Fight for Iowa – The Official Podcast of Iowa Athletics

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The Iowa-Nevada matchup showcases strong defenses and outstanding special teams. Iowa with some injured receivers expected to return along with #1 running back Gavin Williams hopes for an offensive explosion. Nevada's offense had a culture change. Former Hawkeye star LB Jay Norvell, left after five years as Head Coach of the Wolf pack after last season, taking the Air Raid offense with him to Colo...

George Roddy once set the Finkbine course record, shooting a 72 with nine's of 31-41. Roddy rarely lost over several years of competition starting in 1929. Sadly he couldn't defeat racism. Banned from country clubs where most prominent tournaments were held because he was African American, George Roddy never got to compete for a Big Ten title. He won several in state university meets and all of hi...

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It's less than two weeks before College Football kicks off another season. The Iowa Hawkeyes are halfway through their fall camp. Questions are being answered, some will hang on through the first week or so due to lingering injuries. The fragments are slipping into the puzzle though as the Hawkeyes practice their way to the season opener September 3rd with FCS power South Dakota State. You'll hear...

A young Iowa women's soccer team finished 4th in the Big Ten a year ago yet wasn't invited to the NCAA tournament. Using that as motivation, the Hawkeyes are poised for what they hope will be a special starting this month. Welcome to this week's Fight for Iowa podcast featuring Soccer Coach Dave Dilanni. Fight for Iowa is sponsored by Scheels, Athletico and Iowa Corn. See Privacy Policy at https:/...

Two of the greatest grid iron Hawkeyes arrived on campus in 1999 eager to help new coach Kirk Ferentz retool the Iowa program and get the new century off on the right foot. Both Robert Gallery and Dallas Clark had very few college offers. In fact Clark walked on, willing to play any position that would appropriate time on the field. Robert Gallery, ironically was listed as a tight end. Both f...

College football is a month and a few days out. The Iowa Hawkeyes start their training camp in less than two weeks. Pre season awards and watch lists are rolling off the press for the likes of seniors Jack Campbell at LB and CB Riley Moss. Linebackers Seth Benson and Jestin Jacobs are highly thought of and punter Tory Taylor landed on the Ray Guy award roll call. Offensively the line, the blockers...

Iowa basketball Coach Fran McCaffery's staff, long one of the most veteran, experienced crew of teachers has gotten significantly younger but remains very basketball savvy. 41 year old Courtney Eldridge and Matt Gatens age 33 have been hired to fill the vacancies created by Kirk Speraw's retirement and Billy Taylor's head coaching appointment at Elon College in North Carolina. Both Eldridge and Ga...

For those of us who think the summer flies by, Iowa Football is about 45 days out. Fall camp begins in less than a month. Now until kickoff, we'll preview each of the Hawkeye's opponents, starting with South Dakota State. The Jack Rabbits powered their way to an 11 win season and a spot in the national semi finals last December. In fact the Jacks have qualified for the football championship subdiv...

A new era of Iowa volleyball is set to debut for tested and proven and first year Hawkeye head coach Jim Barnes. In previous stops at Wyoming, Baylor and Tulane, Barnes has produced 455 wins, many all Americans and NCAA Player of the year. The Louisiana native has put 4 teams in the NCAA tournament including a Sweet 16, 9, 20 plus win seasons and feels the Hawkeyes can reach the elite level where...

Barely three months removed from a Big Ten Tournament title run in Indianapolis, the excitement around Iowa Men's basketball hasn't subsided. All American forward Keegan Murray's 4th over-all selection by Sacramento in the NBA draft, verbal commitments highlighting recent recruiting efforts, a significant changing of the guard with the coaching staff and three returning starters from that 26 win t...

University of Iowa head women's wrestling coach Clarissa Chun was recently inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, just the third female to be so honored by the Hall. Chun competed in five world championships winning in 2008 and later that year captured Olympic Bronze in London. Chun also won four titles at the Pan Am Games. Now she'll funnel all that success and energy into Hawkey...

Two of Iowa football's greatest are on this year's college hall of fame ballot. OT Robert Gallery and Tight End Dallas Clark are among 80 players and 9 coaches nominated by the National Football Foundation. Voting concludes the end of June and we'll know who's in this years class the end of December. Both Gallery and Clark were consensus All Americans from small town Iowa. Both were highly coveted...

Iowa basketball's Kris Murray is returning to the Hawkeyes for his junior season after going through the preliminary NBA draft process. After working out for most of the professional teams in Chicago, Murray says he learned a lot and can't wait to get back to work with his team mates and coaches, to play at least one more year....for the best fan base in the world. The 6'8, 210 pound Murray posted...

The month of June has arrived and those highly recruited athletes for the Iowa Hawkeyes will start rolling into town for summer school classes and workouts in their respective sports including basketball and football. The Hawkeye football group of newcomers was ranked top 25 led by 5 star defensive back Xavier Wampa from SE Polk and 4 star defensive lineman Aaron Graves from SE Valley. They'll joi...

Iowa baseball is at the Big Ten tournament looking to add to the season of success that saw the Hawkeyes finish strong scoring 44 runs in a three game sweep of Indiana to end the regular schedule. Iowa tied for 2nd place in the conference standings and earned the #3 seed at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha with an NCAA regional tourney berth at the end of the rainbow. The Hawkeyes featured great bala...

The Iowa Athletics Department will host a Dr. Christine Grant "Celebration of Life service on Sunday 22nd in Carver Hawkeye Arena at 3pm. The event is open to the public. Dr. Grant passed away New Years Eve at the age of 85. Not only was Christine Grant Iowa's first Director of Women's Athletics, she was a founding member of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for women and served as...