Iowa State is a perfect November from playing in a conference championship football game in early December, and Iowa would have great shot at doing likewise with four November wins.
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Iowa State is a perfect November from playing in a conference championship football game in early December, and Iowa would have great shot at doing likewise with four November wins.
“It wasn’t perfect.” That’s what Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell said after his team’s 30-18 win over Baylor to spoil Homecoming in Waco Saturday afternoon.
Iowa State (4-3, 3-1 Big 12) returns from its bye week with a Big 12 football road game Saturday at Baylor (3-4, 2-2). Here’s what you need to know.
The Bears have been blown out in their two conference losses to Texas and Texas Tech. So there’s discontent there and if Iowa State can start strong, it will be interesting to see if Baylor’s resilient enough to punch back. Here are three keys.
“Marching band is a lot of work,” Lisbon native Renae Hasselbusch said. “There are times when we're on the field and it’s cold in November and it's no fun.” But there are more good times. Like when the Cyclones went to the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando in 2021.
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 State vs. Baylor, Purdue vs. Nebraska and Oregon vs. Utah.
Iowa State wide receiver Jayden Higgins smiles effortlessly because he knows something no foe seems to recognize: He can’t be stopped when enough throws are launched into his orbit.
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.
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