Grand View University with head coach Joe Woodley just wrapped up a perfect 14-0 season and won the NAIA title with a 35-7 win over Keiser (Fla.). Woodley played both fullback and linebacker for Dan McCarney in the early 2000s. This is Grand View's second national title and first since 2013 when Joe was an assistant under his dad Mike Woodley, who happened to be an assistant under Mac.

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Crazy how "Amateur athletics" has been corrupted.

Do TV ratings spell doom for Iowa State and most Big 12 teams?

I have long argued that Iowa State's TV ratings are in large part determined by the network that broadcasts our games. But this year Iowa State had probably the best coverage they've ever had. Of the 12 regular season games, 5 were picked up by FOX, 1 by CBS, 1 by ABC, 1 by ESPN, 3 by FS1 and 1 by ESPN+. That's 7 of 12 on the major broadcast networks, plus one on the next best thing, ESPN. Only 1 was relegated to ESPN+. Also, the Big 12 championship game was picked up by ABC.

All of the broadcast games and the ESPN game exceeded 1 million viewers, with two of them exceeding 2 million. That's not bad and was right up there near the top of the Big 12. But it's nowhere near the kind of numbers the glamor teams from the SEC and Big Ten pull down. Seeing those numbers makes it easy to understand why ESPN/ABC/Disney would seek to manipulate college football to their advantage. The top 21 viewed college games prior to the CFP all involved and SEC or a Big Ten team, with the sole exception of the Army-Navy game. All exceeded 7.1 million viewers. All were carried on broadcast networks. The Army-Navy game had the advantage of not going head-to-head with other major college games.

Despite those great ratings, the playoff games did not fare well compared to the NFL. ABC kept the two games that did not go up against the NFL and gave the other two to TNT. Smart move. Texans-Chiefs averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC, largely at the same time SMU-Penn State drew an audience of 6.4 million on TNT Sports. Fox got 15.4 million viewers for Steelers-Ravens, which coincided with Clemson-Texas (8.6 million viewers, TNT Sports). Here are the number for the playoff games. Note these games were aired on multiple stations under the primary carriers flag, sometimes with different features.

• Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17: 14.3 million (8 p.m. Saturday, ABC/ESPN)
• Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17: 13.4 million (8 p.m. Friday, ABC/ESPN)
• Texas 38, Clemson 24: 8.6 million (noon Saturday, TNT Sports) vs NFL 15.4M
• Penn State 38, SMU 10: 6.4 million (4 p.m. Saturday, TNT Sports) vs NFL 15.5M

I don't know what Iowa State needs to do to improve our viewer numbers and to make our brand more attractive to media, but I believe it starts with winning. All of the big brands have some history winning national championships. Iowa State can start by frequently winning the conference. Build on that by getting in the playoffs and winning a game or two. Maybe eventually win a championship and become a regular fixture. It's a tall order, but with Texas and Oklahoma gone from the Big 12, somebody may step up and fill that void. Why not us?

His entire presidency was a lie. Staff was running everything. They actually worked to keep Biden out of the loop. Many national security meetings were cancelled because Bien was just incapable of focusing. He was going to bed at 7PM at night. They did nothing but lie to all you democrats for 4 years. Sad part is most democrats actually bought their lies.

Presumably our portal departs are NOT playing in the bowl game. Does anyone know if Miami has portal departures who are likewise not playing?

If you haven't been to Ames in the last couple of weeks, you might be surprised at the big building going up across Lincoln Way from the DOT offices. The walls started going up on the new aquatic center. I don't recall what was in that lot before, but this tall facility will change the look when driving by that area.

But top ranked Tennessee is in a fight at home with Middle Tennessee State. Tied at 46 in the second half

as the worst President to ever hold the office. He just commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 federal prison inmates on death row. Those the three must just want to die.

Maybe it’s his Catholic beliefs coming through. Too bad he can’t commute the death sentences of all the aborted children he had no problem with.

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State seniors Jayden Higgins, Jaylin Noel and Darien Porter have officially accepted invitations to the Reese’s Senior Bowl, which will be held Feb. 1, 2025, in Mobile, Alabama. The game will be televised on NFL Network at 1:30 p.m. (CT).

Played annually since 1950, the Reese’s Senior Bowl is one of the nation’s best collegiate all-star games. This marks the second time in school history that ISU has had three players invited to the game (2021).

Higgins and Noel formed the nation’s best wide receiver duo this season, combining to make 159 receptions for 2,260 yards and 16 touchdowns. They are the only duo with both players eclipsing 1,000 receiving yards.

Higgins, a South Miami, Florida native, has 87 receptions for 1,183 yards and nine touchdowns, all of which rank second in single-season school history. Higgins was an All-Big 12 Second-Team selection and earned Associated Press Third-Team All-America accolades.

Noel, a Kansas City, Missouri native, finished with 72 receptions for 1,077 yards and seven touchdowns. Noel was Big 12 Co-Special Teams Player of the Year and the senior owns a streak of 45-straight games with a reception, the third-longest active streak nationally.

Porter is a true success story, switching from wide receiver to defensive back before his fourth season at Iowa State. The move paid off as Porter elevated himself to a starter this season and had three interceptions. In his career, the Bettendorf, Iowa native also excelled on special teams, blocking five kicks in his career (four punts, one field goal).

Iowa State Senior Bowl Invitees
1955- Max Burkett
1962- Dave Hoppmann
1962- Chuck Walton
1963- Dave Hoover
1964- John Van Sicklen
1966- Eppie Barney
1968- Tom Busch
1972- Dean Carlson
1973- Merv Krakau
1974- Matt Blair
1975- Tom Goedjen
1977- Luther Blue
1979- Mike Stensrud (DNP)
1981- Kenny Neil
1983- Bruce Reimers
1986- Dennis Gibson
1991- Blaise Bryant
2000- Sage Rosenfels
2001- Ennis Haywood
2002- Seneca Wallace
2003- Jordan Carstens
2007- Ahtyba Rubin
2011- Leonard Johnson
2011- Kelechi Osemele
2013- Kirby Van Der Kamp
2014- E.J. Bibbs (DNP)
2017- Allen Lazard
2019 – Steve Wirtel
2021 – Charlie Kolar, Andrew Mevis, Mike Rose (DNP)
2022 – Xavier Hutchinson, Will McDonald IV (DNP)
2023 – TJ Tampa (DNP)
2024 – Jayden Higgins, Jaylin Noel, Darien Porter

The Cyclones and Cowgirls tip off the Big 12 season around 4:00 this afternoon in Stillwater. The game will be carried on ESPN2. Emilie and I both have family obligations this afternoon, so if anyone would like to post updates in the thread, feel free!

Clemson on 4th and longer runs a short cross to end the game.

Fire every OC who calls that crap. Dumbest call ever.

Whick team would you prefer in Big12?

Trump, fresh off his 15M judgment against ABC news, is going to sue the Des Moines Registrar. All about the worthless poll saying Kamala was going to win Iowa. It was a complete BS poll, intended to cause election interference, which it sort of did. That poll was so worthless, the lady had to retire before she got fired. My guess is the DMR will settle, just like ABC. There are plenty more suits to come, maybe hundreds more.

Keep an eye out for this girls basketball coach at DeWitt. They just knocked off Davenport North with Kim Mulkey in the stands
watching her prized signee. DeWitt also beat Pleasant Valley highly ranked girls... What he has done with short, slender under classmates
is amazing

The Cyclones and Bears tip off around Noon today at Hilton Coliseum. The game will be carried on ESPN+. I’ll have the live court-side updates in the thread below.

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This is about as exciting as watching a 1st or 2nd round women's bball tournament game. Keep this up and the committee will want to go back to a 4 team playoff.

She is now hospitalized. This is serious stuff, broken hips for elderly people usually are a death sentence. It may not kill you immediately, but it literally sucks the life out of you during recovery and wears you out.
Then we have Mitch McConnel falling and busting his face open, and he looks absolutely terrible.

We need term limits for this crap.

Apparently it disqualifies Fani Willis, her boyfriend, and the team from the Trump case in Georgia. Reason “significant appearance of impropriety.” Fani was funneling public funds to her boyfriend, who was the prosecutor of the case. Unless they can find another prosecutor in Georgia for the case, it is likely dead.