One of the first who taught me what the female of the species should stir in me.

I watched Fantastic Voyage countless times.

How long is it going to take to get fans into the parking lot when they will be scanning every parking pass? Sounds like a debacle to me.

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They listed 1 thru 5 and then.....

Anyway, it is now time for everyone’s favorite new section … drum roll, please … it’s the …

T-6. Kansas (21-5)
T-6. Baylor (20-6)
T-6. Texas (20-6)
T-6. Iowa State (17-8)
T-6. Kansas State (19-7)
T-6. Oklahoma State (16-10)
T-6. TCU (17-9)
Big 12 Power Rankings Subsection Within Power Rankings!

This thing needs its own theme song, a little YouTube video mood music we can embed every week to get everyone properly hyped up. We’ll happily take your suggestions. In the meantime let’s start with this:

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You may notice a slight development in the ordering here: Kansas, Baylor, and Texas out in front. This is not coincidental. It’s actually remarkable, in the morass that this league continues to be, that the Jayhawks, Bears, and Longhorns are each 9-4, that they have managed to win consistently enough in this league to ostensibly separate themselves from the rest of the snarling pack.

Kansas continues to be Kansas, which is to say its players and coaching staff (led by Bill Self, who continues to put on a twice-weekly tactical clinic for anyone so inclined to pay attention to it) keep finding ways to win in all kinds of situations. Baylor, meanwhile, has lost one game since Jan. 7, a 76-71 slugfest in Austin, which almost feels impossible considering the quality of the competition involved here. But that offense is full-throttle and capable of putting up tallies against even the best defenses in the country.

And then there is Texas, which has had more regular stumbles lately, but which wasn’t all that far off from beating Kansas at Kansas on Feb. 6, and has still — despite everything going on at that program all year — managed to sustain success. West Virginia caught a 94-60 whooping from the Longhorns last weekend that made us entirely doubt the whole “Look out for West Virginia!” take we’ve been peddling since, like, November. (“Gretchen, stop trying to make West Virginia happen. It’s not going to happen!”)

Then Texas lost at Texas Tech, which, by the way, look out for Texas Tech? The Red Raiders are 4-2 in their last six with wins over Kansas State, Texas and Iowa State, and after an 0-8 start it’s not inconceivable they could find their way to the bubble if they keep winning. All three of those big wins came in Lubbock; they need to win at West Virginia Saturday to keep the dream alive. Which would be very funny, actually, the assumed worst team in the Big 12 making a late surge to get on the bubble.

Whoever wins the conference title is going to look like Jimmy Butler on the stanchion in the bubble. Just … shattered.

If you are bored, play around with that MRed predictor site. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way we could play on Wednesday in KC and there is. Oklahoma State and TCU both could win 4 of their last 5 games and if we only would win 1 of ours it would put us in an unsettling position. Both Okie State and TCU have way easier schedules remaining than us in my opinion. It's pretty imperative for us to win our 2 home games for sure. I still think we could win 3 or 4 of our last 5 but it would be a helluva task. My someone pointing a gun to my head predictions have us ending at 10-8 as the 6th seed against Texas. I would love for Kansas and Kansas State to end up on the opposite bracket in KC to make tickets reasonable but it will be pretty hard to happen. I don't have Baylor losing the rest of the way but that probably won't happen either.

As much as it sucks the last couple of weeks, TJ is still doing a phenomenal job in his second year. OU and MN would love to be in our position. Watched a few minutes of the MN-EIU game last night and the Goofers look uncoached.

Going for a new record apparently:

- On top of the train derailment in Ohio (where Pete has been nowhere to be found, and the Federal govt has denied assistance), another derailment of a train with toxic chemicals in Detroit today.
- CNN’s Don Lemon says 51 yr old Nikki Haley should not be running because women are outside their prime after age 49. Yes, the Dems just ran a 67 year old woman for President. They are what they accuse you of being.
- Biden admits he’s not sure what the three objects the military shot down were, but one thing he does know is they have nothing to with China. This is after he did let a real Chinese spy balloon travel all the way across the country.
- John Fetterman is in the hospital for depression, but remember, he was healthy and perfectly capable of performing duties and holding the schedule of a Senator, and if you didn’t think so you were an ableist!
- Another mass shooting on a campus in Joe Biden’s America. The guy had been arrested multiple times before, but was not incarcerated because the liberal DA recommends against it for those types of charges.

It’s only 1 pm, so stay tuned for more. What a disaster.

The Cyclones and Horned Frogs tip off tonight around 8:00 inside Hilton Coliseum. The game will be carried on ESPNU. I'll have the periodic court-side updates in the thread below.

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I personally don’t want Oregon, Washington, Stanford or Cal. They would not be good conference mates in my opinion. Ariz schools, CU and a Boise State or SDSU would be on my list. I know others have different opinions. Thoughts?

Went down to Tenn and NW has #14 Indiana on the ropes.

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Let’s keep all of the discussion within the thread below…

TRANSCRIPT: Iowa State's head coach talks home win against TCU

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Deon Broomfield is listed as passing game coordinator. Isn't that unusual for a defensive coach?

Rory Walling is listed as the Special Teams Quality Control Coach. One of the recruits mentioned a couple others, who are not listed. Wirtel and someone else. Any one know the back story?

Kempt is listed as an offensive assistant Quality Control. It would appear Jake is his "boss."

Iowa State Media Relations

SEATTLE – The No. 14 Iowa State tennis team battled valiantly but its run at the ITA National Indoor Championships came to an end with a 4-2 loss to No. 5 Georgia in the semifinals.

The Cyclones (8-2) forced third sets on the final two courts before falling to the Bulldogs (5-2).

Sophomore Anna Supapitch Kuearum earned the biggest win of her career, beating No. 39 Mell Reasco in 7-5, 7-6 (4) fashion, while Miska Kadleckova remained perfect on the dual season with a dominant, 6-0, 6-0, win against Georgia’s Mel Kowalski in a match of unbeatens.

The Cyclones finished their first berth at the ITA National Indoor Championships with wins over No. 9 Vanderbilt and the school’s first-ever victory over Texas, the nation’s top-ranked school and two-time defending national champions.

How It Happened

Iowa State dropped the doubles point for just the third time in 11 matches this season, falling on courts one and two. The Cyclones got off to a slow start in trailing quickly in all three matches, but was able to steady themselves and get back into it.
Eventually, Georgia opened up the scoring with a 6-2 win at No. 1 by Guillermina Grant and Mai Nirundorn over Thasaporn Naklo and Supapitch Kuearum. At No. 2, Ange Oby Kajuru and Xinyi Nong were able to force a tiebreak but fell, 7-6 (2), to UGA’s Meg Kowalski and Mell Reasco.
The Cyclones bounced back with Kadleckova’s bagel sweep of Kowalski, tying the match at 1-1.

Georgia then answered with matches on courts two and five finishing simultaneously as the Bulldogs grabbed a 3-1 lead and needing just one more win to clinch their first berth in the championship since 2019.
The Cyclones wouldn’t go quietly as Supapitch Kuearum won her second career match against a ranked opponent.
The final two matches went to a third set after Naklo recovered from 6-2 loss in the opening set to win the second, 6-4, against No. 11 Lea Ma. Chie Kezuka won her first set, 6-2, against Guillermina Grant, but the Bulldog foe took the second set, 6-3, setting up an epic finish in Seattle.
Naklo held an early lead in the third set, but Kezuka was forced to battle from behind and eventually fell, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, to Grant, wrapping up the match.
Naklo’s match finished 2-6, 6-4, 4-5 with the Cyclone leading 30-0 when Kezuka’s match finished.

Up Next

Iowa State will be back in action next Saturday at Old Dominion.
Doubles Results

Order of Finish: 1, 2

#1 – Guillermina Grant/Mai Nirundorn (UGA) def. Thasaporn Naklo/Anna Supapitch Kuearum (ISU), 6-2

#2 – Meg Kowalski/Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Ange Oby Kajuru/Xinyi Nong (ISU), 7-6 (2)

#3 – Sofia Cabezas/Miska Kadleckova (ISU) vs. Ania Hertel/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA), 5-6 UF
Singles Results

Order of Finish: 4, 5, 2, 3, 6

#1 – No. 42 Naklo (ISU) vs. No. 11 Lea Ma (UGA), 2-6, 6-4, 4-5 UF

#2 – No. 40 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. No. 53 Kajuru (ISU), 6-1, 6-3

#3 – Supapitch Kuearum (ISU) def. No. 39 Reasco (UGA), 7-5, 7-6 (4)

#4 – No. 123 Kadleckova (ISU) def. Kowalski (UGA), 6-0, 6-0

#5 – Hertel (UGA) def. Cabezas (ISU), 6-0, 6-3

#6 – Grant (UGA) def. Chie Kezuka (ISU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

This just in. It’d be nice to get a W in Hilton tonight against a desperate TCU (3 game losing streak). If we win tonight, the path to 10-8 in conference (a major accomplishment IMO in yr 2 in THIS conference) looks to be there. To steal one on the road against UT, KSU, or Baylor is a huge ask having beaten all three in Hilton.

So, let’s beat TCU.

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Fortunately, we're in the middle country, but we will still be affected too.

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Lunardi's latest bracket has Iowa State as a four-seed and facing Drake in the first round in Albany.

Over first place Texas 66-61