The taste in the mouths of the Hawkeyes and Cyclones after Saturday is distinctly different.

Both Iowa and ISU defeated FCS opponents in their home openers. Iowa beat UAlbany 34-7 while ISU routed South Dakota 55-7 .

Iowa's offense struggled to throw the ball with new quarterback Mark Gronowski, while Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht completed 19-of-20 passes in a 55-7 rout.

Iowa reporter Ethan Petrik and Iowa State reporter Ben Hutchens react to games in a Cy-Hawk Talk rewind show.

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CyHawk Talk rundown:

0:00 Ethan admits he “Doesn’t know ball” after betting South Dakota would cover the spread against Iowa State.

1:28 Iowa State played like it wasn’t in Ireland last week.

3:50 So far, the Cyclon

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