German freshman forward Dominykas Pleta arrives in Ames and fills out Iowa State's roster for summer workouts.

On today's CFTV Daily Update, I tell you about Dominykas Pleta‘s impressive first practice, the commitment of Marcus Zelee and react to ⁠Iowa Everywhere’s preseason Big 12 media poll. ⁠

All Fanatics are invited to a special bike ride on the High Trestle Trail on Saturday, July 5th, starting at 8am at the shelter just east of the High Trestle Bridge.

We built the shelter in honor of my wife Judy who finished her battle with cancer five years ago. My son had the idea to have a bike ride that reflected her values. Judy was very health conscious in mind, body, and spirit. And she was an avid rider who drew lots of others into it. The High Trestle Bridge was one of her favorite spots.

Click on the link below for more details. It is a “community ride,” not a race and not a fundraiser. We just want people to enjoy a nice Saturday morning ride and maybe get to know someone better along the way. Healthy snacks (Judy-approved green smoothie muffins, energy bites, organic bananas) and water will be provided at the shelter and at our turn-around point in Slater (Grimm Park). Ride as short as 1.5 miles roundtrip (from the QF Lane parking lot west of Madrid) to 20 miles roundtrip (to Slater) or more if you go east of Slater or west of the bridge.

Judy Vantrease Kemp Memorial Bike Ride

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Also, if you want to learn more about Judy, here is a link to my post about her on CycloneFanatic.com.

My Wife Didn't Waste Her Cancer

It was an honor to be mentioned on the Quarantine podcast Sunday night. I’m just now getting back to the place where I want to be posting on the site. I have been blessed with great family and friends. A great church family and professional colleagues. Great neighbors. And I have a great...

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I've gotten drawn into a debate on a geography forum I visit about what parts of the Midwest (if any) constitute the eastern US. Most people agree that anything in Central time can't really be considered eastern, but there's a poster who just stridently asserts that states like Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri aren't just Eastern, but decidedly Eastern in terms of climate, flora, and fauna, and geography. This seems like an insane take to me, but I'm willing to entertain the idea that I'm the outlier here.

I've always considered Iowa the most wholly Midwestern state, and view the Mississippi as the east/west fulcrum of the United States, but I believe you have to quite a ways in either direction before you're truly in the "west" or the "east".

Where's the CF peanut gallery on this question?

Holyyyyyyy ****. Directed by Danny Boyle again too. Cast is awesome. All in.

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Saw this story and thought....Why would Puff Daddy fight his sons Pee Wee football coach. Then I realized his son plays for UCLA

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sean-diddy-combs-arrested-at-ucla-20150622-story.html

Pretty interesting. I've always been fascinated by killer whales.

2025 College Football Bowl Predictions - NCAA Bowl Game Projections - CBSSports.com https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/bowls/predictions/

I read a post somewhere that ISU is working on adding Nursing and maybe a few other medical majors. I have seen other similar Universities adding it recently (I think KSU did or is in the process). There is a huge demand, as most of the Universities that have BS in nursing only take around 50 applicants per year out of hundreds of applicants.

Has anyone else heard this? Is it just rumor? Is it something that is part of the McFarland building, that they will host clinicals etc?

To me it seems like a smart move, because of the demand, but I also know it would probably take a lot of work to implement.

First appearance yesterday in my yard (Waterloo). The war begins anew.

Jake Brend is back with the CFTV Daily Update as German Freshman Forward Dominykas Pleta arrives on campus after Visa issues. Brend also names one Cyclone in football, men's basketball, women's basketball and wrestling that is being overlooked heading into the 2025-26 season.

Is this already being discussed somewhere? (I tried to search)
Locked ons topic for today is Pollard saying all atheletes will receive some NIL.

This isn’t by definition NIL. 99% of people couldn’t name a single member of the swimming and diving team. I’m guessing it’s a small dollar figure but I still don’t see the benefit. Curious to hear the other side of the argument.

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

Road recap of ISU's big win here, with quotes via the Cyclone Radio Network. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2018/10/purdy-time-isu-qb-brock-purdy-shines-in-upset-win-at-stillwater/

Just wondering how many are enjoying a holiday weekend (even an extended it more than 3 days) or a full holiday week?


We're doing a holiday weekend, though we came up to Leech Lake MN yesterday and my husband is working and has an office with a view this week.

I was looking at player ratings this morning and they have Iowa State in the Big 10! How did they mess that up?

Collectively we abhor Karen’s and old men yelling at clouds. But where’s the line? Where’s your line? Do you have any specific borderline situations to share?

——Why I’m posting this topic——

Sunday evening I get home from a long day/night of work. What went from an evening shift ending at 12:30/1, didn’t until 4:30. I got home and ready to pass out at 5am for a few hours.

I start hearing what sounds like a very loud, but apparently effective, bug zapper. No big deal.

Then I started hearing the whiz of bottle rockets, followed by the bang of mortars and 25ct rockets.

A few poppers and bottle rockets, sure. But this was lead up to finale of July 4th level mortars. In the middle of a crowded neighborhood, at 5am.

I was beyond tired and didn’t really care. So I went to my porch, in just my boxers, waited for the 25ct pack to conclude, then said pretty firmly, “it’s 5 in the f#%^*ing morning.”

She popped off “wtf?!?” And said something under her breathe about going to grab more.

She didn’t and I and I presume others were able to sleep.

I don’t FEEL like a Karen in this instance, but what say you? Would you say something? Is that a Karen moment? Where’s your personal line?

Wanting to discuss more Karen line vs fireworks etiquette, but CF will do with this as it pleases and I ain’t trying to Karen yall into staying on topic

Ive got a medium sized bee hive in our garden that I can't seem to get rid of. I've poured a variety of chemicals in the little b*stards hole to no avail. Any tips? I need help from Cyclone Nation to bring death to all things black and yellow...

Today is the day Bobby Bonilla gets his annual check from the Mets for 1.2 million. He will get one until 2035. He hasn't played baseball since 2001.

I wish I could have his agent when negotiating my first contract.

Anyone ever have to deal with an HOA? Who are these people and their stupid rules. Sorry I’m just so exausted with dealing with them. They should be outlawed

Jaiden Centeno, from Millard West. Libero. 2019.

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13: Golden State
14: Toronto (2026)
15: Portland (2026)
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16: Cleveland (2028) - had a team from 97-03
17: Detroit (2029) - had a team from 98-09
18: Philadelphia (2030)


That makes 15 WNBA franchises in markets with NBA teams, and 3 without (Seattle, Vegas, Connecticut).

Voting is open for the Cyclone Fanatic Movie Villain Tournament Sweet 16.


How to vote:
To select the favorite (the show seeded highest), choose the Heart emoji.
To select the underdog, choose the Rainbow emoji.
No other emojis will be counted.

Deadline to vote: Now through Tuesday at 10 PM

Since it's summer - and hot - and we've used a lot of terms associated with seasons and with weather. This week we've decided to take a bit of a twist on the theme.

We're looking for song lyrics/titles containing noun or verb versions of the following cooking terms often used to describe the kind of weather we're currently enjoying.

Boil
Broil
Bake
Simmer
Scorch
Scald
Toast

Edit: Fry is also allowed, but not in the Hayden application.

Last week's OTN was on the topic of Pride/Proud and can be found here: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-the-pride.292903

Your weekly host are @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.

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