Cyclone Insider Podcast

The Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and Travis Hines discuss the significance of Iowa State football's top-10 ranking to finish the year, the Cyclones' spot in the 2021 preseason top-10 and Iowa State's hoops slide.

The Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and Travis Hines spend a good portion reacting to and breaking down Iowa State's victory over Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. They also preview the 2021 football season and the program they should have on the field this upcoming season. The guys end the program talking hoops and what to expect from this season's Cyclones team.

The Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and Travis Hines recap the Iowa State football regular season and the loss to Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game. They talk about the woes of the basketball team and then preview the Fiesta Bowl appearance vs Oregon.

CW, Travis Hines and Randy Peterson look ahead to the Big 12 Championship Game

The Des Moines Register's Travis Hines and Randy Peterson discuss what the victory over Texas means for Iowa State football and what challenge West Virginia will pose. They also discuss the fans being allowed into Jack Trice Stadium and then get into the College Football Playoff possibilities as they see live during the show where ISU gets ranked in the CFP Rankings. They then switch to basketball to talk about the Cyclones and even chat with South Dakota State's men's basketball coach Eric Henderson about his team and his Iowa State and the state of Iowa connections.

The Des Moines Register's Travis Hines and Randy Peterson talk about the dominating victory the Cyclones had over the Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday and debate if this is the biggest game in Iowa State football history and is this the best ISU team ever? The college football playoff rankings also come out during the show so they react in real time to those rankings. Then Brian Davis of the Austin American Statesman joins the show to talk about the University of Texas Longhorns and the gridiron matchup this weekend. Finally the Register's Tommy Birch joins to discuss Bill Fennelly's contact tracing and missing the start of the college basketball season and they end the hour chatting men's hoops too.

The Ames Tribune's Travis Hines and the Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson chat Cyclone football in the first segment including recapping their victory over Baylor and previewing their matchup with Kansas State. They also chat basketball including the NBA draft being tomorrow and where they see Tyrese Haliburton getting drafted. They also give their predictions for what happens with the Cyclones and Kansas State this weekend before chatting with Georges Niang about Haliburton, Monté Morris and what Draft Night is like.

Des Moines’ Sports Station

The Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and Ames Tribune's Travis Hines take a look back at the Cyclones victory over Baylor, what the bye week looks like for the team and look ahead to Kansas State and beyond in Big 12 play. Then the Register's Tommy Birch joins the program to talk women's basketball and the guys wrap up discussing Breece Hall's Heisman Trophy campaign.

Travis Hines and Randy Peterson talk Cyclone Football and More

Travis Hines and Randy Peterson break down ISU's win over Kansas and look ahead to Baylor, and Cyclone basketball season is on its way!

The Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and Ames Tribune's Travis Hines chat all things Cyclones and start things off going over the loss to Oklahoma State and where they sit now in the Big 12. Then Rob Dauster joins to talk college basketball and Big 12 basketball specifically. The guys in the final segment wrap up things including previewing the matchup with lowly Kansas coming up.

The Ames Tribune's Travis Hines and Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson chat football heavily this episode including previewing the matchup with Oklahoma State and what a victory could mean for the Cyclones in Big 12 and college football as they ask the question: "If Iowa State wins out could they be in the College Football Playoff conversation?" They end the program taking their first deep dive on Cyclone basketball in quite some time, perhaps since the world shut down for coronavirus.

It's a bye week but the Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and Ames Tribune's Travis Hines look ahead to Iowa State's huge matchup with undefeated and top-10 Oklahoma State. Then the pair look at the Cyclones' NBA success with its first league champion and a pending lottery pick.

The Ames Tribune's Travis HInes and Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson break down the big victory over Oklahoma on Saturday, the first in Ames for the Cyclones in 60 years and they discuss if Iowa State should be the favorites or if they believe ISU has the inside track on the Big 12 title. Carlos Silva Jr. from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal joins the program to preview the matchup against the Red Raiders and gives insight on who may be playing quarterback on Saturday. The guys finish the program discussing basketball including shedding some light into the scheduling and talk uniforms and the brand of Iowa State.

The Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and the Ames Tribune's Travis HInes chat all things Cyclone football including a recap of the victory over TCU, that odd Brock Purdy turnover and a preview of the matchup against Oklahoma. The guys also chat about general college football topics to complete the show.

The Amers Tribune's Travis Hines and the Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson chat Cyclone football including what went wrong with Louisiana and Matt Campbell discussing the feeling of "the end of fall camp" and how despite the Louisiana loss, pretty much everything remains on the table for Iowa State football. Then the guys discuss that Iowa State football has now gone four weeks without a positive COVID-19 test and the athletic department has gone two weeks without reporting one so why is it working and how does it diverge from other universities? (specifically compared to Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Baylor and TCU in the Big 12). Finally Blake Hinson's health means Iowa State's men's basketball roster is set. What kind of loss is Hinson and what might the Cyclones look like?

The Ames Tribune's Travis HInes and the Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson revisit what went wrong for Iowa State football Saturday in their loss to Louisiana at Lafayette and the Ragin' Cajuns. They also target some areas that are likely for improvement in the upcoming weeks on the gridiron. Finally they discuss the shifting landscape for football at basketball at Ames.

Emery Songer is joined by the Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and Travis Hines of the Ames Tribune as it is finally game week and they talk about what that means in a 2020 pandemic year. They also get into a discussion on fans at Jack Trice Stadium. And in the last segment they break down the matchup between the Cyclones and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

Emery Songer is joined by the Des Moines Register's Randy Peterson and Ames Tribune's Travis Hines as the guys chat about the capacity of Jack Trice Stadium this year after an announcement from Jamie Pollard yesterday there will be 25,000 fans allowed in the first football game and the enforcement of the capacity. The guys then chat about football game times and finish the show discussing point guard Tyler Harris being eligible for men's basketball this year.