Wide Right & Natty Litecast

Oklahoma Recap, Baylor Preview, and Current Events Potpourri

Join CYHusker, Ryan, and Austin as they dive into the current state of Iowa State basketball, recapping last week's action (including the Kansas debacle) and previewing the next two games on the schedule. A smattering of Cyclone football was also discussed, including players who enrolled early and whether or not Brock Purdy is a thic Joe Burrow. The CFP National Title Game, the Bachelor, major league baseball, and other current events were discussed as well. If you can't get enough of the c...

Camping World Bowl Thoughts

Iowa State has been selected to the Camping World Bowl. Matthias and Grant take a quick stab at what this means for Iowa State. Notre Dame is a good team and it is going to be a big time opportunity for a big win to cap off the 2019 season. Grant also gives his quick run down of the College Football Playoff and who is going to win. Also Jow Burrow could have been a Cyclone? That and more on this week's Litecast!

Thanksgivingpalooza

We are back with another edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. On this week's episode we quickly dive into the Kansas game and what may be wrong with the defense, if anything. They have played well defensively for most of the season but there have been some glaring instances that make your scratch your head. To wrap up the podcast we tackle Thanksgiving. What are some of the worst foods? What are some of the best foods. Take a listen and share some of your thoughts. Jake does get ro...

Texas Recap and Kansas Preview

We are back with another edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. On this week's episode Matt, Matthias and Grant discuss the Texas game and Connor Assalley's game winning kick. Brock Purdy continues his assault on the Iowa State record books and the guys think that we are really spoiled right now and we should just sit back and enjoy it. Kansas is coming to town for senior night. What is a senior night like? Grant explains what his senior night was like. (Spoiler it was one of the big...

Xavier Foster Commits, Oklahoma Recap and Texas Preview

Xavier Foster has committed to Iowa State! To the delight of many Cyclone fans, Iowa State has finally landed one of the big fish in Iowa recruiting. The four star prospect from Osklaoosa chose the Cyclones over Iowa early Monday morning. Matt, Matthias and Grant dive into this right away on the podcast. In football the Cyclones fell short in Norman after failing to convert a 2pt conversion at the end of the game. Oklahoma came away with the win 42-41 stalling the Cyclone comeback effort. W...

Texas Tech Recap, Kicking Situation and Oklahoma State Predictions

We are back with another edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. Jake, Matthias and Grant are back on this week with a throw down early on.  Jake a notable kicker hater and Grant the former Iowa State kicker go toe to toe on the Iowa State kicking situation. Which some may say is a bit dicey right now. Connor Assalley shanked an extra point and Brayden Narveson missed two field goals. A game this season will come down to a kick in one way or another and right now many of us can't trus...

West Virginia recap and Taco Tech preview

Jake, Matthias and Grant review what was the big win down in Morgantown. The Cyclones came away with a 38-14 win over the Mountaineers on Saturday. It was the Breece Hall breakout game and the true freshman looks like he may have a stranglehold on the feature back spot. Jake and Grant want Breece to put it together two weeks in a row before giving it to him entirely.  Brock Purdy wasn't lights out like he was against TCU and he didn't need to be thanks to the Iowa State rushing attack. This...

TCU Recap, West Virginia Preview and Von Miller Scares Grant

Matt, Matthias, Jake and Grant are back for another edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. The guys recap what was an eventful game for the Cyclones on Saturday as Iowa State defeated TCU 42-24. Brock Purdy once again played lights out leading Iowa State all afternoon, but the offensive line was another big reason. Josh Knipfel and Bryce Meeker were recognized by Pro Football Focus and placed on their national team of the week. Matthias wants to warn everyone once again to take PFF g...

Baylor Recap and Look Ahead To TCU

Matthias, Jake and Grant are back with another edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. This week the guys talk about the Baylor heatwave and what went wrong for the Cyclones down in Waco. 3rd down defense continues to be the talk of the Cyclone faithful as the Iowa State defense has struggled big time in that phase. The defensive line is not generating the same pressure that we have seen the last two seasons and it is putting a ton of pressure on the back end of the defense. Now with ...

Grant Mahoney Debuts and Iowa Recap

Grant Mahoney makes his Wide Right Natty Litecast debut and he will be joining the show full time as the season goes on. Grant and Matthias discuss the soggy Cy-Hawk game and all that went down on Saturday. Obviously it is not the outcome Cyclone fans wanted but there were a ton of positives to come from it. One of the biggest things that stuck out was the improvement of the offensive line from the UNI game to Saturday. The line was able to create space in the run game and give plenty of ti...

Iowa Preview With Jay Jordan

On this week's Wide Right and Natty Litecast we are joined by former WRNL contributor and current Cyclonefanatic contributor Jay Jordan to discuss the upcoming Cy-Hawk game. College Gameday will be in Ames for the first time ever and it will the first time the rivalry gets put onto the national scene. It will be a big day for both programs and the entire state. Matthias, Matt, Jake and Jay discuss what Iowa State is going to have to do to limit the Iowa defense and allow the Cyclone attack ...

Northern Iowa Recap

Iowa State started the season 1-0 with an interesting win to say the least against Northern Iowa. Matt, Jake and Matthias dove in to what was the triple overtime thriller inside Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday. Iowa State was unable to finish some drives with touchdowns and some self inflicted wounds should be easily corrected. There should be some correctable mistakes for Matt Campbell to fix before the big Cy-Hawk showdown in two weeks. Matt went back and watched the game on Sunday to ease...

Northern Iowa Preview

Football season is finally upon us and contrary to popular belief there is indeed a football game this weekend! Matthias, Matt and Jake are back for another edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. On this week's episode the guys dive into Northern Iowa and what we may expect on Saturday morning.  Most expect Iowa State to come out and not show too much before the Iowa game in two weeks. How will Iowa State accomplish that while holding Northern Iowa at bay and keeping the Panthers fro...

Iowa State Ranked #21 and Cy-Hawk Gameday

The Litecast is back this week once again with Matthias and Levi. On this week's episode the guys discuss a new twitter feud that started up on Monday with Northwestern after the AP poll was released that morning. Iowa State came into the poll ranked #21, this marks the first time Iowa State has been ranked in the preseason poll since 1978. A topic of discussion for much of the summer has been the potential for College Gameday making it's first trip to Ames. Fueling the conversation once ag...

Litecast- Geoff Mitchell Of Horned Frog Blitz Talks TCU and Iowa State

On this week's episode of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast, Matthias is joined by Geoff Mitchell of Horned Frog Blitz of 247Sports. TCU is one of the teams that is picked along Iowa State to make a run at the Big 12 title game.  Coming off a 7-6 season Geoff points out that TCU's season is riding on the quarterback play and who Gary Patterson may choose to lead the offense. He also states that this years Horned Frog defense has the potential to be one of the best under Patterson. Which is ...

Litecast- Derek Duke of Heartland College Sports Drops By To Talk All Things Cyclone Football

We are back for another edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. Matthias and Matt were joined this week by Derek Duke of Heartland College Sports. Derek has recently begun covering Iowa State and has done a phenomenal job covering the Cyclones. We get in depth on all things Iowa State recruiting and how he goes about covering Matt Campbell's efforts on the recruiting trail. The guys dove in on how they thought the Big 12 season was going to play out. Derek believes that Texas is indee...

Litecast- Steve Prohm's Beard and Cyclone Football

We are back for another edition of the Wide Right Natty Litecast! This week Matthias is joined by Jake after both survived the first annual Actually Helping Farmer's Golf Outing. Steve Prohm now has a beard and the guys find it magnificent! Matthias hopes that Coach Prohm keeps it forever. Iowa State picked up a big time recruit over the weekend, Daniel Jackson a wide receiver from Texas is Iowa State's second highest recruit in the class and it sounds like Hunter Dekker is going to get a r...

Litecast- Non Conference Basketball Schedule and Football Game By Game Chances

Matthias was joined by Levi for this week's edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. On this week's episode the guys briefly discussed Tyrese Haliburton's final showing on the FIBA U19 World Cup and what that may mean going forward for Iowa State Basketball. Late last week Iowa State released their non conference schedule for next season. Levi remains confused about the Oregon State series. The Beavers who have been historically bad basketball program is now a home and home series for I...

Litecast- Cyclones in the NBA and Tyrese Haliburton's FIBA Performance

Matthias and Jake are back for another edition of the Wide Right Natty Litecast. One this week's episode the guy's talk the plethora of former Cyclones that will be on NBA rosters or participating in the summer league this year. Matt Thomas signed a 3-year deal with the Toronto Raptors to start this week off and will have a great opportunity to make some noise in the NBA. Matthias asked Jake is Cameron Lard would find a way to stick with the Orlando Magic and Jake thinks it may be hard with ...

Litecast- Cyclone Football Recruiting and What To Sacrifice for a Sugar Bowl Win

Matt and Matthias are back for another edition of the Wide Right and Natty Litecast. This week the guys dabbled in a big football recruiting week thus far. Matt Campbell snagged four commitments to start off the week and many of the players are looking to be major impact players for the Cyclones. What does it mean that they are taking two quarterbacks once again in the same class? Matthias has a theory on that as well and what it may mean for this year with the use of Re-Al Mitchell. Later ...

Litecast- Toronto Win the NBA Championship, THT Draft and Cap City League

Jake and Matthias sit down and talk all things NBA, including the Raptors winning their first NBA title. What does Kawhi do from here? Is he packing his bags to head to Los Angeles already? Matthias thinks that maybe Talen Horton Tucker can fit in with Toronto.  The NBA Draft is tonight and three Cyclones will be hoping to hear their name called. Talen Horton Tucker looks to be the only one who will be drafted and he could be anywhere from a late first round pick to an early second round pi...

Wide Right & Natty Litecast- Big Recruiting Week

The WRNL cast is back, and boy do we have a wonderful podcast for you. In this weeks edition, CYHusker, Matthias, and Jake Brend discussed the signings of Rasir Bolton and Darren Wilson, and how both players fit on their respective rosters. The crew discussed dad jokes and TV shows before Jar_Lar joined and truly derailed the podcast, as only he can.

Wide Right & Natty Litecast - Bold Football Predictions

In the latest installment of the Wide Right & Natty Litecast, CYHusker and Mathias did their best to talk about Iowa State. Though they found that task to be rather arduous, an interesting discussion on running style and the improvement of the offensive line did break out. Bold football predictions were also given, including one for Brock Purdy that would be incredibly fascinating to watch play out in 2019. In addition, Matthias and CYHusker broke down the NBA Finals, and shed light on the...

Litecast- Marcus Fizer talks TBT and his time as a Cyclone and a pro

Matthias was joined by Iowa State legend Marcus Fizer to talk his return to playing at the age of 40 in the TBT for the Iowa United and who is most excited to play with on that team. Fizer had a story about Michael Nurse getting hit by a car a few days before a game and coming out after halftime and helping the Cyclones get a victory which is something many Iowa State fans may not know. We went on to talk anything from Iowa State basketball today and how recruiting has changed from his tim...

Litecast- Cyclones in the NBA draft, NBA lottery drama and top five movies to stop anything for

Matthias, Jake and Ryan talk a wide variety of things including what is going on in Lindell Wigginton's mind after a poor outing at the NBA G-League combine. Marial Shayok is headed to the NBA combine. Is there a shot for Wigginton to come back to Iowa State?  Monte Morris started off the NBA season great but fell off in the playoffs. Will he make a comeback next season? The guys discuss if Anthony Davis is actually traded now that the Pelicans are probably going to draft Zion Williamson. ...

Litecast- Caleb Grill and Dabbing in Oklahoma

The guys discuss Caleb Grill and Jared brings up dabbing and why shouldn't do it while driving in Oklahoma. 

Litecast- EJ Snyder of Windy City Gridirion Talks David Montgomery

Matthias and Matt were joined by EJ Snyder of Windy City Gridiron to talk David Montgomery and the Bears. The guys also touched on Hakeem Butler and his future with the Arizona and some minor NBA talk was tossed in.

Litecast- NFL Draft, Cameron Lard Declares For The NBA Draft and Ice Cream

Matthias, Matt, Jake and Jared discuss Hakeem Butler and David Montgomery's draft status for this week. Cameron Lard is declaring for the NBA Draft and what would you name your podcast? Ice Cream may have snuck into the conversation. 

Litecast - Is Brock Purdy Thicc?

The Wide Right & Natty Litecast is rather pleased to present this episode, which is jam-packed with hard hitting, Iowa State sports information. Wait, who are we kidding, it is the off-season after all. If you are looking for a spring football deep-dive or a basketball recruiting break down, you had better close this article right now. However, if you’re looking for great conversation about a heavenly multitude of topics, you’ve come to the right place. Discussed: Tiger Woods and the Mas...

Litecast - Dylan Montz of the Ames Tribune stops by to talk Cyclone Football

Dylan Montz of the Ames Tribune joins Matthias and Jake to talk all things Iowa State football and what is going on in spring practice

Cyclone Hoops- Fred Hoiberg and Nebraska, Talen Horton-Tucker to the NBA

The guys sit down and talk about Fred Hoiberg going to coach Nebraska and Talen Horton-Tucker going to the NBA and if the door is still open for a return to Iowa State next season

Cyclone Hoops - Putting a bow on the 2018-19 men's basketball season and a look ahead to next year

Matthias, Jake and Austin look back at the past basketball season as well as what we might expect going into next season.

Cyclones Hoops- Matt Tamanini Of Land Grant Holy Land Previews Ohio State

We are joined by Matt Tamanini of Land Grant Holy Land to talk Ohio State ahead of Friday nights matchup

Cyclone Hoops - Big 12 Tournament Preview

CYHusker, Matthias, and JakeBrend32 are back with the latest installment of the Wide Right & Natty Litecast, spending this episode previewing the major conference tournaments as well as giving a few picks for smaller conference tourneys worth keeping an eye on. The crew also discussed positives from Saturday’s game against Texas Tech in addition to previewing the Big 12 Tournament. This year’s version should be rather interesting, as two Wednesday night teams have something to play for and ...

Cyclone Hoops - Random Discussion with a Sprinkle of Basketball

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Wide Right & Natty Litecast. In this weeks episode, a peck of WRNL contributors discuss some basketball, and a bunch of other non-basketball things. Those things included doughnut flavors, the WRNL potato chip, and ISU basketball conspiracy theories. It also included a breakdown of what has been going wrong for the Cyclones, why Iowa State looked so out of sorts in Austin on Saturday, and potential lineup changes moving forward. The crew also discussed Steve Pr...

Cyclone Hoops - Breaking the Streak, Previewing Texas.

Join a whole host of your favorite WRNL contributors for a rather rowdy rendition of the Wide Right & Natty Litecast.  The topics of discussion on this podcast ranged from what went right against the Oklahoma Sooners, how the Cyclones can build off their effort Monday night as we head into March, what went wrong over their awful two-week stretch, and predictions for Saturdays game in Austin.

Cyclone Hoops - Just Grin and Bear It

On this episode, the WRNL crew discusses the fiasco that was Tuesdays loss to the Baylor Bears, including a discussion of what went wrong, the outlook for the Cyclones going forward, and how to adjust expectations accordingly. Additionally, the upcoming game against TCU was also previewed, the NCAA tournament was discussed, and a serious movie discussion was had.

Cyclone Hoops - Previewing TCU, Recapping Oklahoma

CYHusker and Matthias are back to discuss Iowa State's victory over Oklahoma, the upcoming contest against TCU, and much more.  If you like the podcast, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe! 

Cyclone Hoops - Ole Miss Reaction and Iowa State home game at Hoth

Jake and Matthias break down the Iowa State win as well as looking ahead to West Virginia and Texas. Super Bowl predictions are made.

Cyclone Hoops - Episode 4

Cyclone Hoops - Down Goes Taco Tech

The Wide Right & Natty Litecast is back to discuss and dissect Iowa State's road victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders.  Listen in as CYHusker, Matthias, and Jake talk about why the game was won, starts of the game, and ongoing concerns for the Cyclones moving forward. The crew also talked about Saturdays match-up with Oklahoma State. This week's Big 12 hoops slate was also discussed, and the gang talked about West Virginia seemingly finding rock bottom, Kansas State's win streak, and ot...

Cyclone Hoops - Recapping Kansas, Previewing Baylor and Kansas State.

Welcome to episode 2 of the Wide Right & Natty Litecast. Your hosts CYHusker and Matthias Schwartzkopf are joined by Jake Brend to discuss the NFL draft, recap the Cyclones' demolishing of Kansas, and preview Tuesdays contest with the Baylor Bears. The gang also previewed next Saturdays home tilt with Kansas State, the demise of the Chicago bears, and much more. Bonus - You can now find the Litecast on Apple Podcasts! Search for the title (Wide Right & Natty Litecast) to find our new podca...

Cyclone Hoops - Oklahoma State Recap, Kansas Preview, and Much More!

The Wide Right & Natty Litecast is back with episode one of hoops coverage. In this episode, CYHusker, Jake Brend, and Matthias Schwartzkopf team up to tackle all things Cyclone basketball.  Included in this episode is a recap of the victory over Oklahoma State, a preview of the Kansas game on Saturday (4:00 PM tip), keys to Saturdays game, a breakdown of how Steve Prohm uses Lard/Solomon/Jacobson to handle Kansas's post players, Twitter questions, and much more.  Thanks for listening, and...