In honor of this great holiday, what is your favorite cheese?

Jake Brend, Ben Hutchens, and Rob Gray put a bow on the Milan Momcilovic saga that lands him at Kentucky. What does Tamin Lipsey’s future look like as he makes his way around NBA workouts? The Wheel brings the good, the bad, and the ugly. All this and more courtesy of Kelderman Manufacturing.

Jake Brend shares what his realistic expectations for Jaylen Raynor in his one season as a Cyclone and the type of legacy he could leave in Ames. Presented by Wyffles Hybrids in the Northwest Bank Studios. Login to view embedded media

If you’re bored this offseason, a buddy of mine created a Cyclone basketball lineup builder game inspired by the 82-0 game that has been popular recently. Feel free to try it out and share some of the cool squads you made!

Link to game: cyclone-lineup-builder.netlify.app

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Are we watching in black and white or full hue color? What is canon?

With the proposal being 5 years of eligibility for 5 years after high school graduation, how will this affect BYU and their players ? Will going on Mission for 2 years count or will they all get deferments?

Jake Brend decides whether he'll buy, sell or hold every Big 12 football coach. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery in the Northwest Bank Studios. Login to view embedded media

New to me and the best pie I can recall, with ice cream OMG. My wife got it from a friend who was helping with some old-fashioned bake sale. As the sale ended her friend made an offer for some remaining goods. Fortunately, the pie was one of the lot and we had no idea who baked it except a small label stating:"Red-hot Strawberry Rhubarb-made with strawberry, rhubarb, and cinnamon candy red-hots." Crust was great, too.

Our neighbor is always gifting us rhubarb and if I had the recipe, I'd make it. Anyone heard of this, I see online recipes but afraid they may be different. Good recipe wanted or I'll go with my best guess.

This goes so hard!

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So long Thunderstruck. What will it be?

Chris Williams and Brent Blum dive into the big day on Capitol Hill in college sports, as the Big Ten and SEC released a joint statement. What’s best for college sports? Spinning the wheel of ISU history and more, courtesy of Mechdyne.

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!

Murph and Andy posed a question about which former ISU athlete will be hardest for ISU Fans to watch in a different uniform next season. I thought I'd bring it to this group. Sorry if I missed it posted elsewhere.

Outside of a flame thrower, what's the most effective solution against these bastards when I'm trying to enjoy being on my deck?

Bitdefender Total Security has sent me almost 100 notifications over the past month that look like this:

I only get these when I'm on CF. What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a-goin' on here? (Quote from what movie, anyone?) CF doesn't seem to need this link. Is this something CF tech support should look into?

Milan Momcilovic commits to Kentucky and Tamin Lipsey is interviewed following his workout with Golden State to discuss the feedback he's received and how he's handling the pressure. Presented by Whiskey River in the Northwest Bank Studios. Login to view embedded media

The Field of 68 recently interviewed JR Blount to get his thoughts on how he plans on building San Diego, what he learned from TJ, how he constructed this roster and how he wants to construct future rosters, the type of ball they're wanting to play (basically what ISU is doing). It's a decent 15 or so minute listen. This looks like a series they're doing too where they're interviewing new coaches from around the country. Curious to see if they'll also get Kyle Green on.

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Graduated 40 years ago. Such an amazing campus. Maybe I missed something?

Milan Momcilovic will play his senior season at Kentucky, he announces on social media.

As of now, Momcilovic will have one year of eligibility remaining, but he's likely to have two years remaining if the five-in-five rule passes. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/06/milan-momcilovic-commits-to-kentucky/

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?


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.

He’d have 5 to play 5 right?

He’s gonna make more in Ames…because I don’t see him getting drafted. He’s just been too injured imho for an NBA team to take a chance on him.

Love to have him back.

Jake Brend and Aiden Wyatt blind draft 10 Iowa State basketball players since 2010. Brend has to build a starting five, bench three and cut two. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery in the Northwest Bank Studios. Login to view embedded media

It's funny now that I'm older to look back at the spots I hung out at in my 20's. Do you guys remember these in Central Iowa? Check this out.

College sports is changing by the day and part of that is the death of the "hate watch."

Andrew Harrington wants to bring it back, as he explains in this week's Monday Musings. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/06/monday-musings-the-death-of-the-hate-watch/