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2012 record: 6-7 2012 Big 12 record: 3-6 Returning starters: offense: 5; defense: 4; special teams: 2. Top returners: C Tom Farniok, RB James White, LB Jeremiah George, RB Shontrelle Johnson, S Jacques Washington, DE Willie Scott, P Kirby Van...

Iowa State is the ninth Big 12 team to begin spring practice, with only Kansas State left to get started. Let's take a closer look at the Cyclones. Schedule: Today is the first of Iowa State's 15 NCAA-allowed spring practices. They'll be capped by...

Each season, there's lots of turnover and change for every college program. What do the Big 12 teams need to do before next fall? Let's continue our look with the Cyclones in Ames. 1. Figure out if Sam Richardson is the future of the program. Stee...

Iowa State (6-6, 3-6 Big 12) vs. Tulsa (10-3, 7-1 Conference USA) WHO TO WATCH: Iowa State linebacker A.J. Klein vs. Tulsa's three-headed monster at running back. The Golden Hurricane won their conference on the backs of Trey Watts, Ja'Terian Doug...

Iowa State will be without its leading rusher when it faces Tulsa in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Running back Shontrelle Johnson, who rushed for 504 yards and two touchdowns this season, suffered a knee injury in Saturday's practice and won't be av...

IOWA STATE Record: 4-2, 1-2 The Cyclones are overachieving yet again, but Paul Rhoads isn't kidding around when he says this team is capable of winning five league games, which would put them at 8-4. It'll be difficult, but the Cyclones have sh...

Fun weekend of games across the league. This is heavily influenced by how each team plays the previous week, so when there's a logjam of teams, you'll see a ton of movement. Teams 1-2 are super close, and teams 3-6 are nearly interchangeable. Don't g...

We're moving on with our rankings of the top 10 players at each position in the Big 12. Today, we tackle the running backs, a position with a lot of potential but not very much returning talent. My only rule for this list: No freshmen or newcomers. Y...

Today is the next step in a new series on the Big 12 blog that we've never done before. I love predicting the standings from top to bottom, but we're going to do it week by week leading up to the season. The goal is to offer my official prediction fo...

Not everybody gets their just deserts in college football, but it's time to do my part to change that. Sometimes, it's the team they play for. Sometimes, it's an underappreciated position. Other times, it's a combination of several things. Either way...

DALLAS -- Shontrelle Johnson was the most dangerous man in Iowa State's backfield, but he couldn't do much from the sidelines after suffering a neck injury against Texas last season. After a recovery full of question marks, though, Cyclones coach ...

Big 12 Media Days are set for the Westin Galleria on July 23-24, but we now know who'll be attending from each Big 12 team. Here's the list: BAYLOR Art Briles, coach QB Nick Florence WR Terrance Williams OL Ivory Wade DB Ahmad Dixon...

Today is the next step in a new series on the Big 12 blog that we've never done before. I love predicting the standings from top to bottom, but we're going to do it week by week leading up to the season. The end goal is to offer my official predic...

Time for the next team in our series examining one player on each Big 12 team who will enter 2012 with a profile that doesn't quite match his worth to the team. In other words, they're coming in under the radar. Next up: the Iowa State Cyclones...

2011 overall record: 6-7 2011 conference record: 3-6 Returning starters: Offense (7), Defense (5), P/K (1) Top returners: RB James White, LB A.J. Klein, LB Jake Knott, QB Jared Barnett, QB Steele Jantz, WR Josh Lenz, WR Aaron Horne Key loss...

Iowa State already played without linebacker Jake Knott all spring. That's after losing its top running back, Shontrelle Johnson, with a neck injury early in the 2011 season. Though it's been more than six months since the injury, Johnson's sta...