AMES --- It seems like throughout the course of history, the only luck that Iowa State football has had on its defensive line is bad.Late in the McCarney years, the most talented defensive player I’ve ever seen in a Cyclone uniform, Jason Berryman, just could...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher
Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliamsAMES --- Please accept this apology Cyclone Nation. I had the intent to post these notes that I took at Iowa State’s first spring football practice (that was open to the m...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams AMES --- Last year's quarterback competition was fun. This spring's battle will be heated.Those were the words of Iowa State head football coach Paul Rhoads before his team to...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliamsThere are weeks when I sit down to write my Monday Musings where there just isn't much gas in the tank, you know? Writers block is in full effect. There isn't much going on...That...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliamsIowa State's first practice of 2011 ended 45 minutes short on Friday as a massive downpour went through Ames at around 4 p.m.Even so, Paul Rhoads said that the Cyclones got some ...
By Trevor Enerson, CycloneFanatic.com Fan Blogger/Recruiting Guru
What he is: To some, Pompey will be seen as the biggest (literally and figuratively) addition to Iowa State's most recent recruiting class. He is a 6-foot-3, now 319-pound defensive tackle out of...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherCaution: This is not your ordinary recruiting story.Iowa State didn’t suddenly stumble upon Bradenton (Fla.) Manatee defensive tackle Quinton Pompey at the last minute of the 2011 recruiting game.Connections, a ...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherHappy Valentines Day, or I mean happy “Singles Awareness Day,” according to this thread created by one clever Cyclone fanatic.Do me a favor. If you have a sweetheart, go give her (or him) a kiss. If you don’t ha...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherPaul Rhoads signed a much-needed defensive tackle recruit to his 2011 recruiting class on Monday.Quinton Pompey, a 6-foot-3, 300-pound defensive tackle out of Bradenton (Fla.) Mantatee officially visited Iowa St...