steve: riding high after shutting out texas, oklahoma brought iowa state down to earth saturday, with a thud. straight ahead, how the cyclones hope to bounce-back against an undefeated oklahoma state. plus, the iowa national guard says something is missing. what they plan to do to improve their ranks. kevin: and see what cost him his this is iowa. on average, women need to work an extra two hours each day, to earn the same paycheck as their male coworkers. join the fight for equal pay. join the fight for sara and women everywhere. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 6:00 with kevin cooney, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and iowa's sportscaster of the year andy garman. steve: it's pretty common for iowa farmers to spend 6 to 8 weeks on a tractor, nearly non-stop, during harvest season. kevin: after that long, most want to leave the fields behind. but in sac county, one guy's soaking up every second this fall because he almost didn't live to see it. eric hanson's this is iowa introduces us to the farmer who's grateful just to be back in the

we are iowa sports" jon: joel lanning has brought a spark to the iowa state offense that really didn't appear to be there the first five and a half games. lanning powered the cyclones to a 24 point win saturday over texas-- and he's looking to take his success on the road to oklahoma. the cyclones have outscored their opponents 54 to 10 since lanning took the reigns. it's a smashmouth mentality that's completely foreign in the big 12. lanning isn't afraid to run the ball-- and run over a defender at that. even with his success rhoads says there is still room for improvement. "ou is going to be a tough game no matter what they're a great program so we're going to have to prepare ourselves and just play with confidence like you said. defense is playing great right now and we need to build as a team together and just carry it over. i think leadership and competitiveness are one thing that we saw out of him certainly he made plays both running and throwing but there were a number of under thrown balls fixable things. he was on his front foot too soon or he was on his back foot too long tri

iowa state upset #2 oklahoma state in double overtime, ruining the cowboys but once again, disappointment ended the season as the cyclones dropped the regular season before falling to rutgers in the 2012 brought renewed optimism. another win over the the road at #15 tcu gave isu a 4-1 record to start the season. that would quickly change as the cyclones would go 2-6 the rest of the way to finsih 6-7 after a loss to tulsa in the liberty bowl, a team isu beat 38-23 to open the season. jordan coming up later, we'll take a look at what we now know was the beginning of the end, the 2013 season which saw some tough losses. jon: we'll also hear from jeff woody, and rewind to an interview with jamie pollard from after last season asking about rhoads, what he has to say is almost prophetic. we'll have more on that later on...nikki... nikki: thanks guys still to come on local 5 news at 10 people around the metro are helping spread holiday cheer to children around the world. nikki: and.. they started with a goal of collecting one thousand pounds of food for the homeless... we'll show you the surpris

between the iowa hawkeyes and oklahoma state toppled the previous n- c-double-a record held by penn state. forty-two thousand 287 stands to see the event proved start to a good day for iowa athletics. sot hwkeyes head coach program like the which is not wanting for fans, is still trying to set the bar higher and higher and i think thats what important. " sabrina: box office attendants sold tickets well into officials say they're not sure will become a just yet.. nap-time is one of those things that probably when you had to do it as a of us are probably wishing we could catch a few z's in the afternoon... and if that's the case, there's some good news for you... some sleep experts not only say you should be napping- but that the perfect time to do it... is at work! that's right- an expert with the national sleep foundation says a power nap can help fight that dip in energy and alertness we often feel in the early to mid- afternoon... the ideal time to do it is between two and four pm, and only for about 20 minutes. now of course, most people are at work from two to four.. sleep exper

to kinnick stadium the outdoor wrestling meet between the iowa hawkeyes and oklahoma state toppled iowa hawkeyes and oklahoma state toppled the previous n- c-double-a attendance record held by penn state. forty-two thousand 287 fans packed the stands to see the matchup. the event proved to be quite the start to a good day for iowa athletics. sot " tom brands iowa hwkeyes head coach i think the biggest message is that, a program like the university of iowa which is not wanting for fans, is still trying to set the bar higher and higher and i think thats what important. " elias: tickets well into the meet, but officials say they're not sure if the grapple will become a yearly tradition just yet.. sabrina at ((time check)) we'll take a short break, but we're not quite done talking about iowa sports just yet... elias: that's right, still ahead, we check the standings in our good morning iowa college football tracker. sabrina: but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at t

took on oklahoma state. saturday night, the iowa football team moved to 10-0 for the first time in school history and brought home hardware. >> it was great to have floyd back here in iowa city where it belongs. going out there last year and coming back this year and having a good game. tony: the pig is back home at kinnick stadium. thanks to a performance by the hawkeyes. >> the offense was playing tough and working their butts off. the kind of grind it out there. tony: 500 and six total yards of offense including 195 yards from lashawn daniels on the ground including this 51 yard sprint to ice the game. >> i was just doing whatever i could to help the team, help us get a victory. i was doing whatever we needed and i had to go out there and make a play. tony: next up iowa takes on purdue to take the big 10 west. elizabeth: in other sports news this morning, ronda rousey suffered a devastating upset last night. holly holm knocked out the bantamweight champion in the second round. holm landed some powerful hi