Hawkeye Report Podcast

The Hawkeyes put together their second dominant performance of the season, shutting out Northern Iowa on their way to a 55-0 win on Saturday afternoon at Kinnick Stadium. Following the victory, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo hopped on the podcast matchine and discussed it.

We talk about the incredible performance running the football by three of Iowa's backs, all reaching over 100 yards on the day. That was done without the Hawkeyes top two backs coming into the season even playing a snap. We dicuss the continued development of Hank Brown, who was a perfect 12-12 throwing the football in the win over the Panthers, including a pair of scores. What we have we seen from Brown and his development. What did Kirk Ferentz say regrarding whether Brown is officially the starting quarterback?

We talk about how well the defense continues to play so far this season and where they can probably improve heading into Big Ten play. Also, we look ahead to the massive three game stretch of games that includes a trip to Michigan, hosting Ohio State, and on the road to Washington on a short week. Has our outlook on those three games changed?

It's a special edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast!

We are joined by one of the best offensive linemen in Iowa football history, Robert Gallery, to talk about his post football journey. Gallery talks openly and honestly about battling mental health issues after his playing career ended and the struggles that he faced personally and with his family.

He talks about being open and honest about his battles and how he found his way to going to Mexico to take a medication called Ibogaine, which is used to treat addiction issues and tramatic brain injuries. Gallery discusses finding out that he had a severe brain issue, likely due to concussions and how traditional medical treatments didn't work, so he opted for ibogaine, which helped him healt and get better. He talks about how his life has changed and how many people have reached out to him for help to decide to get help or consider that option to deal with their mental health issues. Gallery also talks about starting Atheltes for Care and the impact it is making now with others.

Gallery and his wife, Becca, will be hosting a very special luncheon on October 2nd at Kinnick Stadium. It's a luncheon from 11:30 to 1:30 and along with the Gallery's, Lisa Bluder and Nate Kaeding will be in attendance. You can get tickets at athletesforcare.org to puchase them.

We have a lot of ground to cover on the latest edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann are back and opening the show discussing basketball. On Wednesday the Big Ten Conference released their basketball schedules for the men and women, which means now we have full schedules for both Hawkeye teams.

First, Huesmann talks about the schedule for the Iowa women and a couple of challenging parts of the schedule. What do we think of the overall schedule, including non-conference games. Then we slide over to the men's side where Iowa travel to Purdue to start the season for the third time in the last five years. We look at the overall challenging sections of the schedule for Ben McCollum's team this coming year.

Then we move over to basketball recruiting. We have updates on three top targets for the Jan Jensen's squad and where the Hawkeyes stand with each of them. After that we move over to the men's basketball side of recruiting and the latest on Cayden Daughtry following his official visit to Iowa this past weekend. Plus we have four star guard Jaxson Davis no longer visiting Iowa this weekend. What does all of it mean? Is Iowa basically now pushing all their chips to the center of the table and going all in on Daughtry?

Then we preview the game against Northern Iowa and go into detail about the players to watch and why this team isn't as good as they were the last few times Iowa played the Panthers. We also discuss the Iowa quarterback situation this weekend and a couple of key injuries for the Hawkeyes that might lead to players missing this weekends game.

This week on the Chuck Long podcast, we are looking back at the Iowa Hawkeyes hard fought win over Iowa State to bring home the Cy-Hawk Trophy. We start the show this week with a discussion of the game against the Cyclones. While most thought it would be one-sided, it was close. Why did Iowa struggle against the Cyclone defense when it came to running the football?

We look at potential counters to teams that might try the approach that Iowa State did regarding run blitzes and aggressively stacking the box. What can Iowa to do fix that and will teams simply try to make Hank Brown beat them? Could we see more shot plays like we saw this past week to Tony Diaz? We also discuss the route tree for Brown and if he is better throwing the ball in the middle of the field rather than the sideline throws.

We look at the play from the Iowa defense and how they were run against more than expected, but the development of Cam Buffington has been very impressive. What is he doing so well on the field so far this season?

We then take a trip around the Big Ten and it was generally a rough weekend for the conference with losses by Ohio State and Oregon. We then pick games from this weekend, including the UNI vs. Iowa game.

Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are back for their post game podcast. That means you are getting his podcast following the Hawkeyes second win of the college football season, this one over Iowa State.

There were a few storylines to follow and some that developed during the season. First, when Hank Brown started, this time he played the entire game. How did he perform in his second start? Is the race to be Iowa's starting quarterback now over? Will it continue? What did Kirk Ferentz have to say after the victory?

Then we talk about the struggles of the Iowa ground attack, which was held under 100 yards this week after posting nearly 300 on the ground last week. What did the Cyclones do on defense and how did the Hawkeyes counter it to run the ball late? What about the counter late in the game? How did Iowa have to adjust to slowing down the Iowa State ground game?

Finally, we have to talk about some basketball recruiting news regarding Cayden Daughtry and the verbal commitment of a 2028 quarterback on Saturday.

Two podcasts in one day! This one is talking Iowa football and the Cy-Hawk match-up, along with a whole lot of recruiting news heading into a huge weekend.

We start with Tom Kakert, Kyle Huesmann, and Tanner Lafever talking Hawkeye football facing the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium. We have a lot to discuss with this match-up. The Hawkeyes are facing an almost entirely new team traveling in from Ames. What do we know about the Cyclones? What about the quarterbacks in Iowa City and how do we see the game playing out? Will the Hawkeyes win comfortably or will it be close?

Then we start talking recruiting on a variety of different fronts. Kyle opens talking women's basketball recruiting and what's the latest on visitors coming to Iowa City last week and this weekend? Then we move over to Tanner, who talks about a huge weekend ahead for women's wrestling with several top prospects coming to Iowa City on Saturday. Finally, Tom talks about a huge weekend for Iowa football recruiting with top prosepcts from the Class of 2028 and 2029 coming to town and of course, we preview Cayden Daughtry arrives on the basketball front.

It's a special edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. We are joined by the Logan Ogden, the Director of Athletic Performance fror the University of Iowa Men's Basketball Program. We get to know Ogden, who grew up in What Cheer, IA rooting for the Hawkeyes. He talks about his journey as a strength and conditioning coach, that included stops in South Dakota, Omaha, and Utah before finding his way to Iowa to work for Ben McCollum.

He talks about how he was able to connect with McCollum and land the job of his dreams working with the Iowa men's basketball program. We discuss the first days with the Iowa program and setting a tough standard out of the gate and pushing the players early on. We discuss the type of workouts that he uses, including Olympic lifting and why he has always believed in that sort of training. Ogden also talks about how it is so rare that the Iowa coaches are fully active in offering encouragement to the players when they are in the weight room offering encouragement.

We talk about his role in the recruiting process and the honestly he offers to recruits when they visit Iowa. He talks about how he works with the players on their diet and the impact it has had on several players. Ogden talks about some of the players that has shown improvement, including the new players who arrived this summer.

We are back for another season of the Chuck Long Podcast. Each week after the Hawkeye game, Tom Kakert and Chuck Long break down all the action on the field. This week we start with the Hawkeyes season opening 40-0 win over Northern Illinois.

This week we start with an extended discussion on the performance of the two quarterbacks. Long looks in-depth at the play of Hank Brown and praised his throws to Tony Diaz, but also noticed something he needs to work on throws to the outside and down the field. He also talks about the play of Jeremy Hecklinski and how he was performing in this game and was he potentially pressing a bit after Iowa's hot start.

We also discuss the improved running from Kamari Moulton and how he is running hard and better this year and with more explosiveness to his game. Also we are talking about Kirk Ferentz mentioning the struggles with their play along the goal line and how they might have to adjust to a different package in those situations. Finally we are talking about the Iowa defense and what impressed us.

Then we take an early look at the Iowa State team and scouting what is basically an entirely new team and what to expect this weekend. Did the new Iowa State head coach making remarks after he was hired about Iowa provide motivation for this game? Then we take a trip around the Big Ten, including a discussion of the wild game at Michigan and pick some games this week, including Iowa State at Iowa.

Game one of twelve is in the books for the Iowa football team and we have plenty to discuss. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo gather for an extended post game visit, opening by talking about the play of Iowa's two quarterback. What did we think of the play of Hank Brown and Jeremy Hecklinski? Did one emege as a slight end in race to be the sole starter for the Hawkeyes this season?

What did we think of Tony Diaz and company and how they played as receivers in this game?

We also discuss the offensive and defensive line and their level of play. We get an injury update from Kirk Ferentz on how he thinks about setting up these challenging workouts that they have been talking part in.

We look at the strong start to the running game, particularly the play of Kamari Moulton, who exceeded 100 yards on the ground.

Finally we look ahead to next week when Iowa will host Iowa State. What do we know about the Cyclones?

A little different short podcast for your pregame. We are thrilled to be joined by Iowa left tackle Trevor Lauck, who joins us thanks to Casey's. Lauck and a couple of other college football players are brand partners with Casey's this year.

We talk with Lauck about the partnership that he has with Casey's and how Hawkeye fans are among the best in the country when it comes to tailgating and Casey's has the information and data to back that up. We also discuss how Casey's will have a special this season on Saturday's. Use the code TOUCHDOWN when ordering Casey's pizza on a Saturday morning, afternoon, or evening and you will get 40% off the price of the pizza!

We also talk a little football with Lauck. How did fall camp go for the Hawkeyes? Is he ready to finally see a team with another color jersey on instead of the Iowa team? How much is he looking forward to playing against Iowa State next week and what that rivalry is like. And we discuss what it's like riding in the bus to the stadium and seeing all the tailgaters and if that makes him hungry.

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