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re: 8-4 Iowa State declines bowl bid

Posted by cymark on 12/7/25 at 3:00 pm to
Player vote. Half team will be in Happy Valley with most if not all of the assistants. Other half of team will be in portal. Great for the top 20-30 teams(the current environment) but for the rest, not so much.
Schools like Iowa state will have choices to make around the other sports. If PSU has dedicated $25 million for NIL on top of the $21 million payroll, how many other schools can compete with thst?

Who suffers will be the other sports who will be moved to club status. The traditional powers were never going to stand on equal footing. They’ve skirted the $21 by providing NIL that others can’t afford. NIL is supposed to go through a clearinghouse, but that will be a joke too.

re: Penn State is in a bad way

Posted by cymark on 12/5/25 at 7:33 am to
Yep, Penn Stste is going to fall into the best candidate although I wouldn’t assume he’ll go. So much better than Rhule and most of the other candidates and he’s high character, which should matter at Penn state

Maui go way of the Great Alaska Shootout. Vegas is a “get paid” tournament and will continue to expand.
If you are in this situation, you need to shop the deals. It shouldn’t be “get whatever you want”. Every week there are deals that would feed a family very well.

You ever seen how much food 3lbs of chicken breast produces? There’d be 3-4 meals right there.

BTW, most folks even without the need for handouts shop the deals. It’s why many are getting ahead. Needs to be taught to kids as they grow up.

re: NFL Various Games - Week 6

Posted by cymark on 10/12/25 at 7:39 pm to
Do we need another rule and reason to throw a flag? Jeez, can we just play football?
Absolutely! Beating Villanova, FIU and Nevada should put you in the top 10 and in the playoff discussion! And those teams might be better than their next 2 conference opponents.

Team will be 5-1, likely top 5. And beaten no one.
It’s the cities. Anyone with any means hits the burbs and removes themselves from problems like this. I live just north of DM. Would never send my kids to DM metro schools, just too many problems that are solved with a half assed vetting process to satisfy those left.

re: Week 0 CFB various games thread

Posted by cymark on 8/23/25 at 2:34 pm to
Why? 3/4 of the SEC or Big 10 have no chance at the playoff. Way better chance at Iowa State.

re: Week 0 CFB various games thread

Posted by cymark on 8/23/25 at 2:28 pm to
Campbell ain’t leaving iowa state. Better job than 3/4 of Big 10 / SEC.

re: Week 0 CFB various games thread

Posted by cymark on 8/23/25 at 11:19 am to
Love the Hawk fan’s always willing to chime in.

re: Week 0

Posted by cymark on 8/23/25 at 8:03 am to
Isn’t this year 4 of the kickoff starting in Dublin? Not like this is new. Great game to kick off the season!
OU should. Soon to fall into the abyss like Nebraska. Sure, piles of $$ coming in, but football relevance will diminish quickly.

But you have the softball and gymnastics nattys, so you have that!

re: Fastest Suicide In History

Posted by cymark on 7/5/25 at 9:30 am to
The storing it outside in the dead of a Candadian winter blew my mind. Likely 10’s of millions of dollars invested and they threw a tarp over it and kept outside. What could go wrong???
Didn't the Royals have the opportunity (first refusal before the Brewers) to head to the NL Central, but elected to stay due to their rivalries with the Twins and White Sox? Talk about a bad move.....the attendance increases just by having the Cubs and Cardinals alone on you home schedule should have made this a no brainer.

Zion stays near St George

Posted by cymark on 6/27/25 at 3:44 pm
Any recommendations for lodging (mid September) near St. George and to take in Zion? Has to be relatively close to St. George as we have activities there as well. Thanks in advance!

Gardiner Montana Lodging

Posted by cymark on 6/3/25 at 6:08 pm
Wondering if anyone had a recommendation for lodging in Gardiner? We plan on being there in early September for 3 nights.

Obviously taking in Yellowstone...anything a can't miss using Gardiner as home base? First time visitor so any information would be appreciated.

re: Jefferson Iowa State

Posted by cymark on 4/5/25 at 10:09 pm to
Says $2.1 million. Do you spend that much on players? Totally internet number so who knows how accurate.

Jefferson Iowa State

Posted by cymark on 4/5/25 at 9:44 pm
Any word on here about him moving to LSU? Word on the Iowa State board is it’s a done deal.

re: Purdue got screwed

Posted by cymark on 3/29/25 at 8:15 am to
I know a lot can happen, but how does a 1 seed have to play a 4 in the 4’s backyard? I mean Purdue was a 4 so if things play to seed it was going to happen. I’m guessing Duke never had that scenario.