DAILY CLONE: Mouser evaluates himself, preparing for the Iowa defense, Big 12 business news

On a Wednesday edition of the Daily Clone with Jake Brend, Taylor Mouser evaluates the Iowa State offense through two weeks and then evaluates his own performance as the offensive coordinator. Mouser and Rocco Becht both talk about the challenge of facing Iowa‘s defense. Then Brend closes with some news regarding the Big 12 and Barstool Sports.

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WTF Cowherd?

I generally like Cowherd, but he just said, "The best high school basketball recruits aren't gonna choose Iowa State. They're gonna choose...(the usual suspects.)" Has he not seen our team the last few years? Granted, we've done a lot of damage in the portal, but we've had some great high school recruits as well.

PHOTO GALLERY: ISU HOME OPENER

Hi!

Below is a link to my full gallery from Saturday's game! I’m trying out a new platform this season. I felt the last one wasn’t as user friendly and it was such a pain in my butt too on the backend.

I have some technical stuff I am trying to navigate on the backend so I don’t have it up on the front page but I didn’t want to wait anymore to share given we’ve got CyHawk on our minds!

As always, appreciate any & all feedback :)

Enjoy!

Everything Matt Campbell, Taylor Mouser and players said ahead of 2025 CyHawk game

Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell, offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser, quarterback Rocco Becht, tight end Gabe Burkle, linebacker Caleb Bacon and cornerback Jontez Williams met the media for the team’s mid-week presser ahead of the 2025 CyHawk Game. Watch the full interviews below.

DAILY CLONE: Mouser calls Rocco a ‘psychopath’, Campbell on troubles at home in CyHawk game

On a Tuesday edition of the Daily Clone with Jake Brend, Taylor Mouser says he would die for Rocco Becht and calls him a psychopath, explaining what makes him so valuable in the clutch. Matt Campbell then answers what has made the road team have so much success in the CyHawk game.

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Gabe Burkle and ISU's deep tight ends room is eager to challenge Iowa's defense

*** 2025 College Football Survivor Week 2 ***

134 entered 7 were eliminated so 127 remain.

A reminder regarding tiebreaker points: If your team wins and covers you gain an extra bonus point. If you take a undefeated team who is the underdog you gain the point for them covering plus another bonus point. As the season goes on the number of teams undefeated being a underdog greatly diminish so take advantage while you can.

3 teams plays 2 FBS in this time period Fresno St. Hawaii and and Sam Houston State. If you take them before their first game they will need to win twice for you to advance.


I will be using ESPN's Lines. Line will be the line at kickoff for tiebreaker points.


Bringing back the reward for top finisher other than bragging rights. Since this is a contest on Cyclone Fanatic I like the idea of the reward going back to helping ISU athletics.
For the top 3 CYCLONE Fan finishers (Hawks fans are as always are welcome to play but this is a contest on a Cyclone fan board) I will donate $75, $50 and $25 to @brentblum and We Will on your behalf.

Rules/How to Play if you are new:
Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
Post your pick in the thread, do NOT pm it to me
You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
Only games that have a FBS school facing another FBS school are eligible to be picked.
You have up until the start time of the game you picked to switch.
If your team loses, you are out for the competition.
If you skip a week of picks, you are out.
You can switch as many times up until the game you have picked officially starts.
Post 2 of the thread will have the possible games you can pick.
Post 3 will have each player and their previous week's picks.
You can only pick teams that are undefeated (they will be bolded).
You can't join in during the middle of the season.
Please include prior weeks picks with your pick for the week.
Have any questions, pm me or ask in the thread. Thanks!

Big 12 vs Big Ten Debate

I was listening to Two Guys Named Chris on Iowa Everywhere earlier today and there was discussion regarding the Big 12 should only be a 1 bid team to the CFP because they did not fare well in week 1 games against other P4 conferences.

Ok...so a bottom half of the league Cinci took Nebraska to the wire with 80,000 Cornhusker fans in the stands. Colorado (who is clearly trying to rebuild and will likely finish near the bottom of the Big 12) also takes GTech to the wire. And Baylor craps the bed against Auburn. All other Big 12 teams win and the majority of them blowout wins. Utah dominates UCLA and TCU currently taking it to UNC. IMO, Colorado, Cincy, and possibly even Baylor are all bottom half Big 12 teams this year. Lets see how upper half Big 12 teams look this week (Iowa/Iowa State, Kansas/Mizzou, Arizona State/Miss St, Stanford/BYU) and lets talk.

Meanwhile, in the Big Ten, UCLA gets absolutely throttled at home against Utah and Northwestern is laughed off the field by Tulane! And the Big Ten gets a pass...why? Simple. They get a pass because of Ohio State.

My question...take Ohio State away and who is the better conference this year top to bottom?

KNOW THE FOE: Five takeaways from Cy-Hawk foe Iowa's season-opening win

DAILY CLONE: TE Domination, Trust in Manske, Married Tamin

On a 2-0 Monday edition of the Daily Clone, Jake Brend shares just how dominant the tight ends were in Iowa State‘s 55-7 win over South Dakota. Plus, Matt Campbell shares how freshman quarterback Alex Manske has earned trust in practice. Then, Jake caught up with Tamin Lipsey and Milan Momcilovic at the Channel Seed tailgate on Saturday, Lipsey shares about his recent wedding.

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