ISU Wrestling Signs 2011 class

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The nine new signees are: Connor Clarke (Sherwood, Ore.), Logan Molina (Lincoln, Neb.), Quean Smith (Highland Park, Mich.), Bo Schlosser (Bettendorf, Iowa), Aaron Sorenson (Forest City, Iowa), Alex Spooner (Forest City, Iowa), Tyler Swope (Davenport, Iowa), Shayden Terukina (Kamehameha, Hawaii) and Tanner Weatherman (Huxley, Iowa). Between the nine wrestlers, they have collected 13 state titles.

A 2nd ESPN game?!?!?!?

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110426/SPORTS020602/110426024/Iowa-State-football-lands-second-ESPN-game-in-2011

The 2011 Iowa State home game against Oklahoma State on Friday night, Nov. 18 was originally set for Saturday Nov. 19, but ESPN offered the schools national TV exposure on Friday.

Lazy Tuesday

Happy Anniversary to me and Mrs. Cyco

Here are some articles to keep your mind sharp on September 3rd, 2011

http://www.gocyclones.com/news.php?ID=4000

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/football/cyclone-roundup-4-26

Jake Knott is a MONSTER

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/27949/tough-nut-at-isu-working-through-injury

Holy crap, this is what differentiates D1 athletes from the rest of us.  I'm pretty sure, I would have gone home after having my arm surgically reconstructed.

Last Thursday, Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott dove to trip up a streaking Shontrelle Johnson at practice two days before the Cyclones' spring game.

"A great effort play," said coach Paul Rhoads.

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Reese Strickland/US PresswireIowa State linebacker Jake Knott made 131 tackles, third in the Big 12 last season.

But on the dive, Knott's arm and Johnson's legs got twisted and Knott heard the dreaded pop.

"I knew right then I broke my arm," he said.

Added Rhoads: "You can see the pain immediately overcome him on film. Just a freak type of play."

Twenty-four hours later, Knott was back on the practice field. On Friday afternoon, Knott had surgery and was discharged from the hospital at about 5 p.m. 

North Endzone Scoreboard Renderings

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You HAVE to check out the specs:
http://www.cyclones.com//pdf8/759494.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=10700


Here are the different views
From South | From Southeast | Normal View | Full Screen | With Player Stats | From North 


According to wikipedia,  the screen size of 2851 sq ft will make this video board the 15th largest in the NCAA, just ahead of Oregon.

ISU Spring Game!

One of my best friends, Dan, got me thinking I should write about the spring game.

Dan: Did you go to the spring game?

Cyclone Morning Report: yes

Cyclone Morning Report: there was so little to report

Dan: lol

Cyclone Morning Report I heard Rhoads speak before the game and he said "expect to see little to nothing interesting today. There are are some purple/gold, black/gold scouts here"

Cyclone Morning Report: so play selection was like 5 plays

Cyclone Morning Report: but, Steele Jantz threw a 48 yd bomb into the wind for a TD in the 2nd half, which was fun

Cyclone Morning Report: What I will tell you, Aaron Horne and Darius Reynolds will shred defenses if only we can have an accurate QB

No, we didn't learning anything about the QB's, and saw our RB's do some dancing.  The line play looked pretty solid, but as I said above, nothing really interesting.

Except for the performance of Aaron Horne (#3) and Darius Reynolds (#7)  Both caught some long balls, and Darius "Money" Reynolds went over a could DB's for a score too.

Check out the videos from www.cyclones.com 

http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=205138051&DB_OEM_ID=10700

Two of the biggest crowd pleasers were wide receivers Darius Reynolds and Aaron Horne.  Reynolds is in his third season at Iowa State with 38 career catches for 355 yards and two TDs. Reynolds has been slowed by injuries but he caught a total of five balls for 126 yards and touchdowns of 40- and 19-yards Saturday on passes from Jerome Tiller.

BTW, I'm calling my shot now, but James Capello should be a posession WR, not a backup QB, ALA Austin Flynn.  Facts courteous of  football roster from www.cyclones.com


Austin Flynn
Height: 6'1" 
Weight: 200 

James Capello
Height: 6'0" 
Weight: 202 


And Capello is fast!

ISU "Best of" Videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/isuvideo

Best of 2010 Special Teams 
Best of 2010 Offense
Best of 2010 Defense

57 yd field goals, pick 6's, all the jukes, catches, interceptions from last season!

Depth Chart for Spring Game Released!

For those who might not know, ISU's spring game is Saturday at 2 pm.  After the Veishea parade!


Updated Depth Chart Notables 
Tiller is still No. 1 at quarterback.
- 48 Jacob Lattimer No. 1 at left end
- 94 Jake McDonough No. 1 at defensive tackle
- 55 Jevohn Miller No. 2 at WILL linebacker
- 8 Matt Thomas No. 2 at left cornerback
- 27 C.J. Morgan No. 2 at nickel

2011 Spring Football Central: Updated Depth Chart - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports
I've also been hearing quite a bit about the Free Safety spot, now the ownership of #10 Jacques Washington, 6-0, 209, So.  I plan on keeping my eye on #10 when he makes the field Saturday, I hear he flies to the ball!

ISU Spring Practice

If the nice weather has you antsy for some spring football, check out ISU's spring practice central.

Pay particular attention to the QB and RB drills, as these are areas that the team needs to nail down before April 16th

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