We do this for Brock and the 49ers, only fair we all jump on the Pacers bandwagon for Tyrese. Pacers are the 6 seed and will play the Bucks.

Tyrese regular season stats
20.3 PPG
10.9 APG
4 RPG
1.2 SPG

OK here is what I've gathered over the last year on Iowa's main beat writers:

Chad - Lol where to begin with this guy. He worships Kirk and really likes Fran. Long time Iowa season ticket holder before he got in the industry. He has also spent some holidays with the Bohannon family and Jordan and him consider each other close friends

Eickholt - The worst offender by far. He has no credibility among coaches or the players. He'll try to write great things about the players so they'll allow him to go party with them

***The biggest thing with him is he pocketed his 247 per diem and shared a room with Frank Garza in Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament***

Kakert - More of an Iowa basketball fan than football. He was legitimately distraught about the Bohannon news

Harty - Nobody takes him serious obviously

Doc - Zero credibility nationally because of his bias towards Iowa. He gets mocked a lot in the industry

Sanderson/Bock/Eickholt - All at the mercy of Iowa's football coaches, specifically Tyler Barnes. Barnes tells them what kind of content and how much content to put out on recruits or he'll make sure the recruits don't do interviews. They all willingly do it as they feel they are supporting the program they love by doing it

All of them are terrified of getting their credentials pulled and write and report with that in mind. There isn't a single person on the Iowa beat that isn't a huge Hawkeye fan actually.

Anyone or anything else I'm missing you guys have heard stuff on?

Staying home with a sick kid today so just finished watching the first episode and have time to start this season's thread while first thoughts are still fresh.

First vote was the most logical one. I was not a fan of quitting the sweat challenge and him throwing the sand timer when he did it. Thought ran through my mind was why didn't they try to plug the holes in the buckets with something? I don't recall anything in the instructions that said you couldn't so why not use some nearby debris with some mud and try to plug the holes or even maybe tear some cloth from your clothing and try to plug up the holes? Even my 9 year old daughter was saying why not hold the bucket up against your body and use your hands to plug some of the other holes and that should stop most of them. Just felt like there was some ways to solve the problem with the holes in the bucket using some creativity. I didn't even think about the angle of him giving up his vote as coming back to bite him when it was happening. I get why he was worried about the perception that he was a liar and deceptive but its literally the start of the season and everyone is going to have that problem to face at some point so was it really going to matter until they do a tribe shake up or merge? He didn't want to own up to his mistakes so I wouldn't want to work with him going forward either when he gives up when things are tough.

Most seasons Jess would have been the obvious first vote but I don't think they could look past Jalensky's quitting and not owning up to his mistakes even if she is the weaker and the sleep deprivation could be an issue she is still any easy vote next time. Unless she all the sudden does a 180 and becomes a stronger player she probably won't last long especially if her current tribe loses again.

Too early to get a read on the players, Jalensky was the 1 guy I immediately got annoyed with so glad he went first. Everyone else so far hasn't done anything yet for me to dislike them or make me think they are a favorite to win so that's a good thing and hopefully and omen for a good season to come.

It was the year of fire, the year of destruction, the year we took back what was ours. It was the year of rebirth, the year of great sadness, the year of pain, and the year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed. The year is 2024; the place: RTT 18!!!

It appears to be a personal Year of Fire ahead in 2024. May joy predominate in yours!

Hi all.

I live in Pleasant Hill- we had some tornado damage. Fortunately the touchdown was a few blocks away so it could have been worse…

We are going to need to replace siding (and patch some holes), roof, fence, deck, garage door, gutters, and some other minor repairs.

Does anyone have recommendations for contractors in the DSM area who they have had a good experience with?

I’ll attach a few pictures for those interested…

Because it is more interesting than the game right now.

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I feel pretty good with having signed Sonny Gray at the top, along with Lynn and Gibson to stabilize the rotation. Matter of fact, I’m more wary of Mikolas and Matz than those three.

And sorting out the outfield seems to have helped, though there are still some moving parts amongst the youngsters. Just how good will Gorman, Wynn and Walker be? How much does Goldy have left in the tank?

Oh, apparently Jordan Walker put on more muscle in the offseason.

At the very least, I think this roster is a whole bunch more fundamentally stable than a year ago. Guess we’ll see.

How about you folks?

Let's start this off with a BANG

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ESPN asked UConn women's coach Auriemma what he thought about the WNBA possibly changing the draft age for female athletes.

"Well, it depends whether you want the game to grow or whether you want to kill it. If you want to kill it, then let the kids leave after freshman year. Which is like on the men’s side, it’s become transactional. Okay, everybody’s a free agent. Everybody’s a mercenary. It’s not the kid’s fault,” Auriemma stated. ‘

With respect to age, while the NBA requires the draftees to be at least 19 years old in the calendar year of the draft and be one year removed from the graduation of his high school class, the WNBA’s age limit is 22. Auriemma mentioned how it is helping the women’s game."

Translation: Yup, let's keep them wimmins in their place, or I won't have a job.

“It Will Ruin the Game”: Citing Caitlin Clark’s Example, Geno Auriemma Warns WNBA

How did University of Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma warn the WNBA regarding the eligibility rules and why did he cite Caitlin Clark?

www.essentiallysports.com

With the draft concluding I was wondering what Iowa State players have a chance of being drafted in the next couple of years. Some guys that came to my mind included, Rocco Becht, Jeremiah Cooper, Myles Purchase, Abu Sama, Brendan Black, and Jayden Higgins. Are any of these guys over reactions? Is there anyone else who has a possibility of being drafted?

With no sports and peeps recommended to stay at home, what are you watching or have watched that you can recommend?

I finished Altered Carbon 2 last week. Netflix. Would recommend if you have watched season 1. New story but would be way easier to understand if you've watched the previous. Good sci-fi.

Thinking of checking out the South Korean "Kingdom", also on Netflix.

Time to turn the page to '22.

New year starts with the the draft.
With Sauce mostly likely gone, do the Vikes end up with Stingley, McDuffie, or go an entirely different route like D-line?

edit: The Vikes have had a magical season, but it’s time to see how far they can go in the playoffs. My guess is they’ll beat the Giants and then pack it in.

Hi Fanatics. There have been some cool posts on here by people with their man caves or other cool Cyclones gear. I thought it'd be neat to have a threat if people had "extras" they'd be willing to swap...whether it be unique or cool Cyclone items or autographs.

I guess post what you may have you're looking for or wanting to trade. For instance, I have a couple CPR autographed game programs, a FB team signed poster from last year, a vintage ISU button up coat, that I'd be willing to swap for other stuff people may have.

Pretty good field to kick off the season at Kapalula:

I feel like there are quite a few music aficionados on CF and I have even discovered new bands on here. I wanted to start a thread where we could share what we are currently listening to and just talk music.

I couldn't find another thread like this but admittedly I haven't used the search function a whole lot.

I will start. Currently listening through City and Colour's If I Should Go Before You album and am really enjoying it!

Just curious:

What age plan to retire?

What amount plan to have saved by that age?

Just curious as to when people plan to punch out for the last time and what the savings targets are. I know it varies by what you want to be able to do in retirement and health condition at that point, but just curious in general as to the two questions above.

With all the destruction from the storms lately we hear of all the disappointment when working with insurance companies but have you ever felt like you came out on top? My best was reshingling my home and another unattached garage after a hail claim. A buddy and I shingled as a side gig for years so I had all the tools (nail guns, compressor, toe holds ladders etc.) so I decided to tackle it myself as it was fall and he was busy harvesting. At age 65 it took some time to tear off 40 square from my cape cod with 10/12 pitch roof and tote 120 bundles up the ladder. I at times questioned my own sanity and my wife wanted me to hire someone to finish when I was only halfway done., but my pride wouldn't allow that to happen. End result I got a new roof done to my exacting standards and pocketed $17,000 dollars--the difference between the insurance check and the cost of materials. We bought some toys!

This one's so we can start feeling hopefully.


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There is a similar "tracking" thread for MBB transfers and I saw a list @iccyfan had in a post in another thread and think it was enough for it's own thread. Here's iccyfan's list:

• Morgan Kane and Madison Frederick at Nova Southeastern
• Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw at Montana
• Kylie Feuerbach at Iowa
• Aubrey Joens at Oklahoma
• Lexi Donarski at UNC
• Denae Fritz at Baylor
• Maggie Vick at Pepperdine

This isn't a thread to diss the transfers or speculate on why they left, plenty of that in the individual transfer threads for each player. If you have no interest in them, fine, just don't spam the thread.

Lets do that Hockey!

Bedard got his 1st Goal tonight:

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After the Twins sign their biggest Free Agent ever in Carlos Correa, let's get the new season going.
"We're going to win Twins, we're going to score."

edit: Looks like the Twins will start out the new year with another Correa bang!

Well hopefully I'm not the only Battlehawks fan in hear.

Season opener Saturday March 30th at 3pm central against the Michigan Panthers at Ford Field.

People of note:

Anthony Becht - Head Coach and father of ISU QB1 Rocco Beckt
Hakeem Butler #88 - WR
Willie Harvey #51 - LB
Mike Rose #27 - MLB

Almost Game Time

KA KAW!!!!!!

Voting is open for the Round of 64 of the Cyclone Fanatic Cereal Tournament


How to vote (this will apply to all rounds):

• To select the favorite (the cereal seeded highest), choose the Heart emoji.
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No other emojis will be counted.




Deadline to vote: Now through Monday at 10 PM

Draft Order is now set.

NFL Combine (Indy) On-Field Drills: Feb 29-March 3 https://www.nfl.com/network/events/nfl-combine

NFL Draft (Detroit): April 25-April 27

1st Round Order: