LB Will McLaughlin is done for the season after injury on Saturday as Cyclones head to TCU
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LB Will McLaughlin is done for the season after injury on Saturday as Cyclones head to TCU
Cyclones will try to snap 4-game losing skid in game with Horned Frogs
Cyclones have lost 4 in a row and facing a team on a 2-game winning streak
The Cyclones (5-4, 2-4) collected three takeaways against the Sun Devils — one interception and two fumble recoveries — but still lost, 24-19, before a rain-sodden crowd of 60,899 at Jack Trice Stadium.
Several tense minutes passed. Both team’s players kneeled on the field. Brahmer was eventually carted off the field, then hospitalized, before being evaluated, treated and discharged.
Consequently, the luster has been removed from the matchup Saturday between the Cyclones (5-3, 2-3) and Sun Devils (5-3, 3-2). This was circled in the preseason as one of the top conference games of the year.
Not massive ones. Not full-scale overhauls. Just a handful of well-crafted tweaks designed to help cure what ails Iowa State’s now-struggling football team.
Lately, those issues inside the 20 have been caused by miscommunication and/or poor execution — and it helps explain how the once highly ranked Cyclones are currently on a three-game skid.
The strong-legged sophomore from Dubuque drilled two field goals — a 36-yarder and a 43-yarder — in last Saturday’s 41-27 loss to No. 10 BYU after missing three games because of a hip injury.
Cyclones have lost 3 in a row, but still are favored against the Sun Devils in Big 12 showdown at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames
Iowa State saw a handful of key players return from injury in Saturday’s game against No. 11 BYU. That didn’t help the Cyclones avoid a litany of miscues in major moments.
The Cougars (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) trailed the Cyclones (5-3, 2-3), 24-10, with 1:52 left in the first half, but scored 31 of the game’s next 34 points to remain unbeaten. ISU, meanwhile, has now lost three games in a row for the first time since dropping five straight in the 2022 season.
It’s also a team-wide talking point star tight end Ben Brahmer strictly adhered to this week when discussing what the Cyclones (5-2, 2-2) must do to end their two-game losing streak at 2:30 p.m. Saturday (Fox) against No. 11 BYU (7-0, 4-0) at a sold-out Jack Trice Stadium.
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