Hawkeye Report Podcast

It's a mega podcast this week with Tom Kakert, Kyle Huesmann, and Tanner Lafever coming together to discuss the latest in Iowa Hawkeye athletics. This week we open the podcast with huge news on the Iowa women's basketball recruiting front. Iowa picked up a commitment from five star forward McKenna Woliczko. Kyle Huesmann has all the details of the commitment from the talented 2026 prospect and wha...

It's a special edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast to start your week. We are joined by Jesse Shaw, who is the new Chief of Staff for Iowa Basketball under head coach Ben McCollum.  We learn about Shaw and his background. How he played college basketball with McCollum and who was actually the better player. His path into doing what he always wanted to do, which was coach basketball and the journ...

This week on the Chuck Long Podcast, we are taking a look back at the Iowa loss to Indiana on Saturday afternoon at Kinnick Stadium. But, before we start to breakdown the game, we talk with the Chuck Long about his visit to Kinnick Stadium this week as his 1985 Iowa Football team gathered for their 40th anniversary. He talks about a surprise visitor who returned for the reunion and much more.  The...

For a good amount of Saturday afternoon and evening, it looked like the Iowa Hawkeyes were about to end their struggles against ranked opponents and pick up a huge win over Indiana.  Instead it was frustrating defeat that included a key missed field goal and missed opportunities. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo have their usual post game podcast breaking down the Iowa Football team game from all the...

It's another busy edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. We are in the middle of the Iowa football season and we open the podcast this week talking a whole lot about Iowa women's basketball recruiting.  It seems like the recruitment of five star 2026 prospect McKenna Woliczko is close to a decision and plenty of rumors and hints from good sources on Wednesday indicating that Iowa is in a good posi...

The Iowa football team went on the road and scored 38 points in a win at Rutgers. This week on the Chuck Long Podcast, we discuss the Hawkeyes hard fought road victory.  We open talking about the game itself and get Long's views on the game plan that Tim Lester put together. Does it take time for an offensive coordinator to figure out a new quarterback and are we seeing progress on that front from...

It's another post game edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. This week it's Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo breaking down everything that happened at the game on Friday night at Rutgers as Iowa moved to 3-1 on the season with a come from behind win over Rutgers.  We look back at all the fireworks that took place in the first quarter, including the opening kickoff which saw Kaden Wetjen race 100 yard...

It's another jam packed edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo take one final look back at the win over UMass and the 206th victory for Kirk Ferentz. We look back at the performance of Mark Gronowski and some of his comments on Tuesday about what happened in the previous game. Plus one last discussion about Ferentz reaching a win milestone and how he has quickly moved...

It was a record setting night for Kirk Ferentz and Iowa football. This week in our post game pod, we look back at the Hawkeyes beating UMass, 47-7 and how it was  night to honor their long time head coach, who picked up his 206th win at a Big Ten head coach.  Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo gather for a late night podcast to breakdown what Ferentz had to say after the game, particularly their slight...

It's another edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast with Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann. We open this week with a look back at the loss to the Cyclones and one last group of takes on what went wrong in that game and how close the Hawkeyes were to winnning on the road.  Then we discuss the loss of Addison Ostrenga and the impact it will have at the tight end position. We also talk about what Kirk Fere...

The Hawkeyes dropped a tough one on the road at Iowa State and the Chuck Long Podcast is back to get the thoughts on the former Iowa signal caller on the game.  We open looking back at the play of overall view of the game and then breakdown the key plays that decided the contest. We look at Iowa's defense first and thus far the lack of turnovers and sacks that they have been able to generate thus...

The Iowa football team fell short on Saturday afternoon in Ames. Iowa State scored on a 54 yard field goal for the second straight year in the final minutes to beat the Hawkeyes for the third time in four years. It was a disappointing defeat for Iowa as their offense continued to struggle in the air.  In a combined podcast with Matt Randazzo and his Off the Air Show and Tom Kakert from Hawkeye Rep...

It's Cy-Hawk week so we have our extensive preview of the huge game coming up on Saturday in Ames.  But, first, we have a potentially huge story to discuss on the podcast involving Iowa women's basketball recruiting. This week Kyle Huesmann and Tom Kakert put in soft projections for a five star 2026 forward to come to Iowa. Kyle and Tom are on the podcast to discuss the latest involving the recrui...

The first week of the Iowa football season is in the books and that means the return of the Chuck Long Podcast!  The legendary Iowa quarterback returns for another season of talking Hawkeye football with Tom Kakert from HawkeyeReport.com. We have plenty to discuss after week one of action, particularly when it comes to the quarterback position for Iowa.  We dive into the overall play of Iowa quart...

Following Iowa's win on Saturday over Albany, there was plenty for Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo. In a special combined episode late on Saturday evening of Hawkeye Report and Off the Air, which is Matt's show, we breakdown all the angle from the Hawkeyes win over Albany by the score of 34-7.  We start with the most challenging part of Saturday's win and that is assessing the quarterback play of Mar...

The season opener for the Iowa football team is rapidly approaching and we have our one final look at the upcoming game between Iowa and Albany on Saturday afternoon at Kinnick Stadium. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo dive into all the latest news and the storylines that Hawkeye fans will need to follow this weekend.  We look at what the expectations are for quarterback Mark Gronowski in his first ga...

The first two deeps of the Iowa football season are out and that means we have to do a podcast! Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann break down all the news from the day regarding the new two deeps.  We start with a look at the Iowa offense and the two deeps. What do we make of the four players being listed at running back? What about the wide receiver position? Did we find out there was a going to be a r...

(Apoligize for the audio getting a little choppy in the second half of the pod).  Great to have a very special guest on the show today. We are joined by Todd Brommelkamp, who work with Tom Kakert for several years in the early 2000's while he was the publisher of The Voice of the Hawkeyes Magazine and went on a very successful run as a sports radio host in Cedar Rapids.  We stroll back on memory l...

Iowa football media day and the annual Kids Day open practice are in the books. That means we need to get back on the podcast because we have plenty to discuss. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are back breaking it all down.  First we share some big news regarding Matt now being part of the Iowa football broadcast team starting this fall on their pregame show. Then we start by discussing media day on...

We have a new podcast with a great guest leading into the start of fall camp for the Iowa football team. Joining the show this week is the radio analyst for the Iowa football radio broadcast, Pat Angerer.  We are fired up to talk some football, but first, we have to review the Hawkeye Report Top 27 games of the Kirk Ferentz era at Iowa to honor the start of his 27th season and his 70th birthday co...

The Big Ten will be gathering in Las Vegas this week for the conference media days. With that in mind, we bring on our good friend Scott Dochterman from The Athletic to talk about the Big Ten Conference and the main storylines that we will be covering this week. Scott and Tom Kakert open the discussion by talking about Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti and why this week is extremely important for...

The college football season is inching closer and that means it's time for our annual over/under podcast. We specifically focus on the Big Ten and Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are joined by Chad Leistikow from the Des Moines Register to give our thoughts on the over/under win totals for the entire conference.  We start with Illinois and wrap up with the Hawkeyes and give our thoughts on each team...

Happy 4th of July to everyone. Please enjoy the day with family and friends! One of the silly traditions that we started over two decades ago was picking Iowa football games for the season on July 4th.  So, here we are once again and with a podcast, we decided to also discuss it here. Not fully, but we give you the nuts and bolts of what was predicted. What record will the Hawkeyes have in 2025? W...

It's what we like to call a housekeeping edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. Since we have been interview heavy most of this month we haven't caught up on a lot of news that been popping up for Iowa athletics.  Tom Kakert, Kyle Huesmann, and Tanner Lafever are on the podcast talking all things Hawkeyes. But, we open talking about the change that's coming to On3, the home for our site, once we o...

It's a special edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. We are joined by Iowa men's basketball head coach Ben McCollum for pod talking all things Hawkeye basketball.  Of course we open the pod talking about the viral video clips from last week when Cooper DeJean played pickup ball with McCollum and his staff. It's a fun story about how the head coach might have stacked the deck that day on his team....