{"id":12554,"date":"2020-11-30T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=12554"},"modified":"2020-11-28T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T18:58:24","slug":"iowa-states-man-in-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/iowa-states-man-in-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa State&#8217;s Man in Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oDd32K-mOVw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/matt-campbell-ended-generations-of-futility-at-iowa-state-053103504.html\">Well, this explains some things (Yahoo):<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Cyclone tight end Chase Allen jokes about Campbell\u2019s penchant for all-black outfits \u2013 \u201cHe\u2019s Johnny Cash.\u201d Campbell wears the same black hoodie so often that senior defensive back Greg Eisworth will ask: \u201cDo you wash your clothes?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The headline is presumptive and probably a jinx. &#8220;Generations of futility&#8221;, if spelled out by number of eight-win seasons, covers about 40 years. Campbell has had two of those so far, last year&#8217;s hyped-up team went 7-6, and his overall ISU record is just above .500 (33-27), although if you take the first year out it&#8217;s 30-18.<\/p>\n<p>But, like Earle Bruce, that futility can come roaring back if the coach leaves. How does Campbell, born and raised in Ohio, feel about wearing maize and blue?<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s win over Texas was Iowa State&#8217;s third ever win when both teams were ranked, second ever win when ISU was the <i>higher-ranked<\/i> of the two teams, second ever win in Austin, and first ever\u00a0<em>road<\/em> win over a ranked team when also ranked.<\/p>\n<p>In a lifetime of Cyclone fandom, it&#8217;s been my position that if Iowa State football ever comes close to sniffing a championship, the world must be coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;oh, right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this explains some things (Yahoo): Cyclone tight end Chase Allen jokes about Campbell\u2019s penchant for all-black outfits \u2013 \u201cHe\u2019s Johnny Cash.\u201d Campbell wears the same black hoodie so often that senior defensive back Greg Eisworth will ask: \u201cDo you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/iowa-states-man-in-black\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12554"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12564,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12554\/revisions\/12564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}