Iowa Nice Guy

The America Nice Guy is back with a World Cup Round of 16 preview.

After America's 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, the U.S. now faces Belgium but without Folarin Balogun after a controversial red card. Can the Americans keep their World Cup run alive?

Also in this episode:

• Mexico vs. England

• Portugal vs. Spain

• Egypt vs. Argentina

History, humor, and World Cup commentary from the uniquely American perspective.

Presented by Iowa Everywhere.

The Iowa Nice Guy has been called up to the national team.

For as long as the United States is alive in the World Cup, call him the American Nice Guy.

In this Round of 32 special presented by Iowa Everywhere, the American Nice Guy previews USA vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina, explains why Bosnia and Herzegovina is not two countries, salutes Dayton, Ohio’s unexpected role in world peace, and warns America about Wisconsin’s own Milwaukee Messi.

Plus: Spain vs. Austria, Argentina vs. Cape Verde, and Australia vs. Egypt.

Subscribe to Iowa Everywhere for more World Cup commentary, sports, culture, and everything Iowans are already talking about.

March Madness has arrived, and for the first time in decades, Iowa is back in the Sweet 16.

And somehow… Nebraska is too.

This episode of The Iowa Nice Guy covers:

• Iowa vs Nebraska in a rubber match that feels both historic and deeply unsettling
• Fred Hoiberg’s complicated legacy in Iowa and his current reality in Nebraska
• Court-storming chaos, strange explanations, and rivalry tension at its peak
• Ben McCollum’s reset of Iowa basketball and why it finally looks different
• Iowa State vs Tennessee and the impact of Joshua Jefferson’s injury
• Why March is less about the best team and more about the team that survives

It’s rivalry.
It’s chaos.
It’s March.

And somehow, it’s Iowa vs Nebraska with everything on the line.

🍺 Presented by Modelo

This is the Season 3 finale of The Iowa Nice Guy — and the end of one of the strangest, loudest, most revealing seasons college football has ever produced.

This episode explores:

• The quiet collapse of SEC dominance
• How parity finally broke the sport’s old hierarchy
• Why the national championship between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Miami Hurricanes tells us everything about where college football is headed
• Miami’s long-buried swagger and why it still rubs people the wrong way
• Indiana’s rise from polite indifference to the most compelling story in sports
• Curt Cignetti’s blunt, joyless, relentless approach — and why it works

Indiana isn’t nostalgia.
Indiana is possibility.

And that idea should make every fan in America uncomfortable — and hopeful — at the same time.

🍺 Presented by Modelo

The College Football Playoff semifinals are here — and the sport has officially entered its weirdest era yet.

In this episode of The Iowa Nice Guy, we cover:

• Ole Miss vs Miami and the “someone has to win” semifinal
• Oregon vs Indiana and the pressure on Dan Lanning and Curt Cignetti
• Why Indiana’s run is already one of the most remarkable stories in modern college football
• The transfer portal: who it helps, who it hurts, and why fans are losing their grip on rosters
• How the SEC lost its stranglehold on the sport
• Why the NFL may be the next unintended victim

Pandora’s Box is open.
Hope is still inside.
And college football isn’t going back.

🍺 Presented by Modelo

Week 19 is here, and it’s time for bowl season, Bugeaters, and the College Football Playoff Quarterfinals.

This episode covers:

• Iowa vs Vanderbilt and the clash of values vs vibes
• Nebraska vs Utah in a Las Vegas Bowl that won’t be competitive
• Why Nebraska’s struggles aren’t bad luck — they’re identity
• Miami vs Ohio State and the illusion of being “back”
• Oregon vs Texas Tech and résumé math
• Alabama vs Indiana and the greatest Hoosier season ever
• Ole Miss vs Georgia fueled by ex-coach hatred

It’s bowl season.
It’s playoff season.
It’s college football — for better and worse.

🍺 Presented by Modelo

It’s College Football Playoff week — and already, the product isn’t
matching the promise.
This episode of The Iowa Nice Guy covers:
• Alabama vs. Oklahoma and the art of the 13–10 slog
• Miami being “back” (again) and Texas A&M spending its way to confusion
• A first-round playoff slate that feels recycled and uninspired
• Why Tulane–Ole Miss and JMU–Oregon aren’t what we were sold
• Fernando Mendoza winning the Heisman the right way
• Diego Pavia turning a Vanderbilt fairy tale into a social media meltdown
• Michigan firing Sherrone Moore — allegedly — and the suspicious
timing behind it
• The new NCAA transfer rules and what Michigan really bought itself
• And the uncomfortable question: is Michigan closer to Nebraska than
Ohio State?
It’s playoff week.
It’s messy.
It’s loud.
And it’s college football in 2025.
🍺 Presented by Modelo

Week 16 is here, and college football has officially lost its mind.
The Iowa Nice Guy breaks down:
• The broken expanded playoff
• Rematches, blowout lines, coaches abandoning teams
• Why the sport needs its own Magna Carta
• Notre Dame’s playoff tantrum (and bowl opt-out)
• Touchdown Jesus facepalming
• The unmatched beauty of Army–Navy
• Who Jimmy Rogers actually is, and why the new Iowa State era is fascinating
It’s chaos.
It’s hilarious.
It’s heartbreaking.
It’s college football.
🍺 Presented by Modelo
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🎬 Credits:
Starring Scott Siepker as The Iowa Nice Guy
Written by Scott Siepker & Nick Renkoski
Produced by Rebekah DeWild & Scott Siepker
Graphics & Branding by Eric Hermann
Special Thanks: Keith Murphy, Chris Williams, Jake Brend
Based on “Iowa Nice” by Paul D.H. Benedict & Scott Siepker

Championship Week is here — but it’s not what it used to be.
The Iowa Nice Guy breaks down the absurdity of modern college
football, including:
• Why conference championships no longer matter
• Coaches leaving playoff teams mid-run
• The ACC disaster scenario
• BYU’s bizarre playoff path
• Indiana vs Ohio State meaning absolutely nothing
• Iowa’s offensive resurrection under Tim Lester
• Nebraska being trapped in eternal mediocrity
• Iowa State fans forgetting the trauma of the past
🍺 Presented by Modelo
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🎬 Credits:
Starring Scott Siepker as The Iowa Nice Guy
Written by Scott Siepker & Nick Renkoski
Produced by Rebekah DeWild & Scott Siepker
Graphics & Branding: Eric Hermann
Special Thanks: Jake Brend
Based on “Iowa Nice” by Paul D.H. Benedict & Scott Siepker

Rivalry Week is here — the most unhinged, emotional, chaotic, and meaningful weekend in college football.

Iowa Nice Guy breaks down:

• Why rivalry games matter more than playoff rankings

• Ohio State vs. Michigan and the Buckeyes’ soft schedule

• Starkville chaos and the Egg Bowl nightmare scenario

• Auburn’s chance to send Alabama fans into meltdown

• How college football changed — and what it lost

• Iowa vs. Nebraska: not a rivalry, a domination

• What the Iowa Nice Guy is thankful for in this beautiful, broken sport

🍺 Presented by Modelo
🎁 Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iowaniceguy

Credits:
Starring Scott Siepker
Written by Scott Siepker & Nick Renkoski
Produced by Rebekah DeWild & Scott Siepker
Brand & Graphics: Eric Hermann