New Iowa State coach Jimmy Rogers is nothing if not confident. Rogers admitted to reporters in Ames, Iowa this week that he was the one who picked the Cyclones, in an On3.com anonymous coaches poll, to make it to the Big 12 championship game in his first season. You’d wonder why I’m the head coach at Iowa State,” Rogers said. Rogers is replacing the all-time wins leader at Iowa State, which went 8-4 overall and 5-4 in the Big 12 in Campbell’s final season. The Cyclones played in seven bowls in Campbell’s 10 years -- they opted out of a bowl last season -- and appeared in the Big 12 championship game in 2020.