Hawk Talk on Melrose

Tyler and Collin discuss Ladell Betts's comment about Iowa running a version of the Shanahan offense from the article Chad Leistikow of the DSM Register wrote. Tyler and Collin then get into our off-season grade for Iowa. We discuss Kadyn Proctor's latest comments about his experience transferring to Iowa and finish up with answering two mailbag questions.

0:00 Intro

2:35 Iowa coaches visit Green Bay..Shanahan offense?

11:50 Off-Season Grades

18:36 Kadyn Proctor “Probably one of the worst decisions that I’ve made” on transferring to Iowa- our thoughts

23:35 Mailbag - 2 questions we answer

First ever solo episode for Tyler as he gets into three different topics as we navigate through these quiet months before football season.

0:00 Intro

1:30 Realistic expectation year one under Lester

8:30 Lookahead at a few games on Iowa's schedule

14:00 Thoughts on the new EA Sports CFB25 video game

Collin starts off the show discussing Bluder’s retirement and Jan Jenson being announced as the new head coach for Women’s Basketball. We then transition to Football and react to Northwestern transfer WR Jacob Gill committing to Iowa, why 'beggars can’t choosers' at that position for Iowa and the narrative surrounding the WR room. Collin also talks about Tim Lester's success at Western Michigan with some WRs under 6 feet - can he bring that to Iowa? Lastly, who will be the starting QB in Week 1 against Illinois State, and Deacon Hill commits to Utah Tech.

Tyler and Collin react to the big news of the day of Iowa finally landing a transfer QB - something we desperately needed before the 2024 season starts.

Collin dives into his top 5 questions for Iowa Football post-spring practice.

0:00 Intro

0:48 Q1- D-Line Depth?

5:11 Q2- O-Line Next Step?

9:30 Q3- TL Shift Narrative?

13:05 Q4- Enought WRs?

22:55 Q5- QB Room-Panic?

*Reupload from Yesterday, Video was cut in half for some odd reason*

Tyler and Collin discuss Iowa's Spring Game that took place this last Saturday in Kinnick. Numerous things that caught our eye as we now enter the dead period before Summer workouts and Fall camp. We also get into Tim Lester's presser from last Thursday and one quote that really stuck out for Collin. Please Note - We will be doing some mailbag episodes here in the next month or two, so please leave a comment or question that we can discuss on the show.

1:35 Spring Game - Offense Reaction

24:08 Spring Game - Defense Reaction

31:47 Spring Game - Special Teams

33:12 Tim Lester Presser: One Quote That Stood Out

Collin discusses the latest around spring practice for Hawkeye Football .. Deacon Hill taking 1st team reps, will we go out for a possible QB transfer, Jacob Bostick transferring, WR room with Kaleb Brown leading the way, and thoughts on Lester's new look offense.

Tyler and Collin will be back this weekend going over the spring game on Saturday - be on the lookout for that episode.

Tyler and Collin reflect back on this incredible year the Iowa Women gave us and these past few years with CC, Kate Martin, and Gabbie Marshall. End of an era indeed but some great memories to look back on.

Tyler and Collin react to Iowa’s 94-87 big win against the defending WBB Champion LSU. Iowa advances to the Final 4 where they will take on UCONN on Friday night.