Jimmy Rogers Follows Iowa State's Greatest Football Era and Seeks to Avoid Return to Bad Old Days
- Iowa State is starting over under head coach Jimmy Rogers after Matt Campbell left for Penn State, taking 24 players with him following the program's best 10-year period in school history.
- Campbell went 72-55 and led the Cyclones to Big 12 championship games in 2020 and 2024, yet fans fear a return to the program's historical struggles, including a title drought since 1912.
- The roster features 82 newcomers—the most in the Football Bowl Subdivision—with no returning starters; Las Vegas set the over-under for Iowa State wins at 4.5.
- Running back Aiden Flora acknowledged initial apprehension about the coaching change, yet the team is building internal chemistry and "our connection is unbelievable right now," Flora said.
- Signed to a six-year, $3 million contract, Rogers says the Cyclones are further along than his Washington State team was, with players "believing in themselves when nobody else in the country does.
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The Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs, Iowa…Iowa State football players, Jimmy Rogers talk at team media day
Iowa State players put on their jerseys and took the field at Jack Trice Stadium. It was just for pictures, though.
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Jimmy Rogers follows Iowa State’s greatest football era and seeks to avoid return to bad old days
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Coming off the best 10-year period in its football history, Iowa State is starting over under Jimmy Rogers after Matt Campbell left for Penn State and took two dozen players with him.
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Jimmy Rogers follows Iowa State's greatest football era and seeks to avoid return to bad old days
Iowa State is starting over under Jimmy Rogers after Matt Campbell left for Penn State and took two dozen players with him.
Wednesday is Media Day at Iowa State
Wednesday is Media Day at Iowa State. The Cyclones have 81 new players on the roster as they get ready for their first season with Jimmy Rogers as head coach. Rogers says fall camp has been competitive and if some freshmen earn playing time they will get it. Rogers says a key to fall camp is building consistent results. Rogers is not concerned with the preseason polls that have ISU at or near the bottom of the Big 12. After running Arkansas Stat…
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