And to top it all off ...

Dear Stupid Cyclones,

When I realized this morning that our trip to Iowa wasn't going to happen, the one thing that lifted my spirits was knowing that I'd get to watch you beat the Hawkeyes today. To my dismay, you played at a level comparable to a poor JV team. You would've saved everyone a lot of time and energy if you'd just handed over the Cy-Hawk Trophy before the game. Keeping it for two years in a row would not have been a crime, you know. I know that the Big XII has to have someone to rank at the bottom of the pack, but share the wealth, guys ... isn't it time to give someone else a chance to spend the season at the bottom of the barrel? And would it kill you to recruit a kicker who has enough talent to execute his one and only job (for clarification, that job involves simply kicking the football through those big yellow posts at the end of the field)? Today you made playing football (your so-called forte) look as difficult as passing enough 100-level sociology classes to graduate from Iowa State. I hope you use your ride back to Ames tonight to think long and hard about all of the bad decisions you made today. I'm sure that fancy bus you get to ride on has a DVD player. It may behoove you to watch some film ... perhaps "Air Bud: Golden Receiver" or "Angles in the Endzone" would help improve your game.

Sincerely,
A Broken-hearted (again) Fan