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Send us a text After a mid-season break the Cyclones head west to get back on the mat for a pair of duals this weekend. Jacob and Sam preview the matchups against future Big 12 foe Arizona State and current Big 12 affiliate member Cal Baptist. They also get off their chests what's still bugging them about the Collegiate Duals.

Send us a text New year, new podcast episode? Matt and Austin break down Iowa State's disappointing loss in the Liberty Bowl, the defensive struggles, and the brilliant play of Rocco Becht. There's also some talk about how much bowl results matter of course. And finally, Big 12 basketball has finally arrived and we're all ready to feel something about the men's team.

Send us a text Matt and Austin get together one last time before the Liberty Bowl to preview Iowa State's matchup with Memphis, get out some general thoughts about bowl games, and consider the hype machine building if Iowa State wins the game. Then, some recap of recent basketball games with the excellence of Tamin Lipsey and the return of Emily Ryan, plus some flowers for Audi Crooks. Lastly, we have some controversial takes on Christmas music and discuss our favorite seasonal movies.

Send us a text In rematches of two of NCAA wrestling’s most exciting duals from last season, #7 Iowa State will take on #3 Cornell and #15 Pitt, as well as Little Rock at this year’s Collegiate Duals in Nashville. Jacob and Sam breakdown matches to watch, must wins, and who they hope makes a surprise appearance for the Cyclones.

Send us a text Iowa State ran Iowa out of the gym, so Matt and Austin turned on the mics to talk about their favorite moments and standout players from the game. They also cover the women's game and the impressive showing against a really good team. Plus we made fun of Fran McCaffery a bit, because how can you not? Enjoy!

Send us a text Iowa State ran the gauntlet at the prestigious CKLV Invite. Jacob and Sam discuss how the Cyclones outscored 6 Top 10 teams... and still hasn't peaked yet.

Send us a text Iowa State follows up a tough dual against Iowa with the toughest in-season tournament in years. Jacob and Sam take a look at what went right and what went wrong in the CyHawk dual. They also preview the brutal CKLV Invite which starts Friday.

Send us a text The football regular season has come to a close. Austin and Matt recap Iowa State's surprising win in the snow against Kansas State. As we close the book on the regular season, we put in perspective what this win and this season as a whole means for the future of the program. Since we're Iowa State fans though, not everything can go well at the same time, so we discuss the men's basketball team's tough weekend in Orlando, and how the team improves from here.

Send us a text Levi is here to preview Iowa State's clash with Kansas State on Saturday, and brought in friend-of-the-pod Matt Morgan to breakdown the Wildcats and what Matt Campbell and the Cyclones will need to do to win in Manhattan.

Send us a text Matt and Austin close out the regular season by discussing their best bets for Ohio State-Michigan, Oregon-Oregon State, Tulane-UTSA, Iowa-Nebraska, and more!

Send us a text Matt and Austin preview our Thanksgiving plates for Thursday before recapping Iowa State's loss to Texas and the anticipation of a snowy Farmageddon. Plus, a breakdown of the bracket for the ESPN Events Invitational and we settle the debate of the appropriate time to put up the Christmas tree in the house.

Send us a text CyHawk week starts Sunday with Cyclone wrestling looking to defend Hilton against Iowa. Jacob England and Sam Phillips preview the series's most anticipated edition in years and breakdown Iowa State's 42-0 rout of #18 Wisconsin in Humboldt.

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Send us a text Iowa State wrestling heads to Humboldt to humble the #18 Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday. Jacob England and Sam Phillips give their weight-by-weight preview. They also discuss the Cyclones' dominance of Davidson, more wrestle-offs, gambling news, and Cyclones chasing their Olympic dreams.

Send us a text Matthias and Nate talk football briefly and look at some basketball stuff

Send us a text Matt and Austin recap a late night of watching Iowa State football destroy BYU on the road, the breakout of Abu Sama, Rocco Becht's continued excellence, and the improvement of the offensive line. Now that the Cyclones have reached bowl eligibility, it's time for a thorough discussion about Matt Campbell and if this season is his best coaching job with all the offseason changes. Matt has some notes on the start of basketball season, and now that we have 6 wins, we go over some bowl projections to pick hypothetical locations and opponents that have us most excited.

Send us a text Matt and Austin break down the best games and favorite bets of Week 11. With the season winding down, there's still plenty of action on the board. Games discussed include Washington-Utah, Michigan-Penn State, and the rock fight of the century in Iowa City.

Send us a text Iowa State alumni Nate Carr Jr and Marcus Coleman bring their Davidson Wildcats to Ames for Cyclone wrestling's home opener. Jacob England and Sam Phillips preview that dual, recap the Cleveland State win, and breakdown other news around the Iowa State wrestling program.

Send us a text Aiden is back to talk Kansas and BYU and look at Milan

Send us a text It's a busy time with Iowa State athletics as the calendar flips to November. We recap as much as we can starting with Matt's in person impressions from the men's basketball win against Green Bay. Then we talk football's home loss to Kansas and if we might have overrated the team a little bit. We also hit on future Big 12 football schedules, Josh Dobbs heroics for the Vikings, and the Cubs making a shocking managerial decision.

Send us a text I should have uploaded this during the week. Sorry! Hear our best bets for Army-Air Force, Georgia-Mizzou, USC-Washington, & more!

Send us a text Iowa State opens their season in David Carr's home gym against Cleveland State on Sunday. Jacob England and Sam Phillips preview the dual and fill you in on a busy offseason and surprising wrestle-off results.

Send us a text Having won three in a row and four of five, can the Cyclones take down Kansas this weekend and firmly plant themselves in the race for a Big 12 Championship Game berth?

Send us a text We take a look at Kansas and the new Big 12 schedule

Send us a text The Litecast returns with Matt and Austin recapping Iowa State's win in Baylor with more optimism after not playing their best game, or is there some reason for concern with Rocco Becht? Also we discuss Saturday night's game against Kansas and if the Cyclones can slow down the Jayhawk offense. Lastly, we touch on the big news of the week in Iowa with the school to our east finally moving on from the coach's son as OC. Then, a special preview as Dylan Coon stops by to plug his new Cyclone Fanatic podcast and help our audience get up to speed on the men's basketball season.

Send us a text Iowa State is approaching a critical stretch in the season as it heads down to Waco to face Baylor. Can the Cyclones keep pushing forward in the midst of their remarkable turnaround and start really contending at the top of the Big 12?

Send us a text We are back after a week off of podcasting, as Matt and Austin recap some heartbreaking bad beats in Week 8 and get ready for the best bets in Week 9. Games covered include Oregon-Utah, Oklahoma-Kansas, Duke-Louisville, and we preview what our favorite teams, Air Force and Wyoming have in store.

Send us a text Iowa State travels to Baylor this week and Matthias and Levi talk about it!

Send us a text The Litecast is back like Floyd of Rosedale in Minneapolis. Matt and Austin break down the insanity from Iowa City over the weekend and where things stand with that program. We can do that because Iowa State had the week off. But also we rate some hot takes about the season, pick mid-season MVPs, and discuss the Cyclones' trip to Baylor this weekend. We finish up with some Halloween talk.

Send us a text After a fabulous weekend for the Jack Trice Legacy game against TCU, the Cyclones are looking to capture momentum vs. Cincinnati to try to pull together a postseason berth.

Send us a text The season rolls on as Matt and Austin recap the week that was and talk about the best games and their favorite bets for Week 7 including USC/Notre Dame, Oregon State/UCLA, Oregon/Washington, and the game of the year, Wyoming/Air Force.

Send us a text Recapping the Jack Trice Legacy Game and looking at Cincy

Send us a text Matt and Austin break down all the positives from Iowa State's 27-14 win over TCU in the Jack Trice Legacy Game on Saturday night. The run game looks good. Rocco Becht is protecting the ball. The defense is a takeaway machine. We discuss if this will continue to build into some winnable road games. Plus, Matt gets to wax poetic about the Twins making a run in the MLB playoffs. Brock Purdy officially owns the NFL but we're still speculating on what the haters will say next. Also we briefly touch on the reemergence of Gonzaga to the Big 12 rumors.

Send us a text After a 50-20 loss to Oklahoma in Norman the Cyclones are back at home this weekend for the Jack Trice Legacy game against TCU, in which they will wear special throwback uniforms to commemorate Jack's only game at Iowa State. We talk about how this group can move on from the big defeat and how they can take advantage of a five-game stretch against the meat of the conference to potentially earn bowl eligibility in a rebuilding season.

Send us a text Matt Nelson and Austin Keeney recap last weekend and lament the fact that the wagon that is Air Force isn't playing this weekend. The guys are finally finding some winners on the board. Week 6 brings some fun games including the Red River game, LSU-Mizzou, Bama-Texas A&M, & more!

Send us a text Recapping Oklahoma and a look at TCU

Send us a text Another week and more Iowa State struggles have gone by. Matt Nelson and Austin Keeney break down all that went wrong defensively against Oklahoma and try to identify where the areas for improvement need to be, plus some questions about the overall quality of the unit. Not all negative talk this week though as the offense took some more strides. With TCU on tap and the Jack Trice legacy game upon us, the guys take stock of Iowa State's chances to compete and the atmosphere at the stadium. October is upon us an Matt's Twins in the postseason, we have a little playoff baseball chatter before some thoughts on Iowa's chances to score 25 points against Purdue this week.

Send us a text After a horrid start to the season on offense, the Iowa State Cyclones had a decent game last week against Oklahoma State behind the effort of a pass-first offensive attack, which we haven't seen much in the Matt Campbell era. Is it a sign of things pointing the right direction, or will the offensive line struggles prevent the team from progressing and reaching its potential?

Send us a text Matt Nelson and Austin Keeney recap last weekend's games and break down their best bets for the Week 5 slate including Utah-Oregon State, Notre Dame-Duke, & many more!

Send us a text We talk briefly about OSU and then go completely off the rails

Send us a text Matt and Austin recap Iowa State's win over Oklahoma State plus talk the sustainability of the offensive production. Are there any concerns about the defense? Can the Cyclones compete in Norman? Plus, some takeaways from around the country, getting ready for the MLB playoffs, and a quick recap on the best Oktoberfest beers on the market.

Send us a text Matt Nelson and Austin Keeney break down a loaded college football slate with 6 ranked matchups on the schedule, plus the Iowa State-Oklahoma State pillow fight of the week. The guys are hoping to rebound from a lackluster Week 3 and give their favorite bets for the weekend.

Send us a text Levi and Matthias discuss a disappointing weekend in Athens and what is up with Oklahoma State?

Send us a text Matt and Austin recap Iowa State's disastrous offensive performance in a loss to Ohio and ask the question: is this rock bottom of the Matt Campbell era? Thankfully there is still room to improve and the Big 12 offers opportunities for wins, starting this Saturday against Oklahoma State. Plus, with all the talk about Matt Campbell's job status, the guys give their thoughts on the state of the program and that video of Campbell chirping back at the "fan".

Send us a text Everything is terrible and nobody is having fun, but at least you can make an hour pass by listening to this podcast. It's mostly us ranting about Iowa State's deeply frustrating loss to Iowa last weekend, but if we have to be here, then you do too.

Send us a text Matt and Austin break down their best betting wins and worst losses of the previous week before talking about the best of an underwhelming Week 3 slate. Game covered include West Virginia-Pitt, TCU-Houston, UNC-Minnesota, and more!

Send us a text Levi and Matthias rant about the Iowa State offense.

Send us a text Matt and Austin recap Iowa State's loss in the CyHawk game and try to not overreact to where things stand after 2 games. Plus, the Bears and Vikings both suck. It was a bad football weekend guys.

Send us a text This week we had the pleasure of bringing on writer Rodger Sherman of the Road Rodge series to help preview the CyHawk game. Rodger will be in attendance in Ames so we covered all the most important things about how to pander to Iowa State fans, how a non-Iowan looks at the game, the origins of "El Assico", how the rivalry survives with both schools in different conferences, making fun of Iowa's offense, NIL beer wars, and so much more!You can find Rodger's work on Twitter @rodger and if you want to support his trip across the country you can become a patron for as little as $5/month on Patreon at Road Rodge.

Send us a text Levi and Matthias recap UNI and look at Iowa