GLENDALE, Ariz. – No. 12 Iowa State finished first in the Big 12 regular season for the first time and set a school record with eight conference wins.The breakthrough earned the Cyclones a spot in their first New Year’s Six bowl, Saturday against No.
25 Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl.Like everything else in a pandemic, the experience will be a little different.All extracurricular activities tied to the Fiesta Bowl were shelved, the sightseeing tours among them.
When the game kicks off, it will be in an all-but-empty stadium instead of before 70,000 fans.It will be a major bowl game on the field only.“Our players, to have the opportunity to do the things that would typically be involved in the Fiesta Bowl would be a once-in-a-lifetime.