Saturday’s matchup pits two underdogs against each other: The snakebit Iowa State Cyclones, who have lost seven games by an average of 5.4 points, and TCU quarterback Max Duggan, who lost his starting job in preseason camp, but regained it because of a twist of fate and has put together a stellar senior season to become a dark horse Heisman Trophy candidate.
If you’re couch-potatoeing and you like Iowa and/or Iowa State sports, you’ll have a smorgasbord this weekend with men’s and women’s basketball and football galore.
The prophet tells you how Nebraska-Iowa will go, and it’s up to you to put the info to good use.
The fifth-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team begins a challenging, but welcomed two-game run at the Phil Knight Invitational at 4:30 p.m. Thursday against high-scoring Michigan State in Portland, Ore.
Iowa State takes on Villanova on Thursday in the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland, Ore. Other possible foes include top-ranked North Carolina, Portland No. 12 Michigan State, No. 18 Alabama, No. 20 Connecticut or Oregon.
By almost every measure — except the obviously disappointing tilt of the win-loss column — Iowa State’s first-year starting quarterback Hunter Dekkers has grown and matured throughout a season defined by a spate of near-misses, not soaring success.
Expect another reasonably tight game pitting Iowa State’s Big 12-best defense against TCU’s conference-leading scoring offense. Here are five Horned Frogs to watch as the Cyclones make their upset bid this weekend.
In the Wrestling Weekend That Was: Iowa State wrestled Grand View at Humboldt, the Iowa women dominated in the Missouri Valley Open and the IGHSAU season started strong.
The Iowa State men’s basketball team forced 15 turnovers in the first half and 27 overall in a 68-53 win over Milwaukee.
The Iowa State football team can finish on a very high note if it can upset TCU on Sunday in Fort Worth.
Ashley Joens notched her 16th career 30-point game on just 14 field-goal attempts in Iowa State’s 99-76 win over Columbia. She drilled seven of her 10 3-point tries and added 10 rebounds to record her 52nd career double-double.
Iowa State has been solid on both ends of the floor in blowout wins over IUPUI and North Carolina A&T. But these are obviously not juggernaut programs. The Cyclones should get an opportunity to work on themselves against Milwaukee on Sunday.
Iowa State once again failed to make positive plays at key times and it’s why the Cyclones lost, 14-10, to Texas Tech on a frigid Saturday night at Jack Trice Stadium.
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