This is really rough to watch. After the game was over at this church rec league it appears that players and coaches came off the bench to confront one of the refs. The ref required 30 stiches. It should be pretty easy for police to identify the attackers, and I hope that some sort of punishment occurs. I feel bad for the ref as he's in a no-win situation, as he cannot hit an underaged kid until he's first struck by them. Just sad.


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If there are 45-50 seconds to go (30 seconds on the shot clock), your team is down 1-2 points, and the other team has the ball, do you foul or defend?

I'm generally a defend guy, but after seeing this situation happen a number of times in the tourney and the offensive team score in almost all circumstances, I thought it was worth asking the question.

Title says it all.


I'm sure there will be human spotting still, but no need to "measure."

Enjoy.

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.

Welcome to the off-season.

Holy cow this is sad, Schefter just reported he was hit by a car and died in south Florida. RIP young man.

Nice article on Breece indicating that he should be RB1 selected in the draft.


For those without ESPN+, they indicate his [BackCAST] stats coming out of college are comparable to Dalvin Cook and LaDamian Tomlinson.

Hopefully he will break the 50 year first round drought of ISU players.

Didn't know where to place this but thought it was an interesting retweet by John Walters. Babe Ruth visiting Drake and donning the Jack Trice look football jersey.

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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?

We are watching a new movie on HBO max tonight called "Moon Shot"and about 14 minutes in we saw this flyby of their made up university, and we are 99% sure it is ISU central campus!

Pretty random for this movie, which was mostly shot in Georgia based on our subsequent research.

Anyone know the connection? Any other good random campus sightings in movies or shows?

I know there's a few red dirt country fans in here, but the greatest band of this generation is getting back together.

Is anyone heading out to see them? Closest to me is Waite Park MN in June.

Wife and I are planning to remodel our home and are looking for suggestions on construction companies in the Ames/Des Moines area. Nothing too crazy—-kitchen/bathroom remodel and maybe some work in the basement with a wet bar and finishing another room. Appreciate any suggestions!

AKA, “Jeff Hornacek was pretty good”.

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Going to this tonight. Getting RAVES. Looks great.

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We are in the market for some new pots and pans in our kitchen.
Our current set consists of 3 different sized frying pans, 3 sauce pans, and 2 pots. The ones I’m looking to replace are the two main frying pans. Food has really begun to stick to the non-stick pans as the coating is gone and I also hate that we have probably injested most of those chemicals. I like the set as they can be thrown in the dishwasher without a thought.
Was wondering if anybody has anything they really love. Looking for suggestions for something that is fairly easy to clean.
Want to get the pulse of Cyclonefanatic for this topic because like shopping for a bed this is something you use pretty much every day, just not as long.

I haven't seen much buzz about Cy's House of Trivia for Saturday. Should be another fun time after a 2 year hiatus.
Who is going and has anyone heard about who the celebrities may be?
Go Cyclones!

We might have done this one in the past, but I'm not sure. This one came up this week in our household.

Do you have any obscure hidden talents? Ones that, you may be best friends with someone or live with someone for years, and they wouldn't know?

I had been married to my husband for maybe 12 years before he realized that I am a savant at Dr. Mario on old-school Nintendo. If @Mr Janny gives me one quarter at an arcade and there's Dr. Mario there, I'll still be playing an hour later when he comes back to check on me. It's not useful; in fact, it's pretty esoteric. But I am just really good at it.

What are yours?

Thank you to @ruxCYtable for this question! I'm always so grateful for topic suggestions.

Job interview stories. Could be good, bad or indifferent. OR an unusual or funny conversation with a new employer.

I'm going to let him do his story. I can tell an unusual conversation with a new(-ish) employer, though.

We have several managers in our department. I work with mine a lot, and just occasionally with the others - some more than others. I was at my desk doing something but listening to rap on my headphones at the same time (I think it was Pandora at the time, so it was up on my second monitor visible). One of the managers with whom I had rarely worked and only seldomly interacted came up behind me to ask me a question.

Him: "Angie, how does this... what are you listening to there?"
Me: "Oh... um, J. Cole. He's a rapper."
Him: "You don't... seem like you'd be a rap fan?"
Me: "Yeah, always have been!"
Him: "Can you bust off some lyrics for me right now?"
Me: "I can... but better not. I'd like to not get fired."

It was a unique conversation, for certain! What are yours?

I'm going to be buying tickets for a show there that go on sale at 10.00a. I was looking at the seats in the presale last night but didn't have the code to buy. We've never been there. There were a lot of seats still available at the end of the presale, and I was wondering if anyone can advise us as to whether it would be best to sit in the first couple of rows of the balcony or around the 12-15th row downstairs (which the seat guide says are directly below the front row of the balcony). I doubt there will be a lot of people standing during the concert as it's a group of bands from the 60s.

When making suggestions, please take into account the fact that I am very short, and the wall in front of the seats in the balcony looks really tall in the pictures.

TIA!

For reference:

Anyone here watch Severance on Apple+? They just released the finale a day early. Honestly one of the better first seasons of television I've ever seen with an amazing finale.

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Probably drove past that bridge a million times and I just noticed that it was painted cardinal and gold. Is this a new paint job or has it been like that for a while?

Opening day is here. Starting lineup if they play today:

1. Rafael Ortega, DH
2. Nick Madrigal, 2B
3. Willson Contreras, C
4. Ian Happ, LF
5. Frank Schwindel, 1B
6. Seiya Suzuki, RF
7. Jason Heyward, CF
8. Patrick Wisdom, 3B
9. Nico Hoerner, SS

Opening day roster:

PITCHERS (14+5 IL)​

0-Marcus Stroman, RHP

11-Drew Smyly, LHP

12-Codi Heuer, RHP (60-day IL)

20-Wade Miley, LHP (10-day IL)

21-Ethan Roberts, RHP

28-Kyle Hendricks, RHP

30-Alec Mills, RHP (10-day IL)

35-Justin Steele, LHP

37-David Robertson, RHP

38-Brad Wieck, LHP (60-day IL)

43-Jesse Chavez, RHP

49-Daniel Norris, LHP

50-Rowan Wick, RHP

57-Scott Effross, RHP

58-Chris Martin, RHP

59-Michael Rucker, RHP

60-Mychal Givens, RHP

71-Keegan Thompson, RHP

73-Adbert Alzolay, RHP (60-day IL)

INFIELDERS (6+2 IL)​

1-Nick Madrigal

2-Nico Hoerner

13-David Bote (60-day IL)

16-Patrick Wisdom

18-Frank Schwindel

19-Andrelton Simmons (10-day IL)

24-Jonathan Villar

67-Alfonso Rivas

OUTFIELDERS (6)​

8-Ian Happ

22-Jason Heyward

27-Seiya Suzuki

32-Michael Hermosillo

66-Rafael Ortega

77-Clint Frazier

CATCHERS (2)​

7-Yan Gomes

40-Willson Contreras