Iowa State Football: 5 players who earned Blitz Stickers in West Virginia upset
By Dana Becker
For the first time in almost seven years, Iowa State football scored themselves a landmark victory at home under the lights, upsetting West Virginia Saturday.
The Cyclones, who knocked off Oklahoma on the road last year and Oklahoma State in Stillwater last weekend, dominated in all facets of the game vs. the Mountaineers, who entered Jack Trice Stadium in Ames looking like a contender for the College Football Playoff.
Instead, Will Grier‘s Heisman hopes fizzled and it was the returning David Montgomery combined with newcomer Brock Purdy and an in-your-face defense that lifted Iowa State to the win under head coach Matt Campbell.
It’s been an interesting season for the Cyclones, as their opener was called due to weather, which left them to open with in-state rival Iowa. They dropped that game to the Hawkeyes and fell to just 1-3 after a 10-point defeat to Oklahoma and a three-point setback to TC.
But now, two weeks later and with three winnable games on docket before heading to Austin to face Texas in November, Iowa State just might be a darkhorse contender in the Big 12.
For now, let’s hand out five Blitz Stickers to those that helped pull some “Hilton Magic” for the Cyclones this weekend: