DUBLIN — In a week zero game, dealing with jet lag, rainy Irish weather and the general absurdity of Big 12 football, some mistakes should have been expected.
Iowa State wasn’t perfect in a 24-21 win against Kansas State. But with the win, the 7-hour flight home on Sunday morning will feel a lot shorter.
The game started out ugly . There were four fumbles in the first half, each recovered by the defense that made for a game that hardly felt like one played by the No. 17 and No. 22 ranked teams in the country.
Here are three takeaways from ISU’s win:
Maybe ISU’s secondary is better than we thought
There were always going to be growing pains for ISU’s secondary.
The Cyclones lost defensive backs Malik Verdon, Myles Purchase and Darien Porter to the NFL. Safety Beau Freyler, one of the