RECRUITING: Pleta on Iowa State: "I'm a winning guy."

[RagingCloner]

Anyone want to see me get lots and lots of rainbow emojis on a post?

Disclaimer, I am not seeing well now.

That said, I watched Domynikas’ highlights and looked at his Instagram posts.

Then, on a hunch—please note that I have watched little college basketball this year, and that only ISU—I pulled up some Cooper Flagg highlights.

I don’t read well right now, but can recognize length, explosion and athleticism. All I’ll say is…interesting.

Given that TJ clearly scored big on Killyan Toure, I think that Pleta will be okay.

Which Hok troll marked this dumb?

 

[ClubCy]

Anyone want to see me get lots and lots of rainbow emojis on a post?

Disclaimer, I am not seeing well now.

That said, I watched Domynikas’ highlights and looked at his Instagram posts.

Then, on a hunch—please note that I have watched little college basketball this year, and that only ISU—I pulled up some Cooper Flagg highlights.



I don’t read well right now, but can recognize length, explosion and athleticism. All I’ll say is…interesting.

Given that TJ clearly scored big on Killyan Toure, I think that Pleta will be okay.

 

[jcyclonee]

Was ist los mit dich?

I know. I have a problem.

 

[HFCS]

In German, yes. 'ei' has an "eye" sound and an 'e' at the end of the word will sound like an "eh"

So hi-suh is how I would write it phonetically. Unlike English, these rules are pretty uniform across the language - only words imported from other languages might not follow those rules.

I speak a little Italian and I love when Olive Garden commercials murder the language. The worst is bruh-sheh-da vs bru-ske-ta.

Our local Iowa pronunciations of Spanish Buena Vista and Madrid are also classic.

 

[LarryISU]

When my daughter was little, maybe 6 or 7, she had a friend who thought in the movie Sound of Music that the kids were singing, "So long, farewell, Our feet are saying goodnight."
So now that's all I ever hear. And, that's the extent of my German.

 

[Aclone]

Signed.

Cyclones Sign Dominykas Pleta - Iowa State University Athletics

Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger announced Friday the signing of Dominykas Pleta (dom-in-e-cus plea-ta) for the 2025-26 season. Pleta is a 6-10, 225 po...

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[GTO]

I speak a little Italian and I love when Olive Garden commercials murder the language. The worst is bruh-sheh-da vs bru-ske-ta.

Our local Iowa pronunciations of Spanish Buena Vista and Madrid are also classic.

Don't forget Nevada.

 

[Jdk]

LOL, same my grandmother would come out for supper most Saturday nights us kids had to defer the TV. Lawrence Welk every time, Bobby,Sissy and the champagne music makers every time. Still makes me shiver.
Talented yes something a kid wanted to watch nope.

Thank you boys

 

[Sigmapolis]

Don't forget Nevada.

Lie-Mah Ohio
Lee-Mah Peru

San Pee Droh California
NOT
San Pay Droh California

 

[nrg4isu]

Lie-Mah Ohio
Lee-Mah Peru

San Pee Droh California
NOT
San Pay Droh California

We have a couple good ones around here.

Athens = Eh thins
New Berlin = New Burr lin (almost a southern drawl)


To give credit when it's due. We do pronounce Monticello correctly.

 

[MTCyclone43]

Welcome to Iowa State "Baby Dirk." I love his quote, "Everyone in Germany knows about Iowa State." ZZ Top was Bad, I'm Nationwide. What kind of ranking do you get when your world wide?

 

[Cyforce]

I took one semester of community college German. This is what I can recall. "Essen mein fleisch"

I learned oh Christmas tree in German in first grade.

 

[Aclone]

I learned oh Christmas tree in German in first grade.

My German was solely courtesy of Hogan’s Heroes.

In which 3/4 of the regular German army characters were actually Austrian Jews who had fled to America.

Currently dating a dual citizenship American/German gal who is liquidly fluent in both—and is polite enough not to get me totally lost.

 

[nfrine]

Just looking at his photos in this clip, I think JT Rock looks more physically developed than Pleta. JT is a couple years younger too.

 

[t-noah]

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but how do ou spell verner?

 

[clonehome]

LOL, same my grandmother would come out for supper most Saturday nights us kids had to defer the TV. Lawrence Welk every time, Bobby,Sissy and the champagne music makers every time. Still makes me shiver.
Talented yes something a kid wanted to watch nope.

If you were from eastern Iowa at that time, not only did you have to watch Lawrence Welk, on Sunday mornings you had to listen to the Leo Greco Show on WMT radio. That was straight up cheese.

 

[NWICY]

If you were from eastern Iowa at that time, not only did you have to watch Lawrence Welk, on Sunday mornings you had to listen to the Leo Greco Show on WMT radio. That was straight up cheese.

No Leo Greco but the Church Ladies from Boone KWMT radio, their hearts were in the right place but it was a unique broadcast.

 

[Cyforce]

Just saw in one of the free stories on 24/7 that Pleta will come in as a sophomore.

 

[rosshm16]

He'll fit right in here, we also like winning.

 

[SwirlyBird]

Just looking at his photos in this clip, I think JT Rock looks more physically developed than Pleta. JT is a couple years younger too.

Jt Rock is more physically developed than Chet holmgren as well