Coach Paul Rhoads gets a website

You're hard pressed to find a Cyclone fan that isn't excited about the man behind the football program: Coach Paul Rhoads.

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Exciting times for Cyclone football

The Cyclones take the field to battle Kansas. Photo from Iowa State Football on Facebook.It's been a roller coaster of a football season for the Cyclones. Picked for dead last int he Big 12 (as usual) many thought there is no way that second year head coach Paul Rhoads could duplicate the surprising success he had in year one. Especially in light of the fact that many online services rated our schedule as the toughest in the nation.

However, here we are just into November and Rhoads has the Cyclones almost exactly duplicated last year's success since we're a mere one game away from bowl eligibility (with three to play) and have a program defining road win that no one expected (at Texas two weeks ago).

Where does that leave us? The rest of the schedule isn't going to be easy. Lucky for us, two of the three remaining games are at home but no-so-lucky is the fact they're against Nebraska and Missouri (two teams ranked well ahead of us nationally). We have a seemingly winnable road game at Colorado in between but as anyone knows who's followed us for a few years that inexplicable losses in Boulder happen more often than not.

Speaking of those three games - if you don't have tickets you may want to check out a new ticket broker at IowaStateCyclonesFootballTickets.com. These good folks noticed that I tend to post about my Cyclones and liked the content. They asked to advertise here and I obliged(1). So, if you need tickets, check 'em out:

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Ames floods

Image by Arturo Fernandez/The Register

The flooding in Ames this week has been quite simply amazing. It was captivating yesterday to follow the updates from friends and connections in town on Twitter and Facebook, as they sent information on road closures and pictures of the damage.

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The Story of ISUtoBig10.com (or, we put up a site that received 12k unique visitors in 7 days!)

Updated on Monday, June 21, 2010 at 10:59AM by Geoff Wood

Early last week the news broke that the Big XII conference was sure to collapse and that Iowa State, along with Kansas, Kansas State, and Baylor had nowhere to go. Nebraska was set to go to the Big Ten (which happened) as was Mizzou (which didn't happen). Colorado was set for Pac 10 (which happened) as was the rest of the South Division (which didn't happen).

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Remember the Cyclones' win over the Huskers in 2009?

I mentioned Paul Rhoads speech to the team following the 2009 win over the Huskers in Lincoln in yesterday's post. I was checking out YouTube and came across the video above where some KSU fan spliced together all 8 of the Husker turnovers and mashed it up with Yakety Sax. Good stuff.

2010 Cyclone Football Poster

Another sharp team poster from the ISU Athletic Department. This poster's theme combines the "ONE" (from CyclONE) of last year with head football coach Paul Rhoads' "Proud" speech from the locker room celebration after the win in Lincoln. You remember that speech, right?

Craig Brackins Poster Giveaway

Craig Brackins images by McClanahan StudioSeason ticket holders who attend tonight's Iowa State v. Iowa basketball game in Hilton will get a copy sweet copy of a limited edition Craig Brackins poster produced by The Meyocks Group and and featuring the image above put together by McClanahan Studio of Ames.

Click here for the blog post by photographer Dan McClanahan on how he put the post together and what it was like working with Craig.

I won't be able to make the game but would really like a poster - if anyone gets a chance to grab an extra, please do and let me know.