Cy the Cyclone

The hell??? ISU has got some of the most bizarre areas in the country. How do you conquer freaking Maine???

Should be no problem beating the third best team in the state. Just throw a pizza on the field and Fat Boy Stanley will be done for the day.

The state gave you John Wayne, Wyatt Earp, Aquaman, Superman, the dumb kid on That 70s Show, Captain Kirk, Radar O'Riley, Roger Craig, Trev Albert and... Chinander Sorry bout that last one...

Slipknot

I learned that Maryland and Rutgers were excellent choices to invite to join the Big 12.

I believe it would behoove Coach Frost to hire me as a consultant for the Nebraska football program. Why you ask? 1). I am very familiar with Nebraska. I had an uncle who lived outside of Union and I cried every time my dad threatened to take the family there for a visit. Still do. 2). I can find Nebraska on a map 3). As a lifelong Iowa State player and fan, I am on intimate terms with losing and futility 4). Everytime I drive by the Gotham exit, I say "I'm Batman" Now that my credentials have been established, here are just a few ideas I have for building morale and producing success for the Husker program: Helmet Stickers - Helmet stickers inspire fear in opponents! No one wants to face off against someone with his headgear covered with tomahawks or walnuts or whatever. Helmet stickers make the opposition quake in fear! Little does anyone know what these stickers represent. Do you get them for doing something great? Do you get them for learning to tie your shoes or for getting kicked out of Applebees? No one knows and...as long as no one leaks the information...that guy across the line is going to be scared. Oh...all the stickers will be shaped like ears of corn and you get your first one for figuring out how to get the backing off the sticker. Award Helmets - This was a brilliant idea brought to Iowa State by that coaching genius Jim Criner. While all the regular schlubs on the team had to wear the boring scarlet helmet, the prior weeks MVP got a snazzy gold one to wear. This had the dual reward of recognition by your coach for your effort and recognition by the opposing team as the only decent player for Iowa State resulting in 11 opponents ignoring 10 ISU players while attempting to remove the head...with shiny gold helmet attached...from the 11th. Receipients of the Award Helmets usually spent the week attempting to find someone else dumb enough to wear it...a kicker perhaps. On game day you could usually find the award helmet sitting on the bench, next to a freshman walk-on who suddenly found himself missing his boring scarlet helmet. The award helmet may sound like a bad idea but I would utilize it in a different way...by giving it to a starter who might need a little jolt to up his play. We tell him it's his award for his hard work...meanwhile hoping that he'll get smashed enough times that he'll finally figure out he's wearing a big bullseye on his head and will do anything he can to get rid of it...or...just die. Either way, problem solved. New Color Schemed Uniforms - Again, I drawing from experience from Iowa State coaching legend Paul Rhodes. When Paul took over he changed the Iowa State uniform color scheme to look exactly like the uniforms worn by the USC Trojans. This was quite effective. When Iowa State took the field, opponents became disoriented...thinking they had somehow been magically transported to Southern California. You could hear them muttering to each other "Hey...that's USC over there! They're tough! We're gonna get our asses handed to us". Unfortunately the illusion was shattered when our kicker tripped on the tee or our return guy dropped the kick off then ran away from it...except when we played Kansas. Those morons still think they gave USC all they could handle. Nebraska can't dress up like USC but...perhaps Ohio State? Opponents would be at a total loss if they expected Nebraska and Ohio State ran onto the field...especially Ohio State! The only thing that would give it away would be the ear of corn helmet stickers! I don't suggest copying the uniforms from an NFL team however. That just makes your team look like pathetic losers...or Iowa. The Band - Encourage players and fans alike to assault the opponents band members. Its fun, keeps everyone occupied during TV time outs and enables Iowa City lawyers to continue to buy their mistresses pretty things. These are just a few of the many ideas that leak out of my head on a continuous basis. Please forward my contact information to Coach Frost and I hope to hear from him soon.

Not to change the subject but... SUCK IT TEXAS! Carry on...

A couple take always... Please find some jerseys big enough to stretch over the huge bellies of the DL. They don't look intimidating...just fat and out of shape Please don't hop up and start flexing after you do your job until you look and see if the officials noticed you were holding your receiver and threw a flag. Please let the oL know whether AM is going to be a pocket passer or not. It would make their lives so much more pleasant. Please tell the running backs that chipping a blitzing LB is probably compulsory...not voluntary. Finally, though I know the officials no doubt appreciate it, do we really need receivers signaling first downs for us? I mean, we have markers and officials and the networks spent all that money on that superimposed yellow line. We can probably do without your help.

We paid you to take Todd Frain...

Maybe he should try his own back yard. Noticed the starting nose tackle for Oklahoma was from Lincoln...and do we need to mention Phant?

Ahem...Iowa State anyone? Do you think Chizek and Rhoades left anything in the cupboard for Campbell to work with? Don't think so...yet here comes the MAC coach with his MAC staff and he turned the culture and the program around in two years...without a bunch of 4 or 5 star recruits, a first class facility or million dollar Football donors. With Campbell, you don't buy in or you continually screw up, you don't play. He brought in a staff that recognized the shortcomings on the roster and then built schemes to put players in positions that would play to their strengths and put them in the most advantageous match ups for success. Frost should give Matt a call...maybe they could have lunch and discuss coaching philosophy.

Even the Grim Reaper has lost to Bill Snyder.

I can single handedly resurrect Husker football. My requirements are few: Night games only No mirrors Stadium must be renamed after me My experience is vast. I am tied with Jesus for most lifetime wins and have routinely defeated nationally ranked teams led by such legends as Spatacus, Ceaser, Robert E Lee and Hitler. Call me...

Anybody know how to fold up this god damn futon?

What I learned... Big 10 West is a joke Big 12 is a mess PAC12 is irrelevant Don't have a clue why we have to put up with the stupid "Who's In" commercials. Everybody knew who was in from Day 1. The same four that are in every year. The NCAA needs to get rid of the stupid BCS Playoffs cuz if you aren't a descendant of Stonewall Jackson or from Ohio...no one cares. oh...and the Big 10 has some of the worst looking mascot outfits in the world. The Wisconsin Badger looks more like a weasel, if you step on the foot of the Hawkeyes mascot, his helmet opens and you can throw your trash in, the Nittney Lion looks like it was locked in a closet and attacked by moths. The Buckeye is worst though...it looks nothing like a buckeye and, furthermore, why would you have a mascot who is just an inedible nut that falls out of trees and rots on the ground? Other than that...bring on basketball.

Let me preface this by saying I don't like Frost. Thought he was too inexperienced with head coaching problems and didn't have a handle on football style in the Midwest. Thought he was more of a Turner Gill Mk II choice. That being said... This defense is too slow. The D line is continually being pancaked on running plays. The LBs over pursue every time. Stunts are slow and bring no pressure. The secondary blows coverage with surprising frequency. Good backs beat Nebraska to the edge constantly. The group, as a whole, is undisciplined and has regressed as the season has gone on. There is a QB controversy at Nebraska...you don't have one. Martinez is the best bet but he's gotten gun shy. The O line is horrendous. When your QB is laying on his back with two D linemen on top of him and there are four O linemen standing up looking at the sky, there is a problem. D lines are blowing the Husker O line off their feet. Actually pancaking THEM. That's not how it's supposed to work. Running game is Jekel Hyde...great one play, sucks the next...but then the RB gets crushed and injured and that's the end of the running threat. Receivers...Stoll needs help since he's the only one who can consistently catch a ball but he needs to stay in to block... Other receivers can't get free, drop balls they should catch...but they are good at throwing their arms up and complaining about no pass interference flags. Finally...lots of comments on talent and recruiting. "Look at all our 5 stars! Look at our recruiting class rankings!" Great...then how come the Huskers are getting thumped by 2 and 3 star filled teams? Development maybe? Coaching? How come there are QBs out of Council Bluffs and DM starting for D1 teams with some success yet Nebraska failed to look at them. How does Iowa State get 1000 yard rushers and starting receivers out of Iowa Western when Nebraska doesn't? Not to mention O linemen. But, keep on recruiting those studs out of Florida and Texas. I'm sure they grew up always wanting to play for the Huskers... This comment is for Frost. During the ISU game yesterday, we started our hot shot speed back. Everybody was real high on his talent. First play, he dropped an easy pass. Next play, he tipped an easy pass that WV intercepted for a TD. Campbell replaced him with a freshmen RB the next series. The freshman gained 120 yards. Didn't see the hot shot back again. Campbell will let you earn your chance but if you screw it up, he won't hesitate to replace you. Scott Frost...you really need to consider that.

QB controversys are fun. At Iowa State we used to have four or five of them a year. Kept an otherwise dismal season interesting and the fan base at each other's throats for months. Big fun!

Jim Harbaugh is an idiot. Case closed...

Its an amazingly great strategy to schedule the worst Sun Belt and MAC Conference teams as nonconference opponents. The nonconference schedule needs to be longer.

Then he should have gone home after the first run...42 ypc would make him a lottery pick.

One run of 42 yards...and 6 rushes for 2 yards... Whats wrong with this picture?

That was a pretty pathetic game...

I'm bored....

Really though...we're pretty happy with TCU and West Virginia....well...as happy as anybody could be about anything involving West Virginia. Doubt I'd trade them for the likes of Rutgers and Maryland (who makes these stupid picks anyway) so we don't really need to endure yet endless trip to yet another opponent located in Yet another cow town in the middle of a flat, endless prairie. We'll leave that joy to your Big 10 brothers. They deserve it. And we gave you Fred Hoiberg so now you have to leave us alone. It's in his contract. Wow...that's kinda like a big brother giving his worn out letter jacket to his nerdy little brother so he won't look like such a band dork and people might like him. I kinda like that...now, bring me another Busch Light.