Covering Iowa State athletics with enough humor to keep our sanity.
Iowa State Athletics BEN BRAHMER. Was carted off the field on Saturday in scary fashion. ANALYSIS. From the loss on Saturday. FOOTBALL. Report card following the loss. WOMENS OPENER. Expect lots of screaming kids. FDU. Iowa State opens the season Monday. SHOOTERS. Need to heat up for the men. VOLLEYBALL. Took down #6 ASU over […]
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Oh, does he play there? I had no idea he transferred there! Wait, he left? These are the questions some fans ask about how the transfer portal works nowadays. Let’s save everyone from those questions and catch people up on the off-season in college basketball. It’s hard to keep up with the transfer portal and […]
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Last Time Out The Cyclones started strong against Ole Miss with a 13-5 lead, but the Rebels quickly seized control with a dominant 23-4 run sparked by unusually hot shooting, while Iowa State struggled offensively due to fatigue and injuries. Ole Miss led 40-29 at halftime and continued to dictate the game early in the […]
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We’re Back Baby!! The season starts on Monday, and the boys are fired up! Sean, Nate, and Tom join for the second episode of the year to preview everything about the Big 12. The guys go in order of the Media Preseason Poll from top to bottom. Each person had a number of teams to […]
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The beginning of the game just felt like leftovers from the BYU game. A great start to a drive, it then stalls due to sloppiness, and it’s finished off with a special teams fail. Each team traded field goals in the first quarter before Iowa State got on track, thanks to come pentlaites, and scored […]
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What happened? It’s already week 10 and Iowa State has only 2 home games remaining in the 2025 season. It all feels lost with the way things have gone for the Cyclones on this losing streak. However, I will be in Ames on Saturday, and I’ll be there in 3 weeks when Kansas comes to […]
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This defense gives me a bigger migraine than trying to explain to Hawk fans that they aren’t that good. One play we look like a defense that won’t allow a single yard by ground or air, then we look away for two seconds, and our secondary has a coverage lapse that even Uncle Rico could […]
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Last week was a bizarre game. We saw the offense clicking on all cylinders and looked to have the capability to score over 40 points on BYU’s defense, but it all crumbled down in the second half. Missed throws and miscommunication seemed to plague the pass game throughout the rest of the game, and we […]
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Iowa State has lost three games in a row just twice since Matt Campbell’s first year in Ames. A 5-game losing streak in the middle of 2022 and a 3-game skid to close out that same year when the Cyclones finished 4-8 overall and 1-8 in the Big 12. Could they avoid such a streak […]
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Iowa State Athletics CYCLONES FALL. To BYU on Saturday. OUT OF GAS. The Cyclones just didn’t have enough. EXHIBITION WIN. Takeaways from the W over Northwestern HIDDEN GEM. Toure looks like a really good player. NOON KICKOFF. For ASU on TNT. WOMENS EXHIBITION. 3 things to watch for tomorrow’s game. Around the Country SPORTS EQUINOX. […]
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Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse. Iowa State shot themselves in both feet with howitzers Saturday afternoon, dropping a huge game at home to BYU by a final score of 41-27. A promising start turned into an absolute rout in the second half, and the players and coaching staff have a lot […]
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Has anyone watched a Big 12 game this year and enjoyed it? Too bad. That shouldn’t matter. Not enough people made the same decision you did. That’s right. It’s late October and it’s time for Ratings Discourse. This should come as a surprise to no one, but the Big 12 isn’t doing great in the […]
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Coming back from a weekend where I didn’t have to watch our secondary get burned to a crisp was a breath of fresh air, and with that, a new mentality. That mentality is Heacock fixed all our problems, our defense will become a Top 5 defense by the end of the season, and I can […]
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Welcome back to another week of Cyclone football! Last week, we had a much-needed bye after dropping the last two games against Cincinnati and Colorado. These next few weeks are going to be crucial for the development of not only our season, but also for the young players having to step in and become leaders […]
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Iowa State News Media Day for the Lady Clones: Make sure to keep up on the Big 12 Men’s Media Days: It’s about damn time: The number one ranked Cyclones: Around the Country What a start to the season: Luka cooked in the loss to the Warriors: Izzo and others aren’t holding back to the […]
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Austin, Matt, and Dylan mourn the end of Iowa State’s mens basketball season after losing the exhibition to Creighton. Matt actually did watch it, so he has some insight for us. We also hand out our weekly 6 pack and celebrate fans that paid for the game plus the arrival of fall weather. We’re cautiously […]
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Iowa State News EXHIBITION. Against Creighton was a bit rough. 3 TAKEAWAYS. From the scrimmage. MAKE OR BREAK. Iowa State’s game with BYU sure feels like that. BAD LUCK. Hopefully Iowa State has run out of it. JADA WILLIAMS. A nice article here on the transfer. Around the Country OHTANI. With the greatest performance in […]
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Is Iowa State football broken? It sort of feels that way, doesn’t it? After a 2nd straight loss, on the road, the Cyclones’ Big 12 championship aspirations seem dashed, and a 3rd kicker injury has us all scratching our heads. Seriously, I had Colorado fans in the stands last week asking me how 2 kickers […]
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Austin Keeney, Matt Nelson, and Dylan Coon are all back together to discuss Iowa State’s disappointing loss to Colorado. Austin had an unfortunate weekend dealing with unruly fans and high prices in Boulder. The guys try to make sense of how a team can have 3 kicker injuries in one year on top of everything […]
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It’s the return of a classic Big 12 Rivalry as the Cyclones head off to Boulder, CO with a fair number of fans making the trip. What could possibly go wrong…? (A lot) What Went Wrong Play-calling while not having a kicker So I mentioned this a little bit last week, but it seems like […]
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Iowa State Athletics LOSING GRIP. On the 2025 seasons are the Cyclones. RED ZONE. Has been the glaring issue for the offense. BAD NO CALL. The Big 12 should step up and address the PI call. THICKER. At least we got to see the emergency kicker. SENSATIONAL FRESHMAN. TJ is really excited about 2 young […]
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Iowa State completely melted in a road loss to Colorado Saturday night, dropping a bad one to the pathetic Colorado Buffaloes. Self-destruction and coaching malpractice were the order of the day for the Cyclones, who beat themselves at every possible turn. They started the game by squandering great field position on their first 3 drives, […]
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Who: No. 22 Iowa State (5-1, 2-1 Big 12) at Colorado (2-4, 0-3 Big 12)Where: Folsom Field (51,400) – Boulder, COWhen: Saturday, October 11th, 2025 – 2:30 p.m. CT The LinksWATCH: ESPNPxP: Mike Monaco; Analyst: Louis Riddick; Sideline: Kris BuddenLISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App, TuneIn Radio or Radio AffiliatesPxP: John Walters; Analyst: Eric Heft; Sideline: Ryan Harklau Last Time Out The wheels came […]
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I’m going on the road this week. I have never been to Boulder, but I am excited to check this one off the list of Big 12 towns to visit. I’ve looked back in my head and determined that we may have a problem. I have not been successful at seeing road wins, at all. […]
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