This year's installment of the Cy-Hawk game figures to be one of the more competitive and entertaining battles in the recent history of the rivalry. Iowa is a fringe top-25 team and will bring a confident effort into Hilton Coliseum to battle with what might be one of the best Iowa State teams in program history.
This will be Steve Prohm's baptism into the rivalry, and while the Cyclones have played a sneaky tough schedule, tonight's game will be his first true major test.
There seems to be a sense of nervous optimism among Cyclone fans and Iowa fans are brimming with reserved hope.