Iowa State, Dublin and football
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Kansas State and Iowa State, both Big 12 programs, are facing off in Dublin, Ireland. Here are predictions for the Week 0 game.
Kansas State and Iowa State will open the 2025 college football season Saturday in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium -- the fourth consecutive year the Emerald Isle has staged a college football game.
Iowa State fans also traveled to Dublin in large numbers. It will be interesting to see which team has more fans in attendance on Saturday. But the Wildcats stressed to fans that this is their home game. They urged fans to be as loud as possible at kickoff so the Cyclones feel like the game is being played in Manhattan instead of at a neutral site.
College football returns on Saturday, starting with an intriguing noon EDT clash between ranked Big 12 rivals Iowa State and Kansas State.
With kickoff for the 2025 college football season taking place overseas, featuring the Iowa State Cyclones, Irish pubs are finding ways to give cyclones an Irish experience at home. Dublin Bay is opening up early at 8 a.
Many flights from DFW to Dublin were delayed earlier this week, and the K-State marching band was on one of them. That meant “the Pride of Wildcat Land” was stranded in the airport for several hours as it waited to board a flight for Europe.
The Iowa State Cyclones rugby club team traveled to Ireland and played a match against the Terenure College rugby club. The Cyclones lost the match 45-11, but the experience was deemed a success for the team.
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Irish Star on MSNRowdy Kansas State stars cheer on reporter as he chugs Guinness during Dublin bus tour
College football reporter Daire Carragher earned the respect of the Kansas State roster on Friday, after chugging two pints of Guinness as they drove by on an open-top bus