Hits game winning FTs at the end of the game to send it to game 5. Bridget is a really good player. She can do so much more on the court but defers to others. She is the glue of that team.

Making plans w my best buddy from Marshalltown seventh grade (ISU Architecture 1976) to camp for Cincinnati and KSU (wife says 5 games is enough)! We’re talking the importance of the next games. Never have November games meant so much. Lordy, this is great!

Anyone else notice how badly Malzahn/UCG managed the 4th quarter? They rarely ran the clock down, in fact I am not sure I ever noticed them running time off. Then, on a critical series, instead of running the ball, he got cute and called a couple of passes, saving us valuable time. Really pretty bad game management. Not that I am complaining.

I don't know about anyone else, but, anymore, I can't watch TV, not including sports, without closed captioning. I guess I just can't hear well enough in my old age to enjoy TV without it. That's one of the reasons I rarely do one of my favorite activities anymore -- going to the movies.

Anyway, I was watching a new series called High Potential with Kaitlin Olson. They had closed captioning, but it was about 15 minutes behind the action on the screen. When High Potential came on, the closed captioning was doing commercials from the previous program, Dancing With the Stars, then after those were over, the dancers moving on in the competition were announced. It wasn't until the commercial break in High Potential that the closed captioning started in on the opening scenes of the show I was watching. I've seen closed captioning delayed by a couple of seconds, but never by 15 minutes.

I don't use it for sports because I find it gets in the way of the action and covers up the onscreen scoreboard or the graphics, and I really have little interest in what the announcers are saying anyway. If they did happen to say something interesting that I didn't catch all of, I can always turn on closed captioning and rewind the show to the spot I missed. Sports is one of those programs where the closed captioning lags behind the action by a couple of seconds anyway, so I'm really not missing much.

I can’t remember a game day visitor group quite like this one! The perks of being 6-0 and playing a night game. Here’s the full rundown.

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Here is a different angle to the Cygarin Ratings projected conference standings....what if Iowa State, Kansas State, BYU, and Colorado had exactly the same power ranking. What would their projected final conference record be?

I don't think that is an unrealistic perspective, all four are virtually even in the power ratings anyway. But this shows how much impact remaining strength of schedule....mostly the impact of home vs. away...has.

So here goes the projected wins, not rounded.....

BYU: 7.62 wins
ISU: 7.44 wins
CU: 6.63 wins
KSU: 6.56 wins


BYU's toughest games left are @ Utah & @ UCF. BYU will be favored by approximately 3 points each.

ISU's toughest games left are KSU & @ Utah. ISU will be favored by approximately 3 points each.

CU's toughest games left are @ Texas Tech and @ Kansas. CU will be favored by approximately 3 points each.

KSU's toughest games left are Arizona State and @ Iowa State, KSU will be heavily favored against ASU by 8 points and underdogs to Iowa State by 3.


ISU, BYU, and CU do not play each other. Nor does CU play Kansas State. Thus, BYU and CU will control their own destinies going foward independent of the other contenders.

Conversely, ISU and KSU do play each other....so their destiny to the CCG is strongly, and perhaps totally, impacted by playing each other...if both teams get that far.
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Note that other teams are probably out of contention, but can play a huge spoiler role, as UCF and Baylor almost did last Saturday. Here are the best...but not only... chances....

- UCF has the best chance to play that spoiler role against BYU this weekend.
- Cincy has a shot this weekend too against Colorado.
- Utah has a huge opportunity yet this year to play a spoiler role, with both BYU and ISU left on their schedule.

Important games to watch this weekend.....

BYU @ UCF: The Knights nearly knocked off Iowa State on the road. Can they pull out a win against UCF at home? UCF has a "better" win against @ TCU than what BYU at home is... so it is possible.

Cincy @ CU: The Buffs will be strongly favored by 8 points against the Bearcats. Cincy has a win against @ UCF that comes close, and that makes them potentially competent enough for consideration, so it's at least plausible.

KU @ KSU: The Wildcats will be heavily favored by 10 points against the J-Hawks....Can the Kansas pull off the intrastate rivalry upset? It doesn't appear very likely.

(In my opinion.)

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Chances are some of you saw Darth Vader Saturday. Here is the back story. Very very moving. Moist eye alert.

I'd put the over / under at 5 of teams thst have won giving that up. What a night!!

Perfect weather as well all day.

I thought this week might be a good chance to look at the future of College Football since we have no game to discuss. Most specifically, the impact of the House Settlement and the 105 man roster limit. This was in my mind with the commen that 101 of 120 fall camp participants had played this year.

First, I am not sure what year this is proposed to start. 2025 or 2026?

Second, as I understand it, the proposed roster limit is 105, but all can be on scholarship with no further expansion for walkons. What I need clarification is could a program offer say 80 full scholarships and 25 partial, say full tuition and books and fees?

I don't know why or if that is a good thing. But if we have 20 more scholarships, that means the other men's programs have to lose 20. And most of them increase as well, particularly wrestling.

How does this all work?

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State do-it-all wide receiver Jaylin Noel has been named to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for his performance in the Cyclones’ comeback win against UCF.

The Paul Hornung Award, presented by Texas Roadhouse, is presented annually to the most versatile player in major college football.

Noel played a key role at wide receiver and on special teams in Iowa State’s 38-35 victory over the Knights. The senior tallied 203 all-purpose yards in the game, including 153 receiving yards and 52 punt return yards.

Of Noel’s 153 receiving yards, 103 of them came in the fourth quarter to help Iowa State erase a 14-point second-half deficit. His 153 yards were also the second-most in a game in his career.

The Kansas City, Mo. native had receptions of 29 and 16 yards on Iowa State’s 11-play, 80-yard game-winning drive.

To vote for Noel, CLICK HERE.

No. 10 Iowa State is on bye this week. The Cyclones will be back in action Nov. 2 at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN when they host Texas Tech for homecoming.

Heard from a good friend that knows Jack Whitver’s situation. He says his brain tumor has shrunk! He’s on an experimental treatment and hopefully, it’s working.

Not sure if saw what I saw but……when CMC was protesting a no call on a PI call that happened right in front of him, and it seemed to be pretty blatant. As he was lighting up the referee, the perpetrator for UCF (#0) stood their taunting him by holding his junk in one hand and nodding his head and grinning slightly towards CMC. Is there no class left in athletics? What a hack wagon. I hope I didn’t see what I think I saw.

I think the CB was the one that had the first pick 6.

ACC football at its finest.
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Any at LB?

The Biden administration is suing him for not following the law (mainly because they hate him). But hold on, Space X is a defense contractor, and the law says that only US citizens can be hired. I worked at a defense contractor, and we actually had painted lines on floors throughout the building where even our own employees from France, where not allowed to cross these lines, as these parts of the building were off limits to people that were not citizens, so yes they take this stuff seriously.

So the Biden administration actually wants Elon Musk to break defense contractor laws just to hire Illegals. This is insane.

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Big 12 Media Relations

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Today, the Conference announced that the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship will feature a new format, including all 16 teams, starting Wednesday, March 5 through Sunday, March 9/Monday, March 10. The Championship returns to Kansas City's T-Mobile Center for the second consecutive season.

The top four finishing teams in the league's regular season standings will receive a double bye into the quarterfinals while teams that finish the year fifth through eighth will receive one bye into the second round.

The Championship game will take place Sunday, March 9 on ESPN unless BYU advances to the final which would move the title game to Monday, March 10 on ESPN2. Times and full television designations for the Championship will be announced at a later date.

All-Session Tickets for this premier event will go on sale Friday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. CT. The link to purchase tickets can be found on Big12Sports.com.

New for this year, the Conference is adding best in class premium seating offerings that include club access, prime seats, complimentary light snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.

The 2024-25 season tips off Monday, Nov. 4 with league action set to commence Saturday, Dec. 21 as this year marks the Conference's first with 16 members.

Over the last four years, the Big 12 has had an average of 55% of the league make the NCAA Tournament field each season, the highest of any league. The current Conference members combined to go 8-0 in their first game of the 2024 NCAA Tournament while 15 of the 16 teams finished the 2023-24 season in the top 101 of the NET rankings.

Ticket Prices - All-Session Tickets Available Friday, Oct. 25

Price Level / All Session Price
Courtside Tables / $650
Courtside Premium GA / $364 - (includes club access w/ light food and beverage)
Sideline Premium Reserved / $234 - (includes club access w/ light food and beverage)
Sideline Reserved / $94
Lower Level GA / $74

2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship Schedule
First Round - Wednesday, March 5
Game 1 - No. 12 seed vs. No. 13 Seed
Game 2 - No. 9 seed vs. No. 16 seed
Game 3 - No. 10 seed vs. No. 15 seed
Game 4 - No. 11 seed vs. No. 14 seed

Second Round - Thursday, March 6
Game 5 - No. 5 seed vs. Winner of Game 1
Game 6 - No. 8 seed vs. Winner of Game 2
Game 7 - No. 7 seed vs. Winner of Game 3
Game 8 - No. 6 seed vs. Winner of Game 4

Quarterfinals - Friday, March 7
Game 9 - No. 4 seed vs. Winner of Game 5
Game 10 - No. 1 seed vs. Winner of Game 6
Game 11 - No. 2 seed vs. Winner of Game 7
Game 12 - No. 3 seed vs. Winner of Game 8

Semifinals - Saturday, March 8
Game 13 - Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10
Game 14 - Winner of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 12

Final - Sunday, March 9*
Game 15 - Winner of Game 13 vs. Winner of Game 14

*Should BYU advance to the Championship the game will be played Monday, March 10.

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women's basketball has sold out of reserved section season tickets for the 2024-25 season. 3,350 tickets were sold as part of the reserved season ticket sale in the lower bowl at Hilton Coliseum.

"Once again, Cyclone Nation has shown to be the best fans in the country," said head coach Bill Fennelly. "All of us associated with Cyclone women's basketball appreciate your continued support and look forward to another season of Hilton Magic."

Single-game pre-sale for season ticket holders and Cyclone Club donors is available now. Single-game public on sale will begin on Wednesday, October 23 at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster.com.

Iowa State is one of three programs (UConn, Tennessee) to rank in the top 10 nationally for home game attendance in each of the last 24 seasons (does not include 2020-21 season). In the nine seasons prior to Coach Fennelly's arrival in Ames, the Cyclones averaged 628 fans per contest. Since his arrival 29 seasons ago, he has seen attendance grow to over 10,000 fans every game.

Iowa State hosts Central College on October 30 for a preseason exhibition contest before welcoming Chicago State to Hilton Coliseum on Opening Day (November 4). The Cyclones will host seven additional non-conference games before opening the Big 12 slate on New Year's Day against Kansas.