The Iowa State Cyclones picked up an impressive victory over the Southeast Missouri Redhawks in their season opener.

Here are three takeaways from Iowa State football coach Jimmy Rogers' media availability ahead of the Cyclones Week 1 game against SEMO.

I feel like it scares a lot of people off because he looks angry, but he's just concentrating," one player said about Rogers' demeanor.

Iowa State is starting over under Jimmy Rogers after Matt Campbell left for Penn State and took two dozen players with him.

Matt Campbell's departure for Penn State ignited a mass exodus of players and new coach Jimmy Rogers had to bring in 47 transfers.

College football has a short memory and an even shorter patience threshold. Curt Cignetti took over an Indiana program that had been irrelevant for decades and went 11-1 in his first season. It was an outlier.

Iowa State football has moved its trophy case to a more prominent location to celebrate recent successes. New coach Jimmy Rogers takes over after Matt Campbell and most of the team's players departed. Rogers faces the challenge of rebuilding the roster with 83 new players, many from lower divisions.

With zero returning starters on either side of the ball, the Cyclones lean on Arkansas State transfer quarterback Jaylen Raynor as they host a 1-0 Redhawks squad in Ames.

Going into the 2026 college football season, the Iowa State Cyclones have a new man to lead them. After losing Matt Campbell to the Penn State Nittany Lions over the offseason, Iowa State elected to hire Jimmy Rogers, who was the previous head coach of the ...