To Pac12 Football.
We won't miss you.

Right team won the final game.

The Pac Two set their schedules today.
Interesting .

I'm trying to find the finals of the Las Vegas Invitational on TV. I only get audio on CyclonesTV and I can't find it on ESPN+. No TV or is it on the FloWrestling website?

The guy who picks games/spreads looks like he’s wearing a Jack Trice jacket

Quite a few of these guys are making the case for the Cyclones running the table and going to the CCG.

versus DePaul. Only the third in school history (Halliburton, Morris, Lipsey).

It's going to happen. We have no idea how many terrorists have come across the southern border, just that it's quite a few. We have no idea who or where they are. And in case we'd forgotten, it doesn't take many to do incredible damage. Look at Israel.

I'm thinking they will most likely go for a major infrastructure move, something like contaminating a city water supply. Although all the football games are prime targets, especially the lower profile ones. It wouldn't take a military genius or a small army to wipe out tens of thousands of people at a college game, for instance,

That was a satisfying game last night! Made me think back to games that left me that fired up to be a Cyclone.
1) 1992 Iowa State Vs NU Marv Seilers game
2) 2017 OU Kempt (thanks @SatelliteCy) to Lazard game
3) 2011 OSU BCS busting game
4) 2002 ISU Iowa comeback
5) 1998 ISU breaking the 15 year streak
6) Last Night’s KSU snow game

What else you got ahead of last night?

Watched it again last night. One of the most underrated movies of all time, and IMHO, John Wayne's best performance.

Terrific supporting cast -- Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, James Stewart, Hugh O'Brien, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Sheree North, Scatman Crothers. Johnny Crawford -- most of them in cameo roles, although Howard was honored as supporting actor.

It was Wayne's last movie. I always thought it was semi-autobiographical in that he knew he was dying of cancer in real life. However, I had a chance to ask a friend of his about that -- I attended a seminar on cowboy movies and one of the panelists was Dick Jones -- and was told that wasn't true. His cancer was in remission at the time, had been for quite a while, and didn't recur until three years after the movie was released.

My only criticism is that Lauren Bacall was a bit old to play a 40-year-old.

I’m hearing that the juco DE we brought in this year, Jefferson Adam, is likely leaving. Anyone heard anything?

Good grief! Utah has a QB who will be back for his 7th year?? I wonder how many of our coaches are younger than he is?

This from a Microsoft news feed about the transfer portal for QBs:

The former four-star recruit brings a lot of potential to the table, but there's little chance that potential would have been fully utilized by the Utes with the strength of the current quarterback room. Veteran quarterback Cameron Rising is returning for his seventh year and Bryson Barnes will also come back after he impressed for the majority of the 2023 season.

Johnson temporarily beat out Barnes for the starting position, but was later benched in favor of Barnes. Johnson finished out the season with 499 passing yards and 12 touchdowns with nine interceptions. He also had 235 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns over eight games.

Just a freshman, Johnson enters the portal with plenty of eligibility in search of becoming a team's long-term option

The post Thanksgiving casserole is a hallowed tradition at our house. Mrs LC makes wonderful giblets gravy and a lot of it.
Take a baking dish, put in a layer of dressing, a layer of corn, a layer of turkey. Pour gravy all over. Top with mashed potatoes and bake in oven at 325.
Fab.

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Cyclones jump back into mix with familiar OL in portal

Kid from Carroll that went to NE.

Kid from around IA Shitty that went to WI. Think was a DE. 4 or 5 star?

What has become of them? Stars? Ever make an impact? In the portal by any chance?

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – After leading the Iowa State men’s cross country team to Top 5 finishes at two of the last three NCAA Championships, the Cyclones’ Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Jeremy Sudbury has been rewarded with a new contract, Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard announced today.

“Jeremy Sudbury has done a tremendous job leading our program and instilling a championship culture since taking over in the summer of 2021,” Pollard said. “I look forward to watching our programs continue to excel academically and athletically under Jeremy’s leadership. The future of Iowa State Track & Field is very bright.”

Sudbury, who is in his 11th year on the ISU staff and third leading the program in 2023-24, has guided a talented group of student-athletes to historic accomplishments and record-breaking performances. His new contract will run thru June 30, 2030.

The 2023 Iowa State men’s cross country team placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships, second at the NCAA Midwest Regional and fifth at the NCAA Championships; marking the third time in the last five seasons the program produced a Top 5 NCAA finish. Only Northern Arizona and Oklahoma State have enjoyed more Top 5 NCAA finishes than Iowa State in that span. The Cyclone women, meanwhile, were 20th at the 2023 NCAA Championships and have advanced to the final site in eight of the last 10 seasons.

“I am extremely humbled to lead the Iowa State track and cross country programs, and grateful for the belief that Jamie (Pollard) and Calli (Sanders) have shown me with this new contract to continue leading our tradition-rich programs,” Sudbury said. “It shows great commitment to myself and my family, as well as our staff and student-athletes. As the Big 12 continues to evolve, I believe this will provide the stability necessary for us to continue building upon our past successes and fulfill Jamie’s vision for Iowa State’s championship-level track and cross country programs.

“My family is grateful to call Ames our home, and we look forward to the continued support of Cyclone Nation in future years,” he added.

His tenure leading the Iowa State program got off to a flying start during the 2021 cross country season, as both the men’s and women’s programs finished in the Top 10 in the same year for the first time since 1985. Sudbury’s men’s squad, which he oversees, finished second at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, its fifth Top 2 NCAA placement in program history. Sudbury’s star pupil, Wesley Kiptoo, took second at the 2021 NCAA Championships, his second Top 3 placement as a Cyclone, and Thomas Pollard took 21st to earn his first career All-America honor. The men’s cross country squad had seven All-Big 12 honorees in 2021, the third-straight season it produced seven honorees.

In Kiptoo, Sudbury helped continue to develop one of the nation’s strongest and most versatile runners. Sudbury coached Kiptoo to a program-record six Big 12 titles in 2020-21, as he became the first male in Big 12 history to win three individual titles at a single conference outdoor championship meet with meet records in all three of the 3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m and 10,000m. Kiptoo also earned four All-America honors and took down five school records in his debut season in Ames.

Edwin Kurgat claimed the 2019 NCAA Cross Country crown under Sudbury’s tutelage, along with picking up a pair of Big 12 and NCAA Midwest Regional titles during his Cyclone cross country career. Kurgat’s kick, developed under Sudbury’s watch, allowed the Kenyan to pull away from the field at the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships and claim ISU’s first individual title since 1990.

On the track, Ezekiel Rop earned first-team All-America honors in the 1,500m, racing to a time of 3:43.59 to place seventh at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships. All-told, the Cyclones produced nine All-Americans, eight new school records, 38 outdoor and 25 indoor All-Big 12 honors in 2023. The Cyclone women finished third at the 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Championships, their highest finish ever, and tallied a program-record 107.5 points, while the ISU men’s 800m squad was ranked #1 for much of the 2023 indoor season.

The 2022 track and field season saw many great stories throughout Sudbury’s pupils. Four earned All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, peaking with Jason Gomez taking fourth in the 800m run in a then-personal best 1:46.34. Nehemia Too took down ISU’s 28-year-old school record in the 1,500m run (3:39.15), which came after his anchor carry on the distance medley relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships took ISU from 10th to sixth and to first-team All-America distinction.

I'm always interested in TV ratings. I'm Junior Social Scientist I guess. Anyway, ISU/Iowa wrestling had 243K viewers on Sunday. I think that is pretty decent, considering it is a cable outlet going against the NFL. I did some looking elsewhere---on this one, admittedly it is on a lesser network, but they were going against college football and not the behemoth that is the NFL, but on Saturday, Purdue/Indiana football on the BTN had 246K viewers as a comparison.
And if you keep scrolling, you can see our Men's BB game against ATM on Sunday on ESPN2 had only 188K viewers. So I'd say a pretty good showing for wrestling.

To fill the void til Bowl Selection Sunday and our bowl game, share thoughts on what uniform we should wear at our bowl game.

After a shakey start, going down 7-2 in the first set, they have raced ahead to a 17-8 lead.

Figured I would start this.

Imagine my shock that these people are lecturing school personnel about anything.

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Iowa State Media Relations

EUGENE, Ore. – Hawaii (24-8) had 13 blocks as it turned back No. 7 seed Iowa State (20-10), 3-1 (16-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-23), Thursday evening in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Matthew Knight Arena on the campus of the University of Oregon.

The Cyclones claimed the first set behind a 15-1 run and led much of the second set before relinquishing the lead late. ISU could never regain momentum as the Rainbow Wahine easily won the third set and held the Cyclones off in the fourth to advance.

The Cyclones were paced by senior Alexis Engelbrecht, who finished with 13 kills while hitting .478. Maya Duckworth posted her seventh double-double of the season, finishing with 15 kills and 11 digs to go along with a career-high matching five services aces. The Cyclones notched eight aces as a team.

Freshman Nayeli Gonzalez was in double figures with 12 kills and 14 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. She broke Rachel Hockaday’s freshman point record, finishing her first season at ISU with 409.5 points.

Setter Morgan Brandt dished out 43 assists and now has 83 assists in her NCAA Tournament career, the fourth-most by any Cyclone in tournament play.

ISU hit just .186 in the match while playing without libero Brooke Stonestreet and right side hitter Lilly Wachholz, who missed the match due to injury.

This was ISU’s 17th NCAA Tournament appearance in school history and the 16th under the direction of Christy Johnson-Lynch.

Set One

The Rainbow Wahine jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead before a timeout was called by Johnson-Lynch. The timeout was just what the Cyclones needed as it propelled them to nine-straight points and an 11-7 lead before UH could score another point. The Cyclones extended the run to 15-1 and cruised to a 25-16 opening set victory and a 1-0 lead.

The Cyclones hit .480 in the opening frame and had four service aces as a team, including three from Duckworth.

Set Two

Iowa State scored the first three points in set two and held Hawaii at arm’s length throughout the first half of the set until the Rainbow Wahine were able to close the Cyclone lead to just one at 21-20, forcing a timeout. The Wahine kept rolling and went on top 22-21, but Gonzalez and Engelbrecht stopped the 5-0 run with a block. Hawaii would extend the lead back to two (24-22) before the Cyclones fought off a pair of set points. Ultimately, the Cyclones dropped the set on a service ace by Talia Edmonds, evening the match 1-1.

Hawaii controlled the net in the second set, notching five blocks and holding the Cyclones to a .000 hitting percentage on its way to the 26-24 win.

Set Three

The Cyclones never led in the third set as Hawaii hit .533 on its way to a 25-18 set win and a 2-1 lead in the match. The Wahine had 16 kills and no errors on 30 attacks in the frame, while ISU hit just .179 as a team. An Annie Hatch kill trimmed the deficit to 16-13, but UH closed it out with a 9-5 run.

Set Four

What appeared to be a pivotal replay put Hawaii up 13-11, but the Cyclones took it in stride and rattled off the next five points to gain control of the set and go ahead 16-13. Hawaii quickly rallied back and knotted it up at 18-18. The set went back-and-forth the rest of the way until Hawaii was able to gain some separation and eventually won the match on Iowa State’s eighth service error of the match.

Doesn’t bother me to see this.

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