The TCU Horned Frogs and Iowa State Cyclones will play a football game Saturday, but one very different than what we thought it might be — and might mean — when the schedule was first released.
While the Cyclones are well in the bowl conversation, that’s far from the goal for a team that believed they were contenders for a Big 12 Championship and maybe a College Football Playoff berth. Instead, they sit at 6-5 and will play in a postseason game far less exciting than last year’s Fiesta Bowl.
That being said, this is a team capable of playing at a high level, and in Ames, on Senior Day, expect them to bring their best effort.