Cyclone Fanatic is counting down the days until Iowa State’s season opener against Northern Iowa by bringing you a stat, former Cyclone moment or any other random tidbits every morning to help countdown the days.
No. 36 - Dondre Daley's longest catch in 201...
AMES — Joel Lanning settled on the most impressive thing about Saturday’s spring game. It’s you — all 15,089 of you who formed the largest crowd in recent memory for the annual event at Jack Trice Stadium. “It’s crazy that there’s this many people here for a spring game,” La...
AMES— I’ll start this notebook with some words on … notes. Seems that ISU’s star receiver AllenLazard is adept at keeping them. His notebook is voluminous, filled with bits of wisdom gleaned from coaches new and old. He’s both a standout and a student of...
AMES — There were hugs, handshakes, maybe even some tears in the wake of Iowa State's 24-0 pounding of Texas Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium. Iowa State defensive coordinator Wally Burnham found himself in the middle of it all — and the joyous post-victory m...
AMES — Quenton Bundrage’s smile broadened, reaching its peak when he heard the word “touchdown.” It’s been a long road back for Iowa State’s standout wide receiver, who missed all but four snaps of 2014 because of an ACL tear. In last Saturday�...
AMES — Allen Lazard, Quenton Bundrage, D’Vario Montgomery — and let’s not forget Dondre Daley and Jauan Wesley. Coming into the 2015 season, Iowa State quarterback Sam Richardson seemed poised to spark lightning from each of his five fingertips as he c...
AMES — Six prime chances in enemy territory. Two flat-out failures — along with three touchdowns and one made field goal. That shaky success rate for Iowa State on drives started from inside the Northern Iowa 44-yard line in Saturday’s 31-7 season-opening win ov...
AMES — First Dale Pierson needed to evade a cut block. Then the Iowa State defensive end looked up and saw Demond Tucker and Gabe Luna pressuring Northern Iowa quarterback Aaron Bailey. Pierson knew what came next. He made his read. Bailey threw the ball. It landed right betwe...
AMES --- It was a fun and wild night inside Jack Trice Stadium.Fans, players and coaches celebrated the opening of the newly-renovated south end zone. The Cyclones unveiled their highly-touted JUCO transfers that were set to reinvigorate the defense.Oh, and Iowa S...
AMES --- Iowa State (1-0) ended its two-year losing streak against FCS opponents in an impressive fashion on Saturday. In front of a sold out (61,500) and good looking Jack Trice Stadium, Iowa State’s defense led the way in a convincing 31-7 victory over the in...
