Outhustled, outplayed, outsmarted, outclassed and just a bad loss. Those last 10 minutes and overtime could not have been played any worse. Started with lazy play and passes, then panic, then missed shots and lack of hustle and then......a bad loss. Hopefully this is a blip and they can shake it off. No way or reason they should lose up 23.

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Which is to ask, how is Grill doing? With his injury, not sure how much limited minutes against Misery helped his recovery. We need him tonight. Would be tough to lose at 0-8.

I watched the majority of both games yesterday. Not sure why. My team wasn't playing. I am not a big fan of the NFL. Mostly because it is pretty boring, overall.

The players are so good, so big, so strong, and so fast, the plays all involve fouls which could be called every play. But mostly it is boring because there is very little football being played. Most NFL games have about 120 plays. If you allow an average of 10 seconds per play, that is 1200 seconds or 20 minutes of football. In a 3 and a half hour time frame that leaves a whole lot of boring. At a 150-160 plays CFB is only marginally better.

7 plus hours yesterday to see 35-40 minutes of playing time.

Obviously, we were gassed on offense and defense in the 2nd half. It's very hard to play tight defense when everything you have done all year is now a foul. On offense in the first half we were moving the ball from side to side and cutting hard to the basket. Almost everyone touched the ball before a good shot was found. In the second half we dribbled out front until they stole it or we were down to 5 seconds and then we tried to do something we are not good at.

The Cyclones spring right back into action tonight at Texas Tech. The game starts around 8 p.m. and will be carried by ESPN2. I'll have the periodic updates in the thread below.

Press Release:

The West Texas Foundation (WTF) is happy to announce that the referees involved in the TT vs ISU game last night have been awarded 5 figure cash NIL payments for their excellent performance calling 20 fouls on ISU the last 10 minutes of the second half.

Dave Dewey, Charlie Cheatem, and Howey Howe were the first referees know to have an NIL deal to date. Howey heard CTJO say "WTF" with about 10 minutes left. Howe said "I remembered the cash and reminded the other guys about the WTF deal."

Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe are expected to referee the KU vs ISU game in Ames next Saturday.

B12 Supervisor of Officials, Curtis (Blarge) Shaw said "This is a long time coming. Glad Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe are cashing in! I had to be satisfied with only the personal satisfaction of screwing ISU out of a National Championship." Blarge continued "Everybody thinks this was about Texas Tech, but the B12 officials always know the goal is to help KU win the conference EVERY YEAR! We could not allow ISU to be in 1st place in the conference even at the mid-point of the season."

In other news the Larryville Official Largess (LOL) has started raising funds for NIL funds for B12 referees.

The injury is to his collateral ulnar ligament, if i got it right. Real serious, if it is torn.

Is that the injury that requires Tommy John Surgery?

That’s the goal. Conference is gone. A team doesn’t win a conference dragging these losses to TTU and OSU. That was beyond pathetic.

#24 Cyclones punch ticket to ITA National Indoor Championships in Seattle!! They beat #18 UCLA yesterday and #10 Miami today. Highest-ranked opponent win yesterday, followed by first-ever back-to-back wins over ranked opponents. Just outstanding.

Let's not be critical. It is just a game.

We've been hearing about Big C**k Brock, but how about the cajones on Caleb??? Brock and Caleb, the C**k and B**ls of Cyclone Athletics!

That being said, Saturday's game against Missouri means NOTHING in the scheme of things. I say rest him.

Released tomorrow. TCU accidentally posted theirs and then took it down, but it did display that TCU will come to AMES on 10/7.

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ISU adds immediate help on defensive line from JUCO ranks

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I-State lays foundation with JUCO DL during official visit

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Just announced on social media, Hocking (Ohio) JUCO defensive end Jefferson Adam, a three-star with a 5.6 Rivals Rating, has committed to Iowa State. He'll sign on Wednesday and join the program full-time in late-May when the current players return for summer workouts.

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A bit surprising imho. Grilll status perhaps?

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By the end of the Big 12 games tomorrow night (Jan. 31)....Baylor, Texas, ISU, KSU, KU and TCU could all be tied for the league lead at 6-3.

Or ISU could be atop the league alone at 7-2.

Imagine that.

Another big day in the NFL with the Purdy Niners and Chiefs both in action. Let’s try to consolidate all those posts in this thread.