Best of luck to Kansas State basketball coach Frank Martin. Many people have many opinions of the guy, but he's never, ever, had anything but good things to say about Iowa State and the Cyclones.

Scout.com seems to think WR Quan West has committed to the Cyclones. Not the most impressive list of offers. Then again, we're not even sure he's actually committed yet, since Scout isn't the best service in the world. If West has committed, it's the first WR pickup for 2012.

Eric McKnight finds a home down in Fort Myers.

Iowa State lands Georges Niang in the 2012 class. More to come.

If I take away anything from this, it's that Paul Rhoads gets more out of less better than anyone else.

Head over to Football Study Hall for stuff you probably won't understand.

I know this is absolutely insane...but when I saw this I had to share it. Apparently one analyst thinks that Osemele has got some real potential.

Looks like ISU fared pretty well in the 'getting butts in the seats' category this last year.

Berry Trammel of the Oklahoman decides to do a total 180 on the future of the Big 12 and of Dan Beebe. An interesting look at the Big 12 commish.

The Mayor fills the vacancies of Bobby Lutz and Elwin McRoy by promoting operations guy Matt Abdelmassih and hiring former Dayton assistant Cornell Mann. Mann essentially replaces Lutz, while Abdelmassih will function more as a recruiter.