Hawkeye Report Podcast

It was a huge win for the Hawkeyes on Sunday at Ohio State. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo break it down from the all angles and look at Iowa's improved defensive effort. We also discuss the best wins of the McCaffery era and why this one might be #1 and we take a look at the state of the Big Ten race and where Iowa lands. Then we answer mailbag questions and talk a little Iowa football. Thanks to o...

It was a record setting Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena as Luka Garza became Iowa's all time leading scorer in men's basketball. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo look back at the win over Penn State and Garza setting the record. We also dive into the Luka vs. Ayo for Player of the Year debate and have an extended discussion about the Big Ten race heading into the final two weeks of the season. Then we...

It's not often we get to talk about 30 point wins in basketball at Michigan State, but that's what we do on this podcast. We look back at the Hawkeyes win over the Spartans, the hot shooting of Joe Wieskamp, and we discuss the state of the Big Ten race. We also dive into the NCAA Tournament seeding and where Iowa sits right now. Then we discuss a little Iowa football before diving into the complic...

Iowa getting back on the winning track means that Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo need to do a second podcast this week. We look back at Iowa's win over Rutgers and the hot shooting streak that Joe Wieskamp is currently on. Then we dive into the decision by Mark Kallenberger to end his football career and Iowa's options at tackle. We also discuss two assistant coaches leaving the Hawkeye football tea...

This week on the podcast, Matt Randazzo returns to join Tom Kakert and they discuss Iowa basketball's losing streak and some thoughts on the defeat at Indiana. We also discuss the importance of C.J. Fredrick to the Hawkeyes. Then we look at the overall view of the Big Ten and wrap up looking at 2022 football recruiting for Iowa.

After a tough loss for the Hawkeyes, we needed a voice of reason, so John Bohnenkamp joins us to discuss the defeat on Thursday to Ohio State. We discuss potential changes to the lineup and rotation and how to fix the Iowa defense. We also look at a new football schedule for the Hawkeyes in 2021 and what is means for the season ahead.

After a huge and somewhat controversial loss on Friday night, it was time to do a podcast. So we grabbed our good friend John Bohenkamp to make some sense of what happened in the Iowa/Illinois game. We discuss the controversial calls and Fran McCaffery's post game comments. We also look ahead to a busy hoops week for Iowa, C.J. Fredrick's status, the starting lineup, and we wrap up talking some fo...

A fun podcast this week. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are joined by former Hawkeye Pat Angerer to discuss raising $80K for former teammate Dace Richardson. Then we are joined by our good friend Kedric Prince to preview the huge Iowa/Illinois game on Friday night in Champaign and we discuss the Illini hiring Bret Bielema as their new football coach.

An extra podcast this week. We are joined by former Hawkeye Dalles Jacobus to discuss his career as an Iowa football player and what this season was like for him. How he ended up walking on at Iowa, playing for Reese Morgan, and then we dive into his music career, which is taking off in a big way. Go see Dalles on the 29th in Palo for his second live show!

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo look back at the dominant win by the Iowa basketball team over Northwestern and we discuss the struggles of the league with Covid and how it's impacting the league and Iowa's schedule. We also breakdown the Big Ten hoops race and who are pretenders and contenders. We talk 2021 and 2022 hoops recruiting, some football recruiting news, and footb...

This week on the podcast, the gang is back together as Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss the latest in Hawkeye news. We start with an extended conversation about Iowa basketball and Iowa's last two wins, along with a preview of the Michigan State game. Then we talk a little football and Hawkeye recruiting news with Iowa trying to wrap up their 2021 recruiting class.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert is joined by Chad Liestikow from the Des Moines Register to look back at Iowa's big win over Rutgers on Saturday, take a peek ahead at the game against Maryland, and how Hawkeye fans should try and enjoy this season. Then we dive into football talk and go down our look at the potential starting lineup for the Hawkeyes in 2021 and how successful this season was...

One final podcast for 2020 and Tom Kakert is joined by the great John Bohnenkamp to look back at Iowa's win over Northwestern on Tuesday night. We also dive into the brutal Big Ten race for basketball and where it might be headed. Then we take a look at Iowa football and one new addition, a player staying for another year, and several players leaving for the NFL, including Daviyon Nixon.

On Sunday Missouri pulled out of the 2020 Music City Bowl due to an outbreak of Covid-19, which ended Iowa's football season. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss what happened, and a very newsy Kirk Ferentz press conference that followed. Then we dive into the Iowa basketball team losing to Minnesota and the unnecessary panic that has resulted from it and look ahead to a big game on Tuesday night...

It was a very busy week for the Hawkeyes on several fronts. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo open the pod discussing Iowa football pausing football for five days as they hopefully prepare for the Music City Bowl. We also take an early look at the Missouri football team before we jump over to hoops and look back at the loss to Gonzaga, the upcoming basketball schedule, and the state of the Big Ten head...

What? Two podcasts in a week? Yep, it's signing day so we needed to do one on the Hawkeye recruiting class that will put pen to paper on Wednesday. Tom Kakert and Blair Sanderson break down the 2021 group for the Hawkeyes, which includes five four star prospects and we look ahead to the 2022 group and some targets there, plus what holes are left to fill for the 2021 group.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are joined by a very special guest, Masters and British Open Champion and mega Hawkeye fan, Zach Johnson to discuss a huge week in Iowa sports. We look back at Iowa's win over Wisconsin and the important plays in the game and look ahead to the contest against Michigan. Then we talk Iowa hoops and the amazing play of Luka Garza and preview the...

Two pods in one week? You bet! Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are joined by Hawkeye legend Jess Settles to discuss Iowa's big win on Tuesday over UNC and just how good this Hawkeye team is this season. We also preview the Iowa/Iowa State game and then dive into some football news, including a snowy forecast for Iowa City on Saturday for the Wisconsin game, potential opponents for Iowa next week, and...

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are joined by former Hawkeye Mike Gesell to take a look the early season results for the Iowa basketball team and preview their game against UNC on Tuesday night. Then we dive into Iowa's win over Illinois and how Spencer Petras turned things around and we look ahead to the match-up with Wisconsin and talk about a potential opponent next week,...

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo look back at the Hawkeyes win over the Cornhuskers and Clappingate that emerged after the game. We preview the game against Illinois and if Iowa is on upset alert. Then we talk some big problems with Big Ten football and we wrap up talking a whole lot of Iowa basketball, including the greatness of Luka Garza and emerging stars in Patrick McCaf...

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are on Zoom doing the pod leading up to Thanksgiving. We look back at Iowa's win over Penn State and assess the play of Spencer Petras. Then we preview the game against Nebraska on Friday afternoon. Then we do an extended preview of the Iowa basketball season and make our gambling picks for the Big Ten games this weekend.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo look back at Iowa's win over Minnesota and the bad blood between the coaches that spilled over into the game. We preview the Penn State game and if Iowa can get a road win. We finally have a basketball schedule and we break that down and discuss what we heard about the Hawkeye basketball scrimmage this past weekend.

This week on the pod, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss the much needed win over Michigan State and we dive into our preview of the battle for Floyd of Rosedale on Friday night at Minnesota. We discuss the state of the Big Ten and what we have learned so far and dive into what Fran McCaffery and Lisa Bluder said at their media day press conferences this week. Plus we discuss the addition of Pay...

This week on the podcast we look back at the loss last Saturday to Northwestern. What went wrong for the Hawkeyes and is the discussion of looking for a new QB option justified? Then we dive into the Michigan State preview and if the Hawkeyes are in a spot for a bounce back opportunity. We wrap up talking some Iowa hoops with the opening game just a few weeks away and we talk some gambling odds fo...

Week one of the Iowa football season is in the books and Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo review the Hawkeyes loss at Purdue. We discuss what went right for Iowa and what went wrong and we preview the game against Northwestern. Then we dive into the Big Ten after week one and what we learned, talk some recruiting, and gambling options this week.