Iowa State’s Braden Smith on preparing for No. 15 Utah and the weather.

Iowa State center Braden Smith is preparing for wet conditions on Saturday when the Cyclones open the Big 12 race at home against 15th ranked Utah. Saturday’s forecast calls for a better than 80 percent chance of rain.

Smith says the conditions will offer a chalenge up front.

Smith says Utah is elite on defense.

Smith on the different looks the Utah defensive line will give them.

Through the first three weeks of the season the Cyclones have been better than expected.