Williams Blog: Knott’s injury came in handy vs. Cowboys

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams It will go down as one of the most legendary plays in Iowa State football history. Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State. Tie game. Double-overtime. Jake Knott tipped a Brandon Weeden pass that was eventually picked off by Ter’Ran Benton. The Cyclones went on to capture the biggest win in the history of the program. Go watch the replay. Have you ever wondered why the ball shot so far into the air after hitting Knott’s hand? “I had to wear a plastic thing because my hand is broken. When I went to hit it, it hit right there on that spot,” Knott recently told me. “I think that’s maybe why it had so much distance on it and shot up like that. It went right to him. It was meant to be.” Knott has been playing in pain all season long. He’s suffered one injury after another, but Iowa State’s Chuck Norris (let’s make that nickname stick Cyclone Nation) hasn’t missed ...