The Cyclone Scoop: An Iowa State athletics podcast

Michael Swain of CycloneAlert.com gives his thoughts on Iowa State's win over Kansas State. It was Iowa State's first road win over Kansas State since 2004 and sets up a big game in Ames next weekend with a top-15 Oklahoma State team coming to town.

Iowa State is set to open Big 12 play on Saturday. To get the inside scoop on Baylor heading into the game, Michael Swain of CycloneAlert caught up with Garrett Ross' who covers Baylor for 247Sports.

On this week's episode, Michael Swain and Sean Bock team up to discuss the upcoming Cy-Hawk game.

Chris Hummer of 247Sports joins Michael Swain on the podcast to discuss his recent story on Iowa State's place in the College Football Playoff conversation. After, the two discuss national expectations for Iowa State, a Big 12 team to watch out for and what Hummer will be looking for from Iowa State this season.

CycloneAlert's Michael Swain breaks down everything you need to know about the 2022 recruiting class. After, he looks ahead to in-state recruiting in the class of 2023. Articles mentioned in the podcast include... Continuity among coaching staff 'absolutely huge' for Iowa State's success ISU commit Avery Henry reshaped his body over the last nine months Three-star CB Noble Thomas 'felt the love' d...

CycloneAlert's Michael Swain breaks down a big picture storyline of Iowa State's preseason camp, position battles to watch and what Matt Campbell had to say about Iowa State's true freshmen.

Michael Swain of CycloneAlert.com recaps Iowa State football's first two high school camps of the summer. He also looks ahead to Iowa State's first official visit weekend, which will include upwards of 15 high school prospects.

CycloneAlert.com's Michael Swain breaks down five offseason storylines to watch for Iowa football over the months of June and July.

T.J. Otzelberger and the Iowa State coaching staff have flipped nearly half of the roster from a last year's 2-22 team. With five players in the transfer portal and six offseason additions, Michael Swain of 247Sports breaks down the construction of the roster and where things stand entering the summer.

Iowa State football is nearing the end of the first month in 2020 and there is already plenty to discuss. The Ames Tribune's Dylan Montz joins the show to go through some housekeeping items — including coaching changes and transfers — before getting into pre-spring ball questions and the 2020 recruiting class.

After Iowa State fell to No. 15 Notre Dame 33-9 in the Camping World Bowl, 247Sports' Alex Halsted is joined by the Ames Tribune's Dylan Montz to talk about what went wrong in the 2019 season finale. The two also recap the 2019 season and look at some of the biggest questions ahead in 2020.

As Iowa State heads on the road hoping to begin its first winning streak of 2019, West Virginia writer Chris Anderson joins the show to help preview the game. What do the Mountaineers look like under new coach Neal Brown? What should be expected on offense and defense? Anderson provides a full scouting report.

Iowa State finishes non-conference play Saturday when it hosts Louisiana-Monroe, a team that recently took Florida State to overtime despite being a 23-point road underdog. To help preview the matchup, Adam Hunsucker from The News-Star in Monroe, Louisiana joins the show to . provide insight on the Warhawks' offense and defense. The two teams will kick off at 11 a.m. CT on Sept. 21 on FS1.

As the annual Cy-Hawk game approaches, 247Sports is teaming up to preview the game. The Cyclone Scoop is joined by David Eickholt of Hawkeye Insider to help preview the matchup, which will be preceded by ESPN College GameDay. The discussion dives into Iowa's first two games, injury reports for both teams and the matchups that could make the difference Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium.

Iowa State is set to open the 2019 season against in-state foe Northern Iowa, who checks in at No. 18 in the preseason FCS poll. What can Iowa State expect in the season-opener? Jim Nelson of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier joins to help preview the game and gives some keys to success for the Panthers. Kickoff is set for Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. CT on FS1.

Game week has finally arrived. After a long offseason, the 2019 season officially arrived with Iowa State's Week 1 depth chart and head coach Matt Campbell joining the Big 12 teleconference. This episode dives into what we learned (and didn't) about Iowa State's first two-deep of the season and shares highlights from what Campbell had to say in his first media appearance of the season.

Iowa State is exiting fall camp and is headed for Week 1 of the 2019 college football season. What did we learn? What should be expected in the coming weeks? The Ames Tribune's Dylan Montz joins to recap fall camp (and discuss some possible starters) before making some predictions for the season. The episode includes the latest insight on running backs, wide receivers and more. 

Sports betting is now legal in Iowa and the 2019 college football season is less than two weeks away. The latest episode combines both as 1460 KXnO's Trent Condon helps go through the Big 12 by looking at over/under win totals for 2019. Condon also throws out a few hypothetical Iowa State over/unders for the coming season. You can find all Big 12 over/under odds here . 

Nearly two weeks before Iowa State opens the 2019 season on Aug. 31 against Northern Iowa, longtime Iowa State broadcaster Eric Heft joins to discuss a variety of topics, including comparing the potential 2017-19 stretch to the 1976-78 success, how Iowa State's defensive line compares to other seasons and more. Heft, who is entering his 36th season calling Iowa State football, also touches on some...

Iowa State kickstarted the 2019 season Thursday when players reported to camp and met with the media on the field at Jack Trice Stadium. In the latest episode, we break down the key takeaways from media day before offensive coordinator Tom Manning (14:11) and defensive coordinator Jon Heacock (24:53) both join to discuss their respective sides of the ball entering fall camp. Check out the big take...

Iowa State had a busy summer on the recruiting trail, landing 12 commitments during the months of June and July to bring its 2020 class to 18 members. As the Cyclones enter August and fall camp, their 2020 class ranks No. 32 nationally and No. 3 in the Big 12. 247Sports recruiting analyst Charles Power, who is a member of the 247Sports Rankings Council, comes on to talk about the program's two qua...

Iowa State offensive line coach Jeff Myers played for Matt Campbell at Toledo and is now entering his second season as one of his main assistants after beginning his coaching career in 2015. Myers, who started 38 games on Campbell's offensive line at Toledo, talks about both sides of his Campbell experience, what he looks for in offensive line recruiting, his 2019 unit and more. 

Big 12 Media Days are finished, but before leaving Arlington, Texas, 247Sports' Alex Halsted was joined by Dylan Montz of the Ames Tribune to discuss the talk of Iowa State's preseason expectations and to dissect the pre-fall camp depth chart that the Cyclones released while at AT&T Stadium.

On the first day of Big 12 Media Days, 247Sports National College Football writer Chris Hummer joins Alex Halsted at AT&T Stadium to discuss commissioner Bob Bowlsby's news conference as well as the potential order of the Big 12 in 2019 and the over/under win totals set in Las Vegas.

After replacing six of 13 players from last season's NCAA tournament roster, Iowa State coach Steve Prohm sits down for a 30-minute interview to talk about his new-look roster before the Cyclones begin summer practices and head to Italy. Prohm also goes into Iowa State's players in the NBA, recruiting and more.