Hawkeye 4DT Podcast

Floyd is home again and Iowa fans get to enjoy a joyous bye week!!  After enduring another slow start, Kaleb Johnson and the running game ground the Gophers into dust with a 17 point outburst in the third quarter, paving the way to a 31-14 blowout in Minneapolis! This week, Brian and Zach take the bye week opportunity to enjoy and recap the Minnesota win and do a deep dive on the first third of the season - focusing a lot of attention on the growth and changes on the offensive side of the ball. While next week’s episode will focus on the coming game against the Ohio State, the Hawkeye 4DT guys couldn’t ignore the chance to start discussing the challenge and opportunity presented by a game against the #3 Buckeyes.

 

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After getting back in the win column, some might say we still don't know a lot about the 2024 Iowa Hawkeyes with more questions than answers so far this season. Is the rushing offense for real? What is with all the big plays against us? Is Kaleb Johnson a Heisman candidate? Can CDJ and Tory Taylor get extra years of eligibility? Can we play a full football game? How much bacon would Floyd yield? After a convincing (on paper) victory over Troy, Iowa opens up the B1G slate with a road trip to Minneapolis to take on PJ and the Gophers - with Brian and Zach in attendance! Download and listen to see how the Hawkeye 4DT guys answer some of those questions and more and hear their final impressions on this team after wrapping up the non-conference slate and heading into B1G play. 

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Tough to say where it all went wrong, but enough went wrong that, after a 13-0 halftime lead, your Hawkeyes ultimately fall to Iowa State, 20-19, on a last second 54 yard field goal. The guys try to work through what they saw - finding significant positives in the day of Kaleb Johnson, but also looking in a lot of other directions for some less positive performances, including quarterback, offensive coordinator, and the defensive backfield. With the Troy Trojans coming to town, Iowa has one more non-conference tune-up before the B1G season gets going - download and listen to see what Brian and Zach will be looking for this week and what they believe that could mean for the rest of the season.

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With the standard caveat - “it was just an FCS team” - that Illinois State game was a lot of fun! In what seems like forever, Iowa was efficient and effective on offense, scoring 5 offensive TDS, with 3 TD catches by WRs (matching the WR total from 2023 and exceeding the total from 2022, all in one game) and racking up close to 500 total. yards. As the Hawkeye 4DT guys break down in this week’s podcast, that offensive output was, at least for one week, quite entertaining. Of course, it was game one against an overmatched opponent, so it doesn’t mean there were not areas for concern, including a slow start that saw a penalty-riddled first half only result in 6 points for your Iowa Hawkeyes, before we saw some of those early green chutes come alive in the second half. After looking back at the week 1 results, both for the Hawks and around the B1G, Zach and Brian turn their attention to Iowa State (or, as Brian is fond of saying, “Hate Week”).  We all know this in-state rivalry game is always a close affair - what will the 2024 tilt bring for Hawkeyes fans? Download and listen to see what the guys expect to see in the Hawkeyes’ first rivalry (and trophy) game of the year!

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Now that all the previews have been shared, the wait is over - we are finally in game week for your Hawks! For the first time in 2024, the Hawkeye 4DT guys bring you a 4DT breakdown in advance of this weekend's season opener against the Redbirds of Illinois State. No more exciting time of year than the anticipation of a new season - particularly one that offers so much promise of change on the offensive side of the ball. But before things are officially kicked off, Brian and Zach offer up their final win and loss predictions for each of the games on the 2024 schedule. Will they be right? Only time will tell, but a chance for 1-0 is coming soon!  

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Another week closer to kicking off the 2024 campaign for your Iowa Hawkeyes! Before the Hawkeye 4DT guys move into game-week mode with their initial 4DT breakdown of the season, they first have some final pre-season housekeeping to do with their final phase preview with the special teams. Are we getting to "In Levar We Trust" territory with the special teams?  But before getting into the breakdown of the special teams unit, join Brian and Zach for a discussion of some significant breaking news with Kirk Ferentz's (and Jon Budmayr's) one-game suspension for recruiting violations (which the guys didn't even know was a thing in this day and age). Finally, stick around for the much-coveted 4DT pre-season awards as the guys make their picks for some stand out Hawks in 2024.

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While last week was all about change, this week is all about consistency as the guys preview the defensive side of the ball. The Hawks have won 10 games in a season a couple times recently, and we know that much of the credit goes to Broyles Award winner, Phil Parker, and his stalwart defensive units! Will this year’s unit measure up to last year’s? Download and find out what Brian and Zach expect to see from the defense in 2024.

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Hawkeye 4DT - 2024 Offensive Preview

The Hawkeye 4DT guys are (finally) back to kick-off another set of pre-season previews as we all count down to the kickoff of the 2024 football season! Starting this year’s previews is the offensive side of the ball. Given this is Iowa football, we all know what to expect from Iowa’s offense - well, that was the case until Brian Ferentz was relieved of his duties and Iowa (finally) hired a new OC, Tim Lester. This year, Brian and Zach start with their reactions to the hire before doing a position-by-position breakdown of Lester’s inaugural offensive campaign. As mentioned (several times during this week’s episode), at least it can’t be worse!

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“A chip and a chair . . .” “All it takes is one . . .” “So you’re saying there’s a chance . . .” No matter how you look at it, your Iowa Hawkeyes are decided underdogs as they take on the undefeated and playoff-hopeful Michigan Wolverines in the B1G Championship for the second time in three years. Brian and Zach do a deep dive on Iowa’s best opponent of the year in the biggest game of the year, including what the guys see as Iowa’s potential (narrow) path to victory. But before doing that, Brian and Zach take a look back at Iowa’s quintessential 2023 Black Friday win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers (who won’t be going bowling for the seventh straight season thanks to the Hawks!) as well as revisiting the season generally to try to figure out how, with all the adversity, this team was able to get to that vaunted 10-win level once again. And, finally, what we learned about this team that could provide a small amount of hope for that 11th win in Indianapolis!!

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The 2023 Iowa Hawkeyes - where the improbable becomes the probable! The Hawkeye 4DT guys look back on a very 2023 win against the Illini, which also happened to clinch Iowa’s third B1G West crown. That is right, no need to sweat out the final weekend, all we have to do is watch The Game to see who the Hawks will face in Indy. What’s that you say? We still have to play Nebraska? Well, the guys also take a break from celebrating the newest trophy in the case to look ahead to the Black Friday matchup as Iowa looks to push into the rarified air of 10 regular season wins!

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