Iowa State tempted fate throughout Big 12 play with sluggish starts. That troubling tendency finally caught up with the No. 11 Cyclones on Saturday — as Texas Tech — a two-touchdown underdog — danced out of a sold-out Jack Trice Stadium with a 23-22 win.
Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson could hearken Wisconsin fans back to their cavalcade of punishing, producing running backs of the last three decades.
Iowa State returns from its bye week looking to stay undefeated as it hosts Texas Tech on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium. Here’s what you need to know.
The term “competitive endurance” has come to frame each of Matt Campbell’s nine seasons leading the Iowa State football program. Some of his teams have possessed that elusive quality. Some haven’t. But the 2024 Cyclones seem to fully embody it.
The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems for Week 10 of the college football season, including the battle for the Heartland Trophy in Iowa City and a Big Ten showdown between No. 4 Ohio State and No. 3 Penn State.
Iowa State will try to get to 8-0 for the first time in program history Saturday against Texas Tech. Here are three keys for the Cyclones, plus a score prediction.
Rylan Barnes — a walk-on and former West Hancock standout — is poised to make his third consecutive start when No. 11 Iowa State takes on Texas Tech at a fully-packed Jack Trice Stadium.
Don’t believe the stats. That’s Iowa State offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser’s message to his unit as the No. 11 Cyclones prepare to face Texas Tech’s bottom-of-the-FBS-barrel pass defense.
Banged-up Texas Tech could field a highly regarded but first-time starting quarterback in Saturday’s game at Iowa State, so expect plenty of surprises — and here are five red-and-black-clad players to know before kickoff:
“The past is the past.” That’s the motto Iowa State’s standout senior heavyweight Yonger Bastida adopted for his final season — and for good reason.
Cyclones dropped to 10th in AP poll and head into bye week banged up, but they are 7-0 for the first time in 86 years
“I played bad today,” Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht said after Cyclones’ crazy 38-35 comeback win, but he played very, very well when it mattered the most
Photos from the Iowa State football team’s 38-35 win over UCF at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames on Saturday.
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