Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz, who coached for the first time with in-helmet communication and sideline tablets in Saturday’s Cy-Hawk loss, expressed a positive opinion about the changes.

Iowa State announced Friday via X/Twitter that players' helmets will feature a "Cyclones" script logo. The helmets will be white and the logo black for the team's 6:30 p.m. "White-Out Game ...

The helmet will be paired with Utah’s black throwback jersey and pants. Utah has worn a hand-painted helmet for at least one game every year since 2016, outside of the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign.

Each summer an image of a silo and two hay bails posing as the new Iowa State Fair logo circulates social media. Sorry to break it to you, it's fake.