A tempest in Cyclone-land.
Changes are afoot in Ames, as head coach Paul Rhodes made the call to fire second-year OC and former owner of the KU head job, Mark Mangino. Per ESPN staff writer Adam Rittenberg, tension between Mangino and Rhodes had been building for some time, with Rhodes noting that a "not on the same page thing" had been building for a while over personnel and play selection issues.
The ISU offense had been...so-so, sporting a tepid #70 ranking in Adjusted True Passing Yards per Attempt alongside a more robust #26 ranking in Adjusted True Rushing Yards per Carry.