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    What's growing? The garden thread.

    I've been posting in the lawn care threads but I wanted to start something on gardening. So fanatics, what's growing in your garden this year? I'll go first. My garden size roughly doubled this year as that was the plan. Luckily I got seeds back in January before Covid, as it's very...
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    Kempt and Lanning

    Can we get an interview with Kempt and Lanning about their experiences on the staff, their contributions to the team, and how it's different being a player? I have no idea what a "quality control" assistant does, but I'm sure the Fanatics would love to find out.
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    game dissection

    Are we going to get a Jay Jordan dissection of the x's and o's? I'd love to hear his take on why the defense was so effective in the 2nd half. Everything completed early by WSU seemed over the middle and then late throws out to the flat. Also, that late pass to Montgomery down the sideline...
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    It didn't happen...

    Don't mention this game. No articles please. Deny it ever happened at work next week. It shouldn't have been scheduled.
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    some Ray Lima info

    I spent about 3 hours this afternoon sitting next to Ray's brother on a flight today from KC to Los Angeles. I believe it was Doug and Ashley but I'm not 100% sure on the names. Anyhow, I'd thought I'd share some interesting things during our discussion. First off these were fantastic people...
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    It's a team thing

    This team is truly greater than the sum of it's parts. I'd argue that Lima, Montgomery, Lanning, or Lazard are all critical in these wins. Turns out Park wasn't essential to win like we all thought. As good as Cotton-Moya can be, it turns out he's not critical either but I think that's more a...
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    Because Jared asked....

    There isn't really an exact line where a beer transitions into what is commonly called "malt liquor". The obvious distinction is alcohol content, but many specialty beers can have very high alcohol content comparable to that of malt liquor. As a general rule malt liquor is lightly hopped or...
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    6 wins

    Yes I'm on crack. If we can get a W at Texas, then I do think we have a fighting chance to beat KSU, KU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia. Assuming that all comes to fruition, then we'll all have to admit Paul Rhoads was right about this being a bowl team and I'm not sure how to handle that.
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    The team we expected

    It's like the Cyclone team I had in my mind preseason finally showed up tonight. I think Matt playing at a high level nearly every game wasn't in my preseason thoughts, but I definitely thought McKay would give us close to this kind of energy nearly every game. Hopefully he's back for good. I...
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    Behind closed doors

    Many knowledgeable fans believed ISU could challenge for a conference championship this year but the preseason Big12 coaches poll picked ISU 5th. Why the disconnect? The top 25 coaches poll has us quite a bit lower today in the rankings compared with the AP poll, and that's not common this far...
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    Playing better? O-line or D-line

    Which ISU line unit is playing better football? I'd argue the D-line is playing better ball thus far. I felt like they had a good push this game as well, but Petty still made most of his throws. Sam was definitely off with some throws today, but I think the pressure played a part. It...
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    watched it again

    Some notes from a second viewing: 1. Morrissey had the better of Scherff on passing downs but not on running plays. Morrissey would have had a big TFL had he not been shoved in the back by Scherff on a running play though. (no call) I think Brandon is a guard at the next level but who...
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    1st kick

    It looked good to me live and on replay.
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    Rogers, Tribune, and Lynn

    We're going to need these guys to contribute in a meaningful way very soon and how they perform is going to be key to getting some wins down the road. Tribune needs an injection of confidence and unfortunately throwing him out their against that Texas receiver wasn't the best way to gain it...
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    Tulsa watched 2nd time

    A lot of positives after watching the second time through. We've got some athletes out there. A lot of guys saw action, especially on both lines. I didn't think Omoile, Lichtenberg, or Tuftee looked that great. Burton looks great some plays but occasionally whiffs. Dagel looks real good for...