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Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield and Matt Campbell have mutual respect and Silverfield once worked on Campbell’s staff at Toledo

Just like in 2017, Iowa State will play Memphis in its home stadium

Abu Sama rushed for 276 yards as the Cyclones finished the regular season at 7-5, their sixth winning season in the past seven years.

With a big win at BYU on Saturday night, Iowa State is bowl eligible again after missing out last season.

Coach Matt Campbell happy with the way the team bounced back

While the Iowa State defense struggled against Oklahoma, the offense appears to be finding its groove.

Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht told reporters he felt the offense lacked a “sense of urgency” in the first half of a 10-7 loss to Ohio, which is concerning enough. It seemed the same could have been said about the previous week’s 20-13 loss to Iowa.

As frustrating as last Saturday’s 10-7 loss at Ohio proved to be for Iowa State’s beleaguered offense, opportunities for success dotted all four quarters. They simply went largely unmet — and that’s a situation that must change Saturday against Oklahoma State.

The litany of miscues that have doomed Iowa State to defeat in six of its last seven Cy-Hawk series games against Iowa once again served as the backdrop in the Cyclones’ 20-13 loss to the Hawkeyes Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium.

If Rocco Becht’s to fully secure the No. 1 quarterback spot, he must be the consummate game manager — a bland, but exceedingly important duty that the record-setting Brock Purdy ably fulfilled early in his ISU career.

New Iowa State offensive line coach Ryan Clanton has elevated the competition and camaraderie in that room to such heights that the burliest Cyclones have happily settled into a simpatico state known as “mudita.”

A minimalist media day precedes a season in which no one knows who will quarterback Iowa State’s football team.

ISU suffered through its first losing season since 2016 — but a harsher blow was yet to come. Matt Campbell stood at the podium Friday just three days after news broke that last year’s starting quarterback, Hunter Dekkers, was facing charges relating to the Iowa Division of Investigation’s inquiry into gambling. Campbell didn’t comment on the allegations against Dekkers, but did address the issue generally.

Change is the theme of the 2023 Iowa State football season. It won’t be easy to reverse its fortunes after going 4-8 to snap a streak of five consecutive winning seasons. Here are three keys to potential success.

Instead of focusing on what went awry in 2022, Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell, his staff and players are focusing on applying those lessons going forward.