ISU has a chance to significantly move up in the AP Poll after tomorrow...

First of all Iowa State needs to win! Then we need the following to happen:

#1 Texas (6-0) needs to beat #5 Georgia (5-1) at home - Texas is a 4 1/2 point favorite
Unranked Louisville (4-2) needs to beat #6 Miami (6-0) at home - Miami is a 5 point favorite
#11 Tennessee (5-1) needs to beat #7 Alabama (5-1) at home - Alabama is a 3 point favorite
Unranked Arkansas (4-2) needs to beat #8 LSU (5-1) at home - LSU is a 2 1/2 point favorite

If all this happens ISU looks to become the #5 or #6 ranked team in the polls. I expect we would be ranked #6 after one loss Tennessee jumps us in the polls. I really like dogs Louisville, Tennessee, and Arkansas to win outright tomorrow. The teams we need to win are all playing at home.

This brings me to a question for Cygarin:

What are the odds of all this happening?

So I just realized that UCF’s coach Gus Malzahn is the guy that temporarily replaced Chizik at Auburn after he quit ISU and went to AU and won a national championship there, then was fired. Gus then went to Ark St, and is now the head coach at UCF. Small world!

Really describes ISU sports perfectly!

Sec. 10, Row 31, Seat 4 $60 Call or text 712-260-8218

Just a hair off...

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For any of you other old farts I reached my full retirement age 66 & 8 mo. Monday. I'm still working and will start collecting. We have a 15 year old freshman, an older in college, I like my job and am in good health. Plus my wife just turned 55 (not so subtle brag) and I'm making more these days. Anyway, a little known benefit is if you reach your FRA and start collecting, any high school age child you may have is elegible for 1/2 of your benefits until they reach the age of 18, even if you are still working. It can be 19 but you would have to show he is still a h.s. student. The SS Dept considers you retired once you start collecting at your FRA. It doesn't affect my benefits at all. So I have us both set up to receive our first payment the 2nd Wed of each month starting in November. They don't monitor it closely but his benefits have to be used for his needs, which can be schooling, car, clothes etc. They just don't want parents or guardians using it themselves.

I first learned about this at a seminar my wife and I attended. I applied with the local office via phone call. The lady was great, patient and helpful. She did mention she was going to ask if I had h. s. age childred, but not sure they all would. Some of you know this but I also remember if husband and wife are both working and reach FRA, one can start collecting the other's. I think there were some limitations such as the other's benefits freeze from growing each year but not sure.

Also I don't get all the talk about SS running out in the future. All they need to do is raise the income level that Social Security is taxed. Or instead of spending trillions on other countrie spend on those you took it from. Hope this last paragraph doesn't get this post moved to Politics.

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I've got the Cyclones by a comfortable margin tomorrow night. Get the details at the link below:

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I saw this on twitter and had to share it. I think this red raider fan speaks for many in the conference.

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I was watching American Pickers last night and Mike Wolfe and his brother, Robbie, were looking at what they called a soccer game, but looked suspiciously like a regular old foosball table to me. Robbie Wolfe said he was particularly interested in it because his daughter played division 1 soccer in college. They then showed a picture of her and she was wearing an Iowa State uniform. Turns out his daughter is Adelaide Wolfe, a junior defenceman from Bettendorf who transferred in from Indiana State. It says right in her official bio who her father and uncle are. I'm not in the habit of scouring the rosters of all the minor sports at Iowa State, so this was news to me and I thought maybe some of you too.

I love this diagram.

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Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell, who earlier this season became the program’s winningest coach, has been named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy midseason watch list.

Under the direction of Campbell, in his ninth season as head coach at the school, ISU has risen to No. 9 in the latest Associated Press Top 25. The Cyclones are 6-0 overall, the best start by the program since 1938. They are bowl eligible for the seventh time in nine seasons and have started 3-0 in Big 12 play for the second time under Campbell and just third time overall.

Campbell owns 59 career victories at Iowa State, surpassing Dan McCarney’s total of 56 wins earlier this season.

Campbell and the Cyclones are back in action Saturday when they host UCF at Jack Trice Stadium at 6:30 p.m. (CT) on FS1

...just lost at home to Cincy.

Sharing a video that my Georgia Rivals colleague taped with ESPN's Rece Davis, which he covers a number of bases. Some very well thought out comments on ISU and the Big 12 as a whole It begins around the 11:05 mark, but my video link should start you out at that point.

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First off, a BIG thank you to the posters here who shared their prior experience about attending a Mountaineer game and what to expect. Your comments were spot on!

Our experience:
1. Their fans are very hospitable. We tailgated in one of the university tailgate lots and were immediately welcomed and tailgated together.
I received at least a dozen congratulatory remarks post-game about the win.

2. They hate Pitt as much as we despise the Squawkeyes though they love the Pirates, Steelers, and Panthers.

3. They are passionate about firing their coach. The sentiment was magnified tenfold after their loss. Some comments that President Gordon Gee is protecting Brown.

4. We had tix in the corner of the upper deck where most Cyclone fans were seated. My friends were exhausted from the long walk so we grabbed some empty lower level seats. Come to find out the Becht family was seated in front of us. What a great family!

5. We were offered some Moonshine but it turned out to be the Fake ID of Moonshine (Hawaiian Punch + Tito's) 😆

6. All in all a great and memorable trip!

So on business trip and have time to waste this morning so watching Trump and Harris on different news channels. Kamala had it right playing hide and seek early on. My Lord if either of them never said another word publicly they would win easily. It’s hard to fathom we’ve come to this.

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This was alluded to by some posters in another thread. Here’s the confirmation from Manske himself.

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I wanted to let everyone know I’m going to be out of the loop Thursday afternoon having a medical procedure done. So, if any news breaks, I might be a few hours behind in reporting on it.

Otherwise, the plan is for a return to business as usual on Friday!

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell has been named to the American Heart Association’s 2024 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award watch list, a list of current coaches in consideration for the annual top honor.

The award, given each January to a college football coach, recognizes contributions that make the sport better for athletes and fans alike by demonstrating grit, integrity and a winning approach to coaching and life – both on and off the field.

Led by Campbell, No. 9 Iowa State is off to its first 6-0 start since 1938 and are bowl eligible for the seventh time in nine seasons. The Cyclones are 3-0 in Big 12 play for the second time under Campbell and the first time since 2020.

With 59 wins at ISU, Campbell passed Dan McCarney to become Iowa State’s winningest head coach this season.

Now in its 39th year, the Coach of the Year award winner will be announced live from Houston’s Post Oak Hotel on Wednesday, January 22, 2024, during an awards ceremony presented by Marathon Oil. The National Sports Media Association, the Bryant Awards’ Executive Leadership Team and the Bryant Family voted on the watch list, finalists and Coach of the Year recipient.

Iowa State hosts UCF inside Jack Trice Stadium at 6:30 p.m. (CT) on FS1.