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MAILBAG: Are you ready for some football?

The Big 12 will hold its annual media day event in Dallas on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Unofficially, the season is here. Here’s a football-only mailbag to get you guys in the mood.Daserop writes: For ISU football what position concerns you the most an...
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GRAY: Five takeaways from Saturday’s scrimmage

 AMES — Chris Williams is off guzzling Busch Lights somewhere, so it falls upon this old hack’s calloused finger tips to assemble a column based on today’s post-scrimmage interviews with ISU coach Paul Rhoads, defensive coordinator Wally Burnham and offensive coo...
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Week one depth chart notes

AMES --- Welcome to game week. Iowa State released its depth chart for Saturday’s season opener against North Dakota State on Monday morning and as always in week one, there were a few eyebrow-raising moves.Specifically, why is sophomore wide receiver D’Vario Montgomery listed as fourth-string?Interesting, indeed.*** View the dep...
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Williams: Position-by-position depth chart jottings

AMES --- A week after the start of fall camp, Iowa State held its football media day on Sunday at Jack Trice Stadium and with that, head coach Paul Rhoads released a shiny new depth chart. While it wasn't exactly full of surprises, it does provide us an opportunity to go position-by-position and analyze key position battles that will ...
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Camp Insider: Starting offensive line is set

AMES --- The Cyclones have yet to pad up so far in fall camp but when it comes to naming a starting offensive line, that doesn't really matter. Paul Rhoads is confident that his group is set for the 2014 season opener vs. North Dakota State. “I think we have a starting five right now with (Brock) Dagel, (Daniel) Burton, Tom (Farni...
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Post-spring position rankings

That was bizarre. I’m speaking of Iowa State’s recent spring football session that wrapped up a few weeks ago, of course. The Cyclones went through drills with six new assistant coaches leading the way. Two starters at defensive tackle (Rodney Coe and David...
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Spring Football Preview: The offense

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