Iowa State Aims for Historic 6-0 Start vs. West Virginia

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00:00Iowa State is 5-0 for the first time since 1980, looking for its first 6-0 unbeaten start

00:11since 1938.

00:14They are a road favorite tonight, Kev, in Morgantown against West Virginia, a Mountaineers

00:19team that has won two straight games, covered in two straight after a slow start this year.

00:26How do you break down the matchup?

00:27It's a tricky spot, man.

00:29Preseason, if you were to see this number, you'd be like, whoa, Mountaineers are supposed

00:33to be in the mix, not getting a lot of respect.

00:36Then you look at the 11-rank for Iowa State, you go, whoa, short number.

00:40I peel back a little bit, though, now on West Virginia.

00:43You got smashed by Penn State, okay, you're not of that level.

00:46The pit thing was very, very fluky.

00:48Now, the Kansas win was a bit nuts as well.

00:52They dominate Oklahoma State, though, and now I start to wonder, does West Virginia's

00:56offense have its level?

00:58I think the safest way for me, Leecey, would be a team total on the Mountaineers side.

01:03Yeah, I like West Virginia here, plus the three.

01:06The fact that they're playing at home is the difference.

01:09Last time that Iowa State was here, they lost as a 6.5 point favorite on the road, 38-31,

01:14so give me West Virginia in a bounce back spot.

01:17I think they can run the football, and typically, even though they're 2-0 on the road this year,

01:21Matt Campbell, very suspect over the last three years on the road or on a neutral field.