This guys is a Dem partisan...so this is shocking. Almost as shocking is the NYTimes editorial today calling Bragg's case an "Historic mistake". This thing truly is a Soviet style show trial...rigged judge, rigged jury pool, rigged DA. This kind of travesty should never happen in our nation...luckily most of the country is seeing quite clearly what this mess is.

JULIAN EPSTEIN: This is an outrageous case. It's an embarrassment to the legal system that this case is being brought. The notion, the theory that we heard on Monday from the prosecution, that this is about election interference because the Trump campaign was trying to suppress bad stories. Suppressing bad stories is not election interference. Everyone does it. Nondisclosure agreements are perfectly legal. If suppressing bad news were election interference, then what would one say about the Biden campaign in 2020 that actively used all of its resources to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop case? I mean, that had much more serious implications in terms of the election than the alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2016. You know, everything falls apart, Brian. I mean, the idea that this was election interference, the conduct, the election occurred in November of 2016. The conduct in question here, namely, the recordkeeping, and the failure to disclose this, if there was any obligation as a campaign contribution, all occurred in 2017.

... and it's remarkable how many future NBA players were on the floor and only two of them were from Kansas. We had Bryce Dejean-Jones, Monte Morris, Georges Niang, Abdel Nader, Matt Thomas and Naz Long, who all played at one time or another in the NBA. Jameel Mckay also appeared in some NBA summer league games for the Pelicans. Kansas only had Frank Mason, who had a cup of coffee in the NBA, playing in 102 games for Sacramento, Milwaukee and Orlando, and Kelly Oubre, who still plays with the 76ers. Perry Ellis was never drafted, but caught on with the Mavericks for the Summer League, but was waived, then was waived by the Hornets.

Luke Emmerich from Monticello, Minnesota is listed as a 6-2, 200 ATH in the database. Iowa State offered him yesterday after a track meet, where he posted a 10.69 time in the 100 meters. My guess is they are looking at him as either a safety or maybe a LB since his contact coach is Kratch.

An ISU graduate who was an Iranian hostage in Lebanon 30 years ago. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_A._Anderson

Pro-Israel march being planned for the Columbia campus. Pray for everyone’s safety.

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A late addition to Iowa State's 2022 recruiting class, defensive end Tommy Hamann never really gained much traction in the depth chart. He played six defensive snaps this past season and didn't contribute on special teams.

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has announced the addition of a fourth transfer to the 2024-25 Iowa State roster. St. Mary’s transfer Joshua Jefferson will join the Cyclones this summer.

Jefferson joins a transfer class that already includes Seattle transfer Brandton Chatfield, Northern Iowa transfer Nate Heise and Charlotte transfer Dishon Jackson.

A 6-8 forward out of Las Vegas, Jefferson played for the Gaels the last two seasons. Jefferson comes to Iowa State with two seasons of eligibility remaining.

He started 26 games for St. Mary’s last season before suffering a season-ending injury. He averaged 10.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the Gaels in 25 minutes per game. He earned All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention honors.

“Joshua is a high IQ basketball player that impacts winning in a variety of ways,” Otzelberger said. “He’s a gifted offensive player that can score at all three levels. He possesses terrific defensive instincts that will help us generate turnovers and end possessions with a rebound.”

Jefferson scored in double figures in 13 of his 26 games, including a career-high 21 points in a victory at San Franciscoon Jan. 20. He tallied four double-doubles on the year, including a 16-point, 13-rebound effort in a victory at No. 13 Colorado State Dec. 9. He had six games with four assists or more, including a career-high eight in a victory against Portland Jan. 11.

This is a pretty good refresher on the movement to and from Ames this offseason. The post-spring movement likely won't be in high of volume as over the winter, but we've already seen six Cyclones announce departures this spring and there's a few names that have collected offers and interest from the staff.

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AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State men’s basketball team will host Marquette in the 2024 Big 12/BIG EAST Battle on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State is 4-0 in the BIG EAST/Big 12 Battle, beating DePaul (99-80) last season, St. John’s (71-60) in 2022, Creighton (64-58) in 2021 and No. 16 Seton Hall (76-66) in 2019 at Hilton Coliseum. The 2020 meeting with DePaul was canceled due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols just hours before tipoff.

The Cyclones and Golden Eagles will be meeting for the ninth time. Iowa State won the last meeting, 77-69, in Hilton Coliseum March 25, 2004. The victory sent the Cyclones to the NIT Final Four. Marquette leads the all-time series 5-3, while Iowa State holds a 3-2 advantage in Ames. The Golden Eagles went 27-10 last season, advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Both the Cyclones and Golden Eagles finished the year in the AP Top 25, with ISU at No. 8 and Marquette at No. 11.

With each conference adding member schools since the start of the original agreement, the Battle increased from 10 to 11 matchups last season and will continue with 11 for this year.

The Battle matchups are jointly determined by the two conferences, with the home team choosing the venue of its game. Broadcast arrangements for the contests will be determined by the national television rights holder of the home team, which is ESPN for the Big 12 and FOX Sports for the BIG EAST.

Game times and television networks will be announced when available.

2024 BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle Schedule
December 3 Cincinnati at Villanova
December 3 BYU at Providence
December 4 Marquette at Iowa State
December 4 Baylor at Connecticut
December 4 DePaul at Texas Tech
December 4 Kansas at Creighton
December 6 Georgetown at West Virginia
December 6 Xavier at TCU
December 7 Kansas State at St. John’s
December 7 Butler at Houston
December 8 Oklahoma State at Seton Hall

Bart Torvik released his 2024-2025 preseason rankings today and oh boy, we have some expectations for next year.

These will be updated as the portal moves continue throughout the off season but neat to see where things stand right now.

Bart Torvik Preseason Projections

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1) Omaha Biliew not pictured.
2) Jelani Hamilton, Kayden Fish & Jackson Paveletzke in the picture.
3) Hamilton must have suffered some type of left foot/ankle/lower leg injury. Sucks for him to be in the portal at the same time.

Farting up a storm in court. Can't stay awake.

Pecker says he interfered with an election just like the charge as trump paid the outlet to squash positive Biden information and bad Trump information.

Oops. Now several more people will testify he paid a hooker from a campaign fund which again is illegal.

He of course lied about all this stuff.

Polls are showing Biden is going to roll. Trump better grift his cult while he can.

Even McConnell calling out the cult.

PS how are billions in Trump media doing? LOLOLOLOL

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Just finished Game of Thrones. Wife son and I all agree it is the best TV series ever. Each episode was a movie in its own right. Our oldest recommended Stranger Things or True Detective. Wife and I tried to watch the first episodes but weren't impressed. May be Game of Thrones hangover. We've watched all the Marvel and most Star War movies, Dexter, Walking Dead, Peaky Blinders, The Last of Us, MindHunter, CHernobyl, 1st season of Outer Banks, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. May have missed a couple. Anyway, looking for a new series or movie and are open for suggestions. Please leave a short description I realize there was another thread awhile back. TIA

Chloe JohnsonVery interesting story on an 8th grade girl in Minnesota with a couple ISU angles. We’re recruiting her and she has a condition similar to Jake Sullivan.

Pretty good article on the timeline.

Diz

CW is now confirming he's transferring.

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I’m hearing that Kayden Fish could withdraw from the transfer portal and remain in Ames. Joshua Jefferson remains the #1 priority and if they get him then the last scholarship may go to Fish if he & CTJO are both amenable to it. In this scenario, obviously William Kyle is out.

I think we’ll hear one way or another on Jefferson & Fish this week.

Nah, not that one. Ryan Millmore is in the portal. I didn't even know he was on the team. 😁

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Hearing from a fellow Rivals colleague that Iowa State is poised to land a commitment from this 2025 OL, so I’ve entered a FutureCast for him.