Had we beat KU and been tied with OU and OSU, who would play Texas in the championship game?

The Cyclones and Rams tip off around 4:30 this afternoon in the opening round of the ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Florida. The game will be carried by ESPN2. I'll have the periodic updates for you in the thread below.

I am excited about attending the wrestling meet tomorrow in Ames. Do any of our wrestling experts care to give analysis on tomorrow’s matchup

TEAM NOTES
*Attendance: 51,481
*Matt Campbell coached his 100th game at Iowa State, joining Dan McCarney as the only coaches to hit the mark.
*Campbell is now 53-47 at Iowa State and 88-62 overall as a head coach.
*Campbell is now 38-34 against league opponents, the most league wins by an ISU coach in school history.
*Iowa State has won four-straight conference road games in the same season for the first time in school history.
*The Cyclones had six true freshmen start a game this season, the most since 2008.
*Iowa State has 11 wins against AP Top 25 teams since 2017, with five of them coming on the road.
*The Cyclones five plays of 50-plus yards are the most in school history going back to 1971.
*Iowa State’s 12 plays of 50-plus yards this season are the most in school history going back to 1971.
*The five rushing plays of 50-plus yards this season are tied for the most in school history.
*Iowa State’s four touchdowns from scrimmage of 70 yards or more are the most in a single-game in school history.
*Iowa State’s seven passing plays of 50 yards or more this season are tied for the second-most in school history.
*The Cyclones ran just 35 plays to Kansas State’s 102. Only two of Iowa States were ran in Kansas State territory.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Rocco Becht
*His 2,674 yards passing this season are the seventh-most in Big 12 history by a freshman.
*Has 19 touchdown passes this season, the ninth-most in Big 12 history by a freshman.
*His 19 touchdown passes this season are tied for the third-most in school history.
*Touchdown passes of 79 and 82 yards tonight were the two longest completions of his career.
*Tied his career-high with three touchdown passes.

Abu Sama
*Made his first career start.
*Finished with 276 yards rushing, the fourth-most in a game in school history.
*His 276 yards rushing are the most in a road game in school history and the most ever by a freshman.
*Seventh FBS player since 1996 with multiple rushing touchdowns of 70 yards or more against a ranked opponent.
*Second FBS player since 1996 with three or more rushing touchdowns of 60 yards against a ranked opponent.
*First player in Big 12 to have two 70-plus yard rushing touchdowns in a game since Adrian Peterson (Oklahoma) in 2005.
*Moved into a tie for fifth in school history in rushing touchdowns by a freshman with five this season.
*Became eighth player in school history with multiple 50-plus yard plays in a single game going back to 1971.
*Joins Troy Davis (1995) and Breece Hall (2020 & 2021) as only players with multiple 50-plus yard rushes in a single game.
*His four plays of 50-plus yards this season are tied for the second-most in school history.
*His four rushes of 50-plus yards this season are tied for the most in school history with Blaise Bryant (1989) and Breece Hall (2020 & 2021).
*First player in school history (going back to 1971) with three rushing touchdowns of 50 yards or more in a single game.
*His 610 yards rushing this year are the third-most in a season by a freshman.

Jaylin Noel
*Has caught a pass in 31-straight games, the fifth-longest streak in school history.
*Became ninth player in school history with multiple 50-plus yard plays in a single game going back to 1971.
*His four receptions of 50 or more yards this season are tied for the second-most in school history going back to 1971.
*Fifth player (and sixth time) in school history going back to 1971 that a player has had multiple 50-plus yard touchdown receptions in a game.
*Moved into seventh in school history with 159 career receptions.
*Third career game with multiple touchdown receptions and second this season (BYU).

Jayden Higgins
*Caught his fifth touchdown pass of the season and 18th of his career.

J.R. Singleton
*Made his 15th start for the Cyclones.

Gerry Vaughn
*Played in his 62nd career game, tying former teammate Anthony Johnson (2018-22) for the second-most in school history.
*Picked off his first career pass in the fourth quarter.

Will McLaughlin
*Made his 15th start for the Cyclones.

Beau Freyler
*Tied his career-high with 15 tackles (Clemson – 2021), including 13 solo stops.

Drew Surges
*Made his first career start.
*Tallied a career-high 11 tackles, all solo stops, and one tackle for loss.

Chase Contreraz
*With six points tonight, he moves into fifth in school history with 91 kicking points scored this season.

Some tremendous photos out of tonight's game from the USA Today photographer on hand, so I thought I'd put together a gallery. Hope you enjoy!!!

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At my son’s place and went to the ECU-Tulsa ballgame. Let me say that ECU has a very nice stadium and a much better press box than we have at Trice. It holds 51,000 and is the second largest stadium in the state.

Ticket sales for the game listed at about 30,000, but I’d be surprised if 15,000 attended. Given the fact that ECU has only won two games all season, the interest has obviously waned. But there was no buzz in the stadium. Maybe the most interesting thing was the lone seagull that circled the field as the game was winding down, landing on the grass a few times.

FYI, ECU had a one point lead and got a stop on 4th down deep in Tulsa territory with 2 minutes to play. Then they screw up their first play from scrimmage and fumbled, giving Tulsa the ball back. The Hurricanes drove about 50 (aided by some weird calls by the refs) and kicked the winning FG as time expired.

My son said it’s been that kind of a year after going bowling last year. Sound familiar??

Weirdest game ever.

Word is they didn't make the trip.

Are they still part of the program?

310.2 for the game! Hahaha!

I may be one of the few that has a decent feeling about the game. I think we will see a pretty competitive cyclone team that had a few days to digest that this won’t be a walk in the park. They came into Orlando with a lot of confidence and probably felt unbeatable with all the praise they have been getting. They finally got a dose of some reality. CTJO will use this as a learning experience. This is literally their first experience of losing together. From Bahamas til up to now they have not experienced a bloody nose.

I just saw one of those click bait pages that proclaimed to rate the best and worst colleges in every state, based on a number of different factors, including, acceptance rate, graduation rate, tuition, etc. The best college in state, according to this page, is Grinnell. The worst? Waldorf. My high school buddy attended Waldorf. I had to LOL at that one.

Glad this BYU team didn't show up a couple of weeks ago. What's wrong with OSU this year? Jekyl and Hyde. Must be cold there. Lots of empty seats.

Against all my moral fiber, I watched the second half of the hok/ bugeater game.

I am a sinner.
Asking for forgiveness.

I did prove beyond all doubt that--

Chubba is no Brock Purdy.

That B1G football is atrocious.

Iowa fans are undescribably ugly.
The most grotesque of all fandoms.
My momma would have slapped me IF I brought one home.

I feel dirty.
Maybe as disappointed in myself as I have ever been.

Yes. The other games sucked.
But that is no excuse.
Dropping fifty pound weights on my feet would have been more fulfilling.


Worse yet, I found myself rooting for the Bugeaters.
Even as despicable as Ruhle and that gang are.
My hok hatred runs that deep.

May the Lord Have Mercy on My Soul.

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game so far. Four 3 and outs and 4 punts. This brand of football just bores me to tears.

It's Kansas State week, so let's get rolling with those predictions for the game against the Wildcats.

1) Winner & margin of victory. (ex: Iowa State by six)
2) Total points scored. (ex: 52 points)
3) TIEBREAKER: How many passing yards will Iowa State finish with?

Iowa State is currently a 10-point underdog and the over/under is 48 points.

Number one will be the first determiner and then I'll take whoever gets closest to the total points. If needed, I'll go to the passing yards prediction to break a tie.

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How many free throws did we miss?

The Cyclones and Hokies tip off around 4:30 this afternoon in the semifinal round of the ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Florida. The game will be carried by ESPN2. I'll have the periodic updates for you in the thread below.

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CBS thinks so!

...and this was a month and a half ago....... https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/brock-purdy-draft-mr-irrelevant/9285c321b36b785c3cdc5c9e

Screw Nick Wright.

Went to a HS boys game with secret squirrel - a person well connected to the ISU program- to watch Pewaukee vs New Berlin Eisenhower. The idea was to watch Milan Momcilovic, an incoming recruit, play. Milan is terrific. Has a younger brother who starts and is a mirror image. But Pewaukee has a junior PG, Nick Janowski, 6'4" who is fantastic. Had 25 points last night and 6 assists. I spoke to their coach before the game and said I couldn't speak for ISU but I'd love to see this kid at Ames. He laughed and agreed. Kid is awesome. Interesting note, Pewaukee head coach was a teammate of TJ in AAU.