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AMES, Iowa - Weekly honors continue to roll in for quarterback Rocco Becht after his impressive performance against Oklahoma State. The Cyclone signal caller has been named the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Week, the Maxwell Football Club announced Tuesday.

Becht completed 27 of 38 passes for 348 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in a 34-27 victory over the Cowboys. He is one of four quarterbacks in ISU history to record a game with 300-plus yards passing, three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Becht's three touchdowns, 27 completions and 348 yards were all career bests.

With the win, the Wesley Chapel, Fla. native joined Brock Purdy and Kyle Kempt as quarterbacks under coach Matt Campbell to win their first career Big 12 start.

Becht has a passing touchdown in each of his first four career starts and his total of seven on the season are the fifth-most in school history by a freshman.

The Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award has been presented to the College Freshman Player of the Year since 2018 and is named in honor of Shaun Alexander, a former standout at the University of Alabama and with the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL.

Becht was also named to the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 List for Week 4, which recognizes the top quarterback performances from around the country, yesterday.

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You have been in the trenches, I have not. What do you see, is it talent(I think we have talent) execution, techniques,playing good teams, slow slow, attitude. What would you do to get our OL respectable....

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The 2023-24 Big 12 women’s basketball season opens Saturday, Dec. 30, as the league embarks on its first season with 14 members.

The 18-game schedule concludes Sunday, March 3, leading into the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship, which takes place in Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center for the first time, March 7-12.

Each team will face five Big 12 opponents twice and eight Conference foes once. Opponents were selected based on a combination of geography, historical results and a poll of the coaches to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness. Iowa State’s schedule matrix features home and road contests against BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and West Virginia. The Cyclones will also play host to Baylor, Cincinnati, Oklahoma and TCU in home only contests while they travel to UCF, Houston, Texas and Texas Tech. The Big 12 schedule matrix was announced in July.

Iowa State will open its conference schedule on the road at Oklahoma State on December 30 before returning to Hilton Coliseum on January 3 for its first home conference game against Kansas.

Complete television information will be released at a later date.

The 2022-23 season concluded with 90 percent of Big 12 teams finishing with winning records, a feat no other league has accomplished since the formation of the Big 12 Conference. A nation-leading 60 percent of Big 12 squads were selected to the 2023 NCAA Tournament and 90 percent reached the national postseason.

Iowa State’s full schedule can be found below.

Date Opponent Location
Wednesday, Nov. 1 Truman State (Exh.) Ames, Iowa
Monday, Nov. 6 Butler Ames, Iowa
Sunday, Nov. 12 Drake Des Moines, Iowa
Monday, Nov. 20 Southern Ames, Iowa
Friday, Nov. 24 Vanderbilt* Las Vegas, Nev.
Saturday, Nov. 25 Syracuse* Las Vegas, Nev.
Wednesday, Nov. 29 St. Thomas St. Paul, Minn.
Sunday, Dec. 3 UNC Wilmington Ames, Iowa
Wednesday, Dec. 6 Iowa^ Ames, Iowa
Sunday, Dec. 10 North Dakota State Ames, Iowa
Sunday, Dec. 17 Troy Ames, Iowa
Wednesday, Dec. 20 UNI Ames, Iowa
Saturday, Dec. 30 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla.
Wednesday, Jan. 3 Kansas Ames, Iowa
Saturday, Jan. 6 at BYU Provo, Utah
Wednesday, Jan. 10 West Virginia Ames, Iowa
Saturday, Jan. 13 Baylor Ames, Iowa
Wednesday, Jan. 17 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas
Saturday, Jan. 20 TCU Ames, Iowa
Wednesday, Jan. 24 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan.
Saturday, Jan. 27 at West Virginia Morgantown, W. Va.
Wednesday, Jan. 31 Oklahoma State Ames, Iowa
Saturday, Feb. 3 at UCF Orlando, Fla.
Saturday, Feb. 10 Oklahoma Ames, Iowa
Wednesday, Feb. 14 Kansas State Ames, Iowa
Saturday, Feb. 17 at Texas Austin, Texas
Wednesday, Feb. 21 at Houston Houston, Texas
Saturday, Feb. 24 BYU Ames, Iowa
Wednesday, Feb. 28 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan.
Saturday, March 2 Cincinnati Ames, Iowa

BOLD – Big 12 Conference
* – South Point Shootout
^ – Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series

and a few comments.

1). I thought Eli had the 1st down after looking at the game and on film when I re-watched it....and it would have kept the clock moving for 4 more downs....making Okie State's comeback nearly impossible.

2). We need a short yardage package on 3rd and one (short) plays. I remember we had an Ankeny kid named Joel Lanning that was money about 5 years ago. (I know our O line was was much more physical then...but). Instead of Rocco trying to sneak....how about putting in Ankeny 6' 7" J.J. Kohl 250 lb. or QB 6' 5 " Tanner Hughes at 240 lbs. I know our line still has to make a push....but the extra length and girth could have made the difference for the 3rd down play. They may want to save J.J., but then use QB Hughes if J.J. may be the heir apparent in future years. I totally understand the urgency of trying to catch Okie State off guard at the time, but our line just is not getting the push we need quite yet. Just a little Monday morning QB ing on my part, but that is what message boards are for.

3). Being a long time Cyclone fan that dates back to attending Johnny Major games....I thought not making that critical 3rd down was going to come back and haunt us. Thankfully our D pulled it out at the very end.

Overall...not bad Offensive play calling by Nate...and Heacock gets the job done again, although it was not a typical Jon H. 2nd half.

Hats off to CMC and the team for a truly gritty win.

CMC........ “If you look at the game last week, you’re not disappointed with how we played. You’re disappointed in maybe some of the detail and precision. I’m probably more disappointed in myself as a coach – afraid to cost us the game instead of going to win the football game. I feel like (for) our young team, it’s (about) earning the right to go win the game, rather than sitting back and trying to not screw the game up.

Just watching them playing Penn State. They are so out classed talent wise it's thankfully embarrassing 😄
I can't wait for them to get some real year in and out competition from the money powerhouses that will delegate them to their rightful place.

What was going on yesterday. Did they forget to turn the water off Friday nite?

Lots of slipping around by the skill people and dbs. I wasn't there this week, but the grass looked lond too.

Ok I'll admit I’m a closet Bengals fan and think their helmets are the best but man, the all white with black striping with orange trim unis tonight are just sick. In a good way.

Thank you to everyone who participated last week. The final score was Iowa State 34, Oklahoma State 27 (Iowa State by 7 and 61 total points). Iowa State passed for 348 yards.

Here are the winners:
@Cyganorock had Iowa State by 7 with 41 total points and 230 passing yards for ISU - gets three months added onto the term of their subscription.
@bgcyclones15 had Iowa State by 7 with 41 total points and 192 passing yards for ISU - gets two months added onto the term of their subscription.
@TazKB had Iowa State by 7 with 35 total points and 220 passing yards for ISU - gets one month added onto the term of their subscription.

I was busy managing the beer tent for our town festival yesterday, so I'm just watching my recording now.

What is the word on Norton? Looked like a dislocated shoulder or broken collarbone to me.

I don't know how long I'll be able to stay awake watching the game. According to my FitBit, I walked 15.9 miles from 9 am to 1 am, mostly in a 25' x 35' footprint around the keg trailer. Daddy's TIRED today!

Some of this sounds like the big 12 let them off easy. Either way it worked out for the big 12 schools I guess. Colorado got a 2.5 million signing bonus.

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I see that he is a rs Senior. Is he done after this year or does he have a covid year to spend with us?

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AMES, Iowa – Chase Contreraz has been named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. It is the first Big 12 weekly honor of his career.

Contreraz made field goals from distances of 51 and 46 yards in Iowa State’s 34-27 victory against Oklahoma State, both into a strong southerly wind. He was perfect on the day, going 2-for-2 on field goal attempts and 4-of-4 on extra points.

With makes from 56 and 51 yards, the Missouri Valley, Iowa native is one of eight kickers nationally with multiple 50-plus yard field goals this season. His 56-yarder against UNI remains tied for third-longest field goal nationally this year.

Contreraz is the sixth Cyclone in school history to have multiple 50-plus yard field goals in a season and seventh to do it in their career.

Iowa State is back in action Saturday Sept. 30 at Oklahoma. Kickoff from Norman, Okla. is set for 6 p.m.

2023 ISU Big 12 Weekly Honors
Sept. 4 - Jeremiah Cooper (DPOW)
Sept. 25 - Chase Contreraz (STPOW)

Just curious, anyone know if the FS1 on- camera guys were actually in Ames or using green screen studio magic to feign their stadium presence.

Winning fixes a lot!

They finally let Rocco be Rocco.
Started out with more receiving talent on the field.

WE even saw a slip screen!
Though our center didn't get to where the block was needed.
Signs coaching is at work.

#51 was a revelation.
We hiding any other guys that actually can block???
True freshman, right???
Things changed with him out there.
Doubt the TV guys figured out the change.

Sanders runs with more decisiveness. Finds a crease and goes.
We've figured that position out.
Keep him healthy.

Got to stop giving up big plays.
One is on the coaches.
You have to call TO with Bacon isolated on speed.
Safeties asleep when that happened???
I'm yelling at the TV pre-snap.

We keep bringing in DBs and all did some good things.

Other things to needle on but today is not the day.
Pretty happy they rose up.

Now go find another W.

I love it when the buzzards are exposed.

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Bowman missed 3 wide open recievers for touchdowns. Wide recievers open all game. Purchase was burned for a td. Bacon should have had help. Lots to clean up on defense.

Hawks beat us, that’s all they need to keep fans happy. We are now their Super Bowl. Rest of games like Penn State don’t matter.