The one thing you’ll hear from Iowa State fans until Saturday evening when the Iowa football team has beaten the Cyclones at Jack Trice Stadium is that this isn’t your same-old Cyclones team.
And they’re not wrong.
This team has quite a bit of talent, which is why they were ranked to begin the season and why this is arguably the biggest matchup between these two rivals in the history of the rivalry itself.
Iowa State has a real future at the quarterback position and their defense features four preseason All-Big 12 players, which if we’re being serious, doesn’t mean much considering the Big 12 typically sucks at defense.