Cole Netten's Boot Brings The Cy-Hawk Trophy Back To Iowa State 20-17 Over Iowa

Iowans from Des Moines to Davenport to Sioux City focused on the in - state battle between Iowa and Iowa State this Saturday.

Since 1977 the winner possess the Cy-Hawk Trophy to go along with in-state bragging rights.

Iowa State has only possessed the Cy-Hawk Trophy 13 times since 1977 but recent history has been swaying the Cyclones way.

Today at Kinnick Stadium the game went to the final seconds.

Iowa State kicker Cole Netten nailed a 42 yard field goal with two seconds left to give the Cyclones at 20-17 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes and for the third time in 4 years the Cy-Hawk Trophy will be housed in Ames.




"Being an Iowa State fan your whole life, this is something that it doesn't feel real," Netten said. "Like a dream is even pushing it."

"Obviously it was a tough loss for our football team." Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz said.

The blame may be put on Ferentz who called time out earlier to freeze Netten who missed the field goal attempt.  It didn't count.


"I mean, there's not a lot of it's a 50/50 shot, you either call a timeout or you don't." Ferentz said.  "We called a timeout. We had one left and that's the reason I called it."

Iowa State quarterback Sam Richardson led the Cyclones completing 25 of 37 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns.

Today the hawkeyes wear black to mourn their loss to the Cyclones! IOWA STATE BEATS THE HAWKS 20-17!!
— Ames Problems (@AmesProbs) September 13, 2014

Cole Netten (@swollnetten) smiled and laughed and then kicked the Cy-Hawk game-winner through: http://t.co/X7FKOfMOdI pic.twitter.com/xaokp2xz7F
— Alex Halsted (@AlexHalsted) September 14, 2014  

Beating Iowa is Iowa State's equivalent of making the playoff, everything from here on out is a bonus. Congrats on a great 2014 season ISU!
— Tyler Ford (@tford_417) September 14, 2014

ESPN Skycam goes down...during game

Oh..and for what it is worth, the ESPN Sky View or whatever they call it camera fell during play in the 3rd quarter of the Insight Bowl between Iowa and Oklahoma.

The game was won by Oklahoma, 31-14. A handful of people watched the game and there were a decent amount of people in Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium on the Arizona State campus.

When you watch the video, you'll see the camera fall near a couple of Iowa players including receiver Marvin McNutt, who looked pretty stunned to see it. You'll also see them trying to hop out of the way as the support cable came down too. And yes, it delayed the game for awhile...

We aren't going to be as harsh as some have been about this. Knowing TV production like we do, we get why ESPN and other networks use this. The concern is using production companies that may or may not be good at putting the unit together or testing it correctly.

We've been on the field for a game that featured this camera and saw it come down very, very close to the field. So close that play had to be stopped until someone could figure out how to get the camera moved back to a safe level.

Here's your video, at least until it gets pulled: