TCU didn’t need to push for “style points” much in Saturday’s Big 12 season finale against Iowa State at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The offensive explosions mostly came as a matter of course. The No. 3 Horned Frogs needed precis...
AMES — Momentum can be a cruel and fickle thing. Some teams seize it and never let go. Some grasp it for extended moments, but almost always let it slip away. Count Iowa State’s football team, circa 2014, in the latter camp. The Cyclones bolted to a ...
AMES — Five plays. 80 yards. All runs — and a touchdown — which provided one of many bright spots Saturday that would eventually be overshadowed by the dark cloud cast by a 34-31 loss to Texas Tech That run-only drive allowed Iowa State to take a 24-1...
AMES — Iowa State quarterback Sam Richardson put down his pizza box and took reporters’ questions, his bum shoulder, as usual, heavily iced and wrapped in plastic. Yet another loss and countless hard hits wore heavily on the junior playcaller, but it’s...
Rock. Chalk. Smack talk.Kansas played — and spoke — with swagger Saturday against Iowa State and the scoreboard reflected the long-suffering Jayhawks’ confidence. The not-even-close final: Kansas 34, the Cyclones 14 in Lawrence. The Jayhawks (3-6, 1-...
AMES — Renewed success for Iowa State's running game hinged on the sound execution of a simple play. Yes, tailback Aaron Wimberly's healthier — though still not 100 percent — and showed it by racking up 110 yards rushing yards on 14 carries in Saturday'...
Google the phrase, “Learning how to win.”That’s what I just did and the results were not surprising. On page after page, I found cliché filled headlines and ledes from this month alone describing different football teams across the country.Some are lear...
No controversy. Simply heartbreak. Iowa State showed its newfound resilience throughout Saturday's wild Big 12 slugfest at Texas, but not enough to avert another gut punch-like ending against the Longhorns. Texas won the grueling, desperate battle between ...
AMES — Each connection rekindled fond, but fleeting memories for Iowa State wide receiver D’Vario Montgomery. Five times in the first half, the former Winter Park (Fla.) standout caught a pass from his quarterback — then and now — Sam Richardson. T...
AMES --- Just throw it. That's exactly what Iowa State (2-4, 0-3) did against Toledo's 118th ranked pass defense on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Jack Trice Stadium in route to a 37-30 homecoming victory over the Rockets. In doing so, junior quarterback...
