Wil is from Durant, Iowa and found his way to Iowa City in 2012 after playing in Fort Dodge at Iowa Central Community College for 2 years. Wil is a fellow walk on and played D line for the Hawks. We talk all about Wil's first week in Iowa City, his career arc, why he connected with our mental health episode, the challenges of being a Walk On transfer, his relationship with Jordan Canzeri and Q Alston, as well as marrying a teammates sister, his short stint at long snapper, once waiting in KF's office for 6 hours to meet with him, his memorable first play from scrimmage, and his new role as 'Dad'.
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In this episode we go all over the map, figuratively AND literally as we discuss conference realignment and what is going to happen to the Big 12. Who, if anyone, should be added and dropped in the Big 10, and the rest of the implications from Oklahoma and Texas most recent decision. Before all of that we talk about Ihmir in Minnesota, the food life of professional athletes, the conclusion of the Olympic games, swimming, track, water polo, and Simone Biles. We talk Caitlyn Clark dominating in international basketball, Megan Gustafson, and the privilege's we have had with Hawkeye basketball players of the last 5 years, Joe Rogan, censorship, the vaccine, politics, yea all of that dumb shit. Now you see why this is quite the episode. There's a lot to chew on, we hope you enjoy
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This rare Kevin and Tyler episode takes you on a roller coaster of topics including a KF and Kevin dialogue, 3 Walk Ons starting their own NIL venture, an arrest being made from the JBo downtown incident, The IC Block Party, Kevin's favorite pop, we tease some developing events for our own show and brand that will be fully announced soon, Brandon Scherff, Drake's haircut, and some realizations and 30 day opinions on NIL. Then we bounce into discussion on fall camp, all of the gear the players just got in prep for camp, the hotel, the camp vans, and what the guys should expect over the next 2 and a half weeks. Where they should direct their focus, how to keep their bodies feeling good, and other advice.
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Joe is from Muscatine, Iowa. He safely sits above Drake on the list of best athletes from Muscatine, and he joins the show today from San Antonio, where he was recently drafted to by the Spurs. Joe had an incredible 3 years at Iowa starting in all 97 games of his career and entering multiple record lists along the way. After a fantastic JR season he now enters his rookie year in the league. We talk to Joe about his decision to play for Iowa, what it was like being a Hawkeye, how to deal with the the mentality of being a shooter, having a fiancee that also played D1 ball, playing with guys like Luka, and JBo, how he plans on getting even better, and more.
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This is one of our Patreon exclusive episodes that comes around once every 2-3 months.
If you would like to listen to our entire conversation head to patreon.com/washedupwalkons and subscribe now!
We discuss:
-The Walkon Army being our 300 spartans, being extras in the movie, and how life would have been for us if we lived in that world.
-Taking our kids to swimming lessons and using our knowledge of S&C to teach our kids athleticism early on
-The theoretical scenario where we could have made a bunch of NIL money and how we would have handled that
-KF working out with Coach Doyle and the respect we have for the staff getting shit done
-A reflection back on our mental health episode and if/how things have gotten better now that 2 more years have passed
-A conversation on a 100 universe theory and where we rank in the potential 100 outcomes.
-A whole lot more BS and banter
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David works for 247 Sports following recruiting for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He covers Iowa football and basketball and has been doing so for 3 years. He is a graduate of the U of Nebraska, which we discuss along with questions of Frost being in the hot seat, what it was like covering them vs covering Iowa, and more. We talk about David's struggle to get hired initially out of school and his perseverance, his thoughts on click bait articles vs good content, being part of the 'bad guys' and how he goes about developing good relationships with athletes as well as writing good stories, and how he is 'Raising the standard' of Iowa beat writing.
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Nick DiMarco is the Director of Strength & Conditioning for Elon University in North Carolina. He was named to that position in February 2018.

Prior to Elon, DiMarco spent three years with the Iowa Hawkeyes as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the football program. He rejoined the Hawkeyes after spending the 2013 season with the program as a intern.

DiMarco rejoined the Iowa program after playing in the NFL as an outside linebacker in 2014. He spent time with the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens.

DiMarco earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education and strength and conditioning from William Penn in and a Master of Science in exercise science, performance enhancement and injury prevention, from California University of Pennsylvania. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Health and Human Performance from Concordia University-Chicago. He also holds damn near every Strength Coach certification in the book, which you will be able to syphon out of our interview with him.

We talk about how he started training his own peers while he was still in college and how that was the first example of how Nick is a trendsetter and pusher of boundaries in the field. We discuss much of his philosophy on training a college football team and draw many comparisons between what he does with his team, and how we use to do things at Iowa.

This is the ultimate nerd out episode so much of this will fly over the heads of our average listener that has no interest in strength and conditioning. However dispersed throughout the episode are plenty of comments and conversations about Nick's time at Iowa, Discussion on freak athletes like Wirfs and Scherff, what he learned being part of that staff, and his favorite memories of those 3 years.
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Macon Plewa makes his 3rd appearance on the show. Macon is from Franklin, Wisconsin and played Fullback for the Hawks from 2011 to 2015. He joins to talk Bucks V Suns with Drake. Macon recounts some of his favorite Drake memories and stories and he also helps us discuss a variety of other topics like some of his most brutal days playing, the Rose Bowl vs Stanford and Christian McCaffrey. We talk things we wish we would have known when we were playing, and also recap the Legacy Hawk event that happened over the weekend. We got confirmation that KF has heard the podcast, locked down some future guests, and caught up with some of the current guys. All of that and more in 233.
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Jason Manson was a QB at the University of Iowa from 2002-2006. After 15 years away from Iowa City he now returns as the Director of Player Development. The Director of Player Development serves as a guide for student-athletes as they transition from high school to college, supporting their academic and football successes while creating a positive and memorable college experience.
Manson has been involved in high school administration and coaching since the end of his Hawkeye playing career. He has held the position of assistant Dean of Students and head football coach at St. Thomas More School the last two years. In 2018-19 he served as student management assistant at Greater Hartford (Conn.) Academy of the Arts and head football coach at Capital Prep.
Manson, a native of Bloomfield, Conn., was the head football coach at Capital Preparatory Magnet School from 2014-18, while also serving as director of college and career readiness. He also served as a position coach at Central Connecticut State University from 2010-14, instructor and offensive coordinator at Milford Academy in 2008-09, wide receivers coach at Becker College in 2007 and Western Connecticut State.
As a player at Iowa, Manson lettered in 2005 and 2006, playing both quarterback and wide receiver. His career totals include completing 42-85 pass attempts for 442 yards and one touchdown. He had 22 career rushing attempts for 93 yards and three pass receptions for 22 yards. Manson led Iowa to a double-overtime win at Syracuse in 2006 in his only start at quarterback.
We talk about his transition back into the program, the things that have changed and the things that have stayed the same, and the fast paced environment of D1 football. We also discuss Jason's thought process from his perspective as last years Iowa football controversy played out, and how that affected his mindset in trying to return and coach/work in the program.
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Kevin Kasper is from Burr Ridge, Illinois and attended Hinsdale South High School. After going being under recruited, he found his way to Iowa City and it turns out to be a fascinating story that Kevin tells. He eventually made his way into an impact role for the Hawkeyes, then beat the odds again in making multiple NFL teams and even winning a Superbowl with Tom Brady and the Patriots in 2004. Now he lives in PHX, AZ with his wife and 3 kids, all who have inherited some of Kevin's insane genetics, and even more importantly his elite work ethic and mindset which becomes ever so clear the reason for his long list of life successes. He talks about his training now, his diet, stories from the league, injuries, almost killing Drake in a workout, parenting, and speaks at length about his 16 yr old star football recruit of a son who has offers from a growing list of schools across the country. Enjoy
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