Williams & Blum Wednesday: Breaking down the Big 12 football schedule and the back half of hoops

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they were lucky we were lucky enough that they invited us to come out here and sit at their Booth here at Wells Fargo Arena we've already met a ton of Fanatics today it's so cool already yeah I had I had some Fanatics Ethan's hanging out over here he's got his Templeton rice shirt on that's not surprising drinking a KS light I didn't know you could drink at the Iowa a exp a Expo everybody drinks for it yeah fantastic Co is light if you're walking around listening to us hell yeah um no we're we're we're psyched to be here we love our our friends from terplex we'll have somebody from terplex join us here in just a little bit we actually have a ton to talk about today too with the football schedule coming out yesterday and um as always on the Wednesday show we are live on Twitter Facebook YouTube so you guys can chime in and we'll get to some of your questions like becoming YouTube influencers at this great a lot of people watch the Youtube so I was just having a talk with somebody about that that our YouTube page with what we're doing at py fanatic and on Iowa everywhere yeah I don't know what happened in the last like year year and a half but that has turned into a massive consumption was there someone that joined maybe a year ago that intern internate and Sten the CR okay you got the secret sauce then kid I'm just saying it's coincidence I think Jerome Tang we love you brother for the explosion Aiden's a farm kid he doesn't look like it he doesn't act like it but he's a farm kid and we Aiden's dad was here earlier good to see Matt late happy birthday to Matt um no this is cool I I had a couple of uh Farm kids from Iowa City this is before you got here there was a hawk and a clone is a farm kid from Iowa City that seems South Iowa yeah I know no that's what I said I said the exact I go how are you a farm kid from Iowa City and they wereth of there no we've met like I probably met like 10 Fanatics that stopped by the terplex booth here Wells Fargo Arena the Expo how awesome that machine is that drone over there holy smokes I want one for for my house in bond the I I could you imagine me lifting off with that bad boy out of the driveway just start spraying the kids all over your your neighbors going to be like what is Williams do oh Williams just get the Drone out the Drone out and all the kids are running under it cuz we're we're spraying water not fertilizer on them course again I'm a clearly not a farm kid the technology involved in terplex is incredible like just this now this whole like Iowa EG Expo like this is eye opening to me again I sound like I'm uh from the 1800s here but the technology is wild this is like a technology show more than an act show this is one of their remote controls thing like it's got like a whole computer system and so they've got this cool setup here where they actually have a drone set up they're telling me in one of the Suites up there and if you look over on this TV over there I don't know if we can get the shot of that probably not um they they got like the heat heat seeking cameras so they were showing me some of these shots from they'll fly them around their house just to test it out at night and you can see like an individual deer running through the woods and I said can you use that for hunting no that is illegal sticking ammunition on there is probably that is illegal to use for hunting that kind of ruins the challenge of the you know the sport of it so anyways uh really excited to be here we appreciate the invitation we do have a lot to get to women's basketball tonight we will not talk much about that because we it's going to get dated I'll be there oh you're heading up after going up right after this yep how you feeling uh good they I think they're in that like hey we got to get one mode well Addie Brown's been sick according to Bill Finley which makes me feel better because she just hasn't been as involved and that that makes more sense as good as Audie krooks has been playing if you can just get Addie or handed to knock down a few shots today I mean this is a great opportunity to get get back on track and IA State still in really good shape I'm still excited for this group and obviously they want to get on the winning track cuz the one win they've had in the stretch was the forfeit so that just doesn't really feel like a win even though it does count as a win so just getting back in Hilton they Haven played I think Billy tweeted last yesterday they've been like one home game last three weeks I mean it's been nuts time year that's really it's hard to do yeah so I think everybody's excited to get back into Hilton and Iowa State's been very good there this year let's let's dig into the football schedule for next year we're going to spend the majority of our time I think on this today we will get into some basketball uh not a lot new to talk about from Sunday's podcast obviously cuz they haven't played Game Jerome Tang lost again boy Jerome Tang uh is that Karma I don't know what's going on there but that's a that's a rough eight days for Jerome and they got their ass KCK it wasn't even close by Oklahoma it was not competitive our our friends from the Kansas State media were tweeting out words like the team is quit uh not playing hard all that type a real shame to see a shame real shame to see that happening uh well I guess we can just touch on this the Baylor game real quick yeah uh they are 18 and Kim pom this would obviously be a very good quad one type of win however Bloom Baylor so they play tonight they play Central Florida on the road tonight which that not easy what's that bayor lost three in a row yeah I you realize that they've lost three in a row I'm not buying them this are not I told you this too like I didn't there and I love Scott drew I love him I love him like family I don't think that this is one of his better teams they have a reputation as a great shooting team I believe as of this morning they were dead last in conference play from three percentage wise they haven't shot it at all and they don't really guard they are really um they percentage defens they're dead last which is kind of wild the thing with Baylor is and again very skilled team when the ball's going in the ball has him going in which Ms huge problems for them cuz they're not real you know Baylor had this reputation over the last 10 to 15 years under drw super uber athletic they'd get in passing Lanes they they'd be great defensively they're not as good this year they're not as athletic in the back court they don't have the front the front Court guys to stop it at the rim and so really if they're not making shots it's uh it's been a tough road for them I'm yeah I'm I'm just not real high on Baylor right now a lot of people still think they're like a final four Dark Horse I don't I don't think see it at all I I really don't in fact I I I do have a hot take go for it I think I've watched enough Big 12 if I had to tier the teams right now Houston won yeah they're on their own they're on their own now I don't put any and I know it's weird cuz Iowa State beat them and we all watch that game yeah we we all watch that game though I don't that I don't want that game going two more minutes no you know I they are they're one in fact um I I would strongly consider putting a little bit on a Futures bet with Houston like to win it all yeah I mean the only thing I would worry about with them you you would know more about the if you get the wrong officiating crew on the wrong night that blows a lot of whistles yeah I mean they've been really good on offense though too dude they are they played like crap last night and still beat Texas or was it two nights ago big Monday it's big Monday I watch Monday night I I I I'm Blown Away by that team I'm in love with that team and I've never seen a team tank said this the other day too now we're just a big Jerome tank podcast now but he said he's never seen a better defensive team in his life so interestingly uh we had this discussion I don't know if it was last Wednesday or maybe was Sunday it all kind of runs together where I always said at one point had the second best odds to win the conference but then appreciate our guys on the on the on the message boards pointed out Texas text remaining schedule is by far the easiest there is and even though Tech lost yesterday they now have the second best odds because if you again comparative schedules they they they got many breaks all the breaks and they've already won a g couple games on the road so right now Tech is actually five and a half to one I say 7 and a half to one to win the Big 12 so Iowa state's third Kansas now in fourth at 9 and a half so Iowa state is definitely in that upper tier one thing to keep an eye on obviously you you'd love to win the conference uh but you know Conference tournament Wise It's the the top four teams get a double buy and and so it's going to be man I'm so not used to that I know it's it's getting trying to readjust it from 10 teams now you're up to 14 so the double the top four seeds won't play till Thursday there will be games Tuesday and Wednesday prior to that so as you plan your Kansas City Excursion make sure to keep an eye on that I was thinking about that too if if you wanted to go to the women's tournament mhm So in theory like if the women make a decent little run mhm you could double dip in theory yeah you still you're going to have two days off either way because I think the the women's final is on Monday MH and then the men probably won't play at this rate until Thursday I me what are you going to yeah that's a lot of time to just be rumaging around the Power and Light District I mean you're going to be a Green Lady Lounge yeah and that place is we screwed ourselves Aiden you you probably haveen heard this so became too popular 10 years years a 10 12 years ago is me and Hines and like Dave zalinsky and like we all discovered this place called The Green Lady Lounge that was open till 4: and nobody knew about which I never understood how some bars could stay well is it Anyway there's something about like if there's live music and if it's like music venue I don't know the the lady was telling me one one night who was it the green lady the green Lady it's like this bar out of like a 50s film like as like it looks like you're walking to the godfa yeah like Frank Sinatra is going to be in the back smoking a stoy it's the type of bar it is and we used to be able to go in there at any hour and get like $2 beers and there's never anybody there now you go into the green lady on a Tuesday night the the place is just packed crazy I'm done I I Hines and I went last year and I told him when we were walking back I said I'm done I'm not going back to this place so we're find our we need to find another hole in the wall yeah I'm not don't tell anybody I'm out it's too loud now there's too many fans there like I'm just I'm completely out on the on the green lady so yeah double buy so keep it keep that in mind Iowa state did itself a favor by beating Kansas now you start think about NCAA tournament I think if the if the tournament was held tomorrow and it's clearly not iow state would be playing in Omaha as a three or four SE yeah I think so too and as you made the good point on Sunday the kraton aspect Cann play in Kansas Iva State's ahead of Kansas I would guess right now if if I was seeding the tournament or at least they would be on the same line Kansas bounce back and and beat Oklahoma State last night that totally expected big one on Saturday Houston at Kansas yeah that's what's what are we thinking there we thinking Houston GNA be about a well Ken palom as Houston is a five-point favorite a that'll be pick them you think it'll be a pickup it'll be a pickup look at this great slate though on Saturday that is a 3:00 tip iow State tips at seven oh and the women play it tip at one 11 yeah and you're doing game watches right yeah we got we got a game watch that inside inside Golf and ases they got ax throwing there they got indoor golf cool place boy the Axe throwings really becomeing thing yeah which I've never thought you know what I'm going to do today I'm gonna throw an axe I'm gonna get drunk and I'm gonna throw an axe I'm gonna get just hammered and throw sharp objects at a wall we'll be there all day or at least we'll have this is a great think about the first person who had a bar like and they're like I'm going to go to the insurance agent and I'm going to say all right we want to sell hard liquor and we want to open up an axe throwing location just put put a thing on the wall we really have a great slate of college basketball on Saturday it's a it's a one of the top slates of the entire weekend hold hold on I'm getting it pulled up I want to thank our friends at whiffles hybrids real quick we're kind of doing our whiffles big 12 segment right now they they they're probably hanging out around here somewhere I would think that they would be yeah well I saw the the early wine boys they they're whiffles guys and and I know that they're bouncing around here yeah no there's a I I can't I can't find the top 25 schedule but nonetheless Saturday a massive at 11: on Saturday you got you're going to be at the ax thr we're going to talk so inside I don't know when we're going to be there exactly but specials on as loggers all day and a huge percentage of all the beer sales go straight to the collective last thing for you where are we at on ticket sales for next Wednesday oh yeah we're we're doing okay we're we've got about 60 left so we'd love to we've had a good couple of days on that front so we love to sell those 60 tickets and man we just finalized a couple more special things that are going to be included with with everybody's ticket that you won't want to miss it next Wednesday at in anony we collective.com would love to see there so and speaking of terplex yes they're are presenting sponsor for that event that's pretty awesome yeah so again these these guys are the real deal these terplex folks you got real quick we'll get back we'll get back to them Tennessee at Kentucky on Saturday you got Iowa State Baylor and you've got Houston Kansas and you have Duke North Carolina that's a hell of a day that's four 25 on 25 matchups let start February off right yeah yeah no the tlex guys and gals have been phenomenal for us and I it's it always I'll tell you really inside baseball story of Psych and fanatic for the longest time the a community would not even look at us they wouldn't even pay attention to us and the Really post pandemic the switch is flipped because these Farmers now you know they're listen to this yeah they I mean there's a lot of these there's a lot of these guys that it's all GPS they're sitting in their combines watching Netflix you know like so it's it's just completely changed and it means the world to me being a I'm not an act guy but I've grew up around it right so I I I can speak their language enough and it's it's just really cool and we love being out here I've I've seen it's crazy to how many people I've known just walking around here I got here about an hour and a half early and just kind of wanted to feel feel feel around and it's been a lot of fun that's the crazy thing now is going to events like specifically a related there's so much crossover between Iowa State and and EG and engineering and this is kind of that Confluence today I don't know if we're old now it's like we we run into so many more people it's just like it's so like I I love being here and uh great people and literally we just walking around some of the booth and and see all sorts of Iowa state folks Rocco and jayen rco Rocco and jayen were here yesterday so was that a hit huge hit so I mean jayen is jaylen's only concern was can can the Drone help me fish that was his so jaylen's a big fisherman do you know that I think you've talked to J about yeah so he only does the farm P so he wanted to know if the the heat seeking drone could find the fish and they said maybe not these but that that technology does exist so we were talking with the uh the terplex folks we're going to try and do maybe an nil commercial where Jaylen null catches a punt dropped from a drone yeah who says no who says we make sure it doesn't like break an arm though that's you don't need that what or or don't need that Jaylen is in a fishing boat in the middle of a farm pond and then catches the punt and he catches the punt and you'll have the great visual from the chopper part of the Drone and it's churning up the water man and he can jump out of the boat and catch the ball meanwhile Rocco's cooking some meat yeah on the shore uh yeah we're out here at the Iowa a Expo awesome to be here with our friends from terplex all right let's I got a text real quick from our guy chip who's awesome he said the women's final is actually on Tuesday not Monday I misspoke so that's what I was thinking so if the women do make it in Kansas City Tuesday maybe your layover isn't as bad this is a nightmare for media I know people don't care but we're trying to do we're doing our best covering it for all you guys and it's a nightmare the Big 10 announced that starting next year there's three other teams AR even going to make the tournament which I hate well that kind of takes the takes the point away well yeah the whole point is like that you can get on these runs and I hate that I hope the Big 12 doesn't do that I absolutely despise that let's go over this 2024 Iowa State football schedule and uh you know favorable yes I think it's a pretty good schedule for Iowa State now you probably have the hardest game at Utah yeah that's that's the tough one that's probably the toughest game on the entire Big 12 schedule right is going to pre-season favorite on the road absolutely but outside of that like I'm going to just roll it through here real quick and then we'll and then we'll pick it AP part start with the start with the non-com a lot of people hey everybody don't have to play you and I this year no Northern Iowa thank God I don't stop scheduling that because here's my thing Norther those Northern Iowa people hate Iowa well David Harris isn't there anymore so quit funding their athletic I'm over it like all they do these Northern Iowa fans all they do is about Iowa State all the time they hate Iowa State quit funding them I'm I know it was the right thing to do for a while nobody else does it although they're down now so the game's gotten a little yeah but still like they're all condescending about it and they're it drives me crazy there you go so North Dakota Instead North Dakota North Dakota and then you got to go to Iowa and then Arkansas the the red wolves come to town so you do have a buy after the Iowa game which not particularly it's an early week for a crazy about yeah i' I'd much rather have that later there's going to be a lot of September 21st weddings or September 14th weddings that's my birthday I get the week off on my birthday about that yeah and Aiden eight I are both on the 14th that's wild do you know who else this is crazy I think I know this one no there's there's there one you don't know about okay uh two other Cyclone Legends yep and I'm we're in that mix clearly Jared Homan nope but uh Troy Davis that's the one I knew and Jal McCay forgot about that one but feel like I knew that one yeah Cy Legends you know we're in conversation with Troy Davis and J no big deal it's Aiden Bloom Jam Troy Davis there's your Mount Rushmore September 14th birthday get that on a T-shirt and uh J know who's not on there is my twin brother doesn't make the he's a hawk he's a hawk jeez so okay big 12 starts off at Houston my my my guy Willie Fritz is there now but I mean I I like that I like getting them early I think that's a team that that will get better I have no idea what they have and I'm not going to sit here and Li to you and act like I know but he's a good coach so they're going to be a lot better in November than September Bor at home so here's where I'm at on bayor is they were a massive disappointment last year they keep aanda I can I I don't know what to expect here like I I think we have a read on Houston the thing with Aranda is we've thought that they were going to suck before opposite world yeah so to me that game is a it I would pencil it in as a win but it's also like it wouldn't shock me if they have nil money you know like it wouldn't shock me if they're a pretty competitive team no yeah I is shapen still there left right like I don't so I you're right I have no idea they reshuffled the entire deck this this off seon like or the the administration basically told oranda you get one more year pal but you're you know and SE coordinators got to go everybody's got to go so it's it's going to be a different team I mean I really like I always say getting them in ases although uh game in ases two years ago was I feel like these early season Baylor games generally don't go Iowa State's well but this feels different Iowa state is going to be a at least a touchdown favor yeah I mean just based on right now I mean that's s to 10 points from a point spread perspective MH until we hear otherwise at Morgantown this is a lowkey the the game in West Virginia is going to be Circle that one everybody because I think West Virginia's got the chance and you talk to their people they're talking 9 10 11 wins next year I think that this would be one I pencil in as a loss not like a shirt I I said pencil I didn't say pen I West Virginia no one's talking about enough cuz they kind of flew on they had a nice year they had a nice year hell yeah they did and they came out of nowhere and they were tough they bring back almost I think a lot like Iowa State a lot of lot of players if there's an early season line on this one Iowa state would be and then I what I would tell you guys and I'm dead serious Morgantown on October 12th would be awesome like go do it people are so tired of us pitching Morgan I but nobody goes the best place it's the best place road trip in the conference right now I I telling you now downtown's kind of goofy like oh what it feels like you're it's like you're at the aex I mean plus like 5000 5,000 like everything's old in don't stay in Pittsburgh book it now and stay in Morgantown I I know this is weird and I'm not like a foliage guy I'd never call myself a Fall Foliage guy oh you you go for the trees but the trees there in October are really cool like it's like colorful moonshine I've never called Bloom huge foliage guy not a foliage guy but the foliage there is really impressive and you're in the hills and the anti foliage program in the Big 12 is Central Florida no foliage there but they are coming to ases that area oh okay we don't go we don't get to go to Orlando no I'm thinking about going to that basketball game in March though I'll go you want to go I got some contact there flight the Orlando and it's nowhere near Disney Disney by the way I ain't going to Disney well I'm just tell like people think oh Orlando's Disney no like UCF is basically in Marshall Town compared to where if de Mo was Disney FYI well the craziest thing when I was down there with basketball over Thanksgiving and Central Florida had a home game now this is the day that it so this was the pharmageddon game farmageddon game yeah but during the day it was Michigan Ohio State there's all these big games going on but I'm out doing some bar hopping and absolutely nobody cares about the central Florida game going on it what you couldn't even see it on the TVs interesting now granted I was kind of in the touristy area of Orlando so I don't think a lot of locals were hanging out but it was just wild to me so different than living in the state of Iowa Texas Tech at home I think they will be better than they were yes and but that that is an Iowa State game 3 to7 point favorite right now yep game yep Kansas in Arrowhead Stadium I love this I love this so much I already booked my uh hotels yeah I mean you probably that's actually a good idea we should do I'm looking at my wife's over we should buy get hotels well no we your your brother lives over there never mind um I already got mine booked although bad vibes an arrowhead yeah oh God or nod Alex all three of them who missed the kicks who missed the kicks it was it Mahoney no I don't think it was Mahone Mahoney was it you was it Grant it was Grant I think it I'm sorry Grant I'm sorry sorry bud listen to Grant on the psycho INF finatic podcast Network love you buddy you go down Grant's coming to the event on Wednesday 2009 you you you you scramble you go down you score you're down you're going over time and you and now we're throwing salt in the wood I'm sorry we didn't mean to but that was a heartbreaking game uh Cincinnati and and then senica was in 2002 tysonite coming back Cincinnati on the 16th I found it interesting that you a whole lot from social media but Tyson got a lot of love from the current staff and players for him taking that job I think every I think everyone is super happy just FYI everyone's very happy for Tyson in fact I was told like and I to the many within the program wanted the message that how important he was oh absolutely they love him there's not a bad no you can't say a bad word about that so you know I just like I know some people leave on different terms that was certainly not negative terms so this the the last two and you really just what kind of shape are you going into November 23rd the last two games will I think will largely Iowa state will be in definitely conference Championship mode like you both win both those much I think your chances to get in are are good I think that we're going to be talking about that the goal is probably to have one loss going into this right yes going into Utah on the 23rd if you can have one lost you got two games left at at Utah you're in and that's it I mean that's the thing like we got to rearrange what we're thinking now for for next year you win the conference you make a playoff and it just it's different like you got to kind of rearrange all of your your thought process there and I actually I like this because I always think it's it's two potentially biggest competitors the last two games you're going to know exactly where you stand going into November can you imagine Iowa State K State with a conference Championship birth on the line thus maybe a playoff birth will drum Tang being in a tennis Aaron is watching on Twitter I'm not telling you guys where I'm staying at the football game I'm sorry that just seems like a bad idea get that Airbnb like Memphis I am a huge Airbnb guy like I I I really hardly ever stay at hotels anymore do we get our deposit back for that for Memphis Airbnb did we take care of that place well enough I think we did we got a festar rating the reviewer gave us a five she gave she gave us a festar rating she knew to be honest I hadn't even checked to see if the I'm sure we did okay I mean Rob gray got a little out of control so between Rob gray and Conor Ferguson and one Airbnb for a week that's a hell of a combination right but you know schedule wise I'll never I I wanted to kill Connor it was the first morning we were there and I had the one bedroom that was like by the living room mhm Connor was up at like 6:00 in the morning playing the old PlayStation 2 March Madness video game like hyper loud like disrespectful all I can hear at like 6:00 a.m. is he's on fire uh okay so yeah then the Kansas State game on the 30th so all right down to Brass tax what's the number on this as far as win totals I would I would pencil it in at eight or eight and a half for the whole season yeah yeah I'm going to gu eight I'm going to say eight will be the number from Vegas maybe seven and a half or eight yes and I think I say can can certainly exceed if seven and a half I would take the over in a heartbeat and and I think you know you I just the makeup of this team what I say did this off season was huge huge dub huge win not only did they keep everybody but the Strategic additions in the portal that nobody's really going to talk about because they're not big headline people but every single one will help and add significant depth and I know everyone talks about the offensive line I just want to make sure people understand here you get them all back which is great including Jared Hufford MH who had a nice year this the discussion with Jared is Travis right but with Huff just real quick on Hufford if he develops and Clanton thinks he can develop even more he could be a you know a late NFL draft pick that's why he's coming back and I I believe him Jaylen Travis has an NFL frame he's the the kid from Princeton mhm um potentially a starter potentially yeah and then the the kid from uh from Wisconsin adds great depth could potentially give some run for a starter Barrett and nobody talks about it but dalen haer hurt got hurt in August and he was on the verge of breaking into that potential starting five so yes you do bring your line back but you have you know three-ish Folk that make challenge for a starting spot that you didn't have last year I would also make the point that Neil he did get better he well that's my point he struggled a lot in the first half the season in the back half he was pretty good yeah yeah so like I just think you're going to get a totally different guy you look at September it's like what happened like he well the line wasn't very good he didn't he hadn't played much now I think I think we're the Memphis game is still kind of on the back of every it was so hard to run the ball every like well okay but you know there is I think with this group you're running a little bit better with the skill guys and then I I'll add the I think the the Army wide receiver is is not going to be talked about at all I think he has a chance to really help this offense and I know they're pumped up to get him here we go are we it's we're only uh what are we seven months away it's it's disgusting when you look at the calendar it's January 3 spring game by the way is uh April are they doing one do you have some inside information are we doing one I we're doing one again yeah okay yeah April April 20th spring game yeah April 20th and then the uh big George Straight show coming up on uh Memorial Day weekend that's right Stapleton it's a George Straight show who Chris Stapleton is lucky to be on the card with George Straight who who else is there wasn't there like MRA douche country before it Little Big Town yeah douche country I'm not going to that one I'll sit out at the camper during that one and apparently I'm not going into that if you if you have an RV spot you might be able to use it that's what that's what Daddy's holding on to that thought anyways uh looking forward to all that coming up some terx people at that I guarantee there will be look around these people are George straight people let's bring a couple of them on shall we all right boom get out of here I'll bring you back in 5 minutes okay it's just you just got an upgrade get on over here Matt uh I got a couple of my uh friends from terplex yeah Aiden you're going to have to give up one of your headset I think we got two of them here my buddy Sher and Jack Schroeder are going to join me there you go put that on ma'am all right that's not good for the hair oh you'll work it out it's not good for my hair either but I figure it out welcome to the show thank you thank you so much for having us now Jack here I hear is a real Cyclone whiz yeah all right let's let's put you to the test okay favorite Iowa State football player Joel Lanning nice now that is a man's answer right there why do you like Joel Anning so much well he kind of reinvigorated Iowa State football really you are correct so you're actually what what's funny is he's the type mom that will make us feel really old I was speaking to my daughter's um it was like her second grade class last year and I they asked me you know these kids and they asked you who's who's the most famous player you've ever interviewed and I'm like have you guys ever heard of George Yang and they're like who yeah that does age us they're like and then I said Brock pretty and they're all like a you know go 49ers they all freaked out Jack are you a 49ers fan yeah yeah bandwagon you're just all over the bandwagon who was your team before Brock prie got there uh the Cowboys oh man you're a Cowboys and a 49ers fan yeah mess with both that's like Sac religious in many areas yeah I guess that's true but the Cowboys have been so bad for so long I guess come I don't need to hear a kid your age talking about I'm a Vikings fan you're lucky to be a Cowboys fan are you kidding me hey do okay go back and do when you get home tonight do research on the hersel Walker trade you know what I'm talking about mhm the worst trade in the history of professional sports for my but it built up your Dallas Cowboys the entire brand have you ever flown one of these drones a couple times Yeah couple times all right shity now you have a really interesting story I've heard it before yeah but you was it this was kind of your brain child right like didn't they come up with this whole thing in your shed or something like that like how did this whole thing start yeah I mean Danny did give me some some credit the other day that I maybe am the impetus for the growth here because they were storing their drones in our shop and it got to be April and then beginning of May and we were set to have a graduation party there like within a couple weeks and we needed to find a place for the drones and then that's when we moved into a place in town in od bolt yeah and that's how it all started and that prepared us for the season that was ahead well was fascinating to me about terplex is so a little bit like what I do where we we started this digital media thing probably before the market was ready for it and I I feel like when I talk to these Farmers they're all very interested in the Drone technology and there's a lot of like toe dipping going on in the last like year or so but it it seems to me like it's a thing that's just going to absolutely explode if it hasn't already yeah that is a great point because what we've seen at these farm shows is that farmers that were kind of Dipping their toes are now getting their feet I me it's like really changing the attitudes they're really seeing maybe saw their neighbors using the drones or heard some of the research that's come out about how they're increasing their profit profitability and uh they're they're ready they're ready to discover what drones can do for them whether it's they own one on their own Farm or maybe have a certified terplex pilot come and fly some of their acures so you guys do do that where if even if you don't want to own it you can rent somebody out or however that works call us you know we have customers out there that are doing their own custom app businesses so we can set them up with a pilot that we know in their area that can come or we can send one send one of our own Pilots out to to fly their Acres what I got to fly them we you guys brought some out before a football game in the RV Village this year and what was fascinating to me was just the technology of it where you could tell it where to go and you really don't even have to do anything yeah they're pretty smart yeah it's believe it it was It was kind of creepy actually it was like a robot up there but yeah yeah no it's really cool like you map out your field it goes out does what it does comes back to that same home spot you refill it change the battery it sends out it goes knows exactly where it left off comes back home it's it's pretty cool and aren't we in a mode too where it's like this thing's incredible now the technology but it's just going to keep getting better too like yeah they're they're continuously making software improvements that just increase the it's just like your computer you plug it in and you update the software and boom it's it's better the next time you go out there yeah no definitely it it's really neat and I'm I'm all about it I'm I'm really thankful that you guys let trust us with your brand and that we can help you and yeah you would be amazed at the amount of farmers that call in and have heard us on your podcast or you talk about us and so we're really uh proud to be a part of that thank you for thank you so much doing that we well and this was fun to get out here too with with another thing so I'm a clarenda guy and I've bumped into like five people that I've that I know there's Farmers from around southwest Iowa so it's been fun all right Jack real quick back to the important stuff here yes yes uh Iowa State Basketball where how far you got him going this year all the way you know whoa National Championship calling it right now okay did you hear that he's pumped yeah yeah they are really good and they they play really good defense and now they can actually score too who's your favorite player on the team right now probably lipy you know yeah I mean how do you and not go with t and lipy Hometown kid does it all all right jack well you keep in touch and if you ever want to come and hang out during the podcast you're always welcome all right buddy thank you all right I think you've got a regular attender yeah that sounds good thank you so much for having us out we appreciate it all right that is sherid and Jack schroer from terplex we appreciate them having us out there we'll bring Bloom back on here for the rest of the program again we're at the Iowa a Expo if you're watching us on YouTube today or if you're watching us on Twitter Facebook wherever you take in the podcast Bloom loading back up here and that was fun the uh kids got a future well he he reminds me a little bit of you oh boy well he can just rattle off theer literally right he just rattles off the stats yeah yeah I wish there was money in that yeah not a lot and then AI is going to take over anyway so well it kind of already is stats won't even matter although real quick speaking of uh stats and Twitter and influencers how about UCF referencing Cyclone Larry in its video I mean of all the highlights for me in January that might be at the top I like I UCF has moved ahead of K State for me I would not have said that 10 days ago well done UCF what do you mean moved ahead of K well like I used to have some general respect for their like the Rivalry like it was kind of fun last it's it's turned it's not it's like like that that's a group of enablers it's what that is now yeah that's no fun that's not fun it'll be interesting it used to be kind of lighthearted like h no not more I'm anxious to watch this Kansas State thing and how it unfolds cuz we didn't think that they were that good you know like when they were 4- one it was kind of like H they let's see let's see what they do and they're they're since 0 and3 MH now I was very impressed by their second half in Hilton like those guys fought hard their coach lost the game for them I did not play well but my my look at Kansas State here okay so they they're at still water on Saturday which is a tossup really but you better better win that cuz then you go Kansas at home at BYU TCU at Texas BYU at home sheesh like are these are these shills going to get off the T bandwagon if they lose five of those yes oh you count on it yeah they're protecting him now but they're protecting him because he was four- one yeah oh accusations will stop at that point I don't think that they're going to be in the tournament no there's no no they're not nope I would uh kpom projects them now at 8 and 10 yeah they're I'm K State is not going to make the tournament there you have it and then Jerome Tang is going to go coach Louisville just a couple of these projections Kansas projected 10 and8 jeez which is wild that's crazy Houston where are we at with them 14- four yeah I again they have but they already have two losses so where are the other two coming from they have to go to Cincinnati to Kansas so one of those would be there at Oklahoma at Central Florida at Baylor you know this is weird Okay team if we want Iowa State to win the conference I think we do that'd be be good it' be a good thing you root for Kansas on Saturday MH well I had that weird feeling because it was like do I root for Tyrese hunter in Texas or Houston the other night and I I was rooting for Houston like I knew still anti- Texas I'm serious though like I'd love to see some of our live viewers what you guys thought like I I legit I I'm walking it through my head but this is how it ended I go well it's only late January they're going to have other opt opportunities to lose and I I just can't rooty ter to me is right there with tang those are the most annoying coaches in college basketball didn't exactly take his loss very well in Hilton but no but he's like this crotchy old man him a little bit of he didn't accuse anybody of spying throw a fit like that you know at least Tang earned his job in what way well Ian like he was a assist coach for a while for a really successful program for like 15 years he was a big part of the Baylor success there's no question yeah you know the guy who didn't get enough um blame for that whole deal last Wednesday was King McClure cuz King made the comment he got everybody fueled on social media cuz he was like yeah you got to be really careful as the broadcaster people there's no way Jerome Tang would act like that unless something really bad happened well or is there a way Jerome Tang would act like that and C clearly I I thought it's been interesting that they have not said anything on their end he keeps saying well my statement stands for itself when the statement was nothing I mean he said he talked to TJ and he feels good where they're at okay well then I'd like to ask TJ about that how he thinks of it about it but anyway I mean I think it's best everybody just let go let it go let it go now I mean again like I said on Sunday K State's losses will start being the story rather than this thing see fellas yeah they're gosh the early wies are the best whoa whoa it doesn't matter we got no FCC it's the internet we're at an a Expo people expect it you know boys are drinking the Cool's life they've been drinking since like noon okay yeah I don't know I just this this big 12 teal it too and it everybody's kind of sent me the because we keep talking about it the uneven schedules the rest of the way and stuff but I don't know if there's really a big Edge either any well I again the only the only school to me Iowa State might have the worst is tech tech has an edge they they they do their schedule is is signific I think they're very good well still don't think they have the second best odds to to win the thing now because largely of that schedule and yeah it's so speak so this all were this all family oriented their coach maasland guess where guess what he was he was he was an assistant coach with Drew and Tang at Baylor which is how that jereem Jeff I think was his last name from the Kansas the guy who yeah C who I I saw I'm not nothing the state assistant coach yeah who yelled at the managers yep and he's a North Texas Texas this is all in like this whole this whole Baylor tree is infiltrating the Big 12 I'd like to know what class act like Scott drew thinks of all this I got his you me text him just kidding I'm not going to uh no look at look at Texas Tech right here okay let's give let's let's mark their losses here's the thing about them and this is why I don't think they win all of these games are within like two points of one another yeah when when does I st in him uh Saturday the 17th only once right yes and that is in Hilton in Hilton they have Cincinnati at home three-point favorite okay they're a dog or a six-point dog at Baylor mhm UCF at home okay that's advantageous to get that one yep they are currently favored to beat Kansas at home but that one could go either way it's a pick them yeah they you're right they got a lot of toss-ups so then they have to go to Hilton they get tiu at home who they just lost to last night that's a tossup central Florida on the road that's a onepoint spread the TC was two point spread this is all to Texas at home they're a four-point favorite but that and then they get they have to go to West Virginia and to Oklahoma State West Virginia Bill self made the great point the other day that if they would have had all their guys in the nonon their metrics would be through the roof so that that really if it's it's notched at a seven-point dog for Texas Tech that's more like a two or a three I from what I have seen in the last again it it changes week to week my opinion based on personnel and ability to sustain it's Houston Iowa State and Houston's clearly the number one but I I I do think I really do Iowa state has the most ability and Kudos real quick to to uh Woody and and Mahoney had a really good conversation about this I think Iowa State unlike any time in the last 20 years has a roster that can play almost every single style and still win yes and so you're going to get in ugly games I we've seen I always stay handle that okay you got into track me with Kansas normally when you get into track me with Kansas it ends poorly they were going shot for shot I always said had enough to to win you got a slugfest with Houston got that one done you you got in track me with depal I know it was depal and they're bad but whatever you destroyed Iowa like you have played and you've won almost every single style now the question remaining for iow stage is when you play a team like BYU who likes to spread you out that still is an issue I still don't not like that the way BYU attacked Iowa state that could be if you get if you get five Shooters against Iowa State it's just it's going to be difficult because they the way Iowa State rotates on defense that I think BYU gives Iowa State as much trouble as about any other team in the conference yeah and to the point I was just making about tech like that game for Iowa state is a two-point line so Iowa State's got some close ones too I have not nearly as many I think BYU I believe in BYU more than I do definitely more than Kate definitely more than Baylor I think I think B more than Tech I think BYU's right there at Kansas I really do really I like I like their I like how they I like their approach I saw all I needed to see from them when their coach came out with that soft statement after the horns down give me Bill self you're you're insane no I'm not I don't care about their charm and soft Arena policy I'm saying they're I'm saying that the players nine guys play hard and they're really good and they can all shoot I'm say I'm I'm buying BYU I'd fade him okay we'll see but I I was it's I was it is shaping up if it goes how I think it's going to go again we're already in February here it's crazy we're moving March obviously it's now in that 3 four line seed for the inst tournament if IV State continues to play well finishes second in the Big 12 you could get to that two line right like that's that's I think I was say could get all the way up to it too I really do and then you're an Omaha for sure and then you're an Omaha for sure now if you go to 108 still or whatever you're probably not going to fall any more than a f mhm so Iowa state has you just have to be in the top four seeds to get Omaha essentially I yes yeah yeah Iowa state has significantly highered its floor in the last 10 days you have now almost it would take multiple home losses really multiple home losses to really get you out of a top six find the the next Road win okay we've got like five more minutes I think I say can win on Saturday okay I do too so Baylor would be one I would put out there I don't for for some reason I feel like Texas is going to be tough on a Tuesday night and that's weird so Iowa State uh to my knowledge is staying down in Texas yeah that makes sense so more likely win at Baylor or at Texas you'll be a bigger B bigger Underdog to Baylor yeah I you're right the the consecutive games that's a weird situation I better chance to beat bayor way got some confidence too I agree with that I do not think Texas is great though I it might be hard to play there yeah you can win there I don't I haven't watched them nearly they're tough they're they're like all the new teams I feel like they're the one I haven't seen they would be an RC Cola version of Houston okay think r r like only time I ever see RC Cola is it the Big 12 tournament sure like you again you're not thinking about RC Cola ever but you're like this is okay if you go to the big 12 tournament is a member of the media RC call it everywhere it's the weirdest thing ever I don't know why they still make it but I'm saying Cincinnati is the RC Cola of the Big 12 do you even see it like walking through Fairway like do they even have RC Cola anymore is it just at the Big 12 tourn do they make do they make those generic sodas like they used to was called like Cola so allegedly there's an old beer called beer it was in a black can we've I beer the names of uh of beers have gotten out of control we running out you damn nil collec we're running out of good beer name God I was at a fairway the other night it yeah no offense but I I kind of just wanted like a bullsh light you know just something really easy nice and easy a long no I know they didn't have it I was I was going to buy that and they didn't have it we're the closest to like Drake has one Northern Iowa has one you got that garbage Exile like it's it helps Andy fails did a story on this guy that bought a bunch of swarm at Exile and Andy was telling that he was badmouthing me and Hassel during the interview why would anybody do that I don't know why anybody would do that we like a couple of cherubs on Monday and Thursday mornings okay uh the other Rogue games they not winning at Houston Iowa state will be a double divit Underdog in that game I don't don't love the best team in college basketball on Monday too they would beat the out of they're not no they no they're not the best team yes no who's the best team Connecticut okay now that would be a great game I would like to watch that produ the number one team in the country right yeah yes Houston I would love to watch them just pound on Purdue again it depends on your officials though it does like are they going to let him play all right all right we're goingon to let's play an exercise real quick uh let's national championship odds where's I is Iowa State in the top 15 I think you got to be we're going to look say I would say plus 4,000 all right all right four or 5,000 right in that range 4500 so it' be 40 to one yeah all right that's where I would put eye with say so here we go Purdue is still the favorite disagree strong disagree what Houston like a thousand uh Houston's nine N 9 to one so produ what 650 7 8 850 8 and 1 half to one Yukon right at 9 then Kentucky North Carolina Arizona Auburn Tennessee Kansas come on come on soft Iowa state is 35 to one okay so I was close 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tied for 13th okay well and then so for for reference Lenard's seating had Iowa State like 14 so right you're right in there there you're that you're on you're on the three four line in kpom yeah that's what I'm saying the metric's now match the the ranking we we occasionally get a couple things right not often Aiden real quick before we wrap this up do you ever just listen to the show and be like I so fortunate to work with these guys because I just become enlightened about life all the time thank you it is I mean look at the audience around here just picking up love our friends from terplex a we're going have a have a beverage with our terplex friends right now we're going to the customer appreciation event over at Buzzard billies let's go go have a nice cool do they got Ames Locker over we're going to find out we're going to find out and if they don't I'll be I'll be uh making sure they do next time be making a I I know some guys over there a phone call yeah I know some guys over there no we we really do this has been a blast being out here maybe we make this an annual event terplex has locations in od Casey and Pella I'm also hearing rumors of one opening opening up on the Eastern side of the state over by Cedar Falls okay and I think that one's coming pretty soon so for all of our friends in Eastern Iowa I told you the first guy I met today Iowa City I'll be damned if I oh my gosh that's heavy is can you even lift that wi BR can you Wht it connected to anything right now like could I have you ever heard one of those things when they turn on no it sounds like a helicopter we got HDMI outs and oh it's mro it's bad ass I feel like and then when when we were doing it outside of Trice that day one of the guys who they flew drones for the Army like actually did and he he comes over and he's telling me all these stories and I'm just like wo so I did not realize and again drones were very much in the news this past weekend holy cow oh dude these things are that's why I was talking to charity it's like crazy we're it's the second inning as far as the drones drones are coming these farmers in 10 years I mean these these things are going to be all over the place it's like one of the one of those Tech we're going to be using drones in so many areas we don't even know about right now I want one of them teeny tiny drones to just fly all over bound and I can just spy him Al during the AFC Championship there was a drone flying too low they had to get it out of the sky it was distracting Mahomes God or maybe it was Taylor Swift I'm not sure who gets more attention in the next in the next 10 days who gets more attention Taylor or Brock Brock do you think there's way more stories to write now I will say I'm rooting for for Brock I I am as well my two favorite quarterbacks potentially in the last 15 years are playing you're a m you are you've been a m I respect it I was a Mahomes guy when he was in high school what what would it take if we could get a a word in Brock's ear to mention Joel Lanning is Patrick Mahomes Daddy just out of the blue like smack talk on media day we're just hey if Joel Lanning can get him maybe I can maybe I can too maybe I can get him on the grandest stage of just really because you know momes is as he should be H upper echelon but you you talk about Joel Lanning take him down a few we'll do a we'll do a big Super Bowl show next week to get ready for it but my deal with the Chiefs is wild because I growing up in southwest Iowa as a Vikings fan it's hard to like the Chiefs because their fans are everywhere and really really pretty bad well now like and I and I have some really close friends and family that are Chiefs fans so it's like I don't hate them now Mahomes has made me like them because Mahomes is very likable I like mahes too I love Mahomes yeah and but I mean it's brought I just bought a pretty Jersy I but I bought the one with the Super Bowl patch oh and then I'm going to frame it after game yeah that's my point awesome awesome awesome well I what about Chiefs Chiefs fans are conflicted if you're IA hard you know talking to my father-in-law about it last night he said it's a win-win for me this guy says go Chiefs he doesn't even care so I same way I respect it if the Vikings were playing Brock I'd go purple baby him don't get hurt any other team no but I bleed the purple I I tried that up there in Minneapolis that night and I I went into that thinking that I was going to be fairly neutral I was not neutral that ball kicked off and and I got into the Smashing beer on my head like it I can't control myself I just T to happen tends to happen all right uh we're going to sign off here and then we're going to head over to buzzer billies for the big customer appreciation event with our friends from ter see you Hilton tonight Bloom's going to Hilton tonight I'll be watching on ESPN plus all right uh thanks to Aiden Wyatt for production thanks to our friends from terplex for having us out here at the Iowa a expo at Wells Fargo Arena Williams Bloom signing off we'll be back on Sunday night like we normally are see you guys thanks for watching