Beating Iowa for the first time since 2014 would give Iowa State considerable juice to continue a strong push to start the season. Here are three keys for the Cyclones in Saturday’s Cy-Hawk game.
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Beating Iowa for the first time since 2014 would give Iowa State considerable juice to continue a strong push to start the season. Here are three keys for the Cyclones in Saturday’s Cy-Hawk game.
Iowa will need significant improvements at quarterback and offensive line as it seeks its seventh consecutive win against in-state rival Iowa State.
Iowa State cruised to a season-opening, 42-10, win last Saturday over an average FCS foe. Iowa sweated out a defense-driven, 7-3, win a couple hours earlier over one of the best FCS teams. But as ISU defensive coordinator Jon Heacock said, “none of that stuff matters” in Saturday’s Cy-Hawk game.
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John Steppe and Rob Gray break down the key matchups and storylines in Saturday’s Iowa State-Iowa football game on this week’s Hawk Off The Press podcast.
However strong the connection between Hunter Dekkers and Xavier Hutchinson may be, it’s the supporting players, not the headliners, who likely will determine whether Iowa State can cart the Cy-Hawk trophy off the field for the first time in head coach Matt Campbell’s six-plus season tenure.
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One mind-boggling and troubling stat looms over Iowa State’s current five-game losing streak to Iowa. The Hawkeyes have enjoyed a 9-0 turnover margin that the Cyclones hope to start to reverse Saturday.
Ahead of the 69th renewal of the Cy-Hawk football rivalry, here are five memorable wins for the Iowa Hawkeyes against the Iowa State Cyclones.
Here are five memorable Iowa State wins in the Cy-Hawk football series against Iowa.
Consider Hunter Dekkers’ performance in Iowa State’s 42-10 season-opening triumph over Southeast Missouri State a rousing success. But now the level of competition ratchets up sharply.
Let doubts and insecurities rule the week, and maybe the 2022 Iowa State-Iowa football game will be surprisingly good.
Iowa State’s new starting tailback Jirehl Brock spun through, trampled, and broke free from several would-be tacklers. He rushed for 99 of his career-high 104 yards and a touchdown in the second half of the Cyclones’ 42-10 win over Southeast Missouri State.
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