Iowa State's Jimmy Rogers Eyes Success Early: 'Not Signing Up For 2nd Place'

New Iowa State coach Jimmy Rogers is nothing if not confident. The Cyclones were picked last in the Big 12 preseason media poll, return no starters and had 55 players transfer after Rogers was hired to replace Matt Campbell, who took 24 of the best with him to Penn State. 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. "What would you think if I didn’t vote on us? You’d wonder why I’m the head coach at Iowa State," Rogers said. "I was brought i...

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