Send us a text Austin Keeney and Dylan Coon discuss final preparations for Farm O'Geddon and what to expect from local media with Dylan covering the game for KCCI. The guys discuss how they expect the game to play out, how to feel about a big time game in the season opener, and react to Iowa State's first depth chart of the year. The Big Ten has some awful ideas about the future of the CFP, so Austin and noted hater Dylan give their takes on the best way to do football's postseason. There is a q...
Aug 19, 2025•50 min
Send us a text The first full preview of the season is here, as Levi, Marchie, and Jordan preview the first game of the season, a showdown with Kansas State in Ireland.
Aug 19, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Send us a text Levi, Dylan, and Matthias preview the 2025 season before Levi takes off to Ireland.
Aug 14, 2025•1 hr 40 min
Send us a text On this week's Litecast, Matt Nelson and Austin Keeney get out all the last minute football season preview thoughts with the trip to Ireland just on the horizon. Matt wrote a travel guide for fans making the trip, and the guys discuss their thoughts on the game itself. Next, the guys make their official win/loss predictions for the season with some shocking picks included. There is also discussions on what Big 12 teams are over and underrated, and season superlatives like most fun...
Aug 12, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Send us a text This week, Levi, March, and Jordan conclude the remaining three games of the schedule, including a trip to Fort Worth, a home finale against Kansas, and a season finale in Stillwater.
Aug 07, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 179
Send us a text This week, the guys take a look at maybe the most critical section of the season, which includes a road trip to Boulder, and two consecutive home games against BYU and Arizona State.
Aug 01, 2025•43 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Send us a text This week, the guys preview Arkansas State, Arizona, and Cincinnati, and talk about the life of a player during fall training camp.
Jul 25, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 177
Send us a text This week, Levi, Marchie, and Jordan are giving their thoughts on Big 12 Media Days, and begin the 2025 opponent previews with Kansas State, South Dakota, and Iowa.
Jul 11, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Send us a text Matt and Austin bring the podcast back from summer hiatus. The guys are back like they never left as they discuss sweet corn, brisket, the 4th of July, Fran McCaffery's firing, and more. The in depth discussions are about Big 12 QBs and the crazy amount of continuity in the league. The guys also talk about their most interesting non-conference games (other than the CyHawk), the men's basketball roster, and answer mailbag questions from the Discord. Happy summer!...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Send us a text This week, Levi, Marchie, and Jordan review the recruiting news of the past couple weeks, then talk about what recruits should be looking for on their official vists, coming from two guys who played Power 4/5 football.
Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Send us a text This week, Marchie and Levi are joined by a brand new cohost in former Cyclone linebacker Jordan Harris to preview the 2025 Cyclone football team at each position group, including projected starters and what the potential of each group looks like.
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Send us a text Sean and Tom hop on to discuss the brutal loss to Ole Miss in the Round of 32. Both Sean and Tom talk about how the game went, including the good start and the immediate fall-off that followed. How the impact of no Keshon and an injured Tamin put Iowa State in an almost impossible position to come back. Next, they each try their best to describe this season as it may be the biggest "What-If" season in Iowa State history. Only fitting Sean would then lose power with his computer du...
Mar 26, 2025•41 min
Send us a text Eight Cyclones hit the mats in Philly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to wrestle for National Titles! Jacob and Sam break down the draws and talk about their expectations following a tough Big 12 tournament.
Mar 20, 2025•49 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Send us a text Sean, Tom, and Nate are back to recap a crazy week. First, the guys start with the Keshon news and how the Big 12 Tournament looked in person and on the rewatch. Is it possible to see that same offense in the tournament? Next, the guys hit on the Keshon news with how it came out near Iowa State's great draw. It is quickley followed with a preview of Lipscomb and what there is to be worried about. Towards, the end of the show, the guys give their take on a potential run in the tour...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Send us a text Matt and Austin return to break down the end of Iowa State's regular season and preview the Big 12 tournament. Plus, they draft winners of the rest of the tournaments, celebrate a legendary betting run, and give the people some ways to have fun in Kansas City.
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Send us a text Sean, Nate, and Tom are all back to talk about the regular season finale of the 2024-25 season. First the guys go a little off-topic, talking about the coach's carousal for this offseason, and how coaches' buyouts look like. Next, the guys talk a little about the win against Kansas State before getting into the Big 12 Tournament and potential seeding for the NCAA Tournament. Before they end the show, each of them share their best memories from the Big 12 Tournament....
Mar 10, 2025•52 min
Send us a text Blood, sweat. and tears. A senior night story. On today's podcast, it's just Nate and Tom as Sean had to deal with some family matters. We wish him nothing but the best! Nate and Tom break down the double-overtime thriller against BYU and what went wrong for the Cyclones. They deep dive into the late-game play calls and the lineup that Iowa State used for the overtime minutes. Next, they discuss what 2-3 seeds Iowa State is best suited for, as well as what the Cyclones can do befo...
Mar 05, 2025•30 min
Send us a text Jacob and Sam are back to preview the Big 12 tournament! After a season of ups and downs and a rotating lineup, it's time to see what the Cyclones can do in the postseason. They also discuss David Carr's big win over an Olympic Finalist and the Cyclones dual win over Mizzou.
Mar 05, 2025•53 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Send us a text Sean, Nate, and Tom join once again, this time to recap Iowa State-Houston. We get down to the positives and negatives coming from within the game, including the confidence we saw from Heise and Milan. We talk a little cylinder foul action and how the decision to not play Curtis or Keshon may prove useful down the stretch. After the Houston discussion, we touch a little on Oklahoma State before each of us tell our favorite "Iowa State Funniest Moral Victory."...
Feb 25, 2025•50 min
Send us a text On today's show, Sean, Nate, and Tom come together to talk through the recent win against Colorado and the current four-game winning streak. Before jumping into Houston the guys revisit the investments they placed on the players' stats midway through the season. Next, the boys go in-depth with the Houston game on Saturday. Is the rebounding or turnover battle the bigger difference in the game? Does Iowa State have a turnover problem? We also discuss Keshon's BS Meter and how you k...
Feb 21, 2025•57 min
Send us a text The #14 Cyclones have their hands full this weekend with road duals against #11 South Dakota State and #4 UNI. Both are chock full with swing matches and Big 12 tournament seeding implications. Jacob and Sam highlight the most likely paths to victory for the Cyclones.
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Send us a text Sean, Nate, and Tom are back and things are not good. The boys talk about the Kansas loss and how the 3-game losing streak has affected the game. Tom went to Phog Allen and recaps his trip and thoughts on the arena. Next, we take a dive into this skid and go through what some problems may be, physical and mental. What is one hard solution and easy solution this team could do to help change the vibes?...
Feb 06, 2025•53 min
Send us a text We're back and we are sad! Sean, Tom, and Nate cover the Arizona trip and how Iowa State did in both games. We start with recapping a bit of Arizona State, along with Sean's thoughts on their campus, arena, and our fans who traveled down. Next, we had to do it; we discussed "the shot." All three of us had different reactions and looks at the shot. The three of us explained how the loss wasn't just because of the shot and the positives and negatives coming from the game. Finally, S...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text Lots of news in Cyclone wrestling world this week. Jacob and Sam gives their takes on: -Christian Carroll leaving Iowa State -Yonger Bastida pursuing a medical redshirt -Taking on #3 Oklahoma State on ESPN -Paths to victory against #22 Oklahoma -Wins over West Virgina, Rider, and Bucknell
Jan 23, 2025•51 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Send us a text Coming off the first conference loss of the season, Sean, Nate, and Tom sit down to discuss what went wrong. Next, we bring up whether winning the Big 12 regular season or the Big 12 Tournament will help for seeding later on. Later, we look at the upcoming schedule with UCF at home before hitting the road for Arizona State and Arizona. Finally, we give our predictions for those games and how the Cyclones can keep track with Houston for the regular season crown....
Jan 20, 2025•46 min
Send us a text The boys are back and discuss a GREAT win against Kansas. They join in to talk the problems with this Kansas team and how they aren't the same from past KU teams. Next, we hit on the positives and negatives we saw with no Milan in the lineup. Before hitting on the WV game, the boys try to make an argument for Curtis Jones as the POTY in the Big 12 as Tom makes it his mission for it to happen. They end the show talking about West Virginia and the hostile environment they will be en...
Jan 17, 2025•50 min
Send us a text Matt and Austin welcome a special guest, college basketball content creator Ryan Hammer to the Litecast for a chat about his first trip to Ames in anticipation of the Iowa State-Kansas game. We talk about his love for college basketball, creating content, the Trapezoid of Excellence, and just how Iowa State got so good this year. He also helps us break down the matchup with the Jayhawks and where the game will be won. We also get to make fun of the big NIL spenders that are not wo...
Jan 15, 2025•35 min
Send us a text Sean, Nate, and Tom join together to break down a WILD game in Lubbock, Texas. They go in-depth with the end of the game and how Iowa State earned that win with how they executed their game-tieing play. They also each talk about what they learned from this game. After recapping that game, the guys hit on Kansas and how this Jayhawk team will have to play great to take down the Clones inside Hilton. The show ends with Tom's Creighton Minute as the guys get ready for battle on Wedne...
Jan 14, 2025•46 min
Send us a text Jacob and Sam are back to preview Cyclone wrestling's first duals of 2025. First whistle is Wednesday at 6 PM against West Virginia in the Riot Bowl Dual. Iowa State stays out east until Saturday when they wrestle against mid-majors Rider and Bucknell. Jacob and Sam also catch up on the past few weeks including Collegiate Duals and the always changing lineup.
Jan 08, 2025•54 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Send us a text It's the first Litecast of 2025 with Austin Keeney and Dylan Coon on the mics. We start with a quick discussion on the Pop Tarts Bowl, and Dylan goes on the record about why he hates the CFP. Next, we recap Iowa State's wins over Colorado and Baylor. The team continues to impress and we still can't find a weakness. Chatfield is on fire. Everyone is playing their role perfectly. Otz even threw out our favorite proposed "death lineup". We also take stock of the Big 12 at this point ...
Jan 07, 2025•58 min
