⚡ CFB Dashboard

- Pick/market: I look at this game different because I don't really think it means a whole lot in terms of the overall season especially in the context of 2026 ISU football, but I'm not encouraged...

- Pick/market: Going live here in about 5-10 minutes for our mid-week podcast.

- Pick/market: I was "watching" the game on a game tracker when the score bloomed to 38-7 on an 85-yard run by Pettaway that was eventually called back.

- Pick/market: My goodness so many cyclone fans remember a different ISU team than I do.

- Pick/market: Ferentz is 13-13 vs Iowa State ;)

- Pick/market: Early takeway: I'm surprised by how much Iowa State is throwing it vertically downfield.

- Iowa State started Trevor Bindel at right guard against SEMO but split his snaps with Austin Barrett; the preview says that competition may remain unresolved. The offensive line allowed pressure to reach Jaylen Raynor and generated only just over 100 rushing yards against the FCS opponent, leaving protection and run blocking as concerns entering Iowa. - Iowa State generated six sacks against SEMO, including three by Isaac Terrell. The preview describes Jesse Bobbit's new defense as more aggressive than Jon Heacock's prior scheme and notes Bobbit's Washington State unit produced 31 sacks last season. The opener established pressure production, but against FCS competition rather than Iowa's line. - Iowa State QB Jaylen Raynor completed 50% of his passes for about 180 yards with two passing and two rushing touchdowns in the opener. The preview flags downfield accuracy as a concern: last season he threw three touchdowns and six interceptions on attempts of at least 20 yards. That is historical context for the Iowa test, not a forecast of turnovers.

- Iowa State's 2026 defense under Jimmy Rogers uses a more traditional four-man front and varied linebacker pressure rather than the previous 3-3-5 structure. Green-dot linebacker Sullivan Schlimgen made nine tackles, six stops and three pressures against SEMO, giving Iowa another pressure source to account for alongside edge Isaac Terrell. - Iowa State's Jaylen Raynor opened with 184 passing yards and two touchdowns on 8-of-16 passing plus 32 rushing yards and two scores. Dominic Overby's two receptions gained 85 yards, but the preview says the conventional run game stalled after Aiden Flora's early 17-yard gain and left tackle Jake Taylor was stronger in protection than run blocking against SEMO.

- Injury: The D got fatigued in the 4th quarter and missed some tackles but our D line was really stout vs their OL and run game.

- Injury: It's Iowa State at Iowa game week with the Cyclones and Hawkeyes set to meet on Saturday night (6:30 p.m.

- Injury: True, but their system still may not score many points against us.

- Injury: I will argue that our linebacker's talent level lead to their injuries.

- Injury: It’s really fun having no idea who these people are lol

- QB: Optimistic going forward because this staff can coach but they are severely hamstrung at the QB position.

- QB: Can’t wait to see Bobby Terrell do work on the Hawkeye QB’s.

- QB: Imagine hating on Brock Purdy and he's out here still setting records.

- QB/WR: Roehl didn't show it last Saturday but will likely see a significant volume of RPOs and passes out of that are generally not down the middle but moreso in the flats outside the tackles.

- QB/WR: I want to see more of Raynor and him actually throwing out routes and stuff over middle before we have a better QB.

- QB: The heat didn't bother me at all....sat outside the entire time when going inside Sukup was an option only a few feet for me away.

- QB/OL: Not that I disagree, but Rogers did say on more than one occasion we intentionally ran the ball against even when outnumbered in the box “just to see if we could handle it.”

- QB: Hank Brown being terrible is the only reason we have a chance in my opinion.

- QB/LB: On the game front, obviously they are a big favorite (and should be).

- QB: Yes, but in the NIL age, Rocco also makes I am guessing more than 300% more than Raynor.

- Coaching: AMES – In Iowa State's 38-10 victory over Southeast Missouri on Saturday inside Jack Trice Stadium, the Redhawks had just one pass go for more than 16 yards.

- Pick/market: This is probably the worst team we’ve had in a decade.

- Pick/market: SEMO QB was solid and he was very good last week.

- QB/OL: QB: I don’t think Raynor was as bad as the completion percentage showed.

- The hosts credited Iowa State's defense with stepping in to support the SEMO win while describing the offense as still having considerable room to develop. - The offensive line was specifically identified as a unit with room to improve, tempering the offensive assessment despite the win.

- Practice: Hopefully this comment from Tulsa’s head coach Tre Lamb bodes well for us in our upcoming match with the Pokes .

- Intel: Is Tom Manning the play caller for SEMO the ***** was that

- RB/LB: My early assessment of Raynor from the brief sample size from the stands is I don't believe he's really inaccurate, I think he struggles to read coverage and is late on decision making and...

- Pick/market: Offense has got stagnant.

- QB: We got an offense issue

- Offense: Yea we just didn't have the offense tonight or a play caller willing to throw ball more....This loss is on Rhoel tonight .

- OL/DL: Defensive Line and Offensive Line were better than Iowa’s.

- Iowa State's podcast discussion anticipated three running backs seeing the field and was positive about the staff's use of the running-back group, without establishing a specific workload split. - The speaker viewed Arnold Barnes as an interior power-running option, but made that outlook conditional on the offensive line improving and creating better running lanes.

- OL/RB: Abu is fast and I think we could have used his speed in different or more creative ways than just line up at RB.

- Offense: My opinion is that this staff is just flat out more football strategy and preparation savvy….by a lot.

- OL: Welcome...from an old cooter from the east-end of the ol' Boyer Valley Conference.

- OL: Bindel got the start but they rotated a lot on the O-Line throughout the game.

- OL/LB: Doesn’t shock me Braden Smith graded out the best of the OL.

- KICKER: Our punter is not good enough for our ******* offense.

- Defense: One of my favorite stats was 7 kickoff and 7 touchbacks

- Intel: Our punt return strategy leaves a lot to be desired… just catch it fellas

- Intel: Yesterday I was hanging out at a local Minneapolis sports bar, looking at the trivia board, not playing, just observing.

- Intel: That dipsh$t went off about KU making a big deal out of the rivalry and stirring up bad feelings.

- Intel: In the future, you may just want to keep this site handy during NFL and College football season.

- LB: Some of these week 0/1 game outcomes are certainly not helping the Big 12’s national profile.

- Intel: Amazing that we had almost half the sacks in one game that we had all of last season.

- Intel: If you're going to put a playmaker like Flora on your punt team, you can't have negative plays like that muff.

- Intel: Don't Heacock this before half and give up an easy TD drive.

- Intel: Kaleb Bilal-Jones falls on the loose ball and the Cyclones take over!