The Mid-Morning Dump: THERE'S BASKETBALL ALL DAY

Iowa State Football

GEE THANKS. And what's the verdict?

Told by the Big 12 that Walt Anderson, the coordinator of football officials has reviewed the ball spot and communicated with Iowa State.

— Tommy Birch (@TommyBirch) November 16, 2015

DPOW. Demond Tucker is your Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK. Odds and ends from Travis Hines, including Kamari Cotton-Moya returning this weekend.

A BRIGHT FUTURE. Paul Rhoads believes there are good days ahead for a young Cyclone football program.

WHAT ARE WE PLAYING FOR? J.D. Waggoner talks about making the best of an unideal situation. And Joel Lanning says keep battling.

CLUTCH PLAYERS MAKING DECISIVE PLAYS. Those five words are the reason Rhoads era Farmageddon results have favored Snyder's Cats.

RECRUITING SCORECARD. Iowa State has quietly brought on 11 recruits from the 2016 class, including QB Andrew Ford.

SEASON FINALE. It's a morning kick in Morgantown over Thanksgiving weekend.

Iowa State's season ending football game against West Virginia will start at 11 a.m. on Nov. 28 and air on FS1.

— Bobby La Gesse (@BobbyLaGesse) November 16, 2015

Iowa State Basketball

DAVIS EVALUATION. Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis recaps what he saw in Steve Prohm and Iowa State against Colorado last week (blurbs at the beginning and in the middle).

IT'S A BLOWOUT. Iowa State busted out of an early slump to steamroll Chicago State 106-64. Steve Prohm talks about the win.

WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING REDSHIRTS. Freshmen bigs Simeon Carter and Brady Ernst both came off the bench last night, meaning the redshirts are staying in the drawer.

WELL, TRY AGAIN! Prohm tried getting every guy his shot last night.

Postgame interview. Me: Did you run a little isolation play there for Stu? Prohm: Yeah. That didn't work.

— John Walters (@JWcyclonestv) November 17, 2015

THE BUZZ IS PALPABLE. It was just a home opener against lowly Chicago State, but we may have learned a lot about the state of the basketball program in one night.

Around The Country

TIPOFF MARATHON. It's here, folks. It's happening now. Here's your schedule.

IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE. Five charts that show how Stephen Curry is so so so so so much better than you and everyone else.

STUPIDEST BEEF EVER. J.J. Watt called Andy Dalton a Red Ryder BB Gun, and it was all downhill from there. He also had a penis injury.

WELL, THAT TURNED QUICKLY. You have to see this finish between LIU-Brooklyn and Loyola Maryland.

JOHN OLIVER IS THE BEST. He went after FanDuel and it is delightful.

EVERYONE IN NEVADA IS NOW PREGNANT. Freshman dunk extraordinaire Derrick Jones cocked this tomahawk dunk WAY on back.

SO TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO? The last time Baylor football won in Stillwater... was the day Bill Snyder was born.

STOOPS, MAN. The Sooners are an incredible 40-1 under Bob Stoops when scoring 40 or more points. Boise State handed them their only loss in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.