What are some of the logistical hurdles Iowa State and Kansas State needed to navigate in order to prepare for their college football trip to Ireland?

Governor Kim Reynolds is in Ireland ahead of Iowa State's faceoff against Kansas State in Dublin on Saturday.The governor met with different area leaders to dis

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.

About 20,000 Iowa State fans purchased tickets through the school for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin. It felt like a few thousand of them jammed into Merrion Square Park for a pregame pep rally Friday afternoon.

Iowa State fans, including Gov. Reynolds, gathered in Dublin for a pep rally on Friday, celebrating the Cyclones' first-ever international game.

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.

The biggest moment of the trip comes Saturday when the Cyclones team up with the Kansas State band for a unique, combined halftime show inside Aviva Stadium.

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.

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