As has been discussed already, most will point to 2020 as Campbell's best year coaching. This one to me has to be tied for first. New offensive coach staff, 5 starters lost in freaking August, and a new QB. Just an incredible job and I'm so happy he is our coach.

Offense

• It is not hyperbolic to say that some of Abu Sama's runs were Breece like. He's a unique RB, the type KState has had for 20 years. Not overly huge at 200 lbs, but he can make multiple guys miss and has jets to outrun corners. Only a freshman, so excited for him. Really him and Sanders were awesome and will be a great combo. I feel for Carson Hansen b/c he only gets carries when the other team knows it's a run. He looks good as well.
• Becht: He is likely going to end up beating Brock's freshman TD record. I never, ever, could have imagined he would be this good. He has the potential to be all Big 12 really starting next year. So accurate, and when he is rolling in the RPO scheme, defenses cannot cover that.
• Noel's best game as a cyclone. We are starting to see his full potential. I think he's honestly just thinking less out there and trusting his skills more.
• OL shoutout: James Neal, Miller, and Black opened up some massive gaps for the running scheme. I was actually happy to see Treiber and Simmons get some run at the end too, they also looked good.

Defense

• Jamison Patton flashed in his first outing. 5 tackles, 4 of which solo, and an interception. Yes he had a play where he struggled in pass game early, but he clearly has speed and talent. I do think it will be huge to have Cooper back this next Saturday, but this was good to see for me.
• Bacon had a strong game at OLB/DE, and Gerry Vaughn was great against the run. Will McLaughlin had a nice pick early, the LB crew has really gotten better since the non conference schedule.
• I can see why the staff likes Drew Surges, he moves well and almost had a nice pick at the end

Recruiting - I think anyone who had questions about our recruiting should watch the tape last night in it's entirety. We absolutely blasted that team folks. We had better talent across both lines, better depth, and they simply did not have many (if any) skill guys that would start at ISU. That's the byproduct of 3 years of damn good recruiting.

Man is this team going to be good next year. I am so excited to be bowl eligible too. Hope they get one in DFW area or Phoenix.

From Cyclones.com:

Who: Iowa State (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) at Drake (2-0, 0-0 MVC)

Where: Knapp Center – Des Moines, Iowa

When: Sunday, November 12, 2023 – 2:00 p.m. CT

The Links

WATCH: ESPN+
PxP: Larry Morgan Analyst: Laura Leonard

LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates

PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson

LIVE STATS

IOWA STATE GAME NOTES

I’m stunned by the team performance last night and trying to compare this road win to others in the recent past. Beating Nebraska under CPR, Tex A&M, OU w/back up QB? Any others that come to mind?

The hawks sent nearly their whole squad to a D3 meet yesterday with mixed results. I think the coaches needed to see what they had in some of their guys before getting to Ames. After those results, here is my updated predictions.

125 - Ayala v Kysen: 3-0 hawks
133 - Frost v Teske: 3-3
Teske got dinged up so he will need to recover
141 - Woods v Frost: 6-3 Iowa
149 - Ech v VV: 6-6
157 - Chittum v Franek: 9-6 Iowa
165 - David v Caliendo: 9-9
174 - Gaitan v Arnold: 12-9 Iowa
184 - Feldkamp v Swafford: 12-12
197 - Broderson v Glazier: 15-12 Iowa
Hwt - Bastida v Hill: 16-15 Cyclones Win

I realize that Ech could be down to 141 from the inside sources here and Casey could be in at 149. For now, I’ll keep my predictions as such. Until I see Chittum doing it, I’ll have to go with Franek. I think Gabe is a little better than Gaitan and I hope that doesn’t turn into a major. Swafford is a very quality wrestler and I think he keeps it to a decision. Broderson could beat Glazier but for dramatics I gave that toss up to Iowa. With a Broderson win we can comfortably walk into the last match. I’ve decided Bastida will major Hill although I’m not surprised by a decision. CYCLONES WIN!

After last season and the chaos of last summer, I just wanted to see improvement over the year, particularly with the offense. This team has already accomplished more than I expected. I hope the Clones win out, but even if they lose a lot of their remaining games, this season is a huge success in my book.

Cambell has guided this team through some rough seas. No, he is not perfect, but d@mn he is a h*ll of a coach!

Go Clones!!

Horns Down!

I tried to find a thread of former Cyclones at their new schools with the intention of posting there but couldn’t find it. Mod, feel free to move it as you thi k apporpriate

Asking 85 per ticket. Venmo is preferred payment. DM if interested.

Pretty exciting to have a couple of really promising young leaders in football and men's basketball. Sets up well for an exciting future for those programs.

Anyone doing a welfare check on the Rotters tonight after HCMC and the young ISU Cyclone FB team heads to a bowl game? A slim shot at the CCG still in play?



Here are the 145 + 16 POS that gave up on the team. Go crawl back under your rock.

That's it. **** em. **** em with a big rubber di###, break it off, and beat em with it....

The Matchup: No. 10 Iowa State (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Davidson (0-0, 0-0 SoCon)
Where: Ames, Iowa // Hilton Coliseum
When: Sunday, Nov. 12 – 6 p.m.

Live Stats: TrackWrestling

Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
[Shawn Kenney, pxp; Kyven Gadson, analyst]

Listen: Varsity App & Cyclones.com
[Ryan Rohlk, pxp; Joe Sinclair, PxP; Nate Carr, analyst]

PROJECTED LINEUPS

vs


Idaho State (1-1, 0-0 Big Sky)
IOWA STATE (2-0, 0-0 BIG 12)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH 12:00 P.M. CST
HILTON COLISEUM / AMES, IA


TV: ESPN+
Talent: Alex Cohen, pxp Derrin Hansen, analyst

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (Varsity Network)
CRN Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)

Thankyou to veterans for serving our Country.

Section 238 Row 12. Please buy a 6+ of Ames Lager but not required. Reply here then send me a dm with email

If any of you Cyclone fans are too tired/hungover in the morning and need someone to take 4 basketball tickets off your hands, then I’d be happy to help you out! Would love to take my little girls to their first Iowa State basketball game

Blanked #23 KSU in the conference semifinals today, 39-0. #3 KU tomorrow at their home field.

Iowa State competed in the national championship game for seven man rugby last summer but came up just short of a title.

Izzy leaves program

Just saw this!

Would be nice to get a little something for these, but I couldn't even give them away last game.

Five tickets on the aisle in section 217 row 11. PM me an email if interested.

I am wanting to buy a parking pass for the Texas game in the G6 parking lot.

Cyclone Fanatic majority pick conference record: 3-3

Probably time to upgrade/replace my old Dell desktop. It's still Windows 10 and half broken down and glitchy as heck at times. I might want to try to reinstall windows but it's old enough that I am thinking about just buying new.

Don't game, do most of my interwebing on my laptop, so the desktop is more of a workstation. I have a nice scanner, laser printer etc and do some photo editing but no real video editing. Do not need crazy amounts of memory but would like 16-32 or so.

Main question, what about hard drives? Now it's a choice of combo platter of old hard drive + a SSD or all one of the other. I see a Dell on sale with just a SSD with 1 TB and all the way up to 1 TB SSD with a 2 TB HDD. What's peeps experience/recommendation on the drive choices?

Edit: Current is Dell with 1 TB HDD with 600 GB space used and that includes old file archives from previous computers. 12 GB memory.

D4 parking for Texas 225 or best offer

Just do it

I want people that don’t usually talk about wrestling get involved this year. Lets us know you will watch them!!