Iowa State coach Matt Campbell says they will find out in a hurry if the Cyclones can handle a unique season. ISU opens a week early on August 23rd in Dublin, Ireland, against a Kansas State team that also has Big 12 championship hopes.

Campbell says lengthening the regular season is something the Cyclones will need to handle.

Campbell says he has reached out to coaches who have taken part in this game to see how they prepared for and how they tried to handle the remainder of the schedule.

Campbell spent most of his time researching how NFL teams handle games overseas and visited with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and Eagles coach Nick Sirianni.

Junior quarterback Rocco Becht says playing K-State in the opener has raised the sense of urgency with the start of preseason camp.

Becht says the game in Ireland offers a number of challenges that they are preparing for.

Senior defensive back Jeremiah Cooper on the sense of urgency with the start of preseason camp.