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IT IS A CRUCIAL WEEK FOR BOTH THE CYCLONES AND THE HAWKEYES, WHO EACH HAVE BIG TIME HOME GAMES WITH MASSIVE IMPLICATIONS. WE’VE GOT THE LATEST FROM EACH CAMP. WE’RE GOING TO START NAMES WITH SHANNON EARHART. I’M SURE YOU CYCLONE FANS LOVE THE LOOK OF THIS ONE. JACK TRICE STADIUM IOWA STATE HASN’T PLAYED A HOME GAME IN ALMOST A MONTH. THE PLAYERS ARE ITCHING TO GET OUT HERE. IOWA STATE WENT INTO THE BYE WEEK OFF BACK TO BACK LOSSES. COME BACK HOME TO HOST A SEVEN AND ZERO BYU TEAM ON HOMECOMING. THE PLAYERS SAY THIS BYE WEEK DEFINITELY FELT DIFFERENT. I FEEL LIKE THIS ONE WAS A LOT MORE BENEFICIAL JUST TO REGROUP, GET THINGS GOING AGAIN, GET BACK ON THE SAME PAGE AND SEE WHERE WE’RE AT. OUR MISCUES ARE AND FIX THOSE AND GET BACK AT IT. WE JUST SPENT A LOT MORE TIME HERE, AND BECAUSE WE KNEW, WE KNEW THAT THERE’S A LOT OF MISTAKES THAT WE MADE JUST TO BEAT OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, US TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES AND MAKING SURE, MAN, SOME OF THOSE SMALL THINGS THAT HAVE NOT ALLOWED US TO WIN THE FOOTBALL GAMES THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU KNOW, WE FIX AND GO BACK TO WORK. BUT I THINK OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN RELENTLESS IN THAT PROCESS. THIS BYE WEEK FOR ME WAS KIND OF JUST GETTING BACK TO JUST PLAYING FREE, PLAYING FUN. I JUST FEEL LIKE I WAS OUT THERE TRYING NOT TO MESS UP FOR THE TEAM, AND I GOT TO BE BETTER. AND SO I THINK THIS BYE WEEK WAS GOOD FOR ME TO REGROUP, LOOK MYSELF IN THE MIRROR AND SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST GO OUT THERE AND PLAY FOOTBALL. EVEN THOUGH ROCCO BECKETT IS A THREE YEAR STARTING QUARTERBACK, IT’S GOT TO BE A LOT OF PRESSURE TO TURN A TEAM AROUND AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON. SO I ASKED HIM WHAT HE LIKES TO DO TO DISCONNECT. HE TELLS ME HE LIKES TO PLAY WITH LEGOS, WHETHER IT’S SHIPS OR CARS OR WHATEVER HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON. HE LIKES TO DO IT ALONE. HE DOESN’T ALLOW ANYBODY TO HELP HIM. IN MY MIND, THAT IS DISCONNECTING FOR SURE, BUT WE’LL SEE HOW HE. RECONNECTS AGAINST SEVEN BYU AT 230 ON SATURDAY. I'