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Iowa State football: Links to Pinstripe Bowl coverage
Iowa State capped off its 2011 football season, which included wins over 12-1 Oklahoma State and in-state rival Iowa, with a disappointing loss to Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl. But it was a remarkable run to a bowl game for the Cyclones, who were picked to finish 2-10 by Sports Illustrated.
Iowa State (6-7) played seven ranked opponents this year, the second-most nationally (behind only LSU). Iowa State also played three unranked bowl teams (Iowa, Rutgers, Missouri) and faced FCS quarterfinalist Northern Iowa.
In case you missed it, here are some links to Iowa State football coverage since the end of the regular season through the Pinstripe Bowl last week in New York:
Bitter end to a successful season
NEW YORK - Iowa State players, coaches and officials held their chins high and forced smiles through clenched lips Friday night, but their faces read the disappointment of a 27-13 Pinstripe Bowl loss to Rutgers.
Pinstripe Bowl: Close not close enough for Iowa State
NEW YORK - In a game of inches, Iowa State's football team fell an yard short every time it needed a foot.
From dropped passes to misfires, from penalties negating touchdowns to third-down misery, Iowa State failed to execute in the clutch time and time again in a 27-13 loss to Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl on Friday at Yankee Stadium.
Pinstripe Bowl: ISU switches QBs in key moment
NEW YORK - Iowa State struggled offensively throughout the first quarter, and Coach Paul Rhoads looked for a spark. So he turned to old, trusty friend Steele Jantz to help him out.
3 - Bowls played by Iowa State in baseball facilities (1977 Peach, 2000 Insight, 2011 Pinstripe)
Pinstripe Bowl sells more than 40,000 tickets
NEW YORK - The Pinstripe Bowl will make money for the second straight season and all but 10 percent of the available tickets for today's game were sold, New York Yankees President Randy Levine said Friday afternoon.
Pinstripe Bowl notes and fan videos
Hundreds of Iowa State fans arrived outside of Yankee Stadium this morning more than five hours before kickoff for today's Pinstripe Bowl. I talked to several in the parking lots and most were in mid-October tailgating form.
Photos and videos from Iowa State's Pinstripe Bowl experiences
Iowa State's players, coaches and officials have had some amazing experiences at the Pinstripe Bowl, from touring the 9/11 Memorial and the Empire State Building to ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
Pinstripe Bowl preview: QBs could determine game's outcome
NEW YORK - Erratic quarterback play defined the Rutgers and Iowa State offenses this year in both victory and defeat.
ISU officials, player ring opening bell at New York Stock Exchange
NEW YORK - Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott will graduate with a business management degree and minor in finance. He had a keen interest of the inner-workings of the New York Stock Exchange.
Pinstripe Bowl analysis: Iowa State vs. Rutgers
Stop Sanu. Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu is tall at 6-2 and physical at 215 pounds and prolific with a Big East record 109 catches. He poses a difficult match-up for ISU's defensive backs and expect Rutgers to force the ball in his direction multiple times each possession.
Pinstripe Bowl: Who gets Jeter's locker?
NEW YORK - Iowa State will wear its home uniform in Friday's Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers at Yankee Stadium. The Cyclones will dress in the home locker room, which already has generated a few interesting discussions among the players.
NEW YORK - Jeff Woody was a fifth-grade student in his Four Mile Elementary classroom when the Twin Towers collapsed after a terrorist attack, forever changing Woody and the world around him.
A.J. Klein accepts coaching, becomes tenacious LB
NEW YORK - A.J. Klein never was an obstinate pupil in his early days at Iowa State, but he wasn't always the best football student in defensive coordinator Wally Burnham's classroom, either.
ISU corners have to stop yet another top WR
NEW YORK - Leonard Johnson, Jeremy Reeves and the rest of Iowa State's defensive backfield have covered most of college football's best wide receivers in some fashion this year.
Iowa State's season from 20,000 feet: An incredible journey to the Pinstripe Bowl
AMES - Perhaps no football program in America weathered more turbulence and produced more extraordinary results this season than Iowa State.
Emotion, toughness the hallmark of Iowa State Coach Paul Rhoads
AMES - Paul Rhoads nearly gave up his arm to coach college football.
ISU Coach Paul Rhoads adds to legacy by staying in Ames
AMES - Three years into his Iowa State tenure, Paul Rhoads was named a front runner for a job opening at Pittsburgh, a football program with more tradition than the Cyclones.
Iowa State's Tom Herman all in for bowl game
AMES - Iowa State Coach Paul Rhoads had one question for offensive coordinator Tom Herman when he announced he will leave the Cyclones for the same position at Ohio State following the season.
Iowa State cheerleaders rally Cyclones fans before the Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers at Yankee Stadium on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Bronx, New York. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)
Iowa State's James White runs from an airborne Rutgers' Jamal Merrell during the first half of the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Bronx, New York. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)
Iowa State's Jake McDonough shoots a video of the Manhatten skyline from the observation deck on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, in Manhatten, New York. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)
Iowa State Cyclones Coach Paul Rhoads and players acknowledge the crowd as they walk to their locker room before the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Bronx, New York. The Cyclones face Rutgers. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)
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