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ZIP, you need to find a 12 year old to show you how to hook up your computer to your TV.

Speaking of our fan site, if you haven't already done so, you have to visit CycloneFanatic.com. As you can tell, I spend quite a bit of time on various fan websites. I have never seen anything remotely close to this site. It is huge (more than 10,000 active users) and it is a true community. The publisher of the site raises money for kids with special medical needs and we all rally to support the causes. You can get help with just about anything (with actual help mixed in amongst the clever comments). Of course, you have to expect trolls (mostly from Eastern Iowa University) and idiots (junior high kids and 40 year olds living in their mother's basements). The "ignore" tool is your best friend as it blocks their "contributions" from your view (until someone else replies to them). And there is even some really good football analysis and perspective. For instance, here is a really good piece on last Saturday's game with Eastern Iowa University. https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/the-sunday-after-iowa-instant-classic.230970/ And an interview with Head Coach Matt Campbell. https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/podcast-one-on-one-w-campbell-pre-akron.231001/ We have a wide variety of podcasts, such as ones by Jared Stansbury and Rob Gray that actually focus on football. We have CFTV breakdowns of previous games with Jeff Woody, the RB who scored our most famous TD in the double OT win over Oklahoma State in 2011. And the FAWcast (Friday After Work) is pretty much what all of us do at the bar on Friday nights during away games ("these guys will say anything"). The site is pretty generous in accepting users from other teams. Just don't be a jerk. Expect us to be overconfident. After all, we were the best 3-win team in the country last year! And we are a member of the Big 12 and you are in the MAC, so that means we are better, right? Cyclone Fanatic is a fan site. Don't expect it to be anything else. Our chief fanatic, Chris Williams (C-Dub) is fond of saying, "We aren't Cyclone fans because it is easy, we are Cyclone fans because it is awesome." Seriously, we have the most loyal fans as proved by statistics that compare attendance to wins over the last three years for all D1 football programs. We're #1, we're #1. The photo of tailgating below shows only about half of the official university tailgating lots. We look forward to seeing you in Ames next year. If you come, you are welcome at mine or any one of 1000 others, because it is really just one big tailgate. Seriously, if you aren't a jerk and you wish us good luck as you walk through the tailgate lots, you will be offered drinks dozens of times. Looking forward to seeing some of you there. I'm Cycsk.

More important is that #5 Kamari Cotton-Moya didn't finish the game last week and seems unlikely to play this week. He is our hardest hitting DB and we are a much weaker defense against the run without him. Exhibit A: see the end of the game last Saturday.

Maybe 17k announced/10k butts in seats. Hopefully we get decent weather and a real 15-20k this weekend.

I just noticed the attendance for this game was 1,987 and that seemed low to me so I went back to last season to compare. All but the last two regular season home matches, one of which was a midweek afternoon match, were higher than this match. Not a good sign for the home opener against a top 25 team from the Pac-12.

A lot of us talk about #5 WR Allen Lazard as an NFL prospect. He is smart, has great size and shape, good route runner, but is a little slow. He is also a solid punt returner. And while he has made big plays for three years, he has also dropped easy catches in the first two games. He needs to have a spectacular rest of the season because I think his draft stock has gone down so far this year.

Jeffrey Lubin really passes the eyeball test.

I am not counting on any nonqualifer's personally although Bridges does intrigue me, but I have been following East and Brimage just looks like a man among boys. Storied Rivals (@StoriedRivals on twitter) has been dropping lengthy highlight videos in middle of the week after their most recent games for anyone who wants to follow.

I like all the young bucks listed, but voted for Kato because I don't want him to be too green next year.