Quarterly roundup of amusing comments I encountered on Cyclone Fanatic, October-December 2025.
By no means is it comprehensive, merely a sample. If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, feel free to add.
Key:
Bold is thread title (or summary of it)
*** indicates break in narrative flow.
Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and whatever else I deem necessary.
Favorite pizza style (poll)
@ClonerJams: Settle it once and for all.
@3TrueFans: The kind that has crust and some cheese and sauce and maybe some toppings.
@nfrine: Yes. They are all good!
Mrs. Bucket passes at 96
@MeanDean: Famed actress Patricia Routledge had reportedly died at 96. Best known for playing Hyacinth Bucket on BBC's hit sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances," Routledge died Friday, Oct. 3.
@VeloClone: That show was a strange secret indulgence that I watched while Mrs Velo wasn't around. Later, I learned she was doing the same thing.
***Official Iowa State vs. Cincinnati Game(Day) Thread***
@Cyched: This may set a record for earliest I passed out.
Another decommit
Re: Milan Paris
@psycln11: So, I guess he wasn’t 1,000% committed after all!
@Inthesystem: He's 1,000% committed 60% of the time.
NCAA tournament to 76 teams next season?
@cycloneworld: The NCAA tournament is perfect. So of course creed, money, TV, and the NCAA want to dilute it by adding more P4 teams.
@Nothingman: First, they ruined music. Now college basketball. My own prison, indeed.
Texas Tech-Kansas drama
@NWICY: Throwing tortillas is funny. Pocket knives, not so much.
Beer sales at JTS after all?
@cytor: Selecting the new president is going to be critical on so many levels....
@rosshm16: Sounds like we need to hire a drunk!
@RezClone: At the very least a sober flat-out slob.
@nfrine: Any number of us on CF are highly qualified. *We also could coach.*
@VeloClone: *Debatable.
Mid-season pulse of the fan base
(Poll: projected record with ISU at 5-2)
@cydsho: 4-8. The officials from the Colorado game come in and overturn one of our wins.
@cyclones500: Upon review, the game will be ruled "unwinnable."
***Official Arizona State vs. Iowa Day Game(Day) Thread***
@alarson: Stalling out in the red zone again. Drink.
@aeroclone: Pace yourself!
Fire Mouser
@Peter: If there is one critique of mouser is to stop passing the ball. Like, 20 pass attempts a game max. Go full Iowa at this point.
@cydnote: And what, lose to us?
Williams & Blum (Nov. 2)
@ChrisMWilliams Williams: (regarding Deion at CU): … Eventually, you’ve gotta win a game.
@brentblum: Well ... he got one.
***Official Iowa State vs. TCU Game(Day) Thread***
@danvillecyclone: The D-Lime was more aggressive on the pressure.
@CyNews: D-Lime? You mean Big Citrus?
A new ISU vintage jacket release and branding observation
@ISUCyclones2015: All you old people don't realize ugly is "in."
@cytor: If that was the case when I was in college, I would have gotten laid a lot more often.
Friday OT: Ice Cold
@Angie: I have been working on a playlist of songs that are just inherently cool.
@JM4CY: Define “inherently cool.”
@coolerifyoudid: Imagine me looking into a mirror.
***Official #16 Iowa State vs. #14 St. John’s Game(Day) Thread***
@Clonefan32: Asking a hypothetical: Is drinking 7 beers while I watch the game then coaching 4th grade girls basketball at 5:45 frowned upon?
@cycloneG: Isn't having 7 beers before coaching 4th grade girl's basketball a requirement?
***Official Arizona vs. #14 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@1TwistedCyclone: On Sept. 27, 1958, Iowa State defeated Arizona, 14-0 in Tucson. Adjusted for inflation: ISU 35, Zona 21. Go Cyclones!
***
@CYedUp: How is it possible that we have two injured kickers?
@alarson: First, one was injured, then the other one was, resulting in two injured kickers.
***
@Cyinthenorth (in-game): This could be the least lopsided blowout I have ever witnessed.
***Official Syracuse vs. #15 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@cytor: ISU scores even more than @CoachHines3 mom. That's saying something.
***Official #10 Iowa State vs. #1 Purdue Game(Day) Thread***
@HFCS: Point guard ranking in Mackey today:
#1 Tyrese Haliburton
#2 Tamin Lipsey
#3 Killyan Toure
#4 Goofy weirdo for Purdue flailing around
Rogers’ first meeting with the team
@Agclone91: A whole lot of checked out in those faces. Respect for at least showing up and listening.
@RedlineSi: Do you know what I looked like in meetings/classes in college?
@JP4CY: You actually went?
Players entering transfer portal
@MyNameEhJeff: “Most” did not storm out during the Campbell/Pollard meeting. One player did.
@Cyclone94#: Any idea which player stormed out?
@ScottyP: It was me. I just had to use the bathroom.
***Official Iowa vs. #4 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@JEFF420: Straight up, dudes, my wife is gonna pull the goalie when we win tonight. I can't wait. Little Jimmy Rogers 420 will be built 2nite.
Rocho Becht undergoes surgery…
@ScottyP: Is he day-to-day?
@4cy16: Aren’t we all?
@Clonefan32: Hypothetically, is there some kind of NIL arrangement we could get him to sign while he's coming out of anesthesia?
Peterson Column: Rocco Bech (etc)
@DRCHIRO: I’m watching Tech and Duke hoops right now. Screw CFB. Screw the SEC and Big 10. Screw ESPN and Fox. And **** Iowa, too.
New Arrowhead
@BryceC: Gonna be interesting to see if they Jack up ticket prices and add PSL’s.
@SCNCY: What are PSL's?
@3TrueFans: Pumpkin spice lattes.
By no means is it comprehensive, merely a sample. If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, feel free to add.
Key:
Bold is thread title (or summary of it)
*** indicates break in narrative flow.
Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling and whatever else I deem necessary.
Favorite pizza style (poll)
@ClonerJams: Settle it once and for all.
@3TrueFans: The kind that has crust and some cheese and sauce and maybe some toppings.
@nfrine: Yes. They are all good!
Mrs. Bucket passes at 96
@MeanDean: Famed actress Patricia Routledge had reportedly died at 96. Best known for playing Hyacinth Bucket on BBC's hit sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances," Routledge died Friday, Oct. 3.
@VeloClone: That show was a strange secret indulgence that I watched while Mrs Velo wasn't around. Later, I learned she was doing the same thing.
***Official Iowa State vs. Cincinnati Game(Day) Thread***
@Cyched: This may set a record for earliest I passed out.
Another decommit
Re: Milan Paris
@psycln11: So, I guess he wasn’t 1,000% committed after all!
@Inthesystem: He's 1,000% committed 60% of the time.
NCAA tournament to 76 teams next season?
@cycloneworld: The NCAA tournament is perfect. So of course creed, money, TV, and the NCAA want to dilute it by adding more P4 teams.
@Nothingman: First, they ruined music. Now college basketball. My own prison, indeed.
Texas Tech-Kansas drama
@NWICY: Throwing tortillas is funny. Pocket knives, not so much.
Beer sales at JTS after all?
@cytor: Selecting the new president is going to be critical on so many levels....
@rosshm16: Sounds like we need to hire a drunk!
@RezClone: At the very least a sober flat-out slob.
@nfrine: Any number of us on CF are highly qualified. *We also could coach.*
@VeloClone: *Debatable.
Mid-season pulse of the fan base
(Poll: projected record with ISU at 5-2)
@cydsho: 4-8. The officials from the Colorado game come in and overturn one of our wins.
@cyclones500: Upon review, the game will be ruled "unwinnable."
***Official Arizona State vs. Iowa Day Game(Day) Thread***
@alarson: Stalling out in the red zone again. Drink.
@aeroclone: Pace yourself!
Fire Mouser
@Peter: If there is one critique of mouser is to stop passing the ball. Like, 20 pass attempts a game max. Go full Iowa at this point.
@cydnote: And what, lose to us?
Williams & Blum (Nov. 2)
@ChrisMWilliams Williams: (regarding Deion at CU): … Eventually, you’ve gotta win a game.
@brentblum: Well ... he got one.
***Official Iowa State vs. TCU Game(Day) Thread***
@danvillecyclone: The D-Lime was more aggressive on the pressure.
@CyNews: D-Lime? You mean Big Citrus?
A new ISU vintage jacket release and branding observation
@ISUCyclones2015: All you old people don't realize ugly is "in."
@cytor: If that was the case when I was in college, I would have gotten laid a lot more often.
Friday OT: Ice Cold
@Angie: I have been working on a playlist of songs that are just inherently cool.
@JM4CY: Define “inherently cool.”
@coolerifyoudid: Imagine me looking into a mirror.
***Official #16 Iowa State vs. #14 St. John’s Game(Day) Thread***
@Clonefan32: Asking a hypothetical: Is drinking 7 beers while I watch the game then coaching 4th grade girls basketball at 5:45 frowned upon?
@cycloneG: Isn't having 7 beers before coaching 4th grade girl's basketball a requirement?
***Official Arizona vs. #14 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@1TwistedCyclone: On Sept. 27, 1958, Iowa State defeated Arizona, 14-0 in Tucson. Adjusted for inflation: ISU 35, Zona 21. Go Cyclones!
***
@CYedUp: How is it possible that we have two injured kickers?
@alarson: First, one was injured, then the other one was, resulting in two injured kickers.
***
@Cyinthenorth (in-game): This could be the least lopsided blowout I have ever witnessed.
***Official Syracuse vs. #15 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@cytor: ISU scores even more than @CoachHines3 mom. That's saying something.
***Official #10 Iowa State vs. #1 Purdue Game(Day) Thread***
@HFCS: Point guard ranking in Mackey today:
#1 Tyrese Haliburton
#2 Tamin Lipsey
#3 Killyan Toure
#4 Goofy weirdo for Purdue flailing around
Rogers’ first meeting with the team
@Agclone91: A whole lot of checked out in those faces. Respect for at least showing up and listening.
@RedlineSi: Do you know what I looked like in meetings/classes in college?
@JP4CY: You actually went?
Players entering transfer portal
@MyNameEhJeff: “Most” did not storm out during the Campbell/Pollard meeting. One player did.
@Cyclone94#: Any idea which player stormed out?
@ScottyP: It was me. I just had to use the bathroom.
***Official Iowa vs. #4 Iowa State Game(Day) Thread***
@JEFF420: Straight up, dudes, my wife is gonna pull the goalie when we win tonight. I can't wait. Little Jimmy Rogers 420 will be built 2nite.
Rocho Becht undergoes surgery…
@ScottyP: Is he day-to-day?
@4cy16: Aren’t we all?
@Clonefan32: Hypothetically, is there some kind of NIL arrangement we could get him to sign while he's coming out of anesthesia?
Peterson Column: Rocco Bech (etc)
@DRCHIRO: I’m watching Tech and Duke hoops right now. Screw CFB. Screw the SEC and Big 10. Screw ESPN and Fox. And **** Iowa, too.
New Arrowhead
@BryceC: Gonna be interesting to see if they Jack up ticket prices and add PSL’s.
@SCNCY: What are PSL's?
@3TrueFans: Pumpkin spice lattes.
