Mike Hlas

UMass isn’t the worst team in FBS. It is, however, very, very, very, very close.

With tight end Gabe Burkle of Cedar Rapids making the play of the game, Iowa State kept a drive going and vanquished a 6-game home losing streak against their state-rival in another white-knuckler between the two.

The Iowa State Cyclones defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 16-13 in Ames and here’s a dive into the game and series by the numbers.

The Gazette sports writers Madison Hricik and Mike Hlas joined by The Gazette correspondent Rob Gray to discuss the upcoming 2025 Cy-Hawk football game at Jack Trice Stadium Saturday, September 6, 2025.

Which instate series has had more nail-biters of late than Iowa-Iowa State. Nobody, and it isn’t particularly close.

Actually, it isn’t an octagon, and both teams will survive. It’s called hyperbole.

It will be a very tough chore for anyone to catch the number of wins Iowa’s Ferentz is going to post before his career is done.

Raveling was a College Basketball Hall of Famer who bridged the Lute Olson and Tom Davis eras at Iowa and brought a lot of talent to the Hawkeyes in a short time

Spoiler alert: Ohio State is his No. 1. Spoiler alert II: The only team from Alabama on his ballot is Auburn.

If it seemed like Ries was everywhere for Iowa on special teams in its 34-7 win over Albany, it may be because he was.

Hawkeyes pull away after a slow start against an unheralded FCS team

After a dormant period, quarterback and offensive line appear to be positions that are very good to Iowa this year

ESPN College GameDay commentator is making his last appearance Saturday. Before that, Corso was a coach who used a coffin to make a point.

The Gazette sports writers Madison Hricik and Mike Hlas discuss the upcoming 2025 Iowa Hawkeye Football season including their first game against University of Albany at Kinnick Stadium Saturday, August 30, 2025.

Farley was UNI’s head coach for the last 24 years.