AMES --- How about a little bit of good news on your Monday afternoon?If you woke up today curious about the status of wide receiver Jarvis West and offensive lineman Daniel Burton for Iowa State's showdown with No. 7 Baylor on Saturday afternoon, no worries....
I can’t not write on a September Saturday afternoon. As my wife often tells me, I have problems. While you are all out at a local pumpkin patch, catching up on yard work or sitting around your house watching the rest of the country play football, I figur...
AMES --- From the standpoint of game preparation, Iowa State’s 2014 football schedule could not have been scripted more favorably.Iowa State’s first three games were against the most (power) run-oriented teams that the Cyclones will see all season. Now, I...
When Iowa State lost its second straight season opener to an FCS program – an embarrassing 34-14 defeat to North Dakota State just over two weeks ago – the conversation that followed on this website was as vile as I have ever seen.By visiting our message b...
First the good news from ISU coach Paul Rhoads’ portion of today’s Big 12 coaches teleconference: Electric return man/receiver Jarvis West “will be fine.” West’s bell was rung in a play deemed to include a targeting foul in Saturday’s 20-17 win...
Wow. I don’t think anyone ruled out the possibility of the Cyclones leaving Iowa City with a win, but even after the improved performance over Kansas State and the Hawkeye struggles against Ball State and Northern Iowa, it didn’t seem like the most likely sc...
AMES — The cherished Cy-Hawk Series memories popped like flash bulbs in Paul Rhoads’ mind. There’s 1998: When the current ISU head coach mentored the Cyclone linebackers during a dominant, Darren Davis-led 27-9 triumph at Iowa that snapped a 15-game skid agains...
Throughout the offseason, there was plenty of noise surrounding the Cy-Hawk rivalry.Paul Rhoads may or may not have taken a shot at the University of Iowa during his National Signing Day press conference. Because of those comments, Brian Ferentz absolutely to...
Remember that 29-yard touchdown pass that Jarvis West threw to Allen Lazard in Iowa State’s 32-28 loss to Kansas State last Saturday? Of course you do. T'was a thing of beauty. That was supposed to be Quenton Bundrage showing off his arm though. During f...
AMES --- Iowa State's offense got rolling, for a while at least, during Saturday's 32-28 loss to Kansas State. Jarvis West and Sam Richardson had big parts in that. This duo looks back at KSU and ahead to Iowa today on CFTV.