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Camp Report: Bill Bleil Q&A

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherThe offensive line was one of the key reasons that Iowa State went to and won a bowl game in 2009. Three starters return from that group, subtracting Scott Haughton and Reggie Stephens from the mix. How has this new gro...
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Camp Report: Competition thick at receiver

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherWhen working with the spread offense, is there such thing as having too many quality receivers? According to Iowa State’s football program under offensive coordinator Tom Herman, the answer is no.Just look at last ...
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Speedy DB commits to Cyclones

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherIowa State now has eight verbal commitments for the football recruiting class of 2010.According to Rivals.com, Sam Richardson, a 5-foot-9, 180-pound defensive back out of League City, Tex. made his pledge to the Iowa State coaching staff last night.Richardson...
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Outside the men’s room: The rivalry

By Kirk Haaland, CycloneFanatic.com Contributor With conference shiftiness at an all-time high and changing schedule formats for both ISU and Iowa on the horizon, this “new” debate is all the rage.  To play, or not to play?  I might as well subject you ...
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Camp Report: Scrimmage #1 recap

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherThe defense won round one. That was the word coming out of Iowa State’s first scrimmage of the 2010 fall football camp on Saturday. But don’t panic Cyclone fans. That was the message that offensive coordinator Tom ...
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Camp Report: McDonough has stood out

By Ian Smith, Cyclonefanatic.com ContributorThe Iowa State defense wants to set a tone this season and it starts up the middle.While new linebackers A.J. Klein, Jake Knott and Matt Tau’fo’ou have received a majority of the ink during fall camp, the defensive...
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Camp Report: Who is number two?

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherHere’s a fun question for you to start your day.Let’s play with a hypothetical situation here for a minute. Pretend that Alexander Robinson was 100 percent healthy during the entire 2009-10 Iowa State football seaso...