Iowa State's head coach will be in front of the media at around 12:15 this afternoon inside the Stark Performance Center. I'll be there posting highlights in the thread below.

I have never seen Chris Hassel in the same room with Lloyd Braun...
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I have 2 tickets for sale Saturday at Kansas State in sec 20, row 3, seats 11-12 for $100. They are in Southeast corner on Iowa State side. I sat here 2 years ago and they are great seats. Family stuff came up preventing me from going.

I understand our reasoning for the 3 man defense. However, with less pure air raid/tempo offenses, it seems we ought to at least have some 4 man front alternatives. We have built our DT base, particularly as we use the DE (Oneyedim type). A series with Orange, Singleton, Oneyedim alternating at 2 spots at DT and Petersen, Ezeogu, Jones, etc. Alternating at DE. It would help with safety depth and simplify LB responsibility, both good things this time of year.

It just seems having a secondary/alternative defense would be advantageous.

Getting sassy!

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he is now a punchline….. I have never listened to any of his stuff

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The Cyclones and Tigers tip off inside Hilton Coliseum around Noon today. The game will be carried on ESPN+. I'll have the periodic updates in the thread below.

….on November 18th? Thanks in advance!🤔🤓

Just finished watching some of the key plays against Texas. Rocco's fake run and TD pass to Dean was a thing of beauty.

Dean was recruited as a QB out of Kansas and eventually moved to TE. He hasn't lived up to CMC's hype as "our best TE". But I'm happy that he was part of that big play and that he can relive it in the years to come.

Went there for a late lunch today. Opened a couple of months ago. It's a small chain -- four of them in Minnesota and now Iowa.

I'm linking a story from the Gazette that gives details and background.

Menu is really interesting and different and the food we had was great -- a term I don't use lightly.

Mrs. LC had two appetizers -- Scotch eggs and steamed mussels. The latter was a pound of perfectly cooked, large mussels in a beer poaching liquid, came with excellent bread. $15.

I had the bangers and mash -- Sausage served on mashed potatoes with creamed cabbage and a side of smashed peas. On the lunch menu (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) it's $10.99 and on the dinner menu (you get more) $16.

A 20-oz pour of Guinness is $7.

We definitely will be going back. I want to try their fish and chips and their corned beef and cabbage.

My only criticism is a serious nitpick. They have shepherd's pie on the menu, but technically, it's cottage pie. Both are ground meat, vegetables in gravy, topped with mashed potatoes and stuck in the oven until browned. The difference is that shepherd's pie is lamb and cottage pie is beef. As I said, a nitpick.

I sit on the aisle between section 5 and 6. Its the steps that Jamie comes up between the 1st and 2nd qtrs. every game. 5 or 10 minutes before kickoff, this really well dressed Texan, full colors, and BIG hat comes up the aisle as many patrons are coming down. When he got to me I told him he was swimming up stream, while flashing the horns down sign. Tonight i got to wondering who that guy might be and took a guess. Sure enough, it was this guy

I wanted to check and see if anyone had any tickets for the wrestling meet tonight? Just need 2. You can text me at 515-450-2835.

Thank you.

Just heard/saw we have a donor willing to match donations up to $300,000 by Christmas. Great!

Only to find out the Hacks have 2 who ate putting up a cool million each in matching dollars. That is what we are up against.

How many of our budding young stars are going to be poached?

I've really enjoyed Chase's production as a kicker this season. Sad to see him go.
Who will replace him after this season? Is there someone on the roster to fill his shoes? Or do we have a recruit or will we rely on the portal?

I just passed a car north of Ames with ISU plates that had CYLENT on them and wondered if that was you Cylent?

It also got me wondering if anyone else had ISU plates and what they had.

Mine are:
MJOFLY and CW4 MO.

I'm sure it's been discussed before, but don't want to go looking for it.

I didn't keep up with this controversy to really understand what it was all about from her drive for women's voting rights over a century ago. I read the review committee's report and think I understand how her decades long focus to win these rights for women may have led to her being labeled a racist a century later. I doubt this controversy goes away, but I think her accomplishments deserve recognition and not so sure the racist criticisms that stain her legacy are totally fair given what she was trying to accomplish.

Wintersteen accepts committee's Catt Hall recommendation​

Catt Hall Review_Final Report_2023​

I know it is early and for entertainment, but TeamRanking has ISU #6 in the country. Even at #6, that means ISU finishes in 3rd in Big 12. Looking at Present and future members of the conference, than 50% of the TOP 10 is Big 12:

1 Arizona
3 Kansas
4 Houston
6 Iowa State
9 BYU

Big 12 is going to be killer in basketball in the future.

Several stories today about Big 12/Gonzaga talks are heating up again, and a decision yet this year is expected.

This may have been discussed in the game thread, but I was impressed with the student section last night. From my perspective in Section E, the student section looked completely full. With the students already on break, I expected the upper deck to be mostly empty but it was not. I remember games over Thanksgiving break in past years that were poorly attended by students. Maybe next Saturday would have been worse. Too bad the outcome wasn’t different to give the students more to celebrate.

Houston is tough. Gonna be a war to beat them. Hope our young guys are ready by 1-9-24. Need to protect our home court.

Dayton is game, but will not win tonight.

Thank you to everyone who participated last week. The final score was Texas 26, Iowa State 16 (Texas by 10 and 42 total points). The Cyclones passed for 323 yards.

Here are the winners:
@Cysmic had Texas by 10 with 44 total points and 268 passing yards for ISU - gets three months added onto the term of their subscription.
@genetophat had Texas by 10 with 50 total points and 220 passing yards for ISU - gets two months added onto the term of their subscription.
@rocketclone had Texas by 10 with 52 total points and 240 passing yards for ISU - gets one month added onto the term of their subscription.