(Ames, IA) — Two games in November, two losses in a row. Once thought of as a Big 12 championship favorite and dreams of an appearance in the playoffs were dancing in everybody’s heads, Iowa St. has come back to earth thanks to Texas Tech and Kansas. This week its all about righting the ship against Cincinnati. ISU Head Coach Matt Campbell is not going to point figures at any one thing for the 2 game losing streak, he says the team needs to come together
Now in the Big 12, BYU leads at 6-0 followed by Colorado at 5-1. Iowa St. is in a 4 way tie for 3rd at 4-2 with West Virginia, Arizona St. and Kansas St. Campbell believes he still has a good football team and needs more consistency across the board and the needs his leaders to step up and show the young guys
Cincinnati is a game behind ISU in the Big 12 and there’s a familiar face on the Bearcats sidelines — Tyson Veidt was an assistant at Toledo under Campbell and went with him to Ames and eventually became the associate head coach with the Cyclones. Now is the Defensive Coordinator for UC and Campbell says its not easy going up against your best friend
Iowa St. faced tough running quarterbacks the last two weeks and Saturday is no exception — Brendan Sorsby had two fumbles and threw a 79 yard pick 6 last week in a 31-24 loss to West Virginia. Campbell says his ability to run provides problems for the Cyclone D
5-4 Cincinnati visits 7-3 Iowa St., kickoff at Jack Trice is at 7 pm, Cyclones Pre Game at 5 pm on KSOM.
