Furman v Montana into OT 28-28.

Quarterfinals usually very close games. A lot of parity in upper level D2 where programs arent buying players. All playoff games played on home fields until the finals.

I don't expect a lot of close games in the 12 team FBS playoffs next year, but I do expect to listen to a lot more BS about the whole thing.

I was wondering when they typically get their raises ?
This is the time of year they get poached

Was having some thoughts on NIL and as much as alot of us disagree with it, it is here to stay. So doing some figuring, our football stadium holds 62,500 people. How do we convince that many cyclone fans to donate $20/month? That would be $15,000,000/year for the We Will Collective, which would go a long ways for the athletes. I know I will be signing up now to do my part in helping!

Two great seats Taken

Aidan Bouman leads South Dakota up against North Dakota State in the FCS quarterfinals. Starts at 1:30 and is on ABC.

Does anyone know what is going on with Omaha?

I laugh at the ignorance over the whole gambling thing. Fire CMC as he should have known, fire Pollard as this is no different than Penn State and Northwestern..... Now that Nelson Brands got caught, it's chirps, or we are getting attacked and this is crap, poor us. SMH..

Long overdue. Get government money to develop drugs then keep them affordable.

If not...we will take them back.

What route would you recommend? Headed from DSM metro. Prefer shortest route timewise and avoiding any two lane highways.

TIA!

BRE is shooting 750% this year. Has anyone ever developed more in 3 years at ISU.

Said in my best Robert Duvall voice...

It’s always a good Sat morning when I run into Cyclonegenesis, but today was extra good. He was sitting in his usual spot and
as we started visiting about Thursday night, I noticed a guy with an Iowa hat about 8’ away pretending to not listen. At that point I may or may not have used phrases like “it was so easy”…”thankfully we played some strong teams in that tourney because this non conference is not getting us ready for the Big 12”…”it was surprising how small & weak Iowa was, looked like a MAC team”. When Cyclonegenesis & I had completely burned iowa city to the ground, we said our good byes. At that point Tavernhawk was glaring at us, I may or may not have smirked at him as I turned to exit.

Americans and do the right thing. Watch who won't.

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As the game went under the final tv time out, I was wondering why TJ didn't empty the bench. Was it because of last year? Because Fran was pressing? Because my wife said to the Tavernhawk waddling up the steps, "Enjoy the game? Buh bye."?

Just watched Kelsey Joens and Audi Crooks pregame interviews. They are fired up. We are about 7-1/2 points underdogs. Don’t think it will be that close, but we should have a heck of a home court advantage.

In the last week, I've driven by the CyTown development a number of times, usually around lunch time. Each time I drive by I see one or two big trucks hauling in loads of fill dirt and usually an empty truck or two returning to wherever they are getting that dirt. I meant to post that a few days ago but never got around to it.

Today's Ames Tribune had an article about CyTown progress being under budget and ahead of schedule. It looks like the fill dirt is going in the south end of lot A right now. I don't know if you need a subscription to read the article that I've linked below.

CyTown Development - Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget​

I was all ready to go with Secret Squirrel and had a doctors appointment scheduled for late February moved up to 8am this morning. I had to decline the trip. I know, I know, I know.

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Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State football team is one of just 13 programs nationally that has earned the 2023 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Academic Achievement Award.

The award is based on the Cyclones having a 100 percent graduation rate from the recently released NCAA graduation success rate report. The rate was for the program’s 2016 freshman football student-athlete class. It marks the first time Iowa State has received the honor.

The Memphis Touchdown Club presents the annual award, which is sponsored by BSN Sports.

They were offended by the ESPN graphics depicting farm scenes. The irony is delicious. Evidently America Needs Farmers, as long as the hawks aren't actually associated WITH farming.

I think they're still butt-hurt by the Stanford band.