Hawkeye Report Podcast 666
Hawkeye Report Podcast
A lot of ground to cover on a Sunday night Hawkeye Report Podcast. Iowa athletics was busy and so were Tom Kakert, Kyle Huesmann, and Tanner Lafever covering their beats in Iowa City at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and on the wrestling mat in Cedar Falls and Madison. We open the podcast with Tanner talking about his busy weekend and we start with what happened on Sunday in Madison as Iowa men's wrestling dominated Wisconsin on the mat. What were his thoughts on the lineup that Tom Brands put on the mat and could there be some key pieces returning soon? What's the state of the team right now heading...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 665
Hawkeye Report Podcast
(Note: This podcast was recorded a few hours before the Mark Gronowski surgery news was released) Another edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast with a portal flavor to it. We are joined by the CEO of the Iowa Swarm, Brad Heinrichs to discuss a pretty successful transfer portal period for the Iowa Hawkeyes and the role that the Iowa Swarm played in it. We go over Iowa landing quarterback Mark Gronowski in the portal and what he will bring to the table for the Hawkeyes. How big of a role did Tim Lester play in his recruitment? Is there a current college quarterback that he compares to? We...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 664
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It was a busy day for news on the Iowa football and basketball front. We open the podcast with Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discussing the huge win by the Iowa men's basketball team. After falling behind by 15 points in the scond half, the Hawkeyes rallied for a for an overtime win over the Cornhuskers. We dive into the massive performance by both Josh Dix, who scored 31 points, and Payton Sandfort, who scored 30 points after halftime. We look at both of their performances in this game and key plays that were involved in Iowa's rally. Then we discuss the big news on the football side of...
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The Chuck Long Podcast
Hawkeye Report Podcast
With the Music City Bowl in the books it was time to visit with the great Chuck Long about the result of the game and the future of the quarterbacks at the University of Iowa. We open talking about the loss to Missouri and what happened with the Hawkeyes offense in the first half vs. the second half. Why did Brendan Sullivan play so well in the first half and why did he struggle in the second half? What did he think of the stuggles in the second half why has Iowa had issues with giving up double digit leads this year. Iowa lost this game giving up a score right after going up 24-14...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 663
Hawkeye Report Podcast
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! It's a marathon podcast to wrap up the year of Iowa athletics. Tom Kakert, Matt Randazzo, Kyle Huesmann, and Tanner Lafever come together to talk all things Hawkeyes for one of the longest pods that we have done. First, we open talking transfer portal and the latest news regarding Iowa football. They picked up a defensive lineman commit and we discuss that news and how he fits into the roster. We also talk about the Hawkeyes missing on a quarterback in the portal and look at what could potentially be next at the position. Plus we discuss other...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 662
Hawkeye Report Podcast
Football transfer portal season continues to heat up in Iowa City. Just when you thought that the Hawkeyes might be done in the portal at the quarterback position they get involved with Penn State signal caller Beau Pribula, who entered the portal and will not play in the Nittany Lions College Football Playoff game this weekend. We dive into which schools are after Pribula in the portal and his speed dating visit schedule that included trips to Missouri and Iowa and will wrap up with trips to UCF and Indiana before he ends up making a decision. What are Iowa's chances of landing...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 661
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's a special Saturday morning recording of the podcast after the news that Iowa landed a quarterback in the transfer portal. That's right, Iowa landed Auburn transfer Hank Brown in the portal. What does that mean for the Hawkeye quarterback position moving forward? Is Iowa done in the portal at that position? Maybe? Who are the other portal targets for the Hawkeyes that remain out there? Who is visiting this weekend? Is one of them a highly sought offensive lineman? What about the eventually House payments to players? Will the Iowa football team end up with in terms of percentage...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 660
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's a very busy week for the Hawkeyes and we have you covered on the Hawkeye Report Podcast. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann team up on the pod to preview the Iowa vs. Iowa State men's and women's basketball games. But, before we get to that, it's college football portal season and there is plenty of news. Iowa might have found their portal quarterback in Hank Brown, who is visiting this week. We have plenty of news on that front and also two other visitors heading to Iowa City this week at a position of need. We also disucss the return of Logan Jones and what that means for the Iowa...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 659
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's been a busy last week with plenty going on in Iowa athletics. We have a lot of ground to cover on the podcast. First, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo open the show discussing Iowa heading to Nashville for the bowl game to face Missouri. This game was supposed to happen four years ago, but was canceled by Covid. What do we know about the Tigers and what was this process like? How close did Iowa get to going back to Tampa instead of Nashville? After that we dive into the changing and evolving football roster. The transfer portal opens up on Monday and there are already Iowa players...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 658
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's Signing Day for the Class of 2025 and that means a special edition of the podcast. We sit down for just over 20 minutes with the General Manager and Chief of Staff of the Iowa football program, Tyler Barnes, to discuss the 15 recruits that just signed with the Hawkeyes. We run down just about every player and get Barnes thoughts on each and every one of them. He shares several great stories about how the class came together and how Coach Fitz, the former Northwestern head coach, is now a great recruiter for the Hawkeyes with his son set to join the program. We also discuss the...
info_outlineTime to review the Hawkeyes last game and look ahead to this week with Chuck Long on the podcast. We open looking back at the loss to Ohio State. How did Iowa let the game get away from them in the second half with turnovers? We also discuss the decision by Kirk Ferentz to punt on 4th and 1 in the second quarter from midfield and if that was the right one.
We also dive into the play of Cade McNamara. He had three turnovers in the contest and has not thrown a touchdown pass against a power four opponent this season. What should Iowa do with the quarterback situation? Should they consider at move to Brendan Sullivan this week after he ran for 30 yards and led Iowa to a late score?
Then we discuss the Hawkeyes struggles against ranked opponents the last few seasons? Is it because of the impact of NIL or are there other reasons why the Hawkeyes have had poor performances against ranked foes?
Before we pick the biggest games on a loaded college football schedule, we look at the Big Ten and how teams traveling more than two time zones either direction are now 1-8 this year. Is the travel impact a surprise this year? What about Washington this week basically playing at what is 9 am for them?