Conference Schedule

I was really digging into the schedule for this upcoming year, and noticed that between byes and non-con some teams won't play their first conference game until 9/27 - nearly a month after Irish Farmagedon. There will only be 5 total Big 12 conference games prior to that week (6 if you count the weird KSU/Arizona technically non-con game).

Is that an abnormally long time to wait for conference play to begin? Have I just not been paying attention?

ISU Football Pre-Sale

Single game tickets went on sale to the current Cyclone Club members and football season ticketholders Tuesday. Just went in this morning to see what is available for Iowa State/Iowa. There are lots of tickets available. Hopefully our fans step up and buy, don't want those mouthbreathers stealing our oxygen at JTS.
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FB: One Question For Every Big 12 Team Heading Into Media Days

Heading into Big 12 Football Media Days, here's one question for each team in the conference.

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Mow or Weed Eat First

What do you do first?

  • Mow first, then weed eat.

    Votes: 169 67.9%
  • Weed eat first, then mow.

    Votes: 74 29.7%
  • Don't even have a yard to mow.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mowing service does it so I have no idea what they do first.

    Votes: 6 2.4%

Was mowing my neighbor's yard yesterday and noticed the gal that lives behind him on a rider mower, taking the grass down to about golf green height. When she was finished, she brought out her weed eater and was cutting some taller grassweeds. I didn't see if she cleaned the mess up or not as I was done mowing. Just got me to thinking what other's do.

I mow 4 yards in our neighborhood for elderly people. It's been a challenge lately with all the heat and rain to stay ahead of the game. I will usually weed eat first then mow.

CFTV: Who steps up on the D-Line? Plus, Rocco raves about Sowell and Townsend

Hear from Matt Campbell on what he expects out of the defensive line. Rocco Becht talks about the strengths of transfer receivers Chase Sowell and Xavier Townsend.

Mid-Century Modern Furniture

Preface: Fast approaching retirement, my wife desires to relocate nearer our young grandchildren in south-central MN. We're getting the house ready to market and our realtor has indicated we need to declutter. We're going thru rooms picking things to sell on FB Marketplace, and come across a 1950's desk which my wife wants to price at $50 to facilitate a quick sale.

I've had this desk forever, so I know it's a high quality piece of furniture with a solid walnut top slab. It's small but heavy. The manufacturer's name is in a drawer, American of Martinsville.

I do a quick web search and much to my surprise, find American of Martinsville is known for their quality MCM furniture which is "highly desired by millennials". I see their desks on-line priced between $1500 and $4000, with the name of a specific designer (Merton Gershun). I'd like to determine the model of my desk and whether or not it was designed by Mertun Gershun, but I can't find any American of Martinsville catalogs on-line. Mine appears to have some design elements in common with the Gershun desks, but I don't know what I'm looking at!

Is anyone here knowledgeable about MCM furniture, how to research it for the purpose of establishing a fair price, and where best to market it? Suggested prices would be well received! dbf8f675-d2a6-4da6-b720-eb615e9ab0d9.jpg

Thanks in advance for any assistance. I'm not looking to make a mint off this, but don't want to sell a $1500 collectible for $50 either!
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CFTV: Championship Hunger, Depth at Linebacker and Rocco's New Weapons

The entire football program still feels the 2024 Big 12 Championship loss, Matt Campbell is confident in the linebacker depth and Rocco Becht is ready to spread the wealth. Jake Brend has more in his report from Texas. All coverage is presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery.

CFB Returning Production

Using Bill Connelly's Returning Production Stat, I was curious to see the correlation between returning production and (W/L record): P4 schools only. General take aways were.

If a team has less than 60% returning production, there's a high likelihood of having a rough season. Looking more closely at Duke and Pittsburgh there's a reason why they did better with little returning production.

Duke's final Sagarin 2024 SOS rank was #64 and Pitts was #62. There are 67 P4 teams.


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Lexi Donarski

Nice article about where she’s going now and her basketball career.

Williams & Blum: Down goes Red Panda, Official Big 12 Preseason Ballot, and More

Chris Williams and Brent Blum dive into the decision from the Big 12 to no longer use a media poll before CW gives his idea for how to fix it. The guys give their mid-July Big 12 Poll and more. Presented by Mechdyne.


RECRUITING: Jett Thomalla (4-star QB 2026 commit) flips to Alabama

RECRUITING: Iowa State's 2026 QB commit picked up an Alabama offer a month after announcing the Cyclones as his choice.

He caught up with @cfchangs9 to talk about it.

10 Best Breweries in Iowa 2018

The annual ranking of breweries in Iowa was released today:

https://iowabeerblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-10-best-breweries-in-iowa-2018.html

JUST MISSED THE CUT: SingleSpeed, Madhouse, Fat Hill, Iowa Brewing Company, Franklin Street and 515 Brewing.
10. Backpocket
9. Jackson St.
8. Exile
7. Lion's Bridge
6. Confluence
5. Alluvial
4. Barn Town
3. Big Grove
2. Topling Goliath
1. Pulpit

I haven't had Pulpit, Barn Town, and Jackson St, however all of the others are legit, except for Exile. I'd knock them off and add Iowa Brewing or 515 on it.

The article didn't mention 7 Hills in Dubuque, which was decent, and Third Base Brewing, which puts out excellent seasonal beers.

Odd that it has Thew on its watch list, as when we went there a few weeks ago, I'd say they're the worst microbrewery in the CR area.

2025 health, fitness and nutrition thread

With the new year, I figured it would be good to start a thread on health and fitness.

I lost about 55 pounds over the past year and half. Now I want to focus on building more muscle and keeping my weight in a good place. For muscle-building I'm going to focus on getting my technique better, especially on moves like deadlifts.

I also want to add more meditation into my life to help decrease stress.

This thread topic is a pretty broad so it can cover exercise, weight loss, mental health, etc.

Black Sabbath One Final Show

Will include all 4 orginal members. Not sure what kind of condition Ozzy is in.

Concert will have a load of special guests to pay tribute to the original heavy metal band.

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