Just Some Hawk Guy

After recapping the latest trouncing by the Scarlet and Grey, there was much lamenting the intrinsic advantages for the elites in college football, and much fear about another low-scoring let-down on the West Coast. 

An obscure Hawkeye fan careens though a cavalcade of bonkers Big Ten games before reveling in the majesty of an altogether absurd Hawkeye win in the Casa Grande. 

Some Hawkeye fan spends a couple of minutes talking about a flaccid week in the Big Ten before breaking down the upcoming Iowa/Michigan submissions-only cage match in Ann Arbor.

A Hawkeye fan of minute importance reckons with yet another in-state rock fight, albeit one the Hawks won.

A Hawkeye fan of little merit discusses the Big Ten, the dim-light shed on a QB battle, and a brief Cy-Hawk preview. 

A Hawkeye fan of little note previews the Hawk game against Northern Illinois

Ross and Eliot share their thoughts on Jan Jensen and Iowa signing UCF transfer guard/forward, Emely Rodriguez.

What Rodriguez adds to the roster, where we expect her to slot into the lineup, whether or not she'll start, what the starting lineup could look like for the #Hawkeyes, who we expect to lead the #Iowa women, Sydney Affolter joins the Iowa staff as a grad assistant and more. Plus, we talk a bit more about the portal for the men and Ben McCollum's approach to recruiting.

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Rodriguez commits: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/commit-iowa-wbb-adds-emely-rodriguez

Rodriguez 3 Thoughts: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/three-thoughts-on-iowa-wbb-adding-emely-rodriguez

Syd Affolter as a GA: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/sydney-affolter-joins-iowa-wbb-coaching-staff-as-graduate-assistant

EC's Bball Bullets (Portal, recruiting, more): https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/ecs-bball-bullets-latest-on-portal-2026-recruiting-following-3ssb-event-5-19.472640/

Eliot and Ross take a look back at Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever playing in Iowa City on Sunday and their big win over the Brazilian national team.

Caitlin's play and the NBA legend she is closes to emulating culturally, her big logo three, the Fever and their chances of winning the WNBA championship this season, + portal updates and efforts from Iowa football, MBB and WBB.

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Caitlin Clark's Return to Iowa City: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/caitlin-clark-s-return-to-iowa-city-a-familiar-story

Ashton Williamson TPTB: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/transfer-portal-target-breakdown-ashton-williamson

Sage Talks Commitment: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/sage-talks-commitment-i-want-to-win-for-coach-mccollum-

Tyler Tachman of the Des Moines Register joins Eliot and HawkCast to hit on our biggest takeaways from Saturday's open spring practice for Iowa football.

The elevation of the passing game, Mark Gronowski throwing again, defensive standouts, what can actually be applied to the fall?, the NFL Draft for the #Hawkeyes, a quick look at #Iowa MBB's portal efforts and more.

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Six Takeaways From Open Practice: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/six-takeaways-from-iowa-s-open-spring-practice

Iowa Football Transfer Tracker: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/hawkeye-beacon-2025-football-transfer-tracker-spring

MBB Transfer Tracker: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/hawkeye-beacon-2025-mbb-transfer-tracker

Kaleb Johnson Drafted: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/kaleb-johnson-drafted-by-the-pittsburgh-steelers-in-2025-nfl-draft

Over the weekend, Iowa men's basketball added the commitment of Robert Morris transfer PG Alvaro Folgueiras and football signed OT Bryce George. Both programs still need to add help -- who will they go after and what do they need? Analysis from Eliot and Ross of Hawkeye Beacon.

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Three Thoughts on Alvaro Folgueiras: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/three-thoughts-on-alvaro-folgueiras-commitment-to-iowa

Three Thoughts on Bryce George: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/three-thoughts-on-the-commitment-of-bryce-george

Worrell Talks Commitment: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/worrell-talks-commitment-the-fans-care-about-a-long-snapper-

TPTB, Hecklinski: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/transfer-portal-target-breakdown-jeremy-hecklinski

TPTB, Edwards: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/transfer-portal-target-breakdown-gavin-edwards

Diondre Smith Commits: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/commit-2026-three-star-wr-diondre-smith-picks-iowa