With Houston moving into the top spot, can they perhaps fall victim to the Curse of One? I tried to Google losses by #1 AP ranked teams this year. I couldn't find anything that specific.

It seems like there have been more upsets of teams in that position this season, but I can't find anything to support that. I suppose I could weren't I so lazy.

I'm just looking for a little help to get our Clones on top of the conference again!

Iowa State Media Relations

Ames, Iowa – Iowa State University has selected Midwest-based Goldenrod Companies to lead the design, development, financing, and construction of CYTown, Iowa State’s innovative 40-acre multi-use district being built between the Iowa State Center and Jack Trice Stadium, school officials announced today.

“Following an extensive RFI (request for information) process led by Cushman & Wakefield, we are thrilled to announce Goldenrod Companies as CYTown’s coordinating developer,” ISU Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard said. “The number of responses to our RFI was truly amazing. It confirmed for us the viability of this project. In the end, Goldenrod’s expertise and demonstrated success in the development of mixed-use districts, coupled with their financial capacity and higher education experience, made them the ideal partner to turn CYTown’s vision into a reality”.

“Our goal is to create a vibrant, innovative, and financially feasible multi-use district that in turn will generate the necessary resources to reinvest in the Iowa State Center,” he added. “CYTown’s unique location will help attract more visitors to Iowa State University and the Ames’ community, spur economic growth for central Iowa, and offer new amenities to students, staff, visitors, and residents to enjoy year-around.”

Iowa State will now enter into an initial agreement that provides Goldenrod an exclusive period to perform the necessary research, facilitate studies, and develop a financial model. After that process is completed, it is expected Iowa State and Goldenrod will enter into a long-term land-use development agreement, pending final approval from the Iowa Board of Regents.

“We are grateful to the Iowa Board of Regents for supporting our recommendation to partner with Goldenrod as the development partner for CYTown. We look forward to working with Goldenrod to develop an innovative and vibrant mixed-use district that will enhance Ames’ reputation as an outstanding community to live and work in,” said ISU President Dr. Wendy Wintersteen. “This has been a thoughtful and deliberate process, and I look forward to the momentum continuing to grow as we enter this exciting phase with Goldenrod coming alongside Iowa State as our partner in this project.”

Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Goldenrod has acquired or successfully developed more than $4.4 billion of commercial real estate throughout the United States since its inception in 2005 and has $2.7 billion in assets under management and manages over 8.5-million square feet of commercial property. It has completed several highly complex projects throughout the Midwest, while developing a niche in the Public-Private-Partnership (P3) sector. Over the last decade, Goldenrod has completed $1.6 billion in P3 projects with 18 different entities.

Goldenrod has served as the master developer for the University of Nebraska’s 2.2-million square foot Innovation Campus, Colorado State University’s South and Foothills Campuses, and developed many projects within Omaha’s transformative Aksarben Village neighborhood. Goldenrod’s current mixed-use projects under construction include The Henry development located adjacent to The Battery in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as both the One University and Van Zandt developments in Fort Worth, Texas.

“Goldenrod is honored to be chosen as the coordinating developer for the CYTown Master Development,” said Zach Wiegert, Goldenrod’s Managing Principal. “We are excited to work with ISU and its stakeholders to make CYTown a truly transformational project for the University and its athletics department.

“After our initial meeting it is evident that ISU has the right team and vision for this development, and we intend to make that vision a reality,” he added. “We want to make CYTown a year-round destination for students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff and visitors while providing an amazing event space before and after ISU athletic events at Iowa State Center and Jack Tice Stadium.”

More than half a century after the first Iowa State Center building opened its doors, the University unveiled its vision for CYTown in September 2022. Since then, momentum has continued to build with the completion of $40M in parking and infrastructure improvements within the CYTown footprint, and the University announced last fall McFarland Clinic would be the development’s first tenant. The proposed McFarland Clinic facility is expected to be completed by the Fall of 2026. The Clinic will be more than 78,000-square feet in size and is estimated to attract nearly 1,000 patients and staff on a daily basis.

In addition to McFarland Clinic, CYTown will provide a unique opportunity for a variety of uses, including retail, food & beverage, entertainment, medical, hospitality, office, and residential.

All-told, the CYTown development will one day encompass over 400,000-square feet of building area that will help serve the 3 million visitors who annually either attend events on site or use the parking lots while utilizing the CYRIDE bus services within the community.

“Our team is thrilled that Iowa State had the leadership and foresight to bring the Research Park into this transformational project,” said Rick Sanders, President of Iowa State University Research Park. “This development partnership will positively impact the growth trajectory of the Research Park and provide our university tenant partners a vibrant environment that is vital to our continued growth.”

To learn more about the project visit www.cytown.com.

I guess we really took it out of West Virginia on Saturday, they are getting absolutely steamrolled by Kansas State, down 42-22 with a minute to go and a half.

I guess we are definitely rooting for TCU tonight over Baylor? Seems obvious.

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This showed up on Bubble Watch on ESPN this morning...I mean we have seen them, they are a bad team. Soft, soft, soft bubble. On the bright side, this helps keep Fran around.

Work to do​

Iowa Hawkeyes
No one here at Bubble Watch HQ can recall ever adding a new team to "Work to do" coming off a loss. Then again, we can't remember a bubble weekend as wild as this past one. When the dust settled and literally every bubble team outside the projected field except Colorado lost, Iowa was left standing in surprisingly good shape. Prior to coming up short by 10 at the final horn at Illinois, Fran McCaffery's group played the Illini even for 36 minutes, won at Michigan State and scored a victory at home in overtime over Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes' metrics at 16-12 blend in nicely with those of "Work to do" hopefuls like Ole Miss, Butler or Cincinnati. Iowa has arrived. (updated Feb. 25)

Is there a way to visit with a person in the ticket office? In the process of renewing football season tics (long time holder), and I'm looking for guidance on an issue and don't know if it's a Ticketmaster issue or an ISU ticket office issue. Just spent 40 min. on hold at the ticket office and finally gave up. I'll try going with an email next, but I prefer to visit with a person.

KU one spot higher, at #7.

If states like Maine are even in play...Nov 5 is going to be a very long night for Democrats. There is one other Maine poll from back in November that had Biden +1. I'm shocked by this...genuinely shocked.

Such a moral family who can never remember anything oddly enough.

The bottom is falling out in IC, too bad! Iowa had 3 point lead and was then outscored 21-6 to end the game. I have to believe the new AD over there will have to fire Fran, even with 4 years left on contract. One Iowa fan want them to throw a ton of money at Otz to get him as their next coach, LOL.

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I see point guard Reagan Wilson's team lost in the Indiana semifinal, ending their season one game short of the state title game. Wilson, a candidate for Miss Basketball in Indiana, is averaging a little over 16 ppg and her team, which went into the 4A state playoffs as a bit of an underdog with 8 losses on their record, nonetheless were able to make it all the way to the penultimate game, upsetting several highly ranked teams along the way.

One odd thing about this tournament. The semifinal teams each played two games today. Never heard of a team having to play twice in one day in a state title tournament.

Torvik has us as 7
NET at 8
KenPom at 12 where we dropped to 4th in ADJ D and 42 in adj O

Houston is #1 in all three followed by Purdue. Connecticut is 3 in all but NET where Arizona slips in before them.

I've seen right hand dominate players, but this is something else.

Need 6 tickets UCF

Rocco Brecht and 5-6 other football players are at the Lincoln Center Hy-Vee in Ames right now. They are near the deli section at a table selling We Will pizzas, and signing autographs. Not many fans around when I was there, so hopefully if you are local and have the time, maybe run down there and give them some support! (I guess not the best timing with a home wrestling meet going on...)

What a bunch of nutjobs....and even mentions Jan 6 as failing but won't this time.

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...I went to the oldest page of posts available, at least on my phone.

It goes back to January 2015. It appears to be right after the MBB victory over KU, when Game Day was at Hilton. We're worried about our apparent lack of success at the FT line!

Kind of a surreal trip into the archives!

This just makes it worse, imo.