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Litecast: It Feels Great to Win Again
Matt and Austin celebrate Iowa State’s win over TCU and reserve some special shoutouts for the defense. The guys discuss the offense’s continued struggles, the WRs that can’t catch the ball, and we disagreed on the decision to go for the 4th down at the end. But it feels great to get a 6th win, […]
Sudden Victory (Ep. 47) – Previewing the Lopers with FloWrestling’s JD Rader
FloWrestling’s JD Rader joins the podcast to help preview Iowa State’s first home dual of the season! The former Loper wrestler breaks down D2 #1 UNK and talks expectations for the Cyclones’ season.
Cyclones Dominate on Their First Big Stage
And by big stage, I mean the 3,500 seat Sanford Pentagon, which was a 99.8% Cyclone crowd. Iowa State had two non-sensical wins against Fairleigh-Dickenson and Grambling State before their first contest with a P5 opponent, and a solid one at that. Mississippi State was a tournament team last year and returned their best player […]
Iowa State Men’s Basketball Preview: We’re Talking Mississippi State
Last Time Out Iowa State easily handled Grambling State 102-62 at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones shot 55% from the field and 38% from 3. Joshua Jefferson led the way with 20 points on 8-10 shooting with 8 rebounds. 5 other players finished in double figures, including the freshman Killyan Toure and Jamarion Batemon. Both had […]
Iowa State Football Post Mortem: TCU
Ding dong, the streak is dead What Went Wrong Passing Game We are well past this being a noticeable problem for Iowa State… We are approaching Defcon 1 levels here with Rocco and the passing game. If it’s not a missed throw, it’s a drop. If it’s not a drop, it’s a wrong route. If […]
Offensively Offensive: Our Thoughts Two Games In + Preview Of Mississippi State
Sean, Nate, and Tom sit down and discuss their thoughts after two games into the season. Before some hoops talk, Sean talks about his trip to the TCU-Iowa State football game this past Saturday and the in-game experience. Next, we recap the results from both wins last week and our takeaways. Then, the impact that […]
Iowa State Wins at TCU
Phone the neighbors, wake the kids, the streak is dead! Your Iowa State Cyclones stormed back from a 17-6 4th quarter deficit to win a game for the first time since September 27th, becoming bowl eligible along the way, escaping Fort Worth with a 20-17 win. F0r much of the game, this looked exactly like […]
Wrestling: 2025-26 Season Preview
College wrestling season is among us and Iowa State is looking to win their second trophy of the Kevin Dresser era. After a wildly disappointing campaign last season, the Cyclones are ranked top 4 as both a tournament team and a dual team. That is due in large part to having 7 All-Americans on the […]
Defensive Players to Watch: Iowa State at TCU
Iowa State Defensive Line Again, perhaps a softball answer here, but the Iowa State defensive line is going to need to be on it’s A-game this week and probably every week after now (and every week really in conference play) with the injury pileup in the secondary. Getting pressure on the quarterback and forcing whoever […]
Offensive Players to Watch: Iowa State at TCU
Iowa State Running Back Room Carson Hansen and Abu Sama have clearly been the most consistent group for the Cyclone offense so far this year. While they’ve had their own battles with injuries and low output games, it almost seems that even when one of them struggles, the other one picks up the load and […]
Iowa State Football Preview: TCU
Iowa State Football Preview: TCU
Betting the Big 12: Week 11
Yeah, we’re still doing this. College football honestly just feels like a chore right now. Iowa State’s season is over. At this point, we just need to pick up a 6th win somewhere. With that said, college basketball did start this week. So before we get into football bets, I do have a few thoughts […]
Iowa State Men’s Basketball Preview: We’re Talkin’ Grambling State
Last Time Out Iowa State got the 2025-2026 season off to a good start Monday night against Fairleigh Dickinson in Hilton Coliseum, earning an 88-50 win over the Knights. The Cyclones started the game with Tamin Lipsey, Josh Jefferson, and Milan Momcilovic on the floor, along with Virginia transfer Blake Buchanan and true freshman Frenchman […]
Sudden Victory (Ep. 46) – 2025-26 Season Preview
Jacob and Sam are back for another season of Cyclone Wrestling! They break down the lineup and schedule for #4 Iowa State ahead of their first tournament this weekend.
Litecast: Basketball is Back and Football Makes Us Sad
Matt and Austin recap Iowa State’s 4th straight loss in a terrible day of football against Arizona State. What’s wrong with the team? Why is Rocco Becht all of a sudden not playing well? What would we change? On a positive note, basketball season is officially here and we’re excited about Killyan Toure. Plus Milan […]
Milan Momcilovic scores 29 in 88-50 win over Fairleigh Dickinson in season opener
Iowa State got the 2025-2026 season off to a good start Monday night against Fairleigh Dickinson in Hilton Coliseum, earning an 88-50 win over the Knights. The Cyclones started the game with Tamin Lipsey, Josh Jefferson, and Milan Momcilovic on the floor, along with Virginia transfer Blake Buchanan and true freshman Frenchman Killyan Toure, who […]
Twister Sisters thrash Tommies in Season Opener
For the third year in a row, the Cyclone Women’s Basketball Team took on the St. Thomas (MN) Tommies in the non-conference schedule and for the the third year in a row, it was all Iowa State. Audi Crooks and Addy Brown were exactly who Cyclone fans, and WBB fans in general, have come to […]
Iowa State Football Post-Mortem: Arizona State
Man oh man… What Went Wrong Passing Offense I don’t really know what to say at this point. We are now 9 games into a 12 game season… the diagnosis simply cannot be “they’re not on the same page” anymore. We’re well beyond that expiration date with the communication, or lack thereof, between the quarterback […]
The Mid-Morning Dump: College Basketball is Back, Iowa State Double-Header in Ames
Iowa State Athletics BEN BRAHMER. Was carted off the field on Saturday in scary fashion. ANALYSIS. From the loss on Saturday. FOOTBALL. Report card following the loss. WOMENS OPENER. Expect lots of screaming kids. FDU. Iowa State opens the season Monday. SHOOTERS. Need to heat up for the men. VOLLEYBALL. Took down #6 ASU over […]
From Ames to Elsewhere: A Look At Former Cyclones and Where They Are For The 2025-26 season
Oh, does he play there? I had no idea he transferred there! Wait, he left? These are the questions some fans ask about how the transfer portal works nowadays. Let’s save everyone from those questions and catch people up on the off-season in college basketball. It’s hard to keep up with the transfer portal and […]
Iowa State Men’s Basketball Preview: We’re Talkin’ Fairleigh Dickinson
Last Time Out The Cyclones started strong against Ole Miss with a 13-5 lead, but the Rebels quickly seized control with a dominant 23-4 run sparked by unusually hot shooting, while Iowa State struggled offensively due to fatigue and injuries. Ole Miss led 40-29 at halftime and continued to dictate the game early in the […]
Offensively Offensive: A Big 12 Preview
We’re Back Baby!! The season starts on Monday, and the boys are fired up! Sean, Nate, and Tom join for the second episode of the year to preview everything about the Big 12. The guys go in order of the Media Preseason Poll from top to bottom. Each person had a number of teams to […]
Iowa State Loses to ASU, Losing Streak Continues
The beginning of the game just felt like leftovers from the BYU game. A great start to a drive, it then stalls due to sloppiness, and it’s finished off with a special teams fail. Each team traded field goals in the first quarter before Iowa State got on track, thanks to come pentlaites, and scored […]
Betting the Big 12: Week 10
What happened? It’s already week 10 and Iowa State has only 2 home games remaining in the 2025 season. It all feels lost with the way things have gone for the Cyclones on this losing streak. However, I will be in Ames on Saturday, and I’ll be there in 3 weeks when Kansas comes to […]
Defensive Players to Watch: Arizona State at Iowa State
This defense gives me a bigger migraine than trying to explain to Hawk fans that they aren’t that good. One play we look like a defense that won’t allow a single yard by ground or air, then we look away for two seconds, and our secondary has a coverage lapse that even Uncle Rico could […]
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