Let me know if there are any corrections needed.

Rankings:
ES -- ESPN 2026 SportsCenter NEXT 100 (retrieved 10/3/2025)
PN -- Prospects Nation 2026 Ranked Players -- 50 players ranked plus a watchlist (retrieved 10/3/2025)


Verbals:


Potential Targets:
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Formerly on the list:

Inject it into my veins

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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!

F1 2026 First car reveal is happening next week so time for the new thread.

Dates for all the preseason stuff in the link below. I'll get a spotters guide posted as soon as all the car reveals happen.

With the 2027 class being wrapped up and rated #1 by some sites, time to look forward to 2028 prospects.

One thread for conversation on reported interests, offers, and then commitments to the Cyclones ‘28 class.

Jake Brend and Ben Hutchens sit down after Big 12 Media Days to discuss their biggest takeaways. What to make of Jaylen Raynor as QB1? Jimmy Rogers shares his thoughts on the future of the Cy-Hawk game, his strength & conditioning philosophy, and more. Brend and Hutchens share all of their impressions from Frisco! Courtesy of Kelderman Manufacturing.

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This should provide a way for ISU to increase their revenues and help close our shortfall.

What sponsor will Jamie source for Iowa State? Mid-Am/Berkshire Energy, Casey's, or an insurance company?

Jimmy Rogers explains his philosophy of pursuing speed over size and why Bobby Terrell is such a perfect fit into his system at defensive end. Jake Brend reports from Big 12 Media Days in Frisco. Presented by Wyffles Hybrids in the Northwest Bank Studios. Login to view embedded media

Love him or hate him, Brett Yormark made headlines at Big 12 Football Media Days.

Was it for better or worse? Derek Duke shares his opinion in this week's Big 12 Buzz. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/07/big-12-buzz-recapping-yormarks-performance-in-frisco/

Update in this morning's Des Moines Register. Actually, not really an update ... more of the same old same old -- 'Not a cold case' ... 'Haven't identified a motive' ... 'still working on the case.'

Shocks me. Good looking realtor with tons of friends and connections, shot in the middle of the day, in a town home development where people were home at the time, in busy West Des Moines ... yet still nothing.

My guess is this case will never be solved.

Okland's friends still asking, 'Why Ashley?' | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com

Jimmy Rogers doesn't hold back when talking about USA Today picking Iowa State to finish dead last in the Big 12. He shares how the team will use it as motivation and why he believes the team can win now. Jake Brend reports from Big 12 Football Media Days in Frisco. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery in the Northwest Bank Studios. Login to view embedded media

Full Schedule now out:

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Starting this thread with the new guys...

Draft
Domonique Orange - Minnesota

UDFA
Jim Bonifas - Miami
Dylan Barrett - Green Bay
Tyler Miller - Denver
James Neal - Houston (added 4/26)

Minicamp Invite
Tyler Moore - Carolina
Tamatoa McDonough - Denver (added 4/26)
Tyler Perkins - Jacksonville (added 4/28)

Does anybody know if CW is still a host of this show or just an occasional guest? I know it’s on 3-6 and I can’t tune in for the entire time but it seems like he’s never on. I like to listen to the pods on iHeart but they don’t seem to offer the entire show. Just 1 or 2 hours at random the next day. It’s apparently somewhat of a running joke why he’s not there but I’m not sure if he’s considered a regular host or not. It seems to lean pretty Hawkeye heavy whenever I can catch it. So maybe it’s just a Hawk show now?

I should have posted this before last weekend as I saw some local media promoting this in the Des Moines area. They are still around central Iowa this weekend too I know as I saw an advertisement they are in Grimes. DO NOT fall for this scam folks! If the deal seems too good to be true it probably is. This is a good report on what you are getting and there are several others out there if you search YouTube for this. Think about it folks, I would guess these are 8oz ribeyes (if that even) so do the math on that you are paying $4/lb for it. You can't even get decent 80/20 ground beef for that at the store right now.

If you really want to save some money on beef find a local farmer that sells locker beef. Not only is the quality going to be better than what you get in the store but the price per pound you are going to come out ahead on too if you have freezer space to store a quarter of beef which comes out to around 200lbs on average.

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The Cyclone FB Twitter account is great and is always putting out good stuff. I figured we could have a thread dedicated to it instead of bumping old ones

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Seems like it makes sense to have a thread designated to wrestling Twitter and news outside of our Cyclones. Plenty of stuff always going on.

ROUND TWO!

If you missed the first contest, read the original post in that thread to catch up.

A reminder: I wanted to celebrate our own @ChrisMWilliams and his Fanatic: Stories from 20 years inside Iowa State book with Rob Gray. I'll be giving away three books total and local ethical bagman @Cycsk is kindly helping me send them out.


HOW DO YOU SOLVE THIS PUZZLE?

To give people time to see this thread, there are two parts. PART ONE is below. I'll post PART TWO (by editing this post) on Thursday (June 4). The clue from PART ONE will help you solve PART TWO.


WANT A HINT?

To keep this thread visible, post something random (pets???) in this thread. If you do that, you can ask me a single question via private DM about PART ONE that I can answer with yes or no. One question per account.

That will give you a head start on PART TWO. Then once PART TWO is released, the first person that posts the solution in this thread wins.


THE PUZZLE:


PART ONE - What does this mean?



PART TWO:



TO WIN, WHAT DOES THAT SYMBOL MEAN?


BONUS CLUE TO HELP FIGURE OUT PART ONE:


BONUS CLUE 2:


BONUS CLUE 3 (REFERS TO PART ONE) - FIXED TYPO (UNDERLINED):

BONUS CLUE 4:


BONUS CLUE 5:


BONUS CLUE 6:


BONUS CLUE 7:


ONE CLUE HAS BEEN SOLVED:


BONUS CLUE 8:


BONUS CLUE 9:


Even if you already have the book, let me know in this thread if I can improve this process somehow. After the books, I might keep doing more contests for goodies from the CF Shop.

It's tough out there, so trying to spread the love. Any other thoughts or questions, let me know.

We're considering upgrading(?) from our 5th wheel to a Class A diesel pusher-probably a 41-42' range-that seems to be the sweet spot for us but I'm open to opinions. I'm nearing retirement and we are looking forward to traveling west the next few summers and doing some wandering around along with our time in The Village. For those of you that have a class A and tow a vehicle to the games-where do you park your toad? We currently have to park our truck elsewhere which is a PITA. Can you make it fit on your site? What size do you have now? Do you wish it was smaller/bigger? (All kinds of "that's what she said" references are in my head.) Anything we should consider as we make our decision? Any recommendations/advice is appreciated. Go Clones!

In his first Big 12 Media Day, head coach Jimmy Rogers brought five players down to Frisco ahead of the 2026 season. Watch everything Rogers, quarterback Jaylen Raynor, running back Aiden Flora, defensive end Isaac Terrell, cornerback David Coffey and kicker Kyle Konrardy said on Wednesday morning.

The Big 12 released our 26-27 conference opponents today, so I take that as a sign to start the season thread.

The Big 12 releases the preseason All-Big 12 teams with zero Cyclones represented for the 2026 season. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/07/zero-cyclones-represented-on-preseason-all-big-12-team/

The following is a press release from Iowa State Athletics

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 6, 2026

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State Men’s Basketball Head Coach T.J. Otzelberger has finalized his staff for the 2026-27 season.

Chuck Ruffing has been named an assistant coach, while Richardson Maitre and Fletcher McGarvey have been added as graduate assistants. In addition to the three latest newcomers to the staff, Thomas Pollard has been moved to the Director of Recruiting, while Diante Garrett is now the Director of Player Development.

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.

T.J. Otzelberger announces that freshman wing Christian Wiggins will miss the 2026-27 season with a torn achilles that he suffered in practice last Friday.

Otzelberger adds that he had a successful surgery and will be back at this time next year.