Campbell's rallying cry about no outright titles in 133 years inspires unbeaten and No. 11 Cyclones

APNews - 09/10
Iowa State football players get a short history lesson almost every day from Matt Campbell. He will say or shout at practice that the 11th-ranked Cyclones have never won an outright major conference championship in the program's 133 years.

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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State football players get a short history lesson almost every day from Matt Campbell.

Very short.

“133 years!” the coach might say or shout at practice or during a meeting.

ISU has played 133 seasons and is yet to win an outright conference championship, and Campbell’s message is meant to inspire rather than call to mind more than a century of mostly dismal football on the plains north of Des Moines.

“Why not us be the team to go do it now?” senior receiver Jaylin Noel said.

The Cyclones have won their first five games for the first time since 1980, and a win Saturday at West Virginia would make them 6-0 for the first time since 1938.

At No. 11 in The Associated Press Top 25, they have their highest ra...
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