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  1. BMWallace

    Women's Flag Football - Future D1 sport?

    Flag football for men and women is being added to the Olympics in 2024, and that has brought calls for the NCAA to add Women's Flag Football as a scholarship sport. Last month Sens. Rubio and Shaheen sent a letter to NCAA Commissioner Charlie Baker asking him to encourage member institutions to...
  2. BMWallace

    ISU and Big 12 - SP+, FPI, and Sagarin 2023

    I wanted to see how some of the rating systems are viewing ISU and the Big 12 over the course of the year. I have compiled some of the weekly rating from SP+, FPI, Sagarin, and Massey. After week 8, these rankings show a consistent distinction with OU and Texas at the top and KSU as the third...
  3. BMWallace

    [The Athletic - Paywall] Why Iowa State is tweaking its identity this summer with more offensive options

    Article from The Athletic's Brian Hamilton from the men's basketball summer workouts. Focus is on ISU's focus on maintaining hardnosed defensive identity while building more capabilities on offense. Quite a few observations on the newcomers, with quotes from TJ and many of the players...
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    Flex Protect Plus scheduling and if the Big 12 would adopt a similar model

    The Big 10 announced its conference matchups for the 2024 and 2025 season. They have done away with divisions and the conference game will be a simple #1 v #2. The major innovation is how they are protecting key rivalries. They have have adopted what they are calling Flex Protect Plus model...
  5. BMWallace

    2023 Big 12 Softball Championship - ISU beats Baylor

    Today is the first day of the Big 12 Softball Championship tournament, and the #5 seeded Cyclones beat #4 Baylor 8-1 to open the tournament. Full game summary from Cyclones.com The Cyclones will play the #1 Sooners tomorrow at 1PM.
  6. BMWallace

    SI: SEC mulling new punishments for field storming

    Per Pat Forde, the SEC is discussing increased punishments on schools for field storming. Since fines don't seem to offer enough of a deterrent, a working group of SEC ADs is proposing that schools that allow field storming at their home stadium will have to sacrifice future home games. In...
  7. BMWallace

    CFB Rule Changes 2023

    The NCAA is voted on rule changes today for the 2023 season. The big one that passed is changing the clock stoppage after a first down. Now a first down will have a running clock EXCEPT for in the final two minutes of each half, where the clock will be stopped on gaining a first down. The other...
  8. BMWallace

    Athlon - Big 12 Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes for 2022

    https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-12-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-for-2022
  9. BMWallace

    2022 CFB All-Name Team

    This years best names from around college football, featuring ISU's Dodge Sauser.
  10. BMWallace

    Top 100 college RBs of the last 60 years [ESPN+]

    Bill Connelly of ESPN ranked the Top 100 RBs since the end of the one-platoon era in the 1960s. Looking at the list, I imagine Breece was close but just outside the top 100...
  11. BMWallace

    NFL: Cyclones in the NFL - 2022-23 Edition

    A new thread to discuss the former Cyclones now in the league. AJ Klein ('09-12) - LB, Buffalo Bills Free Agent David Montgomery ('16-18) - RB, Chicago Bears Willie Harvey ('14-18) - LB, Cleveland Browns Allen Lazard ('14-17) - WR, Green Bay Packers Steven Wirtel ('16-19) - LS, Green Bay...
  12. BMWallace

    2021 AP All-Big 12

    AP Big 12 All-Conference Team and Honors The AP named Breece as the Offensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Charlie Kolar is this year's only unanimous 1st team pick. 7 Cyclones were voted to the 1st team: Brock Purdy, Breece Hall, Trevor Downing, Charlie Kolar, Xavier...
  13. BMWallace

    NFL: NFL Considering Expansion

    The NFL is currently embroiled in a legal dispute with the city of St. Louis over the relocation of the Rams. Reporting of that case is leaning towards the NFL losing the suit and could be on the hook for damages of more than $1B. One of the potential "payout" options would be an expansion team...
  14. BMWallace

    Iowa State is Bowl Eligible

    And that is basically an afterthought! How crazy is it for this program that reaching 6 wins isn't being treated as a huge cause for calibration. Thinking back to anytime in the pre-Campbell era, bowl eligibility was the goal. Making it to 6 wins was considered a successful season under Rhoads...
  15. BMWallace

    [From WRNL] HYPE TAPE 2021

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    Breece Hall now on Cameo

    NIL rules mean players can do stuff like this to support themselves.
  17. BMWallace

    Camp Counselor Purdy - Manning Passing Academy

    Brock Purdy is one of 36 QBs announced as counselors at the Manning Passing Academy this summer
  18. BMWallace

    KU reportedly hiring Buffalo's Leipold (not Monken)

    Looks like Kansas is finally embracing the triple.
  19. BMWallace

    NY6 Bowl At-Large Bid

    Stewart Mandel at The Athletic updated his bowl projections and has ISU at 8-3 with a loss to OU in the ccg. But he argues that the loss will not be enough for the committee to move behind BYU and out of the top 12, meaning we could earn an at-large bid. In his scenario, we would be going to the...
  20. BMWallace

    The Sinful Seven: Sci-fi Western Legends of the NCAA

    Hello my Fanatic friends! I wanted to recommend a book that might interest some of you here. It is called The Sinful Seven, and it is a partially historical, and partially fictionalized telling of how the NCAA as the institution came to be and some of the events that allowed it to become the...
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