I thought I'd share a podcast I taped yesterday with JT Smith of Front Office News, which is the Cincinnati site on Rivals.com. Also made it a point to tape this in my man cave that's adorned with Steelers memorabilia, just so all of those Cincinnati fans could admire it.

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Who are our targets for 2026 now that 2025 is signed?

Time to go out and get another top ten class if you ask me

... and they can't shoot for crap. They're 4-13 from 3 and that's good for them, but they're 15-40 overall. They're playing Troy, who was picked to finish third in the Sun Belt, and has 12 players returning from last year. Troy led at half 27-26 and Arkansas has started to play better as it's 41-36 now with about 12 minutes remaining.

It's amusing to me because I saw someone post a Youtube video that claimed Arkansas has the scariest backcourt in the nation after their thrashing of Kansas in an exhibition game. Their backcourt is a highly regarded true freshman Boogie Fland and a Kentucky transfer D.J Wagner. Wagner is scoreless at the moment and is shooting 29 percent from three for the season. Fland has 9 points, is averaging 17 a game and shoots 30 percent from three. There are several backcourts in the Big 12 that are scarier, including ours.

Next time we are asked to play in Arrowhead---
JUST SAY NO.

It never turns out well.

There are only five miles left to complete the four lanes of US 30 from Cedar Rapids to Ames. Three of those four lanes have been paved and rebar is installed in the remaining two. The paver is operating and should have the rest of it paved shortly. They will still need to work on the shoulder and intersections, but the end is near.

What a difference this highway is from the one I took to my Cedar Rapids job after graduating. And the one I took to football games for years. That old highway was mostly 2 lanes and passed through Tama, Toledo, LeGrand and Marshalltown.

I'm a little hazy on the road west of Marshalltown at that time except that it was two lane at least to Colo. Somewhere in that vicinity it was four lanes to Ames if memory serves. I'm speaking of the late 80's and that section of four lane was relatively new.

At any rate I would venture a guess that it will be complete by football season. For me I have also benefitted by the Highway 100 extension which provided four lanes to within about a mile of my house. I exit at Edgewood Road by Fleet Farm and am not far from home via Edgewood and Blairs Ferry Road. That extension saves me a lot of time as I no longer have to take Edgewood through town from Hiawatha to the south side of town before picking up 30. Often I'd take an alternate route through Palo and out near Atkins to get to 30. Less traffic and fewer stops, but didn't save much time depending on time of day. Those days are history. I'm out of town and headed toward Ames on US30 maybe 10 minutes or so after leaving home.

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Funny how the liberal media seems to be ignoring this. I am expecting that the DJIA may be pushing 50K by inauguration day(was 41,794 on election day) And the last month before the election it was definitely on a downward slope. I took out my IRA RMD (required minimum distribution) on Nov 1st, and I have already made it all back just in the growth of the market. Amazing how the DJIA raises confidence in the economy. I would bet that most of the confidence index's are rising, while democrats feel absolutely miserable, which shows the disconnect they have with reality. When people feel better financially, it makes everything feel better. This is so not true for liberals, they are constantly looking for the negative.

Still avoiding that "L" Bowl in the town beginning with "M"...

Friday, December 27, 2024

Pop-Tarts Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3:30 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: Pittsburgh vs. Iowa State
Schlabach: Notre Dame vs. Iowa State

So when is Commie actually going to give a her concession speech. We have had 4 years of election denier crap, but I guess it is fine if your a Commie.

DOJ announces that Jack Smith will be gone before inauguration and all of his cases dropped! This is the BIDEN DOJ doing this. My guess is some people covering their asses before the new boss shows up.

Also Trump is now at 312 in the EC, and up by almost 5M on the popular vote. This was a landslide ! The Atlantic blue wall is showing weakness for the 2028 election and will be targeted by the GOP.

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior Conrad Hawley will have surgery on his left shoulder this week and will be out indefinitely.

Hawley suffered the injury late in Iowa State's 83-44 season opening victory against Mississippi Valley State.

The Bench CEO, Hawley has appeared in 19 games in his Iowa State career.

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women’s basketball sophomore Audi Crooks completed the clean sweep of preseason National Player of the Year Watch Lists on Tuesday when the rising star was named to the “Wade Watch” for the 2025 Wade Trophy, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced.

Crooks has already been named to the Preseason Watch Lists for the Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award this season. She was also named a unanimous choice for the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, Preseason AP All-America Honorable Mention and Preseason All-America Second Team by The Athletic. The Algona, Iowa native also appears on the Lisa Leslie Award Watch List for the nation’s top center in women’s basketball.

Through No. 8 Iowa State’s first three contests of the 2024-25 season, Crooks averages 16.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game while shooting 50 percent from the floor. Against Southern, the 6-3 center posted 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds for her ninth career double-double. She finished 7-of-11 from the floor while also passing out three assists and nabbing a steal in 23 minutes of action.

The 2023 AP All-America Honorable Mention and First Team All-Big 12 selection set an Iowa State single-season record for made field goals (258) and freshman records for points (635) and made free throws (114) a season ago. Crooks has now tallied 684 points and 282 rebounds through 36 games in her career while shooting over 57 percent (276-483) from the floor.

Crooks and the No. 8 Cyclones return to action on Thursday night, taking on St. Thomas (MN). Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum.

They show college basketball men and women's rosters. Why don't they give us the height and "weight" on the women's site?

This has been designated for a six-day selection window. We'll likely know kickoff time this Saturday night.

At the rate we are going we will be out of the top ten soon.

Iowa State's head coach will meet with the media shortly after Noon for his weekly press conference that looks ahead to Saturday night's home game against Cincinnati. I'll have highlights in the thread below.

Strength and conditioning staff? This many injuries is not a coincidence. They are definitely doing something wrong.

It is scary as to how it could be plausible, but I doubt it. Maybe Biden was not so stupid! Trump the Godfather.