How does Iowa State make the leap from 'up-and-comer' to perennial winner?

Send us a text In this episode, we discuss some of the over-arching factors that have kept Iowa State from being a high-level program in the past. Is it really "difficult" to win in Ames, or have the Cyclones simply lacked the elite coaching required to make that jump? If Nebraska can become one of the winningest programs in history in a place like Lincoln, NE, then what's stopping Iowa State from replicating that success?