Recent content by clonefanpaul

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    RECRUITING STORIES: Ajibola Afuye & Brysen Wessell

    Critical to this is the coaching staff and the environment they create for the players. They make the players WANT to stay, so we don't bleed as much starting level talent as other teams do each year. You could have the best Xs and Os coach in the country at ISU and they would fail miserably if...
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    Cyclones in the NFL and rooting interest

    Niners right now, but that could change to the Texans or even the Jets now that Rodgers is gone.
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    2025 NFL Draft

    Maybe teams are finally, actually learning that burning ludicrous amounts of draft capital to move up a bit in the first round is a massive gamble that rarely pays off?
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    *** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

    Yup, should be session one. I'm confident enough that I've snagged my ticket.
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    NEWS RELEASE: Five Cyclones invited to the NFL Combine

    When was the last time ISU had 5 players invited to the combine? Feels like a lot (but I could be wrong, idk, I don't follow post season stuff too closely.)
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    Kstate opens as 1.5 point favorite

    To be fair, KState has followed a similar trend.
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    *** Official #25 Baylor vs #3 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

    Generally it's worth a TO to avoid a tie up. That's a half possession gained.
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    *** Official #25 Baylor vs #3 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

    Let's hope this will be the most stressful FT we watch today.
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    2025 Portal Activity

    And he just lead ISU to its best football season in history. Chill tf out.
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    Playoff Format Proposals

    I did the same thing when I thought about it originally. I love the idea because it means basically any P4 school has a solid shot every single year to have meaningful late season games. Big12 getting 5 teams in would be amazing. ISU could easily get in 50%+ of the time then. Also, G5 getting...
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    Playoff Format Proposals

    Get rid of conference championship games and all bowl games. 32 team playoff based purely on rankings. No auto bids or first round byes. Higher seed gets home game. 5 weeks of beautiful chaos.
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    Let’s talk Offensive Line

    Everyone (Woody in post game, Heartland Sports mentioned it, some folks here have) keeps quoting that we ran over 100 yards in the second half as some fix for our offense, but lets break that down. Iowa State ran for 128 yards in the second half on 21 runs. Now, before I say this, I despise it...
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    Injuries on Defense

    Aw balls, you're probably right
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    Injuries on Defense

    At one point during the game the camera panned over the sidelines past Bacon. I'm not 100% certain, but it looked like he was in pads. Wondering if we might get him back sooner than we expected. EDIT: I'm and idiot, it was his brother.