Hawk Talk on Melrose

Tyler and Collin discuss another disappointing loss for Iowa as they lose to the Cyclones 10-7. The offense is on life support and change is needed NOW! Enough is enough.

It’s time to move on from that ugly 7-3 win, and turn the attention to our instate rival. It’s CyHawk week and we have a big-time matchup inside Kinnick Stadium on Saturday. Tyler, Kolby, and Collin are here to go over the game. Can Iowa get something going on offense? Is the 6 game win streak over them in jeopardy? Can Iowa’s D win it for us? A lot of questions going into this game. Topics in thi...

Iowa wins 7-3 against SDSU. Defense and ST played great, but what the hell was that on offense yesterday. Absolute terrible and inexcusable performance by them. We dive deep into this game and break down how we saw it. It can only get better, right?!?

WE ARE FINALLY IN GAMEWEEK.  Topics in this episode: we discuss the Northwestern vs Nebraska game, preview Iowa's first game against SDSU and give our prediction, look at some of the big games in Week 1 of College Football, and finish with our first week of Wager Winners.  Thanks for supporting and listening to our Podcast. Go Hawks!

In this episode, we start off by discussing why we think the Oline will be better this year. We then get into the freshman class and rank 8 of the freshman players on how we see them impacting/contributing this season. After that we go over some over/under for this season both on the defense and offense. And lastly we talk about some week 0 college football - Nebraska vs NW and Wyoming vs Illinois...

Kolby joins the show for the first time this season - glad to have him back on!! He used to be a co-host back in the early days of this podcast.  In this episode: Kolby, Tyler, and I go through our big observations of this year's team. We then get into what we think the big 10 standings will be by the end of the year and look at some big games that may determine who wins the division or not....

Collin shares his thoughts centered around Iowa Media Days that took place on Friday and the Kids Day Scrimmage that was on Friday. 

Start off this episode by sharing our thoughts on the podcast that Chad Leistikow did with Brian Ferentz a couple weeks back. We look at the big 10 position rankings and where Iowa fits in there at each position, and then also a look ahead at some of the bigger Big 10 games this season and the implications some of those games will have. We finish the episode finally going through the Big 10 East o...

Episode 3: Offense Struggles & Top 10 Iowa Players for 2022.  Welcome back, Hawk Fans! Topics in this episode:  We start off the pod examining the offense from last year as we make our way into this year, we provide some key stats of the offense under BF, and Collin gives his four (realistic and small) changes that Iowa could do to see a little bit more success on the offensive side...

Week 2 of Hawk Talk on Melrose! Topics include:   - Brief talk on Big 10 Media Days  - Depth Chart overview  - Schedule overview  - Team difficulty of Iowa's schedule... Tyler and I rank 12-1 of our opponents from 12 being the easiest and 1 being the hardest opponent.    4 more weeks until College Football!! 5 more weeks until Hawkeye Football!!

Welcome back Hawks!! The first episode of season 4 - topics include: - Why we decided to change the name to Hawk Talk on Melrose - Recap of last year as we transition to this year - Quick preview of each Big 10 west team and their over/under win total - Thoughts on USC/UCLA joining the Big 10 New episode out every week! Once the season starts, we will be recording twice a week. Go Hawks!!

We are back after taking a 4-week hiatus.. not because we wanted to. Tyler and Collin share their reaction to Iowa's 20-17 loss against Kentucky in the Citrus Bowl. 

Topics in this episode: Iowa is back in Indy baby!!  What’s at Stake  Petras or Padilla or both  Michigan Preview  Keys to the game/ Prediction  Lincoln Riley to USC, Brian Kelly to LSU  Who takes over at Notre Dame and Oklahoma Championship Week  CFB Playoff

Tyler and Collin discuss Iowa's 28-21 victory over Nebraska and briefly get into the Big 10 Championship game. We will have another episode out later in the week talking about that game! Go Hawks!

Illinois reaction / Nebraska Preview

Topics in this episode: - BF comment about who is starting at QB this weekend - Tyrone Tracy's now-deleted tweet - Illinois preview / prediction - Why we need to be Nebraska fans this weekend - NY6 bowl still in play?? - CFP Playoff Rankings - Wager Winners - Iowa basketball

Iowa wins its 7th straight game against Minnesota keeping Floyd for another year!! We are here to discuss that game and give you some of our thoughts. Go Hawks!

Iowa host Minnesota this weekend for the Floyd of Rosedale.. topics in this episode: - Padilla Time - Minnesota Preview and Prediction - College Football Playoff Rankings - Road to Indy - Iowa Basketball  - Wager Winners 

Tune in as Collin and Tyler break down the Northwestern game. A big topic in this episode is the QB change that happened yesterday. Is Padilla the man moving forward?? We discuss that and what we saw out of him on Saturday.

Topics in this episode include: - Tyler Barnes (Iowa's director of recruiting) quote about fans reacting to losses - Iowa's offensive struggles and look back at the offense under Brian Ferentz - Northwestern preview and prediction - Wager Winners - Reaction to the College Football Playoff initial rankings

Instant reaction episode going over the ugly loss at Wisconsin 27-20.

Iowa has a huge showdown this weekend in Madison. We are here to talk about that.. topics included: - Iowa/Wisconsin Series .. they have had our number - Must win game? - What we saw in Wisconsin last weekend at Purdue - Iowa's offensive struggles - How to stop Wisconsin - Prediction - Look at some other games around the country this wekeend - Wager Winners

Iowa has a bye week this week, so we are going to take a different approach to this episode and talk about non-Iowa topics. - Big 10 Power Rankings - How we see the Big 10 East/West division play out the rest of the way - CFB Topics - NFL Topics - Wager Winners $$

Purdue hands Iowa their first loss of the season on Saturday 24-7. We are here to discuss that... - Jeff Brohm having his way against Iowa's defense - Iowa's offense is on life support - Playcalling issues - Bye week to get things right - Look ahead at the rest of the season - Wager Winners

Topics in this episode: - Hangover game for Iowa?? - Jeff Brohm having his number against Iowa - Look at this years Purdue team - Prediction - Road to Indy - Who would you want to face in the Big 10 Championship? - CFB Playoff or NY6 Bowl? - Wager Winners