

CB Jamal Thomas (2int,73ret.yds,1td | WR Jerry Allen (3c,110y,1td) | QB Willie Skinner (301y,3td)
Iowa State drops 14 passes in 19-point loss to reigning National Champs
Ames, IA- Nobody really expected the Cyclones to compete with the reigning Big 12 and national Champions Saturday night, but for a while Iowa State gave the Aggies all they could handle.
Maybe Iowa State’s 19-point loss could rest solely on the shoulders of true freshman QB Jack Boley who threw 4 interceptions, OR…maybe, just maybe the problem had nothing to do with Boley at all but rather Iowa State’s 14 dropped passes. Boley attempted a pass to 6 different players and all but Mario Stukes dropped two or more, three resulting in Boley interceptions.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Coach Mitchell. “The most I’ve ever seen was 11 when I was at Kentucky against Alabama in the hostel crowd of Bryant Denny. Once we surpassed double digit drops I could do nothing else but laugh and shake my head. But in the infamous words of ex-Arizona Cardinals head coach Dennis Green, “They are who we thought they were! And we let 'em off the hook! They didn’t beat us…no, no, no, we beat ourselves!”
Iowa State’s defense was victimized by week three’s leading Heisman candidate QB Willie Skinner, who passed for 301 yards on 23 attempts and 3 touchdowns.
After giving up 131 yards on the ground against Oklahoma State a week prior, the Cyclones D suffocated leading Heisman candidate senior HB Craig Davis, who only gained 57 yards on 20 carries for an average carry of 2.8 yards.
Texas A&M’s All-American cornerback Jamal Thomas was a recipient of two of Iowa State’s dropped passes resulting in picks, he also had 3 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, and 1 deflection which earned him Big 12 defensive player of the week honors.
Iowa State now has to head to the rarefied air of Boulder, Colorado where they’ll take on the Colorado Buffaloes who are coming off a lopsided 38-point victory against Iowa State’s week 4 opponent the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
The Buffaloes have the 11th ranked pass offense which averages over 300 yards per game while Iowa State has the 116th ranked pass defense giving up over 250 yards per game so this could prove to be a very tough task for the Cyclones, who might be looking at their fourth loss in six games.
2014 Schedule and Results

2013 Record: 3-9, 2-6
Series Record: Iowa State Leads 1-0 (2014)

2013 Record: 7-6, 3-5
Series Record: NC State Leads 1-0 (2014)

2013 Record: 3-9, 1-7
Series Record: Iowa Leads 1-0 (2014)

2013 Record: 6-6, 3-5
Series Record: Iowa State Leads 1-0 (2014)

2013 Record: 14-0, 9-0
Series Record: Texas A&M Lead 1-0

2013 Record: 11-2, 6-2
Series Record: N/A

2013 Record: 1-11, 0-8
Series Record: N/A

2013 Record: 5-7, 2-6
Series Record: N/A

2013 Record: 7-6, 3-5
Series Record: N/A

2013 Record: 5-7, 5-3
Series Record: N/A

2013 Record: 11-3, 6-3
Series Record: N/A

2013 Record: 2-10, 0-8
Series Record: N/A
** Series win / loss records starting in 2014

Kentucky- BYE WEEK
3-2,(1-2) 5th in SEC East
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