AMES — “Some guy.” Iowa State legend Darren Davis chuckled as he spoke those words over the phone from his hometown of Homestead, Fla. Those perfectly apt two words, composed of seven letters and two syllables, form the bridge that links the ordinary to t...
AMES --- Twenty-four hours to kickoff, here are my top three storylines for the 2015 Cy-Hawk game.3 – Special teamsVegas has this tabbed as a game that will be decided by a field goal. All week long on the RVTV trail, any credible person I’ve talked to has...
AMES — Jake Campos grabbed the remote, kicked back, and watched. Several hours before his Iowa State Cyclones kicked off the season Saturday with a 31-7 win over Northern Iowa, the left tackle decided to attack some homework. The subject: Iowa defensive end ...
The new south endzone at Jack Trice Stadium has been the talk of the football program for the last 12 months. As the product on the field has missed expectations the excitement over a shiny and new facility addition has been the dream of Cyclone fans for a long, lo...
AMES – Cole Netten may be one of the best kickers in college football, but he is far from the busiest guy on the team during Iowa State’s fall camp.While the offense and defense are in meetings, the Ankeny native and other specialists play video games. The...
AMES — Quenton Bundrage made one cut, then hugged the sideline and ran. The big-play Iowa State wide receiver felt strong. Fast and free. Not remotely focused on the past, which included a torn ACL four plays into the 2014 season. “Not at all,” ...
AMES — Seems Big 12 coaches remember how they game planned (and often failed) to neutralize ISU's big-play tight end E.J. Bibbs. Wednesday, as expected, those same league coaches deemed the 6-3, 261-pound senior first-team all-conference. Monday, the Asso...
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 — 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...
Right or wrong, the overwhelming majority of chatter “out there” suggests that Iowa State head football coach Paul Rhoads will return for a seventh season in Ames despite going 3-9 a year ago. After Saturday’s “embarrassing” (Rhoads’ own word) 3...
