Washed Up Walkons

Landan and Levi Paulsen found their way to Iowa City from Moville, Iowa. Two of the most Iowa good ol boys you will ever meet. Two of the best representatives of the Iowa Football program that walk the earth. Landan and Levi sit down to talk growing up as massive twins from a small town and what it was like to dominate high school sports. They talk about how they started their own businesses as high school kids and did everything from move furniture to bale hay to shovel driveways. Both go into detail about their personal and joint journeys at Iowa and how their time in the program molded them. We get into other topics as well like growing out their hair and then chopping it off for a cause, injuries and how tough being a D1 lineman can be on the body, and much more. Enjoy.

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DISCLAIMER: This is not your normal WUW episode. This is 5 former roommates catching up for an hour. This episode is a mild version of if you walked into our house on Benton Street in Iowa City in 2017 on a Sunday morning and sat down to listen to our conversation. Ike Boettger and Bo Bower join the show and we simply try to keep the train on the tracks.
 

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The boys get together for a quick saturday night spit on the Iowa vs. Penn St. dual meet in Iowa City. Kevin wrecks the entire show in a way only he could, so Drake and Tyler take it home by finishing the episode in discussion about the Super Bowl hawks and who they think takes home the title.
 

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Jake Gervase is one of the TRUE WUW alumni. He joined the Iowa football team in 2014 as a walk on safety from Davenport Assumption High School. He is one of the better friends of the show and just recently wrapped up his rookie year in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams. While in Iowa City Jake accrued many honors and awards including 3 time Academic All Big 10, Team Hustle Award, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award, Next Man In Award, Named to All-Bowl Team by Rivals.com for his play in 2019 Outback Bowl, Permanent Team Captain, Hayden Fry Award, Brett Greenwood Award, and he led the team in tackles with 89 his senior season. Jake talks about his wild path to Iowa City, his onion allergy, being called out by Coach Parker, "fooling" the NFL, and more.
 

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Tristan Wirfs grew up in Mount Vernon, IA just a short drive away from Iowa City. After becoming a dominant Iowa high school athlete, Tristan joined the Iowa football program in 2017. Tristan is now next in line to be selected into the NFL as a first round Hawkeye. Tristan joins the show to talk about having fun while playing the game, what it's like to be a high profile D1 football player with unlimited pro interest, and all things Hawkeye football.

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Nicholas Baer is a former walk on basketball player to the University of Iowa. Born in Iowa city, he grew up in Bettendorf where he became one of the states best prep basketball players before becoming a Hawkeye. Nick joins the show to talk all things Iowa basketball including his thoughts on some of the current Hawkeyes, playing for Fran Mccaffery, and what he misses most. He also catches everyone up on what his life looks like now in the G league playing for the Raptors affiliate team. Here is a summary of what Nick accomplished as a Hawkeye: Non-scholarship athlete his first two years, academically, before earning a scholarship following his redshirt freshman season (spring of 2016)… only player in program history to surpass 750 points, 500 rebounds, 100 assists, 100 steals, 100 blocks, and 100 3-point field goals… third Hawkeye since 1980 to lead the team in steals three consecutive seasons (Dean Oliver, Steve Carfino)… first Hawkeye since 1980 to lead the team in steals and blocks in the same season twice (2017, 2019)… first Hawkeye since Jeff Horner in 2005-06 to lead the team in steals in back-to-back seasons (1.3 spg in 2017 and 1.0 spg in 2018)… only player to win all four games in the seven-year history of the four-team Hy-Vee Classic… reached double figures 29 times and had four double-doubles… averaged 8.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, and two steals in four games representing Iowa on the 2016 USA East Coast All-Stars team… four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree… three-time Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree for the Iowa men’s basketball team… averaged 7.3 points, four rebounds, and a team-best 1.75 steals on Iowa’s four-game tour in Europe in August, 2018… twice named to the NABC Honors Court and earned the team’s Academic Excellence Award twice.
 

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Macon Plewa makes his 2nd appearance on the show to co host a discussion on championships from multiple sports across the nation. We talk about Joe Burrow and how the LSU Tigers cemented their legacy on college football. Are they the best team of all time? Will Joe Burrow have a decline at receiver when he gets to the NFL? What are our thoughts on OBJ passing out cash to players and smacking police officers on their ass? Is Tom Brady going to stay in New England? Conor McGregor made a triumphant return to fighting and is he now back on top? Who wins the Division Championships and goes to the Superbowl? All of this and more :)
 

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Steve Manders joined the Hawkeyes in the class of 2013 as a walk-on linebacker from Fork Union Prep on the east coast. He eventually transitioned from LB to fullback and remained on the team through the 2017 Outback Bowl against Florida. Steve talks about his path to Iowa, what he learned in Iowa City, and how being inside the program helped him get to where he is now. A lifetime pro wrestling fan, Steve had already graduated with his degree from Iowa and decided to forgo his senior season with the team to chase a life long dream. The seed had been planted and several connections had already been made, Steve entered wrestling school under the tutelage of WWE superstar Seth Rollins. Now, 3 years later, Steve has grinded his way up the ranks by traveling thousands of miles and wrestling hundreds of matches, many times for no compensation. Things are just beginning for the Cornbelt Cowboy, hear about all of this and more.
 

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We talk what it means to the hawks that Geno Stone declared early for the NFL Draft. What are some of our extended thoughts on AJE and Wirfs? A look into what some of the NFL hawks are doing as George Kittle continues to dominate and have we seen Marshal Yanda for the final time? A few thoughts on Iowa basketball and Wrestling and also some discussion on Peyton Mansell leaving the program for Abilene Christian University and what the Iowa QB room looks like now.
 

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Quite possibly the most entertaining 40 mins we have produced yet. this episode condenses down some of our top moments from 2019 all in to one funny ass episode. Thank you guys for continuing to support!
 

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