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La Gesse Column: Where have all the upsets gone?

Ames Tribune sports editor Bobby La Gesse

Trivia time. When was Iowa State’s last win over a top-25 football opponent?

(Insert Final Jeopardy music here).

If you said against No. 15 TCU on Oct. 6, 2012, you are correct.

Also, the three-year anniversary of ISU’s last major upset just passed. Those used to be a yearly occurrence under coach Paul Rhoads.

There are a lot of ways to quantify the Cyclones backslide over the last three years. For me, this is one of the most telling.

A staple of the program is no more.