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Iowa State
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Big 12 · Jimmy Rogers, year 1 (1-1) · Jack Trice Stadium · 61,500 · 51,802 avg in 2026
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#119 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #57 (+3.1) · FPI #64
The marketIowa State by 23.5vs Bowling Green · our model 65% Iowa State · a number, not a pick
LastL 13–16 at Iowa · Sat Sep 12 · Jaylen Raynor 117 pass yds, 1 TD, 18 rush yds
Nextvs Bowling Green · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Jack Trice Stadium · Iowa State by 23.5 · series 2-0, won the last 2 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
Iowa State fans are split on what comes next.
Iowa State fans can't agree.
Turns out when you use more than three linemen, you can get some pressure.
The punts will continue until moral improvemes
belief cooled ↓ 1.5vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
49/100 · 469 mentions
~ our readThe model
#119
CFB Zeitgeist · -5.0
✓ measured5The Pulse on Iowa State
49
Δ -1.5 vs last wk
469
mentions this week · conversation velocity
What moved it — last 14 days
—
Awaiting next signal window
"Cyclones"
— Iowa State fanbase · recurring line
77 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
WWide Right Natty Lite
CCampus paper
CCycloneFanatic
BBluesky
YYouTube
The split, staged
Warmest corner+0.00
Boomers & Gen X
most bought-in cohort our read
vs
Coldest corner−0.00
Bettors
coolest cohort our read
How Iowa State fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement
All 12 corners of the fanbase
skeptical
buying in
Boomers & Gen X+0.04
Bettors−0.01
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
700 mentions · 8 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack
~ our readIowa State fans are down on the program, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.
backed by facts
the mood
✓ counted We read 469 posts from Iowa State fans this week.
Press Pulse
33 quotes collected this season
What the beat said, in their own words.
Being able to play with a [defensive] line that works that hard, and there’s a ton of effort, and we have much trust with each other to come together. It’s a huge blessing
The guy that was supposed to guard [Aiden] Flora kind of just added into the rush, which made me scramble. Saw Omari [Hayes] on the corner route… and he made an amazing catch. Toe tap, great awareness of where he was at on the field, and it was even good on Sundays with two feet down
Once that’s over, the band lines up in their parade formation and marches from the alumni steps, up to Center Street, then down to the stadium and into their stands
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Radio, beat writers & editorial6 posts
Diehard fan boards16 posts
The broader fanbase3 posts
The Rivalry Mirror
2026 season
Iowa State
×
Iowa
223 Iowa fan posts mention us · 130 Iowa State fan posts mention them
← Iowa State fans, on Iowa
Iowa fans, on Iowa State →
fanaticz 4.6
puntz 4.2
jimmyz 4.2
yardsz 4.1
amesz 4.0
playsz 3.8
rogersz 3.9
topz 2.9
fallz 3.4
fieldz 2.6
“Iowa when we were both top 25 in Purdys last or second to last year”
reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim
rival-mention windows, weighted log-odds · printed z is the truth — geometry only dramatizes it
Fanbase health · Iowa State
Fanbase health · Iowa StateIowa State's fanbase is growing — 71 of 100.
Audible (77 weighted voices in the latest week) and winning on the field (8-4 last season, 1-1 so far).
71
On the field — 8-4 last season, 1-1 so far73
How loud — 77 weighted voices in the latest week68
2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76
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Rivalry mood
Cy-Hawk
Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read
Hover a week for both sides’ game
Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.
Arguments
What fans are saying
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
program directionOne fan's take
One fan believes Jimmy Rogers is a transformative and exciting new hire for Iowa State
Jamie Pollard gave us one last present ”Jimmy Freakin Rogers” Listening to the Cyclone Fanatic pre season special, what a hire!! LFG!!! IT’S A CYCLONE STATE!! Fuck the Hawks!!
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 27, 2026 · via cyclONEnation
Podcasts
From the booth
The obsession
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Iowa State lives rent-free in
- Iowa11%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Iowa State
Who they talk about
Who they talk about
544 posts and articles vs the field · 2026 season
The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.
Jimmy Rogers
×727.2 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Jimmy Rogers×727.2n=100
Jaylen Raynor×479.4n=86
Tyler Roehl×1568.4n=22
“Iowa State defeats SEMO, 38-10. Jimmy Rogers gets first win as head coach of Cyclones.”
reddit/cyclONEnation · fan post, verbatim
Fans on Jimmy Rogers (8 examples)
Jimmy Rogers’ first season. The guys dig into the complicated conversation surrounding Jaylen
Jimmy Rogers walks the sidelines during the fourth quarter against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick
ISU head coach Jimmy Rogers vows "to get better" after 16-13 Cy-Hawk loss at Iowa - Cyclone Fanatic
Jimmy Rogers, quarterback Jaylen Raynor, defensive lineman Max Baloun and offensive lineman Jake
Jimmy Rogers isn't taking a moral victory home. Jake Brend reports from Kinnick Stadium
Jimmy Rogers signaled incomplete there
In Jimmy Rogers' first Cy-Hawk game, there are four outcomes: Iowa wins in a blowout, Iowa
Ahead of Jimmy Rogers' first Cy-Hawk game, he and Jesse Bobbit held their weekly press conference
Voice profile
Fanbase Voice
1,881 fan mentions
Measured
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by era
Season Vocabulary
2026ROGERS
rogersraynorjimmyjimmy rogersamesposition
Iowa State defeats SEMO, 38-10. Jimmy rogers gets first win as head coach of Cyclones.
2025DEFENSE
defensekickerfieldpleasegoalfield goal
Oh no our defense has to out and perform
Defining terms
Words of the season
how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
rogers×17.7raynor×21.9jimmy×49.2jimmy rogers×40.6ames×16.0
2025
defense×2.4kicker×4.7field×3.8please×9.6goal×9.0
Fanbase cluster
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0with 63 other fanbases
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