Preferred walk-on Caleb Bacon worked his way onto special teams units as a redshirt freshman last season and isn’t yet a starter at linebacker. Bacon is, however, a key rotational player — and leads Iowa State with 5.5 tackles for loss.
Beating the Bears on the road for the first time since 2017 would go a long way toward determining if surging Iowa State can retain realistic hopes for achieving a top-three Big 12 finish as the regular season shrinks to a final four-game sprint to the finish.
Iowa State seeks to accomplish a rare feat on Saturday: Win at Baylor. Here are five Baylor players to watch.
Five hundred and ninety-two days unfolded between Tre King’s last basketball game for Eastern Kentucky and his first for Iowa State. Now just over two weeks separates the Cyclones’ sixth-year senior forward from his first and last full season in cardinal and gold — and to say he’s jazzed up about the prospect would be the epitome of an understatement.
Coach Matt Campbell said the Cyclones are ‘starting to mature’ heading into the bye week with a 3-1 record in the Big 12.
Stevo Klotz’s 13-yard scoring grab emphatically sealed the winning outcome for the Iowa State Cyclones, who scored 27 of the final 30 points and played turnover-free football for the second consecutive game. ISU spoiled Cincinnati’s Homecoming game that played out before 38,193 rain-soaked fans.
Iowa State (3-3, 2-1 Big 12) and Cincinnati (2-3, 0-2) meet for the first time Saturday in a Big 12 football game at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. Here’s what you need to know.
For the Iowa State and Cincinnati football teams, losing Saturday’s game means hopes for attaining bowl eligibility start to fade from quite possible to somewhat unlikely. Here are three keys for the Cyclones.
After rushing for 99 yards against TCU, Eli Sanders hopes to keep helping the Cyclones’ formerly dormant running game continue to progress Saturday at Cincinnati.
Kelsey Joens boldly charted the path she hopes to trace throughout her Iowa State career. “I want (to be) Big 12 freshman of the year,” Joens said during ISU’s media day event on Thursday.
The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems panel has score predictions for three games every week during the college football season. This week’s picks include Iowa vs. Wisconsin, Iowa State vs. Cincinnati and Oregon vs. Washington.
Malik Verdon’s size and athleticism provided a critical component to a Cyclone defense intent on building off last weekend’s solid second-half performance against TCU
Iowa State point guard Tamin Lipsey knew one area of his otherwise well-rounded game needed a lot of work, so the sophomore-to-be honed in on improving his jump shot in the offseason.
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