Cyclones are in national spotlight

A crew has been on site south of Jack Trice Stadium all week, assembling the staging and television set for Fox Sports' Big Noon Kickoff, its college football pre-game live broadcast. The Cyclone-Hawkeye football game will air to a national audience beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday (noon on the east coast). Big Noon Kickoff will broadcast from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. from the Reiman Plaza south of the stadium. Pre-broadcast activities begin at 7:30 a.m.

Coach Matt Campbell's squad will try to retain the Cy-Hawk trophy it brought home from Iowa City last fall following a 20-19 victory. Game primer.