Hawkeye Report Podcast 782
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's a post spring practice edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast and we are thrilled to be joined by Scott Dochterman from The Athletic to discuss what we learned about the Iowa football team this past Saturday. We open talking about the offensvie side of the ball, including the quarterback position. How long into fall camp will that race go and is there a leader or a tell from head coach Kirk Ferentz. After that we move to the receivers and the excitement about some of the new faces and returning players. Plus the great run of success that the Hawkeyes have enjoyed along the offensive...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 781
Hawkeye Report Podcast
Iowa fans, it's time for one of our special podcasts that we do each year. Starting Thursday, The Chuck Long Charity Auction will be open for on-line bidding. Each year the event raises money for the Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities. This will be the 29th edition of the event that has raised over three million dollars helping children and famiies in the QC area. We are joined by Chuck Long and Angie Peterson to discuss the history of the event and how important it was it is to the families who might not be able to afford the care. We also talk about the great Hawkeye items...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 780
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's Sunday and we finally have some news for the transfer portal for the Iowa men's basketball team. Ben McCollum has landed a pair of prospects in the last couple of days and we are here to discuss it. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo fired up the podcast machine to discuss the latest news. We open our discussion with the Hawkeyes landing Illinois State guard Ty'Reek Coleman and what he brings to the table. We talk about his overal game and stats an the fact that he can play three more years at the D1 level and how he fits into the Hawkeyes future plans at the guard position. Then we...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 779
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's a Thursday afternoon podcast with Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann. We have plenty to discuss heading into the weekend with the Hawkeyes. We open the show talking women's basketball. Huesmann gives us an update on the Iowa women's basketball team in the transfer portal and the latest addition to the team. We also talk about other potential additions that they are working on to the team. After that we are moving on to the Iowa men's team, who are waiting for their first portal addition for next season. We update where things stand with the targets that have emerged and what we are...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 778
Hawkeye Report Podcast
The transfer portal is wide open and as usually completely wild with twists and turns each and every day. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann break down all the latest news on the men's and women's transfer portal and the Iowa Hawkeyes targets. We start with the women's side of the portal because Jan Jensen landed her biggest target this cycle. We discuss the shooting guard addition for the Iowa women's team and how it will impact the squad immediately starting this winter. What will it mean for the lineup moving forward? What else do the Iowa women need to land and who are some of the targets...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 777
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's portal season once again, this time for men's and women's basketball. We are talking about it with Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo on the podcast. We start with the Iowa men's basketball team and what they need in the portal. We also run down the potential visitors to Iowa City in the next week and who might be the most likely to be at the top of their list. We also discuss the possible departure of one player from the Iowa roster and why that might end up happening. Then we move on to the Iowa women's team, who has seen five players leave since the end of the season. We run down the...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 776
Hawkeye Report Podcast
The college basketball portal for men's and women's basketball is set to open next week. The Iowa women's and men's teams will be active when it opens up and Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann hop on the podcast to preview portal madness that is set to arrive next week. We recorded this podcast just before the commitment of 2026 wing prospect Jaidyn Coon, but we dove into the portal, starting with the Iowa women. We discuss the players who have departed already, particularly the surprising exit of Addie Deal from the program after one year. We look at the reaction to the news from Iowa fans...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 775
Hawkeye Report Podcast
The Iowa men's basketball season has come to a close. The Hawkeyes were right there with the Fighting Ilini for about 35 minutes before their conference rival created some space on the scoreboard. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo break down the games from beginning to end. We open talking about how Iowa really jumped the Illini out of the gate and how they came out very strong on both ends of the floor. Then we discuss how Illinois battled back and yet in the first half the Hawkeyes kept holding on to the lead at halftime. We talk about the true difference in the game being the fact that...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 774
Hawkeye Report Podcast
It's another emergency podcast because the Iowa men's basketball team continued their run in the NCAA Tournament. On Thursday evening Iowa basketball, playing in their first Sweet 16 game since 1999, rallied late and finished strong, beating Nebraska and advancing to the Elite Eight when they will now face rival Illinois. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo meet up for another late night podcast following a Hawkeye victory. We discuss the Hawkeyes slow start against the Cornhuskers and how they rallied late in the first half after falling behind by double figures. We talk about the huge shot by...
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Hawkeye Report Podcast 773
Hawkeye Report Podcast
A busy edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast covering a lot of topics. We start with Iowa men's basketball and bring on a very special guest and someone that Ben McCollum talk about following the Hawkeyes stunning victory over Florida and that is Kent McCausland. We look back at Iowa shocking the world, or at last the south region bracket, with a huge win to knock out the top seeded Gators. What did McCausland see from the Hawkeyes in the win and how proud is he of Cooper Koch, who he has known since he was a little kid of his great friends and teammate J.R. Koch. He talks about how...
info_outlineIt's a post bowl game edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo join up to talk about the Iowa football team beating Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl, 34-27 on New Year's Eve.
It was a strong performance for the Iowa offense, led by Mark Gronowski and featuring huge plays in the passing game from DJ Vonnahme and others along the way. We talk about the fast start, led by a huge run by Gronowski and the huge trick play early in the second half to put points on the board.
Plus we discuss the defensive effort of the Hawkeyes, who did a pretty solid job against Diego Pavia and in the first half in particular, Iowa put plenty of pressure on the Heisman Trophy runner-up in the game. We also discuss the game changing strange play on a Vanderbilt punt along with one poor decision that we think Iowa made that took possible points off the board.
Finally we look ahead to the portal and the next season also gets a quick look at the end of the podcast.