Hawkeye Report Podcast

This week on the Chuck Long Podcast, we discuss the Hawkeyes close win over South Dakota State. What happened on offense? What about the quarterback position? If Iowa makes a change, how are those decisions handled? We also discuss facing Iowa State this weekend, what we have seen from the Big Ten schools this season, and we pick some games this weekend.

Back for season two with the Chuck Long Podcast. This week we discuss the opening of the college football season and what that's like for coaches and players, particularly the week that starts school. We also discuss the Iowa offense and their options playing with limited receivers due to injury, how to get a run game going with a stacked box, and we also pick all the Big Ten games this week.

Week one of the Iowa football season has arrived! Matt Randazzo and Tom Kakert are joined by our friend Austin Bramley, who knows a lot about South Dakota State. Then we dive into what Kirk Ferentz said on Tuesday at this weekly press conference and preview the contest against the Jackrabbits. We talk a little hoops recruiting and then wrap up picking all the Big Ten games this weekend.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo take a long look at the Iowa football team heading into the first game week of the season. We project what the two deeps might look like when they are released on Monday afternoon and if the Hawkeyes are still a contender for the Big Ten West crown. Then we pick some games for Week Zero of the college football season and wrap up talking some hoops recruiting.

Plenty of news to cover on the podcast. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann discuss the impact of the new Big Ten media rights deal on Hawkeye athletics. We talk about the positives of the deal and the concerns, plus how it will impact sports like college baseball and women's basketball. Then we talk quite a bit about what we have learned and heard from Iowa football fall camp. We breakdown all the positions and highlight the names to watch. Finally we discuss some men's and women's hoops recruiting news and preview the Iowa field hockey season.

Iowa football media and the annual Kids Day practice are in the books. That means it's time for the Hawkeye Report crew to assemble and discuss what we learned in the last couple of days. Tom Kakert, Blair Sanderson, and Kyle Huesmann discuss what we saw from the Iowa offense, defense, and special teams at practice and thoughts on the Iowa team heading into the 2022 season. Plus a few football recruiting updates and some Iowa baseball news.

The times are changing when it comes to the Big Ten Conference and where fans will be able to watch Iowa games. Scott Dochterman from The Athletic joins the pod to discuss the Big Ten and ESPN moving on from each other and the massive new media rights deal for the conference. What does it mean? What will it look like? We dive into all the angles. Then we discuss Iowa media day coming up on Friday, the Kids Day practice on Saturday and what we will be watching.

We wrap up our summer series of podcasts with Iowa football coaches by having Hawkeye strength and conditioning coach Raimond Braithwaite on the show. We talk about his journey into the strength and conditioning profession, his time at Iowa and the success that the program has had and much more. We also dive into his day to day work and the importance of nutrition and sleep for today's athletes and a few names that he says Iowa fans should be watching this fall.

A very special edition of the podcast this week. We are joined by the great Luka Garza and his father, Frank to discuss their upcoming basketball camps and special experiences in eastern and central Iowa. Go to LukaGarzaAcademy.com for all the details. We talk about the camps and their special relationship and a whole lot more. Then we talk some Iowa basketball recruiting. Will Iowa land Pryce Sandfort and J.P. Estrella in the Class of 2023? Finally we wrap up discussing the start of fall football camp in Iowa City.

We cover a lot of ground of the podcast this week. First, we are joined by Gavin Sullivan, the director of Mid-Pro Academy and coach of the 17U team that included future Hawekyes Brock Harding and Owen Freeman. The future Hawkeyes also join the pod to discuss their undefeated run in the month of July. Then Kyle Huesmann joins the pod to talk about Iowa women's hoops and their visit with the media on Friday morning, an update of Iowa baseball and field hockey. Finally we discuss Big Ten Media Day, Kevin Warren meeting the moment, and what Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeyes had to say.