The new football limit on roster size is 105. All can be on scholarship, but a school can determine how many they want.

Would it be advantageous for a school like Iowa State to say we are only going to offer full scholarships to, say, 65 players. The other 50 will be walkons or partials. Then annually take the football portion of the 22 million "salary" and give it exclusively to the 65 on a yearly basis. It wouldn't get us the top dogs, but would allow us to play better for the 2nd tier of college athlete. Pay more for a smaller roster.

If this has been discussed, I couldn't find it...plus I'm lazy. Who is doing the place kicking for us this fall? Contreraz was a great pick up last year. Just wanting to know if I can relax on extra points and field goal attempts or if I need to bring my nut cup to the games.

I started at Boeing with a Cyclone at the helm and now I guess we will have a Hawkeye 😱. I’m guessing maybe Psyclone and others in here may have worked with him in the past?

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-names-kelly-ortberg-new-ceo-2024-07-31/

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State punter Tyler Perkins has been named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List, the Augusta Sports Council announced Friday. The award is annually given to the nation's top punter.

An honorable mention All-Big 12 selection in 2023, Perkins averaged 44.3 yards per punt, the third-best single-season average in school history. He punted 61 times with 18 kicks over 50 yards and had 25 downed inside the 20-yard line.

The Norwalk, Ohio native was named the Ray Guy National Punter of the Week after averaging 43.8 yards per punt and dropping four of his five kicks inside the 20, with two of them also going at least 50 yards, against Ohio.

Perkins owned one of two 70-yard punts in the Big 12 last season. He enters 2024 with a career average of 43.4 yards per punt, tops in Iowa State history.

The Cyclones open the season August 31 against 2023 FCS Playoff qualifier North Dakota.

Anyone happen to have the EGO 56V mower with 2 batteries? Like/dislike?

Thinking about making the switch. But I mow my neighbor's lawn too. So would have to switch batteries a couple times and sometimes I let grass get kind of long. Wondering how the power is?

We got a commit from 2025 prospect Reese Beaty, a 5-8 PG from Tennessee who was a Clemson commit before their coaching change. She has an impressive list of offers that include TCU, West Virginia, Colorado, Auburn, Cal, Marquette, Michigan, Pitt, Penn State, Wisconsin, Mississippi State, Missouri, Arkansas, Florida Atlantic, Cleveland State, Penn and Harvard.

CMC is scheduled to meet with the media at around 10:30 this morning inside the Stark Performance Center media room. I'll be posting all the highlights in the thread below.

Select players will then meet with the media immediately following CMC's presser.

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Did you have any worthless classes in college? I had 2 when I was at Iowa Western in Clarinda. Greek Comedy and Greek Tragedy. Totally worthless!!!

Iowa State doesn’t have the money to compete .
SEC and big ten might as well just start their super conference

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State defensive back Jeremiah Cooper is one of 42 defensive backs named to the prestigious Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List.

Cooper is one of five Big 12 players to earn a spot on the list. He has now been named to three preseason watch lists, also earning a spot on the Nagurski Trophy and Lott Impact Trophy Watch Lists.

Cooper, a junior from El Paso, Texas, is a preseason All-Big 12 selection after earning first-team honors in 2023. He played and started 11 games last season and finished second in the Big 12 Conference and sixth nationally with five interceptions. Cooper tallied 45 tackles and ranked fourth nationally in passes defended per game (1.4).

The Cyclones open the season August 31 against 2023 FCS Playoff qualifier North Dakota.

In case you missed any of these as they were posted throughout the last week and a half, here are the links to each one.

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Starting experience returns at all five spots in the secondary for Iowa State, which is solid once again on the back end of coordinator Jon Heacock's defense.

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State men’s basketball head coach T.J. Otzelberger has named Erik Crawford and Stevie Taylor as assistant coaches. Crawford has spent the past two seasons as the Director of Player Development, while Taylor was the Assistant Director of Player Development last season.

The 2023-24 Cyclones won the Big 12 Championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Cyclones finished with a 29-8 overall record and 13-5 league record, the second-most wins in school history. The 37 games played are tied for the most in program history. The Cyclones went a perfect 18-0 at Hilton Coliseum, the fifth undefeated year in the building's history. Iowa State had seven Top 25 victories on the year, including two wins over Houston when they were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 and a victory over No. 7 Kansas.

During Crawford’s two seasons in Ames, the Cyclones have advanced to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments.

“Erik has been an unbelievable resource for the young men in our program,” Otzelberger said. “He has created tremendous value in improving our guy’s perimeter shooting and designing a plan of attack to be successful offensively. He has been a terrific asset to our coaching staff and program. We’re very happy for Erik.”

Crawford played a pivotal role in Tamin Lipsey's increased production during his sophomore season in 2023-24. Lipsey was just 5-of-25 from 3-point range as a freshman, but went 45-of-115 (39.1%) in his sophomore year. He also increased his rebound average from 4.0 to 4.6, while turning the ball over fewer times and increasing his assist total by 30. He averaged 7.3 points as a freshman and moved that number to 12.4 as a sophomore.

Taylor joined the Cyclones prior to the 2023-24 season.

“Stevie has worked countless hours with our guys in the player development department and their skill development putting time into their game,” Otzelberger said. “We’re excited for him and this step forward for him and his career.”

The Cyclones open the 2024-25 season Nov. 4 against Mississippi Valley State at Hilton Coliseum.

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AMES, Iowa – For the second-straight season, Iowa State wide receiver Jaylin Noel has been named to the Paul Hornung Award Watch List presented by Texas Roadhouse. The award is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football.

A Second Team All-Big 12 selection a season ago, Noel finished with 66 receptions for 820 yards and seven touchdowns. His 66 catches were the seventh-most in a single season in ISU history and the fourth-most among Big 12 players last season.

The Kansas City, Mo. native has a reception in 32 consecutive games, tied for the fourth-longest active streak nationally and the fourth-longest streak in school history, and multiple receptions in 15-straight games.

Noel also handled kick and punt return duties for the Cyclones in 2023 and averaged 8.5 yards per punt return and 27.2 yards per kick return. He is the first FBS player since 2014 to have four 50-plus yard receptions, two 50-yard kick returns and two 30-yard punt returns in a season.

The Cyclones open the season August 31 against 2023 FCS Playoff qualifier North Dakota.

Started streaming it. Very good, but not for everybody. It won a pile of awards. Basically a story of a dysfunctional family that runs a funeral home. It's billed as a comedy in some reviews, but I wouldn't agree. It has some really funny scenes and comments at times, but so did "Breaking Bad" and "The Sopranos" and "Dexter." They weren't comedies, either.

If you want to see a deer-in-headlights moment, watch the new UCLA Coach at Big Ten MEDIA Days. Just Brutal.

The interviews and content you’ve provided are greatly appreciated…especially your recent sit down with Jamie. Thank you

Although the Cyclones are dealing with the graduation of multi-year starter Gerry Vaughn and season-ending knee injury to Carson Willich suffered during the spring, they're in pretty good shape.

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