... into Thursday night, Iowa State was returning nine starters on offense and five starters on defense, coming off their first bowl win since 2004.

However, they also had the third toughest schedule in all of college football, including at No. 9 Iowa, K-State in Kansas City, No. 24 Utah, at No. 5 Texas, at No. 7 Oklahoma, and No. 8 Nebraska at home.

Most people were looking down, seeing a good Cyclone team wouldn't get the chance to go bowling this winter because of this brutal schedule.

Late Thursday night, heads were turned. Sure, Ohio State, Miami, and USC got the highlights on ESPN, but the state of Iowa knows what they have right now.

Austen Arnaud showed a ton of improvement from l...

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