Being made available to us tomorrow around Noon are: Offensive coordinator Nate Scheelhaase and defensive coordinator Jon Heacock. The players to follow include: Eli Sanders. Cartevious Norton, Tyler Miller and Jayden Higgins on offense, then Tyler Onyedim, Domonique Orange, Myles Purchase and Jeremiah Cooper on defense. Good to see the constraints are being lifted. I should have some more good football-related content for you starting tomorrow afternoon and carrying through the next week.

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I'm hearing that both of Iowa State's commits in next year's class will be in town for officials next month, taking in the CyHawk football game as part of official visits.

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Isaiah Lee...gone.


Here's the updated defensive pipeline, post-Lee.

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Thamel: Here’s what I did. I took the Big 12 preseason media poll. Rather than go straight 1-14, I looked at the voting, and anyone with close vote totals, I split the difference.

In other words, Texas was picked No. 1 over Kansas State, in a very tight race. So I considered UT and KSU each 1½. For third place, OU, Texas Tech and TCU were bunched together. I made them three-way ties for fourth. Baylor sixth, then OSU, Central Florida and Kansas a three-way tie for eighth; Iowa State and Brigham Young a two-way tie for 10th; Cincinnati and Houston a two-way tie for 12th; and West Virginia 14th.

The obvious flaw is the betting scandal at Iowa State, which appears to be costing the Cyclones four starters, including quarterback Hunter Dekkers. Any team playing Iowa State is getting a lesser opponent than projected, but it’s not like the Cyclones were gangbusters anyway.

1. Iowa State: The Cyclones could be headed for a miserable season. Iowa State misses Houston and West Virginia, who might be the two worst teams in the league, plus Texas Tech and Central Florida. Plus, Iowa State gets only four home games.

Are the Cyclones and toe the only teams in the country that are being looked at? You can't convince me that this is only a problem for two universities in Iowa. Why arent we hearing about other schools? This is 100% BS!

That every player caught up in the gambling probe are all suspended, except those that play for TOE! All ISU players are not practicing, Gundy has held Arland Bruce out and a TOE transfer named Bracy is not practicing with Troy. KF is a scumbag, somehow the players that can help him win will somehow play this year.

The Springfield News-Leader had an article this morning naming their preseason Dominant Dozen. SW Missouri’s top HS football players going into this season.

Here is what the wrote about ISU OL recruit Dontrell Holt:

“Dontrell Holt, Joplin

A first-team All-Ozarks lineman, Holt should continue to be one of the best in the area before he heads off next year to play at Iowa State. He’s bigger than everyone else and he keeps his quarterback clean. His offense is going to have weapons all around him, an experienced quarterback and one of the best running backs in the state — and somehow, he’s going to be the one most defenders fear the most.”

Apparently a couple weeks ago their was a news story about continuing Edgewood Road north of Blairs Ferry Road. Anyone know how they plan on squeezing this road through the housing areas north of Blairs Ferry? They are planning on running Edgewood road all the way to County Home Road. I knew it was supposed to connect with the new Tower Terrace Road, but did not realize all the way to County Home Road. Looked it up on Google and Edgewood Road already exists now from Tower Terrace to County Home Road (surprise to me). The only stretch to build is from Blairs Ferry to Tower Terrace. How the heck will they get it squeezed through, tons of housing.

Oh, I also see there is a 2.7M house in Toddville that looks insane. Anyone have a clue that lives in this house? Linn County Castle

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior defensive back has landed on the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List, given annually to the outstanding defensive player in college football.

Tampa started all 12 games last season and tallied 40 tackles, including five stops for a loss. He intercepted his first pass against Oklahoma State and finished the season with a team-high nine pass breakups, which tied for fourth most in the Big 12 Conference.

The St. Petersburg, Florida, native is a preseason All-Big 12 pick by the league’s coaches and is also on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List. He earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in 2022.

Pro Football Focus ranks Tampa as the highest graded returning cornerback in the Big 12 Conference.

For scheduling purposes only... This seems like the easiest way to make sure people play each other frequently, preserve rivalries and cut down on travel.

We would still have a single division where the top two teams meet in Dallas to play the championship game. Works for basketball too.

Sitting here watching the Boys vs Jags game, and I can promise you one thing. Deuce Vaughn is much more fun to cheer for instead of dreading him touching the ball!!😁

...Any reports on the scrimmage Saturday? I saw a few pictures posted on the Football Facebook site.

Becht scored a rushing TD.
Brahmer looks like a Kohler Type.

Those were still pictures.

Our own Randy was interviewed on Sirius XM radio today. Was asked about gambling in the state of Iowa. He said it was a hot mess especially at Iowa State. He names all 5 Iowa State players and mentions no Iowa players names. This guy has to go he is a joke.

#1 with a bullet is The Days... DocuDrama (sorry no nudity or sexual tension) about the Fukushima plant throughout the event. It is RIVETING and very much as intense as the Chernobyl series.

#2 Pine Gap series about joint US / AUS intel gathering facility. More Drama than Docu but it is an engaging thriller WITH Ausie boobage and buttage.

#3 The Citidel - a rousing spy series starring one of the dead guys from GoT (if that narrows it down). LOTS of action and some of the acting is completely horrific BUT there are MAJOR plot twists in every episode which can only go so far.... You can only get fluffed so many times before well they way I remember it is.... Mind wandered...

Says much about the EIU rivalry. You bet they loved beating us 15 in a row. Thank you D-Mac!

“It was one of the most embarrassing losses I have ever been a part of,” McCarney said. “Iowa hung over 60 on us. It was a mismatch. It was ugly. (Iowa) Coach (Hayden) Fry came up to me after the game and said ‘we didn’t mean to run the score up on you. My quarterback called an audible on that last touchdown pass.’ No, he didn’t. I knew that. I knew the game. I knew what was going on. There is nothing you can do about it except bow your neck and put yourself in a position to never let that happen again.”

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On twitter this afternoon from Swaim:

"I'm afraid this gambling scandal at Iowa and Iowa State is going to be nationwide soon...and it isn't going to be pretty."

Cyn city.

Somebody posted a joke about this on Twitter with cards in the background making fun of the gambling issue.

I love the name even though it is a joke.

Gives it edge and something it needs. Cytown is too corny.

Heard on a local sports talk show that two of Iowa’s gambling guys were still practicing….Jack Johnson and Noah Shannon. Of course, they also went out of their way to say the there was no way Kirk could have known about any of this and was shocked, shocked I say, to learn about it. I didn’t hear them say the same things about CMC. But the real question is whether anybody believes that the only two guys of their gambling crew that are still on the team are decent players who could see playing time? I think Shannon was honorable mention All Tiny Ten?

And, by contrast, to the west, we have multiple likely starters who aren’t being allowed to practice because there needs to be a message sent. Food for thought on a Saturday morning 3 weeks out from the first games.

Disclaimer: The info about the Iowa guys practicing came from local radio people who very often don’t know sh$t.