INSIGHT BOWL COVERAGE: Iowa State preps for showdown with Gophers
Three Daily reporters are in Tempe, Ariz., where they will provide coverage leading up to and during Iowa State’s face-off with the Gophers in the Insight Bowl. Both teams will be holding their final pre-game press conferences tomorrow. Stay tune to iowastatedaily.com for updates.
TEMPE, Ariz. — This is the week Iowa State football fans have been anticipating.
After a four year drought, the Cyclones are prepping to make an appearance in the 21st annual Insight Bowl held in Tempe, Ariz., where they are set to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Both teams arrived in the Phoenix area over the weekend and have been using the week to ready themselves for Thursday’s showdown. Iowa State has been holding practices at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, while the Gophers have set up camp at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale.
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No NFL Network? No Problem
NFL Network holds the broadcast rights to Iowa State’s showdown with Minnesota in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 31. But Cyclone fans in the state of Iowa who do not have the NFL Network will still be able to watch the game. WOI-TV (channel 5) will be broadcasting the game simultaneously to the central Iowa area, with pre-game coverage starting at 4 p.m. and kick-off set for 5 p.m.
Fans who can’t get to a T.V. can listen to the game on the Cyclone Radio Network or Westwood Radio One.
Banks suspended from team
The ISU football team announced Friday that senior defensive back Kennard Banks has been suspended for violation of team rules.
Banks will be unable to play when the Cyclones take on Minnesota in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 31. The suspension will also end Banks’ two-year career with Iowa State.
The team provided no further details as to the specifics of Banks’ suspension.
Banks had been suspended briefly earlier this season for marijauna possession on the morning of Sept. 22. The players were released later that day.
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Cyclones sign four Jucos
Iowa State announced Wednesday the signing of four junior college transfers.
Jon Caspers, Rony Nelson, Ricky Howard and Anthony Young will join the Cyclones for the spring semester.
“This gets us off to a great start for 2010,” coach Paul Rhoads said in a press release. “The best thing about these young men is that they will get a chance to get acclimated academically and participate in winter workouts and be a part of spring football.”
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Benton injured
ISU defensive back Ter’ran Benton was injured in a car accident on Interstate 35 on Sunday.
According to a story in the Purcell Register (Seen here: http://bit.ly/4OJZEw), Benton and David Cato of the University of Iowa — a defensive back for the Hawkeyes — were on their way home to Arlington, Texas, when their car bumped an 18-wheeler and rolled into the embankment on the west side of the interstate.
The Register reported that Benton was taken to Norman Regional Hospital with an apparent head injury.
“They were real lucky,” Oklahoma Highway Patrolman Chris Bonny said after the accident. “They were two very nice young men.”
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