Iowa State Cyclones Articles
The 2020 college football season is scheduled to officially begin on Saturday, Aug. 29, but it's never too early to start thinking about top 25 rankings and what might transpire this fall. Each FBS season brings plenty of surprises,...
Steven Lassan
1 week ago
The 2021 NFL Draft is slated to take place from April 29-May 1 in Cleveland, Ohio. While the 2020 college football season has yet to unfold, it's never too early to take a look at which quarterbacks could top the rankings or the wish list for...
Steven Lassan
3 weeks ago
Compared to its power-conference peers, the Big 12 is not exactly an NFL factory line. The conference saw just 21 players from its members drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft, six fewer than the ACC, less than half of what the Big Ten produced, and a...
Kevin McGuire
1 month ago
With the 2020 NFL Draft officially in the books, it’s time to look back and see which of college football’s biggest stars went undrafted. Whether it was a concern about size, overall talent, an injury, how a player will transition...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
College football’s 2019-20 coaching carousel featured 24 changes, including moves at Florida State, Ole Miss, Washington State, Colorado and Arkansas. With the carousel completed and all 24 jobs filled, it's time to rank and...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The 2020 college football season is still months away, but the start of spring practice is inching closer for all 130 teams (some have already begun), so it’s never too early to look ahead at the upcoming year and rank some of the top players...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
Oklahoma has represented the Big 12 in each of the past three editions of the College Football Playoff, but the Sooners' inability to win a semifinal game is somewhat indicative of the conference's overall struggles against the rest of its...
Mark Ross
3 months ago
College football’s 2020 season officially kicks off on Saturday, Aug. 29 with six overall matchups on tap for Week 0. The showdown in Ireland between Navy and Notre Dame ranks as the top matchup for Week 0, but Hawaii-Arizona and California-...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
Recruiting is the foundation for winning national championships, competing for CFB Playoff berths or performing at a high level in college football. While recruiting rankings aren’t 100 percent accurate, there is plenty of truth in the...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
College football’s 2020 season won't get underway until late August, but it's never too early to look ahead and predict which teams are on the rise and are poised for a significant leap in the rankings or win column next year. The...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
The years may change, but the story never does when it comes to sizing up the talent on the rosters in the Big 12: There are the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns — and then everybody else.
Once again, a razor-thin margin...
Allen Kenney
3 months ago
College football’s 2020 National Signing Day is officially in the books. As expected, top programs like Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Georgia and LSU signed prospects who will have a chance to play right away. Every FBS program inked recruits...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
The 2019 college football season featured 27 new coaches at FBS programs, and with the year completed, it's time to grade and rank the hires. Ohio State's Ryan Day and Louisville's Scott Satterfield were considered two of the top hires...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
If there's one word that can be used to describe the college football quarterback landscape, it's something that coaches and fans alike don't want to see from their signal-caller — turnover. For the third straight season, nearly...
Mark Ross
4 months ago
Of the 29 first-team picks for the 2019 All-Big 12 Team, 16 are graduating or leaving early for the NFL. That points to heated competition for starting roles in the offseason and urgency around the league when it comes to finding replacements for...
Allen Kenney
4 months ago
The definition of a breakout player in college football varies from each analyst or fanbase, but one thing is certain when looking ahead at the 2020 season and the players returning: regardless of the position, breakout players will have...
Steven Lassan
4 months ago
Big 12 football never lacks for excitement or entertainment value. Form held true in 2019, with so many wildly competitive games featuring surprising finishes that some worthy candidates failed to make the cut of 10.
One could practically...
Kyle Kensing
4 months ago
The NFL's early entry deadline for the 2020 draft officially passed on Friday, Jan. 17 and more than 100 players declared for the next level. As expected, projected first-round picks in Clemson linebacker Isaiah Simmons, Ohio State cornerback...
Steven Lassan
4 months ago
Oklahoma should enter the 2020 college football season in a familiar position. The Sooners have won the last five Big 12 titles, and coach Lincoln Riley's team is the very early pick to win the conference once again next season. Riley's...
Steven Lassan
4 months ago
Houston quarterback D’Eriq King has decided to transfer for his senior season, becoming a sought-after signal-caller for the 2020 college football season. King passed for 50 touchdowns and 4,925 yards in four years with the Cougars and added...
Steven Lassan
4 months ago
With college football’s 2019 regular season in the books, it’s time to take a look back and honor the best of the best and top performers for the All-America team. Whether it was on offense, defense or special teams,...
Steven Lassan
4 months ago
College football’s 2019-20 bowl season kicks off on Friday, Dec. 20, and continues until the national championship in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 13. With the bowl lineup set and confidence pools and pick’em contests set to start on Dec....
Steven Lassan
4 months ago
College football’s 2019-20 bowl season features 39 matchups, and Athlon’s editors are here with picks against the spread (ATS) for every postseason contest. Two games are slated for Dec. 20 to start the bowl season, the Rose and Sugar...
Steven Lassan
4 months ago
The No. 14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Iowa State Cyclones will meet for the first time when the two sides square off in the Camping World Bowl on Dec. 28 in Orlando. Notre Dame (10-2) closed the regular season with a 5-0 record in November,..., 6.5.0
Juan Jose Rodriguez
5 months ago
A year ago, the Big 12 enjoyed a successful bowl season with a combined record of 4-3. A competitive season in 2019 ended with six bowl-eligible teams from the conference, but the prospects for success this postseason don’t look...
Allen Kenney
5 months ago
