Coming up on today's daily clone, John Haycock addresses a defensive struggle that you've probably noticed.

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Welcome into the Northwest Bank Studios for the Daily Clone here on a Tuesday.

If you're not making the trek to Jonesboro, Arkansas, make the trip to Whiskey River,

either in Ankeny or Ames, great food, great beer,

and great service. We will spend plenty of time on Wednesday and Thursday taking a deep dive

into Arkansas State, but today I want to talk about a defensive struggle that John Haycock

emphasized today. The Cyclones have scored four touchdowns against power for opponents this

season. All four times the cyclones have allowed a touchdown right after. Here's John Haycock

on addressing that problem. We're searching it out. We're working really hard at it. You know,

Jace, our analytics director brought it up again, you know, to the team yesterday a little bit of just, man, we have to find ways to go out there with a mindset. And again, we've got to sort it out as coaches. And, you know, it's got to be something we pay attention to because it's something that really can allow your team to get, you know, again, get the ball back for our offense. And it's not that we're not trying. You know, I mean, that's not it. I mean, we're playing good folks too. And they're trying to score after we score. So it's competition and all that. But it's something to pay attention to and we're certainly diving into it. A big reason that Iowa State has put points on the board is leading receiver Brett

Eskelson.

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