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NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. THANK YOU MARCUS IOWA STATE IS COMING OFF ITS BEST SEASON IN SCHOOL HISTORY. THE CYCLONES START THIS YEAR EARLY BY A WEEK, WHICH IS WHY THEY HELD THEIR ANNUAL MEDIA DAY EARLY. ����vlog SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER WAS IN AMES TODAY. SCOTT, WE’RE READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL. I KNOW, I THINK THEY WANTED A GAME TO PLAY TODAY, NOT JUST INTERVIEWS. IT’S WAY MORE FUN PLAYING FOOTBALL AND EVERYONE I SPOKE TO IS SO AMPED. REALLY EXCITED TO PLAY THAT WEEK ZERO GAME IN DUBLIN IN IRELAND ON AUGUST 23RD. THE BIG 12 DID AWAY WITH ITS PRESEASON POLL THIS YEAR. BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU, IOWA STATE’S GOT TO BE AMONG THE FAVORITES. IF THEY HAD THE POLL, THEY WON A SCHOOL RECORD 11 GAMES LAST YEAR, MADE IT TO THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY DID LOSE WIDEOUTS JAYLEN NOWELL AND JAYDEN HIGGINS TO THE NFL, BUT THEY HAVE ROCCO BECK BACK AT QUARTERBACK. THEIR TOP TWO TIGHT ENDS, BENJAMIN BREMER AND GABE BERKLEY ARE LOOKING GOOD. TOP TWO RUNNING BACKS CARSON HANSEN AND ABU SAMAH. THE DEFENSE, ONCE AGAIN HEALTHY AND VERY DEEP. AND IF YOU’RE A FAN, YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE WORDS YOU’RE HEARING FROM COACH MATT CAMPBELL AND COMPANY. THEY’RE NOT RAISING THE BAR. THE BAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIGH. SINCE 2017, WE’VE COMPETED OR BEEN IN THE POSITION TO COMPETE FOR A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THAT’S BEEN OUR MISSION FROM DAY ONE THAT WE GOT HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT’S THAT STANDARD, THAT EXPECTATION REALLY HASN’T FLINCHED IN OUR WALLS. WE HAD A GREAT, GREAT SEASON LAST YEAR 11 WINS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN HEAR IT FROM EVERYBODY LIKE IT WAS. IT WAS A POP TART BOWL WIN. WE WE WON WAY MORE THAN THAT. SO WE WE CHASING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THAT’S WHAT WE WANT THIS YEAR. THE GIANT POP TART DID LOOK GREAT COMING OUT OF THE TOASTER. BUT YES, RAISING THAT BIG BOWL