Kris Murray and Payton Sandfort were great on Thursday night. Josh Dix had quite a performance off the bench, as well. Jett Howard couldn’t keep scoring at will, and the Hawkeyes advanced to 3-3 in the Big Ten Conference. Go Hawks!!

At 0-3 in the conference the Iowa men were struggling putting the ball in the basket. After a big win over top 20 Indiana in an amazing comeback, the Hawkeyes beat Rutgers on the road in a game where Iowa never trailed. The football team has received some good news in the portal, and a couple of key defensive players are coming back for another year.

Iowa’s defense dominated by shutting down Kentucky’s offense and scoring two touchdowns on interceptions. The offense didn’t make any big mistakes and did enough to help the Hawkeyes move to 8-5 on the season, capping it off with a bowl win. Captain Kirk was emotional talking about the seniors taking part in the bowl game.

They Iowa Hawkeyes and Kentucky Wildcats face off on New Years Eve…at 11 AM Central Time. Both teams will have young QBs starting and facing good defenses. It looks like rain in Nashville. Also included a quick recap of defense signees for 2023 after talking about offense signees in the prior episode. Go Hawks!

Iowa lost to the 356th best team in the country on Wednesday. It was the biggest upset in the last 30 years and maybe ever. Kadyn Proctor left the Hawkeyes high and dry at right tackle for next season, and now the portal needs to come through. Quick run through of offense signees for 2023 football.

It was a tough three game stretch, made tougher with an injury to Kris Murray. After a poor shooting game and a loss to Duke in NYC, the Hawkeyes crushed ISU in a quick turnaround game without Murray. Without Murray and Ulis, the Hawkeyes lost to WI in OT. Nice effort by the Hawkeyes. New transfer portal news with Eric All, TE from Michigan, picking the Hawkeyes! This new offense is coming together!

The transfer portal is getting every fan base stirred up. Only around 40 percent of players that enter the portal find what they are looking for. The Iowa Swarm is growing its members, which is good for the future of Iowa athletics. It’s a huge week of basketball for Fran and his Hawkeyes cagers!

The Hawkeyes football team had a lot to play for on Friday, but they couldn’t get the offense going until it was too late. The Hawkeyes men BB team are playing in the Emerald Coast Classic championship against TCU after a nail biter win over Clemson!

Fran McCaffery landed a solid 2023 basketball class with two players from Moline, one from Waukee, and a power forward from NJ. Is the portal still open for a 5th? This year’s team is a high scoring unit led by Kris Murray, and they have quite a schedule coming up. Get to Carver or watch on tv if you can’t!! This is a fun team!

Iowa needs a win on Friday to secure a Big Ten West Championship and a trip to Indy to play the winner of Michigan and Ohio State! After starting the season 3-4, Kirk Ferentz has led his team to four straight wins, despite a struggling offense. The Cornhuskers are traveling to Iowa City to play spoiler, while the Hawkeyes are looking for the 8th win in a row over the Huskers.