Hawkeye Report Podcast

This week on the Chuck Long Podcast, we discuss the Hawkeyes close win over South Dakota State. What happened on offense? What about the quarterback position? If Iowa makes a change, how are those decisions handled? We also discuss facing Iowa State this weekend, what we have seen from the Big Ten schools this season, and we pick some games this weekend.

Back for season two with the Chuck Long Podcast. This week we discuss the opening of the college football season and what that's like for coaches and players, particularly the week that starts school. We also discuss the Iowa offense and their options playing with limited receivers due to injury, how to get a run game going with a stacked box, and we also pick all the Big Ten games this week.

Week one of the Iowa football season has arrived! Matt Randazzo and Tom Kakert are joined by our friend Austin Bramley, who knows a lot about South Dakota State. Then we dive into what Kirk Ferentz said on Tuesday at this weekly press conference and preview the contest against the Jackrabbits. We talk a little hoops recruiting and then wrap up picking all the Big Ten games this weekend.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo take a long look at the Iowa football team heading into the first game week of the season. We project what the two deeps might look like when they are released on Monday afternoon and if the Hawkeyes are still a contender for the Big Ten West crown. Then we pick some games for Week Zero of the college football season and wrap up talking some h...

Plenty of news to cover on the podcast. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann discuss the impact of the new Big Ten media rights deal on Hawkeye athletics. We talk about the positives of the deal and the concerns, plus how it will impact sports like college baseball and women's basketball. Then we talk quite a bit about what we have learned and heard from Iowa football fall camp. We breakdown all the posit...

Iowa football media and the annual Kids Day practice are in the books. That means it's time for the Hawkeye Report crew to assemble and discuss what we learned in the last couple of days. Tom Kakert, Blair Sanderson, and Kyle Huesmann discuss what we saw from the Iowa offense, defense, and special teams at practice and thoughts on the Iowa team heading into the 2022 season. Plus a few football rec...

The times are changing when it comes to the Big Ten Conference and where fans will be able to watch Iowa games. Scott Dochterman from The Athletic joins the pod to discuss the Big Ten and ESPN moving on from each other and the massive new media rights deal for the conference. What does it mean? What will it look like? We dive into all the angles. Then we discuss Iowa media day coming up on Friday,...

We wrap up our summer series of podcasts with Iowa football coaches by having Hawkeye strength and conditioning coach Raimond Braithwaite on the show. We talk about his journey into the strength and conditioning profession, his time at Iowa and the success that the program has had and much more. We also dive into his day to day work and the importance of nutrition and sleep for today's athletes an...

A very special edition of the podcast this week. We are joined by the great Luka Garza and his father, Frank to discuss their upcoming basketball camps and special experiences in eastern and central Iowa. Go to LukaGarzaAcademy.com for all the details. We talk about the camps and their special relationship and a whole lot more. Then we talk some Iowa basketball recruiting. Will Iowa land Pryce San...

We cover a lot of ground of the podcast this week. First, we are joined by Gavin Sullivan, the director of Mid-Pro Academy and coach of the 17U team that included future Hawekyes Brock Harding and Owen Freeman. The future Hawkeyes also join the pod to discuss their undefeated run in the month of July. Then Kyle Huesmann joins the pod to talk about Iowa women's hoops and their visit with the media...

This week on the podcast, good friend Chad Leistikow joins the show. We discuss the Iowa Swarm Collective launch and why we think it's a good idea for Hawkeye athletes. We also discuss our look at Iowa hoops this week and what we learned. Then we discuss some potential storylines for Big Ten Media Days coming up early next week. Finally, we dive into win totals for al the Big Ten teams and if we w...

Our summer coaches series continues with a visit from Iowa's associate defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Seth Wallace. We discuss his journey in coaching and ending up in this profession as the son of a coach and his playing career at Coe. How he ended up connecting with Norm Parker, which led to being a graduate assistant with the Hawkeyes. His eventually return to Iowa and we do in-dep...

The podcast returns and we have plenty to discuss this week. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss the latest in NIL news with a collective being formed and a player led program being launched. We talk some other football news, including Petras at the Manning Passing Academy, and we discuss where things stand with Iowa football recruiting in the Class of 2023. We also talk about the 2023 basketball...

It was a busy July 4th with a new verbal commitment to the 2023 Iowa football recruiting class. We take a look at the new commitment and the state of the class, along with which recruits might be next to join the Hawkeyes. We also talk some hoops recruiting with the July evaluation period getting underway this weekend. Then we dive into our Fearless Forecast for the 2022 Iowa football team before...

It was a big news day for the Big Ten and for the Iowa Hawkeye football team. Scott Dochterman from The Athletic joins us to discuss a massive day of news. First we discuss USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten. What does it mean for the conference and Iowa? What about the media rights deal that is coming soon? Will there be more expansion? Then we discuss the commitment of five star OL Kadyn Proctor t...

We continue our coaches series this summer and visit with Iowa wide receivers coach Kelton Copeland. We talk about his path into coaching and trying to keep a good work/life balance. Then we dive into the receiver position and he explains the three spots and the expectations for them. We also discuss the individual players like Keegan Johnson, Arland Bruce, and Nico Ragaini. Are there any players...

It's been a busy few days on the Iowa basketball front with Keegan Murray being the 4th pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night and then a pair of verbal commitments for Fran McCaffery, one in the Class of 2023 and the other the first in the Class of 2024. We discuss Brock Harding and Cooper Koch and what their additions mean to the Iowa program. We also talk about possible 2023 target Pryce Sandf...

That's right, back to back podcasts today! This time around, we visit with Iowa basketball strength and conditioning coach Bill Maxwell. We dive into the work he does year around with the Hawkeye hoops team. He talks about his work with the Murray twins and helping Keegan improve his vertical jump. We also discuss who the highest leaper is on the team this year, working with Josh Dix on his way ba...

It was a first for the podcast with news breaking during the recording. Iowa basketball offered standout Moline point guard Brock Harding as we were recording, so we react to it in real time and discuss the fit he could potentially have at Iowa. The Hawkeye football team also had a massive recruiting weekend coming up and it got even bigger late in the week when five start offensive tackle Kadyn P...

On this podcast we visit with Iowa assistant basketball coach Kirk Speraw. He announced his retirement recently and will complete his coaching career at the end of June. We discuss his time with the Hawkeyes as a coach, getting to know Fran McCaffery once he was hired, when the chest bumping in the locker room started, his memories of coaching, what's wrong with social media today, and talking abo...

June is starting out as a month with a good amount of Hawkeye news. Matt Randazzo and Tom Kakert discuss the big news of the day, Matt Gatens being hired as an assistant coach for Iowa basketball. Why is he a great fit and what will be the recruiting impact? Then we turn to football recruiting and discuss a new commitment along the defensive line for the Class of 2023 and preview four official vis...

This week on the podcast we are joined by Iowa offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Brian Ferentz. In a wide ranging discussion we dive into what it's like on the recruiting trail in the NIL era. We also talk about becoming a quarterback coach and how he evaluates players at the position. We then discuss the Iowa run game, the play of the offensive line, and the receiver position after Cha...

A wide ranging podcast this time around. First, we are joined by Kenyon Murray to discuss the return of his son, Kris, to the Iowa basketball roster after testing the NBA waters. How did Kris improve as a player and why he came back to lead the Hawkeyes next season. Then we turn to talking Iowa baseball with Kyle Huesmann. He was in Omaha and gives us a rundown on Iowa's performance. He also talks...

With all the talk of NIL and boosters forming collectives, Iowa is getting involved with their own Swarm Collective, which will be officially launching shortly. We get a preview from one of our great message board posters Tx_Hawk, who is leading the group forming the Iowa booster collective. He gives Hawkeye fans a preview of what their goals and objectives are for the collective prior to the upco...

A bonus podcast heading into the holiday weekend. We visit with the Director of Recruiting for Iowa Football, Tyler Barnes. We talk about the preferred start times for home games from a recruiting perspective, the growth of NIL and how much is it being brought up by prospects, and we talk about the coaches being back on the road with some new territories being opened up for the Iowa coaches. Plus,...