Iowa State Cyclones

 

 

Iowa State Cyclones Football came into Iowa State’s life in 1878 only as a recreational sport. It wasn’t until 1892 does it make its way to an organized group of athletes. The first team ever at Iowa State finished 6-1 beating their first rival the University Of Iowa. The first coach was named Johnny Majors. His Iowa State football team was predicted to finish last in the Big Eight. But they over came the odds and finished with a bowl bid to play in the Sun Bowl. Unfortunately they lost 33-15. But it is the fact that they made it that sets them apart from everybody else.

          Once predicted to finish at the bottom they finished at the top. ISU has had a rough series of losses in bowl games. They lost 30-31 against Georgia Tech in the Liberty Bowl. They then lost 24-14 against North Carolina State in the Peach Bowl. Iowa State then lost in the Hall of Fame Bowl against Texas A&M University. Iowa State was predicted to win big time, but ended up losing to the underdog with a final score of 28-12.Just when things couldn’t possibly get worse they lose in the Independence Bowl to Alabama 14-13. The next loss would come in the 2005 Houston Bowl when Iowa State lost 24-27 against Texas Christian University. What a rough series of years! In all bowl games Iowa State holds a losing record of 3-9. Iowa State has won 2 conference championships in its entire history. One in 1911 and again in 1912 back to back. Other than those two they have struggled to be on top again since then. They have also only one division championship in 2004.

 The name cyclone really took shape in an article way back then in the newspaper. Calling the way the Cyclones play like a “Cyclone” and ever since then the name just seemed to fit the way the team played. Though it does seem as though the way they play has simmered down. With the many losses in Bowl Game losses and the conference championship games. You would expect the Cyclones to be better then they look now. But in reality the Iowa State Cyclones are just another over rated team fighting to prove that they may not be the best NCAA team but they are fighting to prove that they aren’t the worst. Hard as it may seem to believe.