Hawkeye Report Podcast

This week on the podcast, good friend Chad Leistikow joins the show. We discuss the Iowa Swarm Collective launch and why we think it's a good idea for Hawkeye athletes. We also discuss our look at Iowa hoops this week and what we learned. Then we discuss some potential storylines for Big Ten Media Days coming up early next week. Finally, we dive into win totals for al the Big Ten teams and if we would go over or under. Plus some special Iowa player over/under totals.

Our summer coaches series continues with a visit from Iowa's associate defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Seth Wallace. We discuss his journey in coaching and ending up in this profession as the son of a coach and his playing career at Coe. How he ended up connecting with Norm Parker, which led to being a graduate assistant with the Hawkeyes. His eventually return to Iowa and we do in-depth about the Iowa linebacker position and discuss several of the players currently on the roster.

The podcast returns and we have plenty to discuss this week. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss the latest in NIL news with a collective being formed and a player led program being launched. We talk some other football news, including Petras at the Manning Passing Academy, and we discuss where things stand with Iowa football recruiting in the Class of 2023. We also talk about the 2023 basketball recruiting class for the Hawkeyes and we wrap up with the NBA Summer League and the play of Keegan Murray.

It was a busy July 4th with a new verbal commitment to the 2023 Iowa football recruiting class. We take a look at the new commitment and the state of the class, along with which recruits might be next to join the Hawkeyes. We also talk some hoops recruiting with the July evaluation period getting underway this weekend. Then we dive into our Fearless Forecast for the 2022 Iowa football team before we wrap up discussing the changing landscape of conferences and college football.

It was a big news day for the Big Ten and for the Iowa Hawkeye football team. Scott Dochterman from The Athletic joins us to discuss a massive day of news. First we discuss USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten. What does it mean for the conference and Iowa? What about the media rights deal that is coming soon? Will there be more expansion? Then we discuss the commitment of five star OL Kadyn Proctor to Iowa. What does it mean to the Hawkeyes and how important was it to lock down the states best player once again this year?

We continue our coaches series this summer and visit with Iowa wide receivers coach Kelton Copeland. We talk about his path into coaching and trying to keep a good work/life balance. Then we dive into the receiver position and he explains the three spots and the expectations for them. We also discuss the individual players like Keegan Johnson, Arland Bruce, and Nico Ragaini. Are there any players emerging and are the routes and the overall passing game being simplified.

It's been a busy few days on the Iowa basketball front with Keegan Murray being the 4th pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night and then a pair of verbal commitments for Fran McCaffery, one in the Class of 2023 and the other the first in the Class of 2024. We discuss Brock Harding and Cooper Koch and what their additions mean to the Iowa program. We also talk about possible 2023 target Pryce Sandfort and wrap up with some talk about The Rally for Reid and a huge football recruiting weekend.

That's right, back to back podcasts today! This time around, we visit with Iowa basketball strength and conditioning coach Bill Maxwell. We dive into the work he does year around with the Hawkeye hoops team. He talks about his work with the Murray twins and helping Keegan improve his vertical jump. We also discuss who the highest leaper is on the team this year, working with Josh Dix on his way back from his leg injury, and much more.

It was a first for the podcast with news breaking during the recording. Iowa basketball offered standout Moline point guard Brock Harding as we were recording, so we react to it in real time and discuss the fit he could potentially have at Iowa. The Hawkeye football team also had a massive recruiting weekend coming up and it got even bigger late in the week when five start offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor announced he was down to Iowa and Alabama and that he will be in Iowa City this weekend. We rundown all the visitors and what the landscape looks like for the Class of 2023 for the Hawkeyes.

On this podcast we visit with Iowa assistant basketball coach Kirk Speraw. He announced his retirement recently and will complete his coaching career at the end of June. We discuss his time with the Hawkeyes as a coach, getting to know Fran McCaffery once he was hired, when the chest bumping in the locker room started, his memories of coaching, what's wrong with social media today, and talking about Luka Garza, Keegan Murray, and Nicholas Baer.