLONE: A small fire south of Britt today. 400,000-plus birds will die. That is a small number of laying hens , but sounds like a lot.
@Cyballz: Fried chicken prices down, though?
***Official Tennessee State vs Iowa State thread******
@HouClone: I thought I saw dust fly off Nelson's uniform when he was dribbling.
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@jcyclonee: “Titanic” would be way better if they cut off the first 2.5 hours of the movie. Even better, just leave out everything to do with the two main characters.
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GoSTATE71: 0-3 in sweet 16 games, but sure were clutch.
@fcclone: JFC. You don’t just move the goal post. You move the whole damn stadium.
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@loyalsons4evertrue: Thankfully, I'm also a Minnesota pro sports fan. The Vikings, T-Wolves, Twins and Wild never let me down.
Far from comprehensive, merely a sample. If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, feel free to add. Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and such.
Key:
Bold is thread title (or summary of it)
*** indicates break in narrative flow.
- In case you missed it: Notable Posts Q4 2025
@rosshm16: Nice to see the team respond to my critical remarks from the first 10 minutes.
***
@fsanford: I am an idiot, I didn’t realize we have 2 Presidents again. Brain transplant, please.
@GP4ISU: In your defense, you may have been really young when Buchanan was in office.
2025-26 Men’s College Basketball Thread
@3TrueFans: Wearing a shirt and tie to coach basketball is weird.
@MeanDean: Shirt is fine. I'm not sure I'm watching if it's just the tie.
***
(re KU vs. Houston, 2/23):
@not-the-manager: What does it even mean that every Kansas fan on Twitter says Peterson “gets a bad whistle”? Officials don’t single out people to force to play through more contact. You can argue they’re allowing too much physicality in general, but I have no sympathy for Peterson.
@dahliaclone: It means every Kansas fan is a dipsh!t.
***
(re: Big 12 tournament)
@Jdk: The lighting of the ASU-Baylor game in the arena is terrible watching it on ESPN Plus.
@t.m.: Can't turn all the lights on. All the power is being diverted to run the technological marvel that is a gray floor.
***
@Cyclonepride: I see Auburn beat Mississippi State, so Lunardi probably can bump them to a 4 seed.
Bill Fennelly
@hoosman: Our milkman in the 1960s in Davenport was Tom Fennelly, who I believe was Bill's uncle, so there is a chance that I, and many in my old neighborhood, are related to Bill Fennelly.
***Official Iowa State vs. Cincinnati game(day) thread***
@3TrueFans: Just Jizzling all over our faces.
(CFP championship discussion — IU vs. Miami)
@CycloneDaddy: Miami playing dirty.
@EnkAMania: And people say there's no tradition left in college football.
MBB struggles
@brokenloginagain: If (fans) think we should make the final four — we've done that zero times.
@clone1990: Technically, we went to a final four in 1944.
@3TrueFans: And it has been downhill ever since
@madguy30: '45 team was still good (11-5/8-2), but played too much hero ball and didn't care.
Update the site or take down the information
(OP): The football scholarship chart has not been updated since 2022; high value Mods! Good work!
@coolerifyoudid: Finally, I get to do something with this stack of torches and pitchforks.
Hilton Coliseum Renovation
-->Link for context: tinyurl.com/3sas45mj
@HawaiiClone: Wait, there's a retractable roof?!?
@isucyfan: Hell yeah there is. Johnny's is now a strip club, too.
***
@CyValley2: Uh, is this a combo football / basketball stadium arena? Hmmmm.
@isucy86: And baseball!!
2025-26 Men’s Basketball thread
@enisthemenace (re: BYU at KU): Hey … is Daryn Peterson playing in this game? I haven’t heard Bilas say his name at all. (jimlad). Geez … why don’t you just blow him, Jay?
***Official Iowa State at TCU game(day) thread***
@Koala: If you took a drink every time a player picked up his dribble 8 feet behind the arc with no plan for what to do next, you'd die.
***Official #6 Iowa State vs. #23 BYU game(day) thread***
@cyfan92: 8:45 church tomorrow morning is not going to be pleasant when I got to bed at 1 a.m.
@CyCoug: I thought I was on the BYU board for a second when I saw this.
@12191987: Meh. Depending how you metabolize, you could still be drunk at 8:45.
CyCoug: OK. Not the BYU board.
2025-2026 MBB Computer Projections Thread
(OP, citing outside source): Cyclones have the most 10-0 runs in the country and chuckleheads on this website are still concerned about scoring droughts
@CycloneErik: Well, yeah, but for every 3 or so runs, we give up one, and sure, we give way less runs than the vast majority of teams, but it could happen at the wrong time once, which never but always happens in basketball, so it's all over, unless we keep winning and it isn't, but even then, it could be.
Keshon Gilbert signs 10-day with Washington Wizards
@FerShizzle: What does a 10-day NBA contract run these days?
@nfrine: 10 days.
Fed intervention on NIL
@3TrueFans: It’s literally not possible to have a thread about a president’s executive orders and have it not be political. Might as well make a thread about cheeseburgers, but ask people to not make it about food. The entire premise of (this) thread is political.
***Official Selection Sunday Thread***
@IlliniCy: We're a 2 seed. I'll bet your house on it.
@Cyclones_R_GR8: But you won't bet your own house on it? Interesting.
MBB (tournament) teams by state?
@Cycsk: Which 6 states have the most teams in the NCAA MBB tournament? Don't look at a bracket to count. That's cheating ... and that's my job.
@BCClone: Your job is cheating? Where do I sign up for that job?
***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***
@simply1: Did any Georgia players come out at halftime?
@demoncore1031: A couple did. Their parents were shocked, but good for those guys. Oh wait, you meant something completely different.
***
@NWICY: I love watching Texas burn money like James Harden at a strip club.
***
@CycloneErik: I slept through the first half. Did Tennessee do that, too?
***
@Pitt_Clone: (Danny Hurley) is such an *******.
@ClonesTwenty1: He’s more insane than Bobby knight was.
@Fishhead: The sideline chair disagrees with you
***Official Kentucky vs. #6 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@helechopper: I’m gonna let my 11-year-old daughter drink a Guinness tonight in celebration of our victory.
J-Jeff injury updates
@iowastatefan1929: Blum is saying it’s 50/50 that Jefferson plays Friday.
@nhclone: I'm a little more confident than that. I think it's like 60/60.
@Kettes: I'm with you 120%!
Egg prices might be going up
@FLYINGCYCLONE: A small fire south of Britt today. 400,000-plus birds will die. That is a small number of laying hens , but sounds like a lot.
@Cyballz: Fried chicken prices down, though?
***Official Tennessee State vs Iowa State thread******
@HouClone: I thought I saw dust fly off Nelson's uniform when he was dribbling.
***
@jcyclonee: “Titanic” would be way better if they cut off the first 2.5 hours of the movie. Even better, just leave out everything to do with the two main characters.
***
GoSTATE71: 0-3 in sweet 16 games, but sure were clutch.
@fcclone: JFC. You don’t just move the goal post. You move the whole damn stadium.
***
@loyalsons4evertrue: Thankfully, I'm also a Minnesota pro sports fan. The Vikings, T-Wolves, Twins and Wild never let me down.
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