Football

Reserve running back Rob Standard has left the team

 AMES — Iowa State’s football team has lost another player. At least this time, it’s not due to injury. Cyclone coach Paul Rhoads said Tuesday that previously third-string running back Rob Standard has left the team to focus on progressing toward graduation....
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Monday Musings: Opening week mailbag

AMES --- Despite some semi-bleak external expectations for the 2014 Iowa State football season (depending on who you talk to), the opening week of the season is always an exciting time here at CycloneFanatic.com.In fact, this is my favorite time of year. We are in that transition from summer to fall and football will be on the radar...
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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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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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Fall Camp Preview: The offense

Averaging 24.54 points per game, Iowa State’s offense ended the 2012 campaign ranked 85th nationally in scoring offense and ninth in the Big 12. In the high-flying Big 12 and an inexperienced front-seven set to take the field on defense, that number obviously ha...
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Notes on Iowa State’s pre-camp depth chart

 DALLAS --- For the first time since the start of spring football, Iowa State has released a depth chart.CLICK HERE to view it.Notables*** We’ll start on the Collin Bevins-less defensive line. Bevins was listed as the No. 1 NG in the spring and now, senior Walte...
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Position Focus: Running back

There probably isn't a deeper position on the 2013 Iowa State football roster than running back. The fact that Iowa State has so many options make the position an intriguing one to break down. That's exactly what Austen Arnaud and I do in this installment of our &q...

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