The Mid-Morning Dump: Bye Week Boredom

‘CROOTIN UPDATE West Branch, IA linebacker Tanner Lukavsky is headed to Ames, per his Twitter account.

COACH CAMPBELL thinks Iowa State’s 2nd bye week came at a perfect time to gear up for the stretch run.

TIPOFF is next week, and the Iowa State women are ranked #24 in the USA Today preseason poll.

ZION GRIFFIN overcame plenty of adversity, and is ready for his sophomore season to start.

WHAT TO WATCH? Our friends at Cyclone Fanatic ranked the non-conference basketball games.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Athletes got in the spirit.

REESE’S is a more obvious #1 pick than Zion.

THE BOO-LOR BEARS survived a scare from West Virginia.

THIS LEAGUE. In what’s almost certainly a first, social media factored into an NBA suspension for Joel Embiid and Karl-Anthony Towns.

TIME TO PANIC? Steph Curry’s out. Klay’s out. KD is in Brooklyn. What should the Warriors do?

THIS SEEMS.....BAD? Trent Williams of the Washington Football Team revealed the reason for his distrust in the organization.