Hawkeye Report Podcast

Plenty of news to cover this week on the podcast. We start with a review of the situation at Northwestern and the firing of Pat Fitzgerald. Then we move on to talk about Iowa football recruiting and their current run of picking up commitments in the Class of 2024 and their first commitment in the Class of 2025. We then move on to a long discussion about this year's Iowa hoops team as they prepare...

Something a little different this week on the podcast. We are joined by 2024 Iowa quarterback commit James Resar to discuss his recent official visit. We talk about his time in Iowa City and what he learned that weekend. We also discuss his interaction with the other quarterbacks, bonding with the incoming offensive linemen, and if he did any recruiting of the wide receivers and tight ends who wer...

It's a special edition of the podcast. As is tradition, Tom Kakert published his fearless forecast for the upcoming Iowa football season. He is joined by good friend Jon Miller to discuss the Hawkeye season and share our predictions for each game. We look at the overall view of the Hawkeyes and their transfer portal additions and how they will help improve the Iowa offense. Plus, we discuss some b...

A special edition of the Hawkeye Report podcast. Our friend John Bohnenkamp joins us to remember our great friend Steve Batterson, who passed away earlier this week. We look back at his amazing life and work ethic during his time at the Quad City Times and the fun times we had together. Then we jump over to Iowa Basketball and discuss what we learned from meeting with several Hawkeye players earli...

It continues to be a busy summer for Hawkeye news that we need to discuss on the podcast. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss Iowa football players speaking to the media on Wednesday. We discuss meeting linebacker Nick Jackson and QB Cade McNamara talking about taking a group of players to California for training. We then dive into a big week of football recruiting for the Class of 2024 and 2025...

A lot of ground to cover on the podcast this week. Kyle Huesmann joins the show and we take a look back at the Iowa baseball season. We also look at the recent roster movement with additions and subtractions via the transfer portal and what might be ahead. Then we dive into Kyle's summer check-in on Iowa women's hoops. We also look at Tom's summer check-in on Fran McCaffery's team. Finally we rund...

Back to back big guests on the podcast! This time around we are honored to have one of the greatest players in Iowa basketball history join us. Luka Garza comes on the podcast to promote his upcoming basketball camps taking place this month in Urbandale, Iowa. We discuss what the camps will be like for the kids and adding a Father/Son Camp this year on Father's Day weekend. You can sign up for the...

A special edition of the podcast this week. With Caitlin Clark playing in the Pro-Am at the John Deere Classic, we were fortunate to get her playing partner for that day, Zach Johnson, to join us. We are also joined by JDC Tournament Director Andrew Lehman to discuss the event and how you can bring your kids to the course that day for free. Of course, we also talk a lot of Iowa football with some...

We get back to our Ready to Report podcast series. This time we are joined by wide receiver Alex Mota. The in-state standout just graduated from high school and is excited to get started this summer in Iowa City. Mota looks back at his recruiting process and how Iowa initially recruited him as a defensive back before flipping him to wide receiver. That decision got him to verbally commit a few hou...

It was a jam packed podcast this week. First Matt Randazzo returns to the show to discuss a pretty cool event happening with the John Deere Classic in early July. Iowa star Caitlin Clark is playing golf at the Pro-Am with Zach Johnson. It's a pretty cool event and we discuss it. Then Kyle Huesmann joins the pod and we go in-depth on the Iowa baseball team traveling to Indiana State for the NCAA To...

Iowa athletic director Gary Barta is retiring. That means we have to do a special emergency podcast. Scott Dochterman from The Athletic joins the pod to discuss the complicated legacy for the long time AD for the Hawkeyes. We look at the positives during the Barta era when it comes to facilities and we discuss the negatives including legal issues that resulted in the financial losses for the Iowa...

Hawkeye baseball is front and center this week on the podcast. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann, who is in Omaha covering the Iowa baseball team, break down the Hawkeyes come from behind win over Indiana to advance to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. We discuss the start by Brody Brecht and how the Iowa bullpen was strong while the Iowa offense punished the Hoosiers pen. We look ahead to the next ga...

We continue our Ready to Report series of podcast as we visit with the incoming Iowa football recruits. This time we spend 15 minutes with offensive lineman Cannon Leonard. We discuss how he found his way to football after growing up dreaming of playing D1 basketball. His time playing hoops with two future Hawkeyes and his brother playing football for Illinois. Plus his relationship with Coach Bar...

We continue on with our Ready to Report series in podcast form with another player from Illinois headed to Iowa City. This time it's defensive back John Nestor. He was a relatively early commitment in this class and we discuss why he picked Iowa over other Big Ten and Big 12 schools. Nestor also talks about his football journey, his hopes in the first year at Iowa, and his excitement for the first...

We continue our Ready to Report series on the podcast by visiting with incoming freshman Teegan Davis. The defensive back talks about the Hawkeyes adding him late in the recruiting process during the month of December and also a knee injury he sustained during the indoor track season this winter. He updates his health and his expectations for the first year on campus.

Something a little different for the next few weeks. As part of our Ready to Report series, we will be catching up with the Iowa recruits to get their thoughts before they arrive in Iowa City. First up in this series is one of the early commits, Leighton Jones. He discusses the recruiting process that brought him to Iowa, the school that gave him pause before his commitment, and how excited Jones...

We are fortunate to have an XFL champion on the podcast this week. Fresh off winning the XFL title with the Arlington Renegades, Chuck Long talks about the title win and doing it with two of his close friends. We also spend a good deal of time discussing the Chuck Long Charity Auction that benefits the Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities that takes place this weekend. Get your bids in her...

A special edition of the podcast this week as we are joined by former Hawkeye Jake Gervase. He is holding the third annual Rally for Reid football and spirit camp coming up on June 23rd. Gervase discusses how the camp got started and the former teammates who will be coaching at the event. We also discuss his view on the success of Phil Parker as DC and why Iowa players come back to train during th...

Plenty to discuss on what is a bit of an emergency podcast thanks to some pretty significant developments that began over the weekend and officially popped on Monday afternoon. Iowa athletics has a gambling issue among at least 26 student-athletes. Kyle Huesmann joins the pod to discuss it. He talks about how this story started at the baseball game on Friday when star Keaton Anthony was not in the...

It was a pretty significant day for the Iowa football program, so we had to discuss it on the podcast. Iowa landed top transfer wide receiver target Kaleb Brown from Ohio State. He was a Top 100 player last year. We discuss his impact and the role that Cade McNamara played in being able to land him on his official visit. Does this make Iowa the favorite in the Big Ten West? Then we also talk about...

It's a busy podcast this week. We are joined by former Hawkeye Chuck Long and Angie Peterson from the Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities to promote their upcoming charity auction that will include a lot of Iowa Hawkeye items, including signed helmets from Lukas Van Ness and Jack Campbell. Then Matt Randazzo and Tom Kakert break down the first round of the NFL Draft and Van Ness to Green...

It's NFL Draft season so we are required to have your good friend Scott Dochterman on the podcast to talk about it. First, we look back at Saturday's final practice for the Iowa football team. What did we learn about the 2023 Hawkeyes? Is there real improvement on the offensive side of the ball and at quarterback? What about the Iowa defense? How good can this group be and how deep is the defensiv...

New podcast as we preview the upcoming final spring practice for the Hawkeyes, discuss Brock Harding being named Mr. Basketball in Illinois, and have a long discussion about the coordinator press conferences this week in Iowa City, particularly what Brian Ferentz said. Then we wrap up talking a lot of football and basketball recruiting.

It's portal season so that means plenty of talk about the transfer portal for Iowa men's and women's basketball. We start with Fran McCaffery picking up a portal commit from big man Ben Krikke. What is Iowa getting in Krikke and where does Iowa stand with other portal targets? Then we dive into the women's hoops portal where the Hawkeyes now have an opening. Who might Lisa Bluder be targeting in t...

The NCAA title game is in the books and there's plenty to talk about following the Hawkeyes falling short against LSU on Sunday afternoon. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo look back at the game and the subpar officiating that took place and took away from the game. Then we dive into the Angel Reese and Kim Mulkey issues coming out of the game. We also praise Lisa Bluder and Caitlin Clark for the way t...