Hawkeye Report Podcast

The transfer portal is open and the Iowa Hawkeye Football team has been busy shopping for players, and yes, losing a few on the way. We discuss that and more on the Hawkeye Report Podcast.

First, we talk some Hawkeye Basketball. We open discussing the Iowa men's team having a shot to tie the game at Minnesota, only to miss three shots and lose by three to the Gophers. Tom Kakert was in Minneapolis for the game and discusses what he saw and the conversations he had with Ben McCollum and the players after the game, including the Hawkeyes dealing with illness among several team members.

Then we preview the huge game on Sunday against the Fighting Illini. They are the biggest team in all of college basketball and Iowa will have to deal with those size issues. We also talk about the rivalry between the two schools and how important this game is with Iowa having to travel to Purdue and Indiana next week.

Finally, we dive into the transfer portal talk. We discuss the players who have left the Hawkeyes, including the surprising departure of Koen Entringer and Brian Allen. Then we discuss the players who will be joining the Iowa program later this month and equally as important, we have a list of potential targets that are still out there and we break all those down, plus how much room is still left on the roster.

It's a post bowl game edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo join up to talk about the Iowa football team beating Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl, 34-27 on New Year's Eve.

It was a strong performance for the Iowa offense, led by Mark Gronowski and featuring huge plays in the passing game from DJ Vonnahme and others along the way. We talk about the fast start, led by a huge run by Gronowski and the huge trick play early in the second half to put points on the board.

Plus we discuss the defensive effort of the Hawkeyes, who did a pretty solid job against Diego Pavia and in the first half in particular, Iowa put plenty of pressure on the Heisman Trophy runner-up in the game. We also discuss the game changing strange play on a Vanderbilt punt along with one poor decision that we think Iowa made that took possible points off the board.

Finally we look ahead to the portal and the next season also gets a quick look at the end of the podcast.

It's a very special edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast as we record from Tampa prior to the ReliaQuest Bowl. We are pleased to be joined by the two gentlemen who will be calling the game agianst Vanderbilt, Gary Dolphin and Pat Angerer.

It's a wide ranging conversation talking a lot of Iowa football, starting with our memories from this bowl game with Dolphin ready to call his seventh bowl game from Tampa and Angerer having played and won the 2009 then Outback Bowl over South Carolina. We walk down memory lane discussing this bowl game.

We talk about the state of the Iowa program under the leadership of Kirk Ferentz and why the program continues to have success year after year and we look back at this season of Iowa football. We look at the culture in the Hawkeye program and why that is such a key to the success of the team and the program under Ferentz.

Then we preview the keys to the game against Vanderbilt and what they have to do to slow down their quarterback Diego Pavia. Also, what does Iowa have to do on offense to have success in this game.

Finally, we share some great Norm Parker stories and the link that he created between Kirk Ferentz and Tom Izzo.

It's our year end wrap-up Hawkeye Report Podcast. Of course we will probably do one or two more before the end of the year, but this is our wrap on the entire season for all the various sports that we cover.

We are joined by Tom Kakert, Kyle Huesmann, and Tanner LaFever to discuss the various sports and beats that we cover. We start with Iowa football and earning the Joe Moore Award on Monday and why it's a special award for this group and for Kirk Ferentz since Moore was his former high school coach and mentor.

We then highlight some of the top stories from the Iowa football season, including LeVar Woods moving on, the close losses this season and other storylines this year. After that we move on to Iowa men's basketball and the stories of this past year, including the firing of Fran McCaffery and the hiring of Ben McCollum, along with a massive roster change.

After that we move on to women's basketball and the stories from last season, which was the first for Jan Jensen leading the program. Plus, Kyle gives us an update on Emely Rodriguez and her status with the team. Kyle also talks about his other beats and the stories of Iowa baseball, women's soccer and field hockey.

Finally, Tanner discusses the top stories for Iowa men's wrestling, including an individual title for a Hawkeye wrestler. He also gives us the top stories for the Iowa women's wrestling team, who won a national title for the second time. Plus what's ahead for both wrestling squads.

It's a semi-emergency edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. We have some breaking news today that long time special teams coordinator for the Iowa football program, LeVar Woods, will be departing the program after the bowl game. Woods will be headed to Michigan State to be their special teams coordinator and also assistant head coach.

Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss this surprising news and the impact it will have on the Iowa program. We look back at the great success that Woods had in this role and the challenge that Kirk Ferentz will have to fill this role. What are some potential options for the Iowa head coach? Are there some internal options that he could look at to fill the role?

We also talk some portal news. Yes, the portal isn't open quite yet, but the is plenty of chatter. We look at some of the positions of need for the Hawkeyes this year and wonder if Iowa will start a youth movement at linebacker this season.

Then we move to basketball and discuss the suspension of guard Emely Rodriguez, who did not make the trip to NYC where the Hawkeyes will face #1 UCONN on Saturday afternoon. What are Iowa's chances in that game?

Finally we discuss some of Ben McCollum's comments on Thursday regarding what he will be looking to add in recruiting this spring and his thoughts on fouling if you are up three late in a game.

It's the latest edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast and we are talking bowl game invites and and a pair of huge in-state basketball games on the schedule this week in Ames.

First, we start with the news that the Hawkeyes are going bowiling once again this year. Iowa is heading to Tampa for the seventh time in the Ferentz era and it's a new opponent. This time the Hawkeyes will face Vanderbilt, who had a 10-2 record this season, has scored over 30 points in all but one game this year, and have a Heisman Trophy finalist in Diego Pavia. We look at their season and take an early look at their key players.

Also, we look at the bowl season in general. With what happened in the College Football Playoff selections aren't we looking like a new 16 team playoff coming next year? Perhaps even more?

Then we are off to talking basketball where it's Cy-Hawk week in the state of Iowa. First we discuss the Iowa men's team, who picked up a significant win on Saturday afternoon over Maryland. What did we think of the victory for the Hawekyes, who shot it well and got out shot from the foul line by a significant margin. Finally we wrap up discuss what was almost a battle of top ten teams when the Hawekye women visit the Cyclones. We discuss the key match-up for the game in the post.

It was night one of Big Ten Basketball play for Ben McCollum and the Iowa Hawkeyes and the first road game was not a successful outing as they lost at Michigan State 71-52. On this edition of the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss the defeat at the hands of the Spartans. What went wrong for the Hawkeyes and will those issues be a problem longer term this season?

We look at the upcoming games for the Iowa men's team as they host Maryland on Saturday and then travel to Ames next week. What would be a realistic outcome for both games and we discuss why it is very important for Iowa to get a win on Saturday over the Terps.

Then we move over to Iowa football because it's signing day on Wednesday. We breakdown the class of 18 players and discuss nearly all of them on the podcast. We talk about seven four star prospects and who stands out from that group. We also discuss the new trend with high school players, early enrollment into college and how 11 of these future Hawkeyes will be on campus startng in late January.

Also, we talk about the transfer portal, which will become a hot topic in the coming weeks before the portal officially opens up after the first of the year. What are the positions of need for the Iowa football team in the portal this year and could there be spots where some Hawkeye players might be leaving?

Finally we talk about the upcoming bowl invite and how it looks like the Hawkeyes could be headed to Tampa later this month to face an opponent from the SEC.

It's another edition of the Chuck Long Podcast with the former Iowa All American quarterback breaking down the Hawkeyes latest game. This week it's another win, in fact a rivalry win over Nebraska.

We get Long's views on the play of the Iowa offense an how they were dominating the line of scrimmage and were able to run the ball for over 200 yards and pass it effectively for nearly 170 yards in the game. We discuss the plays that were called by Iowa OC Tim Lester and how they were executed by Hawkeye quarterback Mark Gronowski. What did we think of some of Gronowski's throws to the Iowa tight end DJ Vonnahme and wide receiver Reece Vander Zee.

We also discuss the Iowa defense and how they also won the line of scrimmage and made the Cornhuskers one dimensional in the game. How did Iowa improve agains the run in the second half and the younger players who stepped up due to injury.

Then we are going to discuss the next couple of week as Iowa prepares for their bowl game. Does a coach work a lot with their younger players? How do you handle the reserve quarterbacks as you try to get players out of the transfer portal.

We wrap up talking coaching changes in college football and pick some games this weekend.

It's another post game edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. This time it's another pod following a win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Iowa blew open a close by by outscoring the Cornhuskers 30-3 on their way to a convincing 40-16 victory.

Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo dive into the win and the plays that were key in the game. We also discuss the incredible day for Aaron Graves, who became a father for the first time on Thansgiving Day and then rushed to Lincoln to play a football game.

We discuss the strong performance from Mark Gronowski at quarterback and his key plays to DJ Vonnahme for a score and the amazing throw and catch to Reece Vander Zee. Then we dive into a look at this season and where the Hawkeyes might be bowling. Could a trip to Tampa be on the agenda?

Finally we wrap up talking some Iowa men's basketball after their 2-0 trip to Palm Springs and what we learned about the Hawkeye team.

The Hawkeyes rallied in the fourth quarter from a double digit deficit to pick up their seventh win of the season. This week on the Chuck Long Podcast, we dive into what happened on Saturday in the Hawkeyes 20-17 victory over Michigan State. We talk about how Mark Gronowski and how much he struggled in the first three quarters of the game and how he picked it up and made huge plays in the fourth quarter.

Long talks about what he would have done with Gronowski when he was struggling. Would he have potentially made a quarterback change? What did he think of the way Gronowski rallied and played in the fourth quarter? What was his analysis of the massive throws to Jacob Gill and Reece Vander Zee?

We also discuss the crazy decision by the Michigan State head coach who said he wanted to challege Iowa return man Kaden Wetjen and how he paid for that decision. We then talk about hte Iowa defense and how they were able to get four straight three and outs in the fourth quarter.

Finally we look ahead to the Nebraska game and how both teams will be on a short week and how travel on Saturday could impact hte Huskers in this game. What do we think of the new Nebraska quarterback? Finally, we pick some of the top games in the Big Ten during rivalry weekend.