https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...-to-do-downtown-wells-fargo-arena/2913256002/

Already see tickets on the WFA website, $115 is the cheapest I see. Dang I like his music and always wanted to see him live but not sure I would pay that much just to sit in the nosebleeds to.

I think I like Texas having a really good game against Baylor. It puts Baylor at the same W/L total as us, and maybe gets them a little overconfident for Saturday.

Texas by double digits!

Let's get another one!

Cyclone Nation says you're welcome, San Antonio.

Roundup of my favorite CF posts & quips from February. In some cases, comments are edited for clarity or brevity.

If anyone encountered amusements I didn’t include, add it to the thread.

• Read Posts of the Month: January ’19

First two are from late-January, after I posted that monthly roundup.

From the thread: Friday ‘V’: What you hate about Super Bowl
@VeloClone: People want you to come to their parties, but would rather talk than watch the game. I don't mind a little chit-chat, but I don't want to talk about how much you hate your boss when it is 3rd and goal from the 2.
@dirtyninety: Kissing the Lombardi trophy...do something original…like floss with it.


From the thread: If you were a pizza … (would you eat yourself?)
@MLawrence: I know I would. Heck, I would go back for seconds.


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@ClonesTwenty1: Huggins seems like someone who more likely uses heroin.


From the thread: ***Official Texas vs. #20 Iowa State GameDay***
@CySmurf: I've seen worse starts...my car this week, for instance.


From the thread: ISU 1-point favorite vs. OU
@bosco: Picked the wrong week to quit black tar heroin.


From the thread: ***Official Iowa State vs. Oklahoma Game Day Thread***
@coolerifyoudid: In a clinical study, two out of two horses hate Boomer Sooner.

@SwirlyBird: What the f*** is a rock fight?
@cyrocksmypants: A fight involving rocks.


From the thread: What happened to UNI?
@CascadeClone: It's a great time, like a bachelor party for 3 days. Lots of booze, gambling and basketball. … Some years, one of the guys clears out his wife and kids and we trash his place. We look forward to it every year, its a blast.
@BCClone: You share hookers or get your own?


From the thread: Official TCU postgame thread.
@chuckd4735: What the hell did you want the crowd to cheer? We were horrible today. Literally nothing to cheer about.
@Cycl1: What, you aren't a fan of watching multiple 10-point runs with no timeouts, dribbling into double and triple teams, lazy passes, dribbling the ball off our feet, not boxing out and giving up a clear drive to the hoop for like the 5th layup in a row?


From the thread: What are you eating for Valentine’s Day?
@BoxsterCy: (I bought) a raspberry cheesecake dessert for myself. Going to pretend my imaginary GF Monique bought it for me. She's French, you know.


From the thread: Friday OT: Con Jobs
@BCClone: When I was in my early/mid 20s, I had a good job and decent savings. A woman came along and conned me into this thing called marriage. I'm still getting taken for everything I have.


From the thread: Monday OT: Which president are you?
@Macloney: I got Andrew Johnson. Apparently, he was "white trash." If fireworks, Busch Light and being awesome make me white trash, I'll take it.


From the thread: Mid-season let’s try again (Big 12 awards)
@CyTwins: CyTwins: Take out Brown or Wade and put in Mason and you are probably right
@surly: Brown will put Mason in a jar Saturday.
** Editor’s note: surly’s first appearance in my top-posts series **


From the thread: Friday OT: Pull the trigger
@CtownCyclone: So you're a masochist, then.
@Entropy: It’s a terrible addiction.


One of mine, included based on “Funny” button response.
From the thread: Zion Williamson possibly could sue Nike
cyclones500: Either he'll put his foot down and sue, or wait for the other shoe to drop.

https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/February/14/NCAA-coaches-RPI-rankings

125- 24th (18 RPI)
133- 7th (5 RPI)
141- 12th (20 RPI)
149- 13th (6 RPI)
157- NR (29 RPI)- note Wyatt Sheets, who Straw beat is 22 in the coaches panel
165- NR (NR)
174- 21st (17 RPI)
184- 15th (7 RPI)
197- 5th (NR- not eligible for RPI due to lack of matches)
Hwt- 25th (19 RPI)

Overall, pretty favorable ranking for the clones. I think Straw has an outside shot at getting a coaches panel ranking if he can knock of Jacques, but I also think Straw can make the finals in the Big 12 tourney to steal an allocation if he doesn't end up earning one. Looking pretty good to qualify 8, outside chance at 9 or all 10.

Just decided that we will be giving away two season tickets to the 2019 Iowa State football season at this Thursday's recruiting party. We'll be doing a raffle for all in attendance.

Excited for this!

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I enjoyed talking to coach Campbell about some non-football topics earlier this month. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/matt-campbell-beyond-the-process/

Greenbay fired Mike McCarthy today. Chaos in Green Bay.

I will be in Omaha Saturday for the Dierks Bentley concert. Where is a good place to catch the game?

Edit: I posted this in Football forum. It’s intended to be Men’s Basketball.

What a great effort in the second half by these guys. Great defensive effort and shot selection was improved over the last couple games at Hilton. Good win for Steve and his staff. Get another on Saturday at Texas

...in effective FG% (among qualified players).

Effective FG% takes into account the extra value of threes.

• If you go 3-5 on 2ptFG, that's a 60% FG% and a 60% eFG%.
• If you go 2-5 on 3ptFG, that's a 40% FG% but a 60% eFG% (because you scored the same number of points as going 3-5 on 2ptFG).

The easy way to calculate eFG% is (FGM + 0.5*3ptFGM) / FGA

Prior to Saturday's games, Scott had an eFG of 73.0%, which led the nation: https://natstat.com/wbb/stats/player-advanced

Iowa's Gustafson is #4 at an eFG% of 70.7%, which is pretty impressive given she's only attempted one three all season.

In conference games, Scott's eFG% is a ridiculous 79.2%.

Game is on Fox Sports Southwest if you care to watch or make comments.

2 point lead for Tech with 4 mins to go? Really? Boynton really has the Cowboys playing well this game, and Tech is a slow scoring team.

I was hoping for a blowout, so Tech could visit us while in the top 10. That ain't happening!

Worked on this for much of the day. Enjoy.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/preview-david-montgomery-hakeem-butler-and-the-nfl-combine/

Fun video.

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Seriously. Can any school lure him away with his family there?

They are just destroying Kansas.

Everyone knows how important 2x Honerable Mention All Big 12 Team Member Sam Seonbuchner was to the offense the last 3 seasons. So much so that it is a key part to replace. The probable starter at this point is Dylan Soehner but I do believe there are other options with both Schollarship and Non-scholarship Players. Just skimming through the Roster as is Ben Latusek has Great Size at 6'3 262 Pounds and Graduated as the All Time Leading Rusher in Dike- New Hartford History. Another guy is Gage Gunnerson who at 6'2 220 Pounds could add some weight and be an option down the road. He played QB is HS and was a very good rusher is a signal caller. He would be a true Cinderella Story to become the starter with the path he took to join the Football Team. The most realistic option behind Soehner is probably incoming Freshman Coal Flansburg who has the strength and size to play the FB or LB spot in 2019 the question is where the Staff puts him. There are probably more and better options to add to the mix but those were just a few guys that jumped out to me.

But for 3 unconscious 3 pointers Fran could easily be on a 5 game losing streak this morning. Think Barta's treatment of his f____k outrage would be different than what will likely happen?

The mailbag is here for you to consume.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/...ad-to-next-year-and-more-relationship-advice/

Culver for WVU just missed a bunny to put it away. Going into OT3 right now. Creeping up on 3 hours of game time.