The Mid-Morning Dump - 1/03/12

Iowa State Football

Bobby LaGesse recaps the Cyclones' visit to the 9/11 Memorial.

Iowa State has played 7 ranked opponents this year, just one less than leader and #1 LSU.

Rumored Iowa State offensive coordinator possibility Kliff Kingsbury will be moving on with Kevin Sumlin to College Station.

Iowa State Basketball

If you don't have tickets to the conference opener against Texas, check out Cyclones.com for a $3 ticket deal.

Chelsea Poppens was named the Big 12 Player of the Week, while Jessica Schroll is leaving the team to be closer to home.

Around College Football

Iowa State is the only blemish on the Big 12's 6-1 bowl record, with just K-State left to play. Oklahoma State beat Stanford last night in a wild Fiesta Bowl (for extra fun, check out the comments... plenty of Alabama trolling). Justin Blackmon went completely beast mode, and after the game made it official: he will be entering the NFL Draft.

Here's Montee Ball attempting to teabag Oregon's mirrored helmets, and a Virginia Tech long snapper possibly implying that bowl game per diems are spent on hookers and blow.