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Iowa State's line backer Jake Knott (20) takes down Tulsa running back Trey Watts (22) during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game at Jack Trice Stadium Saturday Sept. 1, 2012, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State and Tulsa will face each other again Dec. 31 in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis. (AP Photo/Ames Tribune, Nirmalendu Majumdar)
The AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., it is, for the Iowa State Cyclones — 40 years after the Johnny Majors-coached Cyclones lost a 31-30 thriller to Georgia Tech there.
“The reward of college football is the postseason,” ISU coach Paul Rhoads said. “And when I got the chance to share (the news) with our players they were elated beyond words.”
And talk about history: The foe will be Conference USA champion Tulsa.
The same Golden Hurricane (10-3) that ISU beat 38-23 to open the season.
The same Tulsa team the Cyclones (6-6) are scheduled to face in week three of next season.
“That’s a lot of competition against one team,” Rhoads said. “It will be new ground.”
What do you think of the choice? Are you looking forward to seeing Iowa State face Tulsa Dec. 31?
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Who cares? A 6-6 team in a bowl only goes to show that there are way too many bowls. Memphis in the end of Dec. is not much different than playing in Ames. Will be interesting how many Cyclones travel to the bowl.
Yes, it is an appropriate opponent. It is too bad that coaches manipulate their 1/3 weight in the BCS standings. I think the only people that complain are those that saw their teams with losing records. Go Cyclones!
It’s a bowl, ain’t it? The Hawkeyes are not going any closer to one than the ones they watch on TV. Heck yeah, this is OK. Go Clones, I will be watching!
I’m not thrilled with the opponent (especially since there will be a threepeat in the third weekend of the 2013 season). But as a Cyclone fan, I’m absolutely thrilled that ISU gets to go to the Liberty Bowl. There have been better teams at ISU who did not get to go to a bowl, so being both 6 and 6 and finishing in ninth place in a ten team conference, there were no guarantees.
I think the real question is, “Will the Gazette see fit to cover this bowl game with all the angles, color photos and huge articles that they would cover a bowl that a 6 and 6 Hawkeye team would get in this situation?” Quite frankly, I don’t think the Gazette is up to the task.