Couldn’t recall if I’ve see much in the way of UFC discussion threads.

The Holland match was fun.

I got Directv Stream and MLB.tv so I could watch any game I want. Turns out that since the Brewers are blacked out in Iowa, I can’t watch their game on the MLB app even though Des Moines Fox 17 picked up Yankees-Red Sox instead of Brewers-Padres. Any workarounds?

And so it begins.

His last second shot wins game one of the finals.

There are constant debates throughout the NFL season about whether Brock Purdy is actually any good or if he just has a bunch of talent around him. Tyrese Haliburton was “overrated” and then “not a superstar”.

The results kind of speak for themselves, don’t they?

Thanks so much to @JP4CY for this one!!

40th anniversary today of Ferris Bueller's day off from school. The literal day.

Did you ever play hooky from school? What is your favorite day? What did you do?

If not school, how about work, or something else?

Thanks to @BurgundyClone for this first one - I am going to need a minute to figure mine out:

What first name do you have more of than any other in your phone?

Never mind, I know why it's so hard -- so you give up in frustration and keep paying in perpetuity. I went to cancel my 247 subscription as the promotional period was about to end and followed the instructions to a T. I was told to go to my settings on the 247 site, then under the subscriptions column, click on "cancel my subscription." Only problem is, there is no such set of words to click on anywhere on the page.

It also gave me the option of calling to cancel or emailing. I chose calling when canceling online failed to work. I got the robo answering machine, went through all the prompts and after the final prompt, the phone rang and then nothing. No music, just dead silence. I had a sneaking suspicion they hung up on me. Turns out, after a wait of nearly 5 minutes that that is exactly what happened as the call just ended. So I called back.

If they expected me to give up at this point, they don't know who they're dealing with. I called back and finally got to talk to a live person, but they made me jump through hoops before they agreed to cancel the subscription. It shouldn't be this hard, but more importantly, it shouldn't be this deceitful. If you say there is a button where you can cancel your subscription, you ought to, by god, have a button where you can cancel your subscription.

Upcoming Bowl schedule now out:

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I'm on the board of the Iowa State Alumni of Denver group. We are trying to plan an event of some kind for the game in Boulder in October. Boulder is not cheap and the tailgating scene is scattered at best. We are trying to put together a tailgate party with ticketing, wristbands, a couple of food trucks (one entree included), and unlimited beer/seltzer (no other alcohol available). Profits from the sale of tickets would help to fund our scholarship. An alternative idea is to go simple and find a bar/restaurant to host ISU fans with a cash bar the night before. How much would you be willing to pay for a single ticket to a tailgating party like this?

This week for On That Note, we explore songs that contain “If" "And" or "But" as the first lyric of the song, or first word in the title.

Last week's topic was Catch; it can be found here: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-catch.292733/

Your weekly hosts for OTN are @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.

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Is dumping ESPN+ out of the Disney Bundle in favor of HBO/Max the right play for maximizing ISU/Big XII viewing at this point?

Do we know yet if ESPN+ will still show any worthwhile (ISU) content this Fall and beyond?

RECRUITING: Iowa State tight end target Isaac Jensen tells NebPreps that he'll look for what he saw at Iowa State on his future visits coming up.

Happy birthday to ISU great Gary Thompson who turns 90 years old today! The “Roland Rocket” was an All-American at ISU in both basketball and baseball and the first Cyclone to have their jersey retired.

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Haven’t seen this anywhere else, but works for BYU.

Chris Williams and Brent Blum dive back into the mailbag to rehash Cyclone Hoops, football projections, best trash talkers, and more. Presented by Mechdyne.

His twin brother, Ray, also turns 102 today.

2024 interview with Roy.

Grant Mahoney and Jeff Woody welcome Iowa State Legend Nate Schuster to take a deep dive into Tyrese Haliburton’s success with the Pacers before looking ahead to the Indy-OKC matchup in The Finals. Presented by Kelderman Manufacturing.

This past weekend, my workplace had a major IT upgrade event. Started Friday night and went all the way through Sunday. 30 of us worked until midnight-ish every night, and then got going again at 8AM. I wasn't part of the actual upgrade tasks, more on the organization and coordination side of things. There was a lot of waiting around. We had a bridge call going, and as we whiled away the hours, we were doing things to entertain ourselves. We settled on a game called "What Movie Title best describes (insert random subject)?" So like: What movie title best describes your last relationship? What movie title best describes your first day of college? That kind of thing. And then everyone types their answer in the meeting chat, we all laugh and do it again. My favorite, by the way, was "What Movie title best describes your last trip to the bathroom?
- The Longest Yard
- Backdraft
- Big
- Black Snake Moan

Just a bit of light-hearted fun, during an event that wasn't much fun at all.

Anyway, does anyone else have any go-to activities for passing the time at work?

Never to early to start planning…Who’s going to make the trip to Boulder? I see single game tickets went on sale at CU and wonder where ISUs allotment will be.

Iowa State not listed in their top ten, while usual BIG and SEC are fawned over. K State and ASU made it.

I feel a post is needed to find out which fellow Cyclone Fanatics have or got as their biggest ISU sports card they have. I just won this on a break the other day! Audi Crooks Patch auto 1/2 with Go Cyclones inscription from the new Bowman Best U that was released!

I’ve listened (or read) articles by Connor regarding the Big XII and Iowa Stste specifically getting hosed by the selection committee…

Love to see Tech add further salt to the wound by advancing to Finals against TexA$$

Anyone here use Jabra hearing Aids? I've had a pair of Resound for 7 years and they finally died. Not crazy about spending $6K to replace. Jabra cost less than $2K and gets great reviews. Just curious to see if anyone here has any experience.