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Thought I'd pass this along for everyone to peruse:

Big 12 Commish Yormark speaks at hoops media day

According to the latest studies, Arkansas is No. 9 in murders per 100,000 population at 10.29. Iowa, you're lagging way behind at 3.49 per 100,000, which is something like 41st. Do better, Iowa. By the way, this study was done to compare Trump-voting states vs. Biden-voting states, but since I resumed my vow not to talk politics on this board, I will refrain from telling you those results.

since we aren't playing, who's going to get hosed by the officials????

I need one extra ticket for the West Virginia game. I'm in section 34 and seek an extra seat in that section or nearby.

Thanks.

“coed meaning”

A young team thrives on success and momentum. The officials took us out of the Baylor game early and we never recovered. A win over Baylor and the season could well have set up totally different for us. It’s harder for officials to screw a winning team, and our team would have had a lot more confidence. Very frustrating.

Has been West Des Moines Valley forever..
Was in the same conference as Chariton when I was a kid.
Yes. I'm old. And Things have changed a lot.

West Des Moines was once a sleepy burg around the Valley Junction area.
And Ankeny was a small town of 5000.
One could never guess it now.

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Cyclones jump into mix for 2024 OL

Interesting numbers here

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Section 37, row 21, seats 3 & 4
$75 each
515-321-5436 if interested

Republicans 0-300 in court where real evidence matters

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How is that probe going btw?

Trump knew he was committing fraud and did it anyway.

Judge called him on his BS thanks to his.... get this......emails!!!!!!!! LOL

I'm am probably the last person on Earth to figure out who Dwayne Johnson is. While channel surfing last week I saw him doing some skits on Jimmy Fallon's show. I didn't catch his name, but he had a very distinctive tough guy look. Then while watching the intro to the FOX NFL pregame broadcast I see him again. I had to Google the name to see his bio.

Quite an impressive bio, but it's understandable why he wasn't on my radar. I'm not a WWE/WWF fan and reading the list of his movies can say they don't sound like movies in my wheelhouse. So today I discovered who "The Rock" was. I had heard that nickname before, probably from listening to Chris Williams podcasts, but never had any clue who it was and I didn't care.

I've said many times before that if everyone were like me, there wouldn't be many famous people in the world. I watch movies and often don't pay attention to who the actors are unless they are so good for so long they are burnt intp my brain. And even then it's a pretty leaky sponge.

Interesting thing I saw last night is that the Democratic Mayor of El Paso has sent many times more migrants to Democratic cites all over the country, including Chicago and New York than the GOP governor's of Florida or Texas. He has sent 10K plus people on buses out of his city, and actually has agreements with these other Blue cities to take the refugees, and the media says nothing. But when the GOP sends a tiny portion to NYC, the Media screams bloody murder. Hmmm.....

This same Mayor has been trying to declare and emergency in El Paso, but Joe Biden has been begging him to not do so. There is a very simple solution to this, but of course democrats do not want to implement this, because ultimately , they hate America.

Maybe Brock for that matter. The Big 12 is using the run to beat us. In 4 games rushing is 567 to 244. Every Big 12 opponent has rushed for over 100 yards. We have yet to make it over 80.

Add to that losing the TO margin 6-2. The margins aren’t working in our favor.

Does anybody else get an occasional AOL error message when refreshing this board? I don't know what Rivals relationship with AOL is, but I have none myself that I'm aware of. Usually when I refresh again I don't get the message. By refresh I usually mean hitting the NEW POSTS command.

The specific message is:

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Iowa State will have some media availability at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City over the next hour at Big 12 Media Day. You can catch live coverage of that on both ESPNU and ESPN+. CTJO's press conference from the main podium will be at 9:55 a.m., and I'll have the highlights in the thread below.

Gabe Kalscheur had this to say about being one of four returners on head coach TJ Otzelberger's second team as head coach...

Kalscheur on what his first season at Iowa State was like:

“I had a lot of fun. The community of Ames is remarkable. Everyone is just so bought in. Hilton Magic is real magic. Just the team we had and the run we did, it was a lot of fun, from a 2-22 the year before that and bringing it to the Sweet 16 run, that was just remarkable. I had a lot of fun.”

Kalscheur on the factors that led into that NCAA Tournament run:

“Daily habits. Really, just the work habits and trust put into our coaches. How much they bought into us and we bought into them. Waking up early, staying up late. Just gelling together as a team. Last year, we had a lot of transfers and new guys. This year, we’re kind of in the same thing again, with transfers and new freshmen. We’re just gelling together and having a family. We preach that. Coach breaks it down and is tough, but it’s a family. We stick by that.”

Kalscheur on his approach with the newcomers as one of the returning guys:

“Just lead by example, show the work ethic I’ve continue to put in. They see that and do the same thing. Jaren (Holmes) is a hard worker and I love playing with him, shooting as well. These are some great guys that have experienced a lot and are vets, too. They’ve played at St. Bonaventure in a tough league, played in the NIT and in tough leagues. They know what it takes.

“With the freshmen coming in, just showing them that it’s going to be some hard times and could be some good times and pushing through all that. Just know that we have each other’s backs. Just leaving it all on the floor. Whatever happens, happens.”

Kalscheur on what it’s like playing in Hilton Coliseum:

“It’s going to give you energy, electricity, day in and day out, night in and night out. You’re going to have a full-packed game in front of a full-packed house. We pour into that floor and the fans pour into us. If it’s a rival game, if it’s not a rival game, they’re going to pour into us. It’s amazing. You’ve got to experience it to believe it.”

Here's everything CTJO had to share during two separate media sessions this morning at the T-Mobile Center.

In KC for Big 12 Media Day, Otzelberger previews upcoming season