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FOOTBALL ***RELEASE: Campbell a Semifinalist For Munger Coach of the Year Award***

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell has been named a semifinalist for the prestigious George Munger Award, which recognizes the College Football Coach of the Year.

Campbell has led Iowa State to its first 10-win season in the program’s 133-year history, finishing the regular season 10-2 overall and 7-2 in conference play while earning a berth in the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship game.

The Cyclones matched the best start in school history, opening the season 7-0 and climbing to as high as No. 9 in The Associated Press Top-25 poll.

Campbell, who recently agreed to a contract extension through the 2032 season, became Iowa State’s winningest coach earlier this season when he surpassed Dan McCarney’s previous mark. In his ninth season leading the program, Campbell owns a 63-51 record at the school, including 62-43 since starting 1-8 in his initial campaign.

He’s also 45-36 in conference play, which is 18 more league victories than any other coach in the school’s history. Campbell owns 45 of ISU’s 89 all-time wins against Big 12 teams.

Campbell and the No. 18 Cyclones return to action Dec. 28 at the Pop-Tarts Bowl against No. 15 Miami.

Strength of schedule

I must be losing it. I really thought ISU played a pretty decent schedule so far but Kenpom says not so fast. Has Iowa State’s strength of schedule at 156th.

Still have one snoozer with Morgan State before conference play begins. And yes there is quite a few cupcakes but there’s also so nice quad 1 and 2 victories. In fact they are sitting at 4-1 in Q1/2. Auburn is sitting 5-1 record in all quad 1 as a comparison. ISU is 5-0 vs quad 4 where Auburn is 2-0. There is just too much to tackle with stats/statistics. Head hurts.

Crazy Week For Cyclones Women's Basketball

They played a game late Sunday and had to hop on a plane early Monday morning for a game against UCONN tonight. Then they will fly home and head to Oklahoma State for the conference opener on Saturday. And all this during Finals Week. That's brutal.

The Sunday game was suppose to be the early game of the men & women's doubleheader, but when CBS Sports Network picked up the men's game, the women got moved to the late game. I'm not sure a team full of sophomores is ready for this. We need to get more production out of Audi and Addy's supporting cast.

You can watch the UCONN game Tuesday on FS1 at 7:30 PM.
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