Hawk Talk on Melrose

Happy New Year! Collin provides an almost mid-season update for Iowa hoops as they are now done with non-conference play with a 10-3 record. A look back at some of the games that went our way and some that didn’t and preview the rest of the schedule along with a general recap of how the roster is doing. Is this team positioned to make the tourney?

0:00 Intro

1:08 Iowa Hoops a tournament team?

3:33 Recap of the season so far

9:52 Previewing remaining schedule

14:18 PPG for roster

16:09 Starting 5 shuffle 18:40 Injury update

19:16 Sophomore class stepping up

Tyler and Collin react to yet another loss against a ranked team as Iowa loses to Missouri 27-24. This is now the third game this season where the Hawks blow a 10-point lead. We dive into the game and focus our attention on Brenden Sullivan and the secondary. Sully played lights out in the first half but looked completely different in the second half. Is he truly the guy moving forward for us? And then to the defense and the regression we have seen especially in the secondary. Improvement needed is an understatement going into our daunting schedule next year.

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Tyler and Collin are back after a short hiatus to discuss the miss for Iowa as Beau Pribula chooses Missouri. This is a prime example of Iowa needing to change the narrative on the offensive side of the ball and Lester having his work cut out to change that. We then get into the commit the Hawks got last week when Auburn QB Hank Brown transferred to Iowa. How does he impact the QB room and who will be QB1 in 2025. We end the show talking more about some portal guys that Iowa is going after and our reaction to round 1 of the College Football Playoffs.

(Post-Show Edit: Jonas Pace (DT-Central Mich) has committed to the Hawks - he was still in decision mode when we recorded this episode)

0:00 Intro

1:10 Initial Thoughts On Beau Pribula Choosing Mizzou

10:00 What Hank Brown Brings To The Hawks

13:47 Quarterback Room Moving Forward - Sully QB1 in 2025?

18:25 Other Portal Additions

21:26 College Football Playoff First Round Reaction

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Tyler and Collin recap Iowa’s 13-10 win against Nebraska. It wasn’t pretty by any means but got the job done. We then get into “The Game” and share our thoughts on Ohio State blowing it against Michigan, discuss some of the matchups this upcoming weekend for Conference Championship weekend, and then talk briefly on the playoffs.

0:00 Intro

1:25 How Did Iowa Win This Game??

8:11 Offense Felt Like The BF Era, Gameplan Felt Questionable

15:44 The Drive Chart

19:30 Kaleb Johnson Appreciation

20:16 Cade McNamara Not Partcipayting In Senior Day Walkout

21:50 Ohio State vs Michigan

26:04 Big 10 Championship / 4 Big 10 Teams In Playoffs?

26:28 College Football Playoffs

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Tyler and Collin recap Iowa’s win at Maryland on Saturday. We discuss Jackson Stratton starting at QB, the run game, and the defense getting back on track. We then get into the Cade situation and finish with some thoughts on the Black Friday matchup against Nebraska.

0:00 Intro

0:12 Initial Thoughts on the Game

2:42 Jackson Stratton at QB / Offense

13:17 Defense Steps Up

16:33 Thoughts on the Cade McNamara Situation

22:35 Black Friday Showdown Against Nebraska

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Tyler and Collin recap Iowa’s 20-17 loss at the Rose Bowl against UCLA. The theme of this season has been the inconsistency of this team, especially on the road. We discuss that, Sullivan/QB play, the defense, and more.

0:00 Intro

0:21 Inconsitnent / Disappointing Season

4:16 Defense Performance

9:26 Thoughts on Sullivan/Offense

16:27 Cade or Sullivan for the next game

20:08 Jackson Stratton

21:15 Eric Bieniemy (UCLA OC) vs Phil Parker

22:37 Remaining Games for Iowa

23:50 Thoughts on Iowa State

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Tyler and Collin recap Iowa's dominating win inside Kinnick on Saturday.

0:00 Intro

0:40 Initial Thoughts

4:43 Tim Lester's Offense with Sully at QB1

7:35 The "What If" Sully Started All Year

9:45 Offensive Stats

15:23 Iowa Drive Chart

18:30 Defense Stepping Up

22:56 Will Kirk Go Back To Cade?

26:48 Lookahead To UCLA

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Tyler and Collin recap the Hawks' win over Northwestern. The major storyline of this game is Iowa switching from Cade to Sully. It felt like it was only a matter of time, and now it will be interesting to see what it looks like the rest of the way. Also, we discuss the much improved performance by the defense this week compared to last week.

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Collin is back for his annual episode previewing the upcoming season for Iowa Hoops. Talk about the roster makeup and general thoughts regarding this team, project the starting lineup/backups along with projected points per game for each player, go in-depth with a game-by-game win/loss prediction, and finally give my season record prediction along with whether the team is capable of making it to the Big Dance.

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Tyler and Collin are back to recap the Hawks 32-20 loss against the Spartans.

0:00 Intro

0:23 General Thoughts

4:04 The Defense Struggles

14:33 Offense Inconsistent, Cade Struggles

24:34 Where Do We Go From Here