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.