Marquis Hamilton News

Clive Clive Elementary School's 73rd Street Singers performed in the school's gym Dec.

All the Iowa State football team can do now is sit back and wait. Sometime after Thanksgiving break, they'll know their bowl fate.

WHEN MISSOURI PASSES Courtesy of Danario Alexander, Mizzou ended its Big 12 second-half touchdown drought last week in spectacular fashion on his 80-yard catch-and-dash from Blaine Gabbert.

The Iowa State football bar already had been set on the field - bowl eligibility after new coach Paul Rhoads inherited a team with a 10-game losing streak.

Alexander Robinson and Iowa State would feel safer about their bowl prospects with two more wins, though just one more makes them bowl eligible.

Long story short - Marquis Hamilton figures his Iowa State football career will be thumbs up if it ends like it started back in 2005.

Iowa State and Colorado enter Saturday's game hoping to set some milestones. The Cyclones are trying to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2005, something few thought possible in the first season under coach Paul Rhoads .

OSU 3, Iowa State 0 How: Dan Bailey 42-yard field goal, 8:58. Drive: 41 yards, seven plays, 3:17. Breakdown: After Keith Toston runs for 14 yards, Kendall Hunter gets his first significant gain in nearly two months.

Ames, Ia. - Austen Arnaud took the football field for the first time in three weeks Saturday.

Keith Toston rushed for a career-high 206 yards and three touchdowns as Oklahoma State defeated Iowa State 34-to-8 Saturday in Ames, Iowa.

PLAYER OF THE GAME Alexander Robinson caught his first touchdown pass since straining a groin on a touchdown reception against Army.

The 18th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys will take on the Iowa State Cyclones this weekend in a Big 12 Conference affair.

College Station, Texas - Iowa State had plenty of set-up men Saturday, but could not find a closer.

Kyle Minett rushed for 87 yards and scored two second-half touchdowns to lead South Dakota State to a 17-3 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday.

Iowa starting running back Adam Robinson is likely out for at least the rest of the regular season with an ankle injury.

Nebraska committed eight turnovers, including four inside the Iowa State 5, and the Cyclones upset the Cornhuskers 9-7 for their first victory in Lincoln since 1977.

Player of the game Receiver Marquis Hamilton caught a career-high eight passes - in the first half.

I know it is tough, but we all must put that Texas Tech debacle behind us and focus on Iowa State.

To win its first Big 12 Conference game in almost two years, Iowa State was forced to turn to a backup quarterback who hadn't played in a month.

The slate has now been wiped completely clean for Coach Paul Rhoads. Iowa State 24, Baylor 10.