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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.

Check out this article from Des Moines Register:

Macy Comito combines her love of basketball and Iowa State with plans to play for Cyclones

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.

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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Audi Crooks selected as one of 12 players to represent Team USA at the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup Games starting on June 28 in Chile.

Grant Mahoney rides solo as he welcomes on Cyclone Legend Bret Culbertson to discuss his ISU journey and the infamous Shaggy game before welcoming on fellow Cyclone Legend Michael Brandtner to talk through the McCarney-Chizik-Rhoads eras and more. Presented by Kelderman Manufacturing.

Gonna get this started since I don’t think anybody’s made one since last year. Interested to hear thoughts on the direction the organization is going in.

They want to focus on getting youth playing time and they’ve kind of took steps toward that but they’ve also haven’t. They still have Matz and Mikolas taking rotation spots (although I think Matz will be in the bullpen). Gray and Contreras were approached to see if they wanted to be traded and they want to stay. Helsley and Fedde have been held onto. Goldy not resigned, Arenado trade rumors are ramping up again. Contreras move to 1B allows Herrera and Pages to be the tandem at C. The hold up that in my opinion needs to happen is the Arenado trade. There’s a snowball effect of that move to get more young guys time. It allows Gorman to get the 600 at bats the organization wants at his natural position, Donavan everyday 2B, Nootbaar in LF (better corner outfielder than CF), mix between Scott/Siani in CF, and Walker everyday at bats in RF, Burleson a split between 1B/DH/OF, Saggese regular at bats. As far as pitchers go, McGreevy needs to be given 150+ innings as a starter (which is why I think Matz will be in the bullpen). We’ll see Quinn Matthews early this year too if he continues to excel in AAA. Tink Hence, health willing, will see time at the end of the year. So they’re still kind of still stuck in neutral of this “reset” with Arenado still on the team and when he moves then I think they’re headed in the direction they want. This year is all about seeing what these young guys have and if it’s something Chain Bloom can build on right away or he has a lot of work to do.

Anyone know the best way to try and get an RV village parking pass on the secondary market? I tried getting a pass of my own through Cy Club but they were sold out.

Or if someone has one they are looking to sell for a single game, LMK. I’d prefer a game besides the rivalry game because that’s a little too intense for my RV tailgating preferences.

Thanks!

Well now that we're full swing of the off-season with the NBA Finals now concluded I've been doing research to keep me busy...my latest? Finding every former Cyclone to be included in the Madden Franchise and the NBA 2K Series. Unfortunately I could not find data for Madden 01 and before. I'm going to include a link the first tab is Madden 2nd is the nba 2k games. Most of the information came from https://maddenratings.weebly.com/madden.html

I hope I found every player but I am human so if I missed one please let me know. Also I've never included a weblink for a Google Doc on this website so let me know if there's any issues. I am adding it as a pdf file but I'm unsure how the tabs work. Anywho here it is!

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Chris Williams & Brent Blum made Baylor fans mad last week, apparently. Plus, Iowa State adds a prep guard to its 2026 basketball roster. The early verdict is positive with Dom Pleta. The guys hypothesize how T.J. Otzelberger is building his roster for the future. Presented by Mechdyne.

Roaming about topics on the Web, I just now tripped across this. Do Americans today understand we had a Wild Man leading the Revolution?

Never too early I guess...

Iowa State will host:

Fairleigh Dickinson on November 3rd
Stonehill on November 17th

$125k to FDU
$115k to Stonehill

We're long due for a consolidated thread for the National team.

If this is true, it'd be a HUGE get: Report: Bild says Julian Green has selected the USMNT over Germany | ProSoccerTalk

So I was working on my all time football team for the clones and I ran into to the wide receivers and have no idea what to do. We have Lazard, X, Blythe, Butler, Jayden, Jaylin, Henderson, or Danielson. I feel like all these guys deserve a spot. Who would you guys pick as the top 4? (We're an air raid team now)

Starting a new thread hoping it will stand out and something will be done. These timed popups and redirects are getting out of control and are making the site completely unusable. Half of the redirects aren't even showing an ad, just a white screen. The only way to get rid of them is reloading the page. I've almost given up posting on threads because half way through typing the page has to be reloaded and the post is lost.

All the woodworkers post what you've been working on, past projects or your current setups.

of this guy. BTW, this is a rhetorical question, so don't give me grief (grin).

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I had no idea his father was an Australian PM. Absolutely loved him on NipTuck.
Cancer sucks!

https://deadline.com/2025/07/julian-mcmahon-dead-1236449999/

Things are really starting to shape and I had to do this just to break it down for myself and see if ISU has a chance. I’m putting out both teams best lineup.


125 - Poulin Dec Peterson. Stevo won the h2h at NCAA. 3-0 ISU
133 - Ayala Dec Ortega 3-3
141 - Frost Dec Bailey. Repeat of NCAA. 6-3 ISU
149 - Ech Dec Estrada. 9-3
157 - Caliendo Dec Paniro. 9-6
165 - Kennedy Dec Euton. 9-9
174 - Arnold Dec MJ. 12-9 Iowa
184 - Ferrari maj Dean 16-9 Iowa
197 - Elam Dec Endene 16-12
285 - Bastida Dec Kueter. 16-15

Guys this is going be a tight one. Iowa has more sure things. Hard to see them losing at 57-84. Some of these matchups could get kind of wonky. Let’s hope we get both teams at full strength.

This falls into the TL/DR category... But it's a great true story. Presented in the Obituary, of all things.

Click on the Obituary tab if the link doesn't take you there

A 10-15 minute investment in your time, but I could not recommend it more highly

I'm wanting to buy a genuine leather Iowa State football. Where would y'all suggest me to look for one?

This news was broken in a CF mafia thread but I thought it deserved it's own thread for those who might not check the mafia thread.

Last Friday CF member @Farnsworth passed away.

He heavily participated in gaming part of this site but that's far from all he was.

He often pitched ideas to us at On That Note and participated in OTN threads.

But most of all he came to CF for the reason the majority of us are here in that he loved Iowa State.

He was a CF OG as he goes back to 2006. I never got to meet him in person but we had very candid pm conversations which I will treasure.