It's not every college football bowl game that features ritualistic sacrifice of a bowl game mascot after completion of the game. But then, not every team gets to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

It's one of the greatest bowl game mascots in college football — and it's edible. The Pop-Tarts Bowl mascot is back, and perhaps tastier than ever. No. 16 Miami and No. 18 Iowa State will play ...

The task of picking which mascot would meet their glorious end fell to Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht ... in the Heisman Trophy vote for college football's best player. Becht went 22 of ...

Iowa State got to partake in one of the more off-the-wall college football traditions: the eating of the edible mascot at the Pop-Tarts Bowl. After the game, a giant walking Pop-Tart was lowered ...

On the other end, an edible frosted cinnamon roll cake popped out for coaches and players from Iowa State to devour. The college football tradition of killing and eating the mascot has finished.

Cy, the Iowa State mascot, landed a NIL deal with Duke Cannon's "Earn Your Clean" campaign. Provided by Duke Cannon Supply Iowa State football: Abu Sama on dynamic with Carson Hansen Iowa State ...

When Iowa State football and Miami take the field on Saturday ... things Iowa politics delivered to your inbox. From an edible mascot to a functioning toaster in the trophy, there are plenty ...

AND TODAY HAPPENS TO MARK 70 YEARS SINCE THEIR MASCOT CY THE CARDINAL ... THE PEP AND STUDENTS STAFF AT IOWA STATE RIGHT NOW IS CREDIT TO A HISTORIC START TO THE FOOTBALL SEASON.

The University of Iowa football team’s first mascot ... approved the use of “Hawkeye” for the state. Herky first appeared as a costumed mascot at a football game in 1959.

Everything was toasted in the Pop-Tarts Bowl -- from the pastries themselves to the secondaries. No. 18 Iowa State got a touchdown in the final minute to knock off No. 13 Miami 42-41 in an ...

The Pop-Tarts Bowl between No. 18 Iowa State and No. 13 Miami ended in dramatic ... earned the right to choose which of the Pop-Tarts mascots would be sacrificed in celebration of the Cyclones ...