Iowa State's head coach will meet with the media around 12:15 for his weekly press conference that looks ahead to Saturday's road game at Houston. I'll have highlights in the thread below.

Thank you to everyone who participated last week. The final score was Iowa State 52, Arkansas State 7 (Iowa State by 45 and 59 total points). The Cyclones passed for 253 yards.

Here are the winners:
@CloneForever had ISU by 31 with 48 total points and 286 yards passing for ISU - gets three months added onto the term of their subscription.
@CyRail had ISU by 30 with 50 total points and 257 passing yards for ISU - gets two months added onto the term of their subscription.
@saccyty had ISU by 30 with 44 total points and 299 yards passing for ISU - gets one month added onto the term of their subscription.

The o line on this team has Ryan Clanton written all over it. He talks about being violent and this o line is. If they can stay healthy, that line could get playoff level good. It has to keep getting better every week. And while I’m talking offense, I really like Mouser at o coordinator too.

Big 12 Media Relations

CBS Sports and the Big 12 Conference have expanded their partnership by significantly increasing the number of Big 12 men’s college basketball games across the Network’s platforms. The multi-year deal, which runs through the 2026-27 season, is through a sublicense agreement with ESPN.

As part of its extensive regular-season schedule, CBS Sports already broadcasts a minimum of six Big 12 men’s college basketball games annually on CBS, with those games streaming live on Paramount+. This new agreement adds 20 games per year to air on CBS Sports Network to bring the total number of Big 12 men’s basketball games to at least 26 per season across CBS Sports platforms.

“CBS Sports continues to be the home for big-time college basketball and we are excited to expand our long-standing relationship with the Big 12,” said Dan Weinberg, Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Sports. “The Big 12 is one of the nation’s signature basketball conferences with marquee schools, student-athletes and coaches along with a rich history in the sport. This is a tremendous opportunity to add 20 high-quality games from a premier conference to our schedule and we are thrilled to increase the number of Big 12 basketball games across our CBS Sports platforms.”

“Growing our presence on CBS Sports will deliver Big 12 basketball to even more fans across the country,” said Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark. “The additional nationally televised games will continue to grow our brand as the best conference in college basketball and showcase the elite student-athletes and programs from our 16 institutions.”

CBS Sports will begin its 44th consecutive season presenting college basketball this fall with approximately 300 regular-season games across CBS and Paramount+, as well as CBS Sports Network, including 15 automatic bids to the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournaments. CBS Sports has been the broadcast home of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament since 1982, including a partnership with TNT Sports since 2012.

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Oct. 5 game against Baylor at Jack Trice Stadium will kick off at 6:30 p.m. on FOX. The game has been designated a “White Out”, with fans encouraged to wear white Cyclone apparel.

The Cyclones (3-0, 0-0) are ranked No. 18 as they head to Houston to open Big 12 Conference play this weekend.

Aug. 31 NORTH DAKOTA (FS1) W, 21-3
Sept. 7 at No. 21 Iowa (CBS) W, 20-19
Sept. 21 ARKANSAS STATE (ESPN+) W, 52-7
Sept. 28 *at Houston (FS1) 6 p.m.
Oct. 5 *BAYLOR (FOX) 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 12 *at West Virginia
Oct. 19 *UCF
Nov. 2 *TEXAS TECH (HC)
Nov. 9 *#at Kansas
Nov. 16 *CINCINNATI
Nov. 23 *at Utah
Nov. 30 *KANSAS STATE
Dec. 7 Big 12 Championship Game

*Big 12 Conference Game
#at Kansas City, Mo. (GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium)

If there was ever any doubt that Pate is an Iowa State fan, this should remove all doubt. He saved the best for last on his latest show, the Iowa-Iowa State game. It starts at about the 1:15 mark.

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Also, I was listening to a podcast by some Ioway ANALysts who were surprisingly complimentary to Iowa State, but who found themselves wondering if they shouldn't have given their backup QB a shot, especially since the starter couldn't even reach the end zone on the Hail Mary. And then they were incensed that Freerents said in his post game show that they were waiting for McNamara to get into game shape when they have another division 1 proven QB (Sullivan, the Northwestern transfer) sitting on the bench. This is after last week's podcast, where the headline was "Does Iowa have an offense?" or something similar. How quickly things changed in a week.

Love the Big I formation we used effectively in short yardage situations. Hopefully this becomes a staple in our repertoire.

105 yds and a TD on 23 carries
Also 3 catches on 3 targets for 17 yds

Utah is totally shutting down the Cowboys. OSU offense is lifeless.

Interesting and worth knowing heading into Saturday: https://big12sports.com/boxscore.as...dDikWrogOjK4w5XWs3Makad2ONoavUp&path=football

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us on the "south end zone debate" that is mentioned in the headline of a Cyclone Fanatics Facebook story?

Are there some who want to get rid of the south end zone?

Get you mind out of the gutter! Stacy Frese Huber’s daughter Sydney is not only a basketball player, but setter for Mt. Vernon’s #1 ranked VB team. She is at or near the top of the state leaderboard in assists. Of course it helps having Louisville recruit Chloe Meester to set.

Apparently she’s not on BF’s radar anymore. Perhaps she should be on CJL’s?

It just gets worse.

Stud DT has torn triceps.
Playoff return at the earliest.

McCaffery has went to Germany looking for Achilles answers.
So maybe not this year.
(Where I've had him.)

Purdy is "day to day"
Back issues.

Random roster question but is Drew Surges hurt? I haven’t seen him since the first game, but I’m watching on TV so just might have missed him.

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We made a big move the last couple years.
Because of approach.

A lot is OC and some Rocco.
Nate included.
We now go for the jugular. The go the distance play.
We were scared to so many years.

New RB coach gets kudos.
Or whoever brought what Walters calls the Triple I.
Got our QB under center and make short yardage runs.
No messing around.

Display our dominance.
Secure their submission.

Not many want to mess with us.

Again, we are better than Meechegan.
Scream it from the rooftops.