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Blum: No More Roller Coasters

If college football were an amusement park, last season's Iowa State team was the most terrifyingly exciting roller-coaster around. This year they aim to be more like the ferris wheel - steady, but effective. From the first snap a year ago, Paul Rhoads' club was ...
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JUCO running back commits to Iowa State

Add a junior college running back to Iowa State's recruiting class of 2013.  That man is Aaron Wimberly, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound runner out of Iowa Western Community College. Wimberly originally hails from South Gwinnett, Georgia. He was a JUCO All-American la...
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CFTV: The commish pays a visit to Ames

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby was in Ames on Tuesday.  While in town, the new man in charge held a press conference where he gave reporters an update on the Big 12 Conference.  Here's a quick hit version of the presser from CFTV. 
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CFTV: Jantz named starting QB, initial analysis

Iowa State sent out a press release early Tuesday morning that named senior Steele Jantz its starting quarterback for the Sept. 1 opener vs. Tulsa.  Before Paul Rhoads' press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Chris Williams recorded this video with his initial reacti...
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Blum: Cyclone Revolution

One of my favorite movies of all time is Tommy Boy. For you young pups who haven't seen it - shame on you. Tommy Boy is the story of Tommy Callahan, an overweight hooligan who spent seven years in college taking bong rips and other debaucherous behavior befor...
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Whose stock is up?

Fall camp is a thing of the past.  Which Cyclones improved their stock over the last two weeks? That's what I'm going to take a look at today in the blog. I won't cover everybody. I'm going strictly off of what the coaching staff has said during post-practice interview...