The bye week is in the books, but there has been plenty of off the field drama in the last week. We discuss the never ending band story, the wild 24 hours of the Carson King story, and then we talk some football and look ahead to Middle Tennessee State. We wrap up talking some hoops recruiting and discuss the betting lines this weekend.

It’s a bye week for the Iowa football team, but it’s not a bye week for the Hawkeye Report podcast. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo look back at a wild Cy-Hawk game that included a crazy final minutes. We then discuss what we know about the Big Ten West so far this year, talk some recruiting news for football and basketball, and wrap up with a discussion of Big Ten mascots and some gambling thoughts this weekend.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo look back at Iowa’s season opening win over the RedHawks and the positives and negatives we saw. We discuss Alaric Jackson’s injury and when he might be back on the field. We look ahead to the Big Ten opener against Rutgers, talk some hoops recruiting news, and the state of the Big Ten after one week of the 2019 season.

The podcast hit the road again this week. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo were at the William Hill Sportsbook inside the Isle of Capri Casino in Bettendorf to discuss sports gambling in Iowa, the home opener against Miami (OH), Oliver Martin being cleared to play, and we the latest recruiting news.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are joined by John Bohnenkamp to discuss the upcoming college football season for the Hawkeyes. We take a look at what Brian Ferentz and Phil Parker said this week and some interesting position battles and concerns. Then we dive into recruiting for both football and basketball and wrap up discussing gambling in Iowa and what it’s been like so far.

The Hawkeye Report Podcast hits the road. We were live from Godfather’s Pizza along with our guests: Joe Conklin, Steve Manders, Nicholas Baer, and our Illini friend, Kedric Prince to look ahead to the college football season and talk a little Big Ten basketball. We do our yearly over/under segment and look back at Iowa football media day and Kids Day.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss some good news for Iowa basketball recruiting with the commitment of Ahron Ulis. We also look at the final five for Xavier Foster and the rest of 2020 hoops recruiting for Fran McCaffery. Then we talk some football recruiting and preview Iowa football media day, which comes up on Friday afternoon in Iowa City.

After a month away, the podcast returns and we have a lot to discuss. We open discussing Big Ten Football Media Days, which take place this week. Then we dive into the Tom’s Fearless Forecast for the upcoming Iowa football season and where the season could be headed. Finally, we talk a whole lot of recruiting. We review all the football commits since the middle of June and what’s left and we also discuss where things stand for Iowa basketball recruiting and the top targets in the Class of 2020, plus the future of Joe Wieskamp.