AMES --- National Signing Day and for that matter, the entire recruiting process isn’t for everybody. It is a lot to take in. Unlike basketball (that has 13), college football programs have 85 scholarships to fill annually, meaning that dozens upon dozens upon DO...
I was not surprised to wake up on Friday morning to intense lightning, earsplitting thunder and heavy rain in central Iowa. The football gods are furious about what went down in Ames last night.Sure, Iowa State had its chances. Put one in the endzone on that s...
AMES --- Perhaps the most impressive stat from Iowa State’s 38-21 victory over Tulsa on Thursday night was rushing yards allowed. The Golden Hurricane only accounted for 87 of them and there was a reason for that. Iowa State’s front-seven was physical, activ...
Because 1,200 words on Iowa State’s 38-21 victory over Tulsa on Thursday night are not enough to cover everything, here are some additional musings on what went down.*** My Cyclone Reaction co-host Jack Whitver and I spent a lot of time talking about defensi...
This Iowa State football game preview/prediction is brought to you by our good friends at Fareway. Click on the above ad for awesome tailgate recipes for the upcoming tailgate season. What: Iowa State vs. Northern IowaWhere: Jack Trice StadiumWhen: Saturday, Aug. 31 at 7 p....
AMES --- According to Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads, junior David Irving was moved to defensive tackle because of an increased amount of depth at the defensive end position. Rhoads’ analysis of the position was that guys like Willie Scott and Cory Morrissey ha...
DALLAS --- Fall camp is just around the corner and Iowa State released its first depth chart since the beginning of spring football on Monday afternoon. During his Tuesday media session in Dallas, Cyclone Fanatic caught up with Paul Rhoads to discuss a number o...
Welcome to the “offseason.”You know I remember back in the day, really, nothing happened from May to August. Anymore though, there’s that 365 day a year recruiting cycle. That fickle mistress known as realignment constantly seems to give us (writers) fits (alt...
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AMES --- It is time to shift gears. It is that time of year in which we put March Madness (Iowa State basketball that is) in the rearview mirror and Iowa State spring football becomes the focus.At 4 p.m. this afternoon, the Cyclones will unofficially kick of the 2...
