Iowa State Cyclones Pop Tarts Bowl Betting Online
Last week, the Iowa State Cyclones tried to cap off the best season in school history with a win in the Big 12 Championship Game against the Arizona State Sun Devils. Iowa State posted its first double-digit win campaign since the program began in 1895 and needed a win against ASU to gain the College Football Playoffs. Head coach Matt Campbell and his Cyclones were blown off the field by the Sun Devils, ending a dream season that will go down as one of the most enjoyable in ISU history.
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In postseason action, on Saturday, December 28, 2024, the Iowa State Cyclones will face the Miami Hurricanes in the Pop-Tarts Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, FL. Kickoff time is set for 3:30 p.m. ET, and television coverage will be on ABC.
Iowa State will attract betting on college football using crypto bargain hunters as a solid team going up against an overrated public megabrand.
Last game, the Miami Hurricanes lost 42-38 to the Syracuse Orange as 12-point road favorites. The game went over the total of 67.5. Miami has a record of 10-2 straight up, 6-6 against the spread, and 8-3-1 over/under the total. Miami ranks 1st for total offense, 2nd for passing, 47th for rushing and 1st for scoring. Defensively, they rank 24th overall, 53rd against the pass, 18th against the rush, and 60th for points allowed. Also, Miami ranks 35th for fewest turnovers lost and 21st for takeaways.
Iowa State Cyclones Weekly Recap
Last game, the Iowa State Cyclones lost 45-19 against the Arizona State Sun Devils as 1.5-point favorites. The game went over the total of 50.5. Iowa State has a record of 10-3 straight up, 7-5 against the spread, and 6-7 over/under the total. Iowa State ranks 46th for total offense, 37th for passing, 68th for rushing and 49th for scoring. Defensively, they rank 40th overall, 4th against the pass, 102nd against the rush, and 33rd for points allowed. Also, Iowa State ranks 48th for fewest turnovers lost and 24th for takeaways.
The tough-running Cam Skattebo had 170 yards rushing, including a 28-yard gain on the first offensive snap. There were long, tackle-evading runs to open the two drives he ended with short touchdowns, and he later turned a short pass into another score.
Iowa State, which already had the first 10-win season in the program’s 133-year history, trailed 24-10 before turnovers in its territory on its first three drives after halftime. The Sun Devils capitalized with Leavitt throwing touchdowns each time.
Xavier Guillory had TD catches of 8 and 21 yards in 71 seconds after the Iowa State turnovers. Skattebo then turned a third-down swing pass into a 33-yard score for a 45-10 lead that he punctuated with one of his Heisman poses.
Skattebo struck the Heisman Trophy pose multiple times during the game, and he wore a Big 12 championship T-shirt afterward.
His 2,074 yards from scrimmage (1,568 rushing and 506 receiving) are a single-season school record.
Before his 3-yard TD, Skattebo had a 47-yard run when he spun away at the line from defenders, then shrugged off others. He had a 2-yard score in the final minute of the first half after a 53-yard run, again after contact at the line before twisting and turning through chasing Cyclones.
Even without injured leading receiver Jordyn Tyson, the Sun Devils had plenty of big plays. Leavitt's first pass was a 22-yarder to Melquan Stovall, who later had a 63-yard catch to convert a fourth-and-1. They had six plays of more than 20 yards, all before halftime.
2024 Iowa State Cyclones Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 31 |
vs. North Dakota |
W 21-3 |
1-0 |
| Sep 7 |
at Iowa |
W 20-19 |
2-0 |
| Sep 14 |
OFF |
| Sep 21 |
vs. Arkansas State |
W 52-7 |
3-0 |
| Sep 28 |
at Houston |
W 20-0 |
4-0 |
| Oct 5 |
vs. Baylor |
W 43-21 |
5-0 |
| Oct 12 |
at West Virginia |
W 28-16 |
6-0 |
| Oct 19 |
vs. UCF |
W 38-35 |
7-0 |
| Oct 26 |
OFF |
| Nov 2 |
vs. Texas Tech |
L 22-23 |
7-1 |
| Nov 9 |
at Kansas |
L 36-45 |
7-2 |
| Nov 16 |
vs. Cincinnati |
W 34-14 |
8-2 |
| Nov 23 |
at Utah |
W 31-28 |
9-2 |
| Nov 30 |
vs. Kansas State |
W 29-21 |
10-2 |
The Iowa State Cyclones do not have a storied history when compared to other programs. Since the founding of the program in 1895, Iowa State has only three Top 25 finishes. Iowa State does have some big name former coaches who, unfortunately, made their fame at other schools after using Iowa State as a stepping stone job. Johnny Majors and Earl Bruce are two of those famed coaches who found national notoriety at other programs.
Majors and Bruce led Iowa State to its first four bowl games in the 1970s before a long, dark period of postseason misery. But since 2000, Iowa State has gone to bowl games 13 times. For Iowa State, a bowl season is about as good as it gets.
Matt Campbell’s arrival in 2016 changed program expectations somewhat. Campbell has produced bowl games in six of the past seven seasons. In 2020, Iowa State had its best final ranking of 9th. But Iowa State has proven to be a difficult place to maintain such success. Campbell has done as good of a job as is humanly possible. Iowa State fans love that he turned down NFL and bigger name college jobs to stay in Ames. As long as Campbell is on the sidelines, Iowa State will be a dangerous team.
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