No. 23 Iowa State notched a fourth-straight win Saturday, beating the Kansas Jayhawks on the road 27-3. 

The victory makes the path to Arlington, Texas, for the Cyclones pretty clear: win (with help from Oklahoma) and they’re into the Big 12 Conference Championship. That and more in this weekend’s takeaways. 

Hakeem Butler shows up on Moss’d

So it seems people are noticing Cyclone wide receiver Hakeem Butler’s knack for crazy touchdown grabs. 

The redshirt junior caught two touchdowns Saturday, bringing his total for the year to eight on 33 receptions. His touchdowns sent Twitter ablaze, and his second one in particular caught on with all sorts of college football fans. 

Read more about the grab itself here.

Butler himself didn’t think it was anything special. 

“I just made a play on the ball,” Butler said.

Sunday morning, however, the Cyclones wideout was part of a spectacle far more renowned. On ESPN’s weekly pregame show in New Orleans, NFL Hall-Of-Fame receiver Randy Moss did his weekly video segment called “You Got Moss’d,” a nod to the former receiver’s often-ridiculous touchdown grabs.

The first catch mentioned? Well, just watch and see. 

As the Cyclones continue to rise up the rankings (moving into the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday), Butler’s achievements will be looked at more closely, as the receiver will have to potentially make a decision to go to the NFL or stay in Ames.

Not looking ahead 

With three weeks left of the regular season, the Cyclones have a somewhat clear path to the Big 12 Championship. 

Sitting at 4-2 in conference play, tied with Texas and one game behind No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 West Virginia in the standings, Iowa State knows it has a chance to run the table.

But Campbell has said multiple times this team isn’t going to look ahead. 

“I think this is a team that’s stayed in the moment all year,” Campbell said. “We’re going to have to continue to get better.”

Matt Leo and Hakeem Butler said Campbell has drilled the “focus on the now” approach into the team’s heads.

That ability to stay in the present will be crucial for the Cyclones as hype continues to build, on Twitter or otherwise, around the team.

“That’s exactly what we’re strict on,” Leo said. “Even in our position meetings, it’s a big thing for us.”

Iowa State’s run defense takes a step back

Coming into Saturday’s game, the Cyclones had the best run defense in the Big 12, giving up an average of just over three yards per carry. However, the Jayhawks made that very run defense look pedestrian for much of the contest, finishing with 147 yards on the ground. Overall, the Cyclones gave up only 3.7 yards a carry, but many of those yards were on gash plays in the second and third quarters. 

Kansas running back Khalil Herbert had 91 yards on 21 carries, or 4.3 yards per carry, and the Cyclones allowed 20 first downs on the day despite giving up only three points.

Campbell said the defense didn’t perform its best in the first half. 

“Kind of a tale of two halves for both sides of the ball,” Campbell said. “I think, in the first half, missed tackles that we haven’t done.”

Iowa State’s next opponent — the Baylor Bears — average 162 yards per game on the ground and are led by running backs JaMycal Hasty and John Lovett, who had a 75-yard touchdown run against Oklahoma State on Saturday.