I on the Hawks

It's Cy-Hawk basketball week in Iowa and David Eickholt joins the podcast to preview it all. On Wednesday No. 11 Iowa heads to No. 10 Iowa State for a high-stakes Cy-Hawk battle. Can Iowa slow down Audi Crooks or Iowa State's 3 point shooting? It will be a tough matchup in a hostile environment. Then the Hawkeye men travel to Ames to face No. 4 Iowa State who just throttled then-top ranked Purdue...

No. 23 Iowa gets No. 14 Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl on New Year's Eve. The Hawkeyes get one last chance to end their 0-13 winless streak against ranked opponents. Commodore QB Diego Pavia is a Heisman hopeful, that's been one of the most electric players in college football this year. He's passed for 3,192 yards and 27 touchdowns, adding 826 yards on the ground and 9 rushing TDs. Can Iowa's...

Ben McCollum and the Iowa Hawkeyes were humbled Tuesday night in East Lansing, losing their first game of the season by 19 to the Michigan State Spartans. We'll break down that game and looked ahead to what's next. The Iowa women stayed perfect against a sneaky good Fairfield team Sunday and open Big Ten play this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iowa beat Nebraska 40-16 on Black Friday, marking the Hawks 7th straight win against the Huskers in Lincoln, the largest winning streak against Nebraska since Oklahoma won 8 in row there from 1943-57. Mark Gronowski threw for 166 and a touchdown, adding 64 rushing yards and another two rushing TDs. The defense stiffened up after allowing Emmett Johnson to 177 yards in the first half. But for the m...

Iowa has beaten Nebraska in Lincoln six straight times, with their last loss coming in 2011. The past two games have ended with 13-10 Iowa wins. Who has the upper hand heading into Black Friday? Nebraska freshman quarterback TJ Lateef will start his third game for the injured Dylan Raiola. How will the Iowa defense attack him? (Photos: Getty Images: Matthew Holst, Harry How, Scott Taetsch) Learn m...

For 3/4ths of Saturday's game against the Spartans, Iowa looked like a completely different team that took Indiana, Oregon and USC to the wire. Iowa was down 17-7 in the 4th, and scored 13 points to knock off the Spartans, still winless in Big Ten play, 20-17. Mark Gronowski completed some clutch passes and threw for 117 of his 147 yards in the final quarter, including one touchdown pass to Jacob...

Iowa face a Michigan State team that's winless in the Big Ten for Senior Day. 27 Iowa seniors will walk out of Kinnick Stadium for the last time Saturday. We give our favorite memories from this senior class and the legacy of this 2025 football team, and hear from our Hawkeye Highlight: Jonah Pace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben McCollum is 3-0 to start his Iowa coaching career including one win over Big East's Xavier. 247Sports' Sean Bock joins the show to break down what we've learned in McCollum's first three games. We'll also discuss McCollum's lineups, coaching style, and Iowa's strength and weaknesses. Jan Jensen and the women are 4-0, after sweeping a pair of in-state rivals in Drake & UNI. But their schedule t...

Iowa jumped out to impressive 14-0 and then 21-7 leads over USC but didn't score a point in the second half, losing 21-26 at the LA Coliseum. Jayden Maiava threw for 254 yards and 1 touchdown while Trojan WR Makai Lemon caught 10 passes for 153 yards and a score. Another heartbreaking loss to a ranked team for Iowa moves them to 0-13 in the last 13 games against ranked opponents, this season by a...

Kirk Ferentz is 2-5 west of the Rocky Mountains and his Iowa Hawkeyes travel west again, this time against the No. 17 USC Trojans. Iowa dropped one spot in the College Football Rankings to No. 21 this week, so it will be ranked on ranked when the Hawkeyes and Trojans meet in the LA Coliseum. Iowa will have to deal with another high-powered offense this week, another top tier Big Ten rushing attack...

Iowa lost in heart-breaking fashion once again, this time on a last-second 39-yard field goal to lift the Ducks over the Hawks 18-16. Mark Gronowski's touchdown rush on 4th and goal gave Iowa a temporary lead before Dante Moore led the Ducks on the final, game winning drive. We'll break down what went wrong, and highlight how Iowa hung around with Ducks, with a chance to win in the end. Learn more...

The Iowa Hawkeyes have another shot at beating a top 10 team, something they haven't done since 2021. Oregon come to Iowa City with the Hawks ranked 20th in the College Football Playoff rankings & a chance to really make a legit run at the CFP. First, they have to beat an Oregon team that went undefeated in the regular season & won the Big Ten last year. The Ducks are a perennial power with one of...

Tim Lester has been the offensive coordinator for the Iowa Hawkeyes for 21 games now. Iowa is 14-7 in that time frame. We are grading him off his first season-and-a-half of games and also what we want to see in the passing game with 4 games left. Is Iowa's 2025 defense legit? They've played a few of the worst offenses in college football but held their own against Indiana. We'll break down just ho...

The game was over nearly after it started. Iowa jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter and didn't look back, beating PJ Fleck and Minnesota Golden Gophers 41-3. Iowa dominated in every aspect of the game, scoring through the air, on the ground, on defense and on special teams. We'll break down the impressive offensive performance and how well the defense played heading into the second bye...

The Iowa Hawkeyes are hoping to become bowl eligible and earn their 6th win of the season Saturday. But standing in their way, is a feisty Minnesota Golden Gopher team that just handled Nebraska 24-6. Can PJ Fleck get his second win against Iowa as the Gophers head coach? We'll break down Iowa's identity through 7 games, evaluate Minnesota and give our game picks. Learn more about your ad choices....

Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski rushed for a career-high 130 yards and scored twice on the ground to help the Hawkeyes erase a 11-point deficit to beat Penn State 25-24. Iowa made a handful of uncharacteristic mistakes to put themselves in a hole, including a blocked 66-yard field goal at the end of the half the Nittany Lions took back to the house. But in the end, dynamic plays by Gronowski gave...

Iowa women's basketball held their media day this week and the Hawkeyes' first exhibition game is less than two weeks away. We break down the headlines following media day, predict the the starting lineup, and try to figure out how deep Jan Jensen's rotation will be this year. #hawkeyes #collegebasketball #bigten #bigtenbasketball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will year one go for Ben McCollum and the Iowa Hawkeyes? We'll break down our top headlines coming out of Iowa Media Day, projected the starting lineup, discuss the possibility of true freshmen getting playing time, and predict realistic expectations for the season. 247Sports Hawkeye Insider Eliot Clough joins the show to share his insight and give us a recruiting update looking ahead to 2027....

What once appeared to be one of Iowa's toughest games of the season, and potentially hosting a top team in the country, is now a game between unranked teams with Iowa even favored. Penn State has lost three straight games to Oregon, UCLA, and Northwestern, fired their coach and lost starting QB Drew Allar to injury. Iowa now has to prevent a Nittany Lion resurgence. We'll talk about the Penn State...

Iowa beats Wisconsin for the fourth straight year, retaining the Heartland Trophy. It's Iowa's first four-game win streak against the Badgers since 2002-2005. The Hawkeyes rushed for 210 yards and forced 3 turnovers. We'll break down Iowa's rushing attack and the "cookie doughboyz" getting a pair of interceptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It feels like déjà vu for the Iowa football program. Another season, another question mark on who will play quarterback. Mark Gronowski practiced Tuesday and Kirk Ferentz said he looked good but whether he will play is still up in the air. We'll go over what he said and what we think will happen. More injury news at linebacker, wide receiver and running back. We'll also break down Iowa's Heartland...

I on the Hawks gives their midseason review of the Hawkeye football season including their midseason MVPs & breakout players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I on the Hawks breaks down what Iowa's three coordinators said Tuesday during Iowa's first bye week. Offensive coordinator Tim Lester, defensive coordinator Phil Parker, and special teams coordinator LeVar Woods all fielded questions from the media over Iowa's first 5 games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With only a few minutes left, it looked like Iowa would defeat No. 11 Indiana at Kinnick Stadium. Zach Lutmer's pick of Fernando Mendoza appeared to set Iowa up with good field position and a chance to run out the clock and kick a game-winning field goal. But Iowa failed to get a first down, Drew Stevens missed a 42-yard field goal, and Indiana scored a touchdown on the next drive. We break down w...

Iowa football has lost 10 straight games against ranked opponents and get an opportunity for a huge win Saturday when the No. 11 Indiana Hoosiers come to Iowa City. Curt Cignetti is 15-2 as the Hoosiers coach with the only losses to the two teams who played for a national title last year. We'll break down if we think Iowa hold this explosive Indiana offense in check and if the Hawkeye offense can...