Iowa State Basketball
100 TAKES. Fred Hoiberg admits that it took him 100 sweat soaked takes to get his dance moves right for the Infiniti commercial, which suggests he isn't perfect and I'm going to call that self-blasphemy.
EVERYBODY BELIEVES IN MATT. Matt Thomas' in-game shooting has not matched his reputation, but his teammates will always believe in him.
TRANSITION WINS. The quicker the Cyclones go, the quicker they'll get back to Hoiball.
THE BUM. Georges Niang is happy that he's been called the bum of the game by WVU's newspaper. Here's the entire cheer sheet:
Around The Country
KANSATUCKY. Carlton Bragg announces his school choice... correctly on the second try.
TAKEAWAYS FROM BOWL SEASON. What we learned about the Big 12 during bowl season. Also, Iowa State is still bad.
PROP BETS GALORE. Some fun prop bets are available for you to toss your money at for Oregon-Ohio State.
CARTOON POPS. Spurs Special Forces is terrific/weird/I'm not even sure.
CARDALE DOESN'T SANDBAG. Cardale Jones is going to beat the crap out of you in NCAA Football, even if you're in a hospital.
OF ALL THE FAILED NBA PICKS... Robert Swift is the one getting into the most trouble.
THIS WON'T END WELL. Boston was selected by the US Olympic Committee to be the United States' representative for the 2024 Olympic bidding process.
THE RETURN OF BEEFTANK. This week's Breaking Madden has Clarence Beeftank running over the Dallas Cowboys.