Des Moines, located where the Raccoon River and Des Moines River meet, officially got it's name on this date in 1857.

Goldy Gopher was born a chipmunk. That’s because when George Grooms originally drafted the design in the 1940s that would become the University’s mascot, he lived in Iowa, where there were no gophers.

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.

The Phillie Phanatic, the big green dress-up mascot for Philadelphia’s pro baseball team, is world famous. D.C. has its racing presidents. But did the Border Patrol really need its own dress-up mascot ...

The task of picking which mascot would meet their glorious end fell to Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht, who had a terrific game. He spent the first half trading touchdown drives with Miami ...

A BIT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, ZANE. WELL, THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES WANT A SWEET VICTORY LAST NIGHT BEATING MIAMI IN THE POP TARTS BOWL. BUT WHAT’S EVEN SWEETER IS A VISIT TO THE POP TARTS MASCOTS ...

Sloppy play, the fact that every bounce seemingly went Iowa State’s way, and the fact that Bill Self didn’t really rotate his ...

No. 19 Iowa State — which won the Pop-Tarts Bowl Saturday with a thrilling 42-41 come-from-behind win vs. No. 16 Miami — dug into a giant Pop-Tart in a postgame ceremony. The bowl game mascot entered ...

Iowa State QB and Pop-Tarts Bowl MVP Rocco Becht chooses Cinnamon Roll to get toasted. REQUIRED READING: Is the Pop-Tarts Bowl mascot edible? Explaining mascot, flavors for college football bowl ...

No. 19 Iowa State — which won the Pop-Tarts Bowl Saturday with a thrilling 42-41 come-from-behind win vs. No. 16 Miami — dug into a giant Pop-Tart in a postgame ceremony. The bowl game mascot ...