Washed Up Walkons

Today we talk Fall Football Camp. How do we measure that athletes are ready for camp coming off of the summer phase? What role does GPS data tracking play in helping coaches manage work load? Does the staff convene between summer and camp to get ahead of potential issues? What does weight room activity look like when fall practice enters the picture? All of this and more! If you love the show and...

Sirles joins the show once again for a wide ranging discussion around Cut weekend in the NFL, NIL landscape in college football, Raiola and the Huskers, Iowa's chance at winning 11 games, and a lot more. We talk about life as an agent, the clown show that is Colorado Football, what success would be in Lincoln this year, how the West coast teams will hold up in December in the Big Ten, if Iowa can...

We debut our new show, the weekly presser breakdown! David Eickholt of 247 Sports will join us each and every week this season to help decipher answers from the podium at each weekly Tuesday press conference. Today we throw back to discuss the self imposed ban, the implications on what's coming for the rest of the country, Moulton being RB1, how each RB fits into Lester's Offense, The depth and ve...

A brief episode to explain what our programming schedule will be this fall, who will be joining us this week and beyond, and a message to the haters. If you love the show and want to show support, tell your friends! And, check out our exclusive content at Patreon.com/washedupwalkons where you can find extra podcast episodes, exclusive merchandise, Merch discounts with every tier, private Walkon di...

We kick off our new series with Coach Lima, all about the strength and conditioning side of College Football. Todays topic in week 0 of the college football season sets out to explore the summer strength and conditioning program. How is it built, what is it's main purpose, how are freshman integrated into the program, and what is important to have players ready for camp? If you love the show and w...

Week 0 of the college football season is here and so are the Walkons to kick off our 6th season of the show. On today's episode we do some bookkeeping to catch up on the last month of WUW information, and invite everyone to join us August 30 from 3-5 PM at Backpocket Brewing in Coralville for our LIVE show. We talk about camp memories as the team is finishing up the fall prep in IC and how things...

Jake is from Springville, Iowa and joined the Hawkeyes in the class of 2013 alongside the Walkons. Coach Morgan found him at State Track his freshman year of high school, which led to conversations the next several years, physical development on the field, and eventually a chance to wear the black and gold. He talks about his first year in the program and catching up to the speed of the game, work...

Max joins the show for the second time this year. Max works for Pro Football Focus as a writer and podcaster focused on College Football, and is the host of the PFF College Football show. We discuss creating college football content in the off season, the new NCAA Football game, What outsiders think of Iowa's chances at the expanded CFP this season, what the strengths and weaknesses of the Hawks w...

Coach Seth Wallace played football for Coe College from 1997 to 2000, and was immediately offered an opportunity to join the staff by his coach following his final collegiate game. He grew up in a football family and followed his dad around to all of his games as a child. Coach Ferentz hired Coach as a GA in 2006 for several years before he left to elevate his career at Valdosta St. He returned to...

Keith makes his 3rd appearance on the show. You most likely know him as the Groza finalist for the Hawks from 2016-2020, and the guy who shattered both Wolverine and Husker hearts across the land. He now works for Holmes Murphy in Waukee as well as running his own kicking business both of which we discuss at length. We also talk about the end of his football career and experience with the NFL, wha...

In this episode we discuss initial thoughts on the new NCAA game as it has now been LIVE for a week. We talk about the upcoming Coach Grant series where Gbone plans to take his Dynasty to Saban levels of success. We preview our return to Backpocket Brewery to kick off this 2024 Football Season as well as the incoming Merch drop with our best ever design. We tease a couple more BIG TIME guests befo...

In todays episode the boys are back after a run of Summer guests on the show. College Football is only 7 weeks away, which means the news cycle will start to pick up now, and we have several fun pieces of Hawkeye topics. The Hawks got a new locker room and we discuss the arms race of CFB in that everyone is fighting for new shiny facilities and things to sell on the recruiting trail, as well as ho...

Pat joins the show for his 3rd appearance and with lots to talk about as he was just recently named the replacement for Ed Podolak in the radio booth. Pat played for the Hawks from 2005-2009 and then had a career in the NFL. He now returns to call Iowa games as the color commentator. We talk about what the process was like, interviewing and doing a simulated game call with Dolph. How it will work...

Scott has been covering the Hawkeyes for almost 2 decades. The Walkons sit down with a real, actual professional, in the media space to discuss his background in journalism, covering the Hawks, and whole lot more. We talk covering the Chris Doyle story from 2020, the future of NIL in college sports, Caitlin Clark and her impact at Iowa, Tim Lester's new offense and what the potential of Iowa Footb...

Levar, 'Coach' Woods(to us) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He eventually found himself in Iowa, where he attended West Lyon High School, and was Class 2A Player of the Year in his Senior Season. He committed to Iowa, a fun story that he goes into detail on, as a Defensive End in one of Hayden Fry's final recruiting classes. After 'getting his ass kicked' for his first 2 years he found time on Specia...

Spencer is from Murrysville, Pennsylvania and attended Franklin Regional High School. He was a Cadet World Champ, and the Top ranked pound-for-pound wrestling recruit in the country when he committed to the Hawkeyes. At Iowa he went on to be a 5 time All American, 3 time NCAA Champ, and 2 time Dan Hodge Trophy winner, amongst numerous other accolades, accomplishments, and awards. We got to sit dow...

This is a rebroadcast of our 200th episode with Drew Tate from 2021 Drew came to Iowa City from Houston, Texas and is responsible for the most iconic play in Hawkeye Football History. We discuss "The Catch" and that day in Florida as the Hawks took down LSU. We also talk about who he modeled his game after and provided him QB inspiration, What it was like playing with guys like Sanders,...

Caitlin discussion starts at 25:00 in In Todays episode we discuss Grant's debut as a golf caddy this summer, and several other golf related topics to open up the show. We do a short recap of Kluver's Half marathon and shout out the ARMY members who joined in and ran the race. We get into discussion about Caitlin and the latest controversy in the WNBA surrounding the Fever's matchup against the Ch...

Mitch is from Burlington, Iowa and, with help from a friend, decided to be a Hawkeye over a Cyclone after his Junior year of Football. He went on to become a Freshman All American, a 1st Team All American his senior year, and racked up plenty of tackles and awards in between. He played for several teams in the NFL for a span of 4 years before hanging up the cleats and joins us on the show today to...

Austin joins the show for the 3rd time. We discuss life after the NFL, what training and diet looks like when it isn't 'necessary' for your job any longer, forward thinking as a pro athlete to what goals and aspirations will be after the playing days are over, entrepreneurship and owning his hunting lodge which he plans on becoming more hands on with, dance recitals with his daughter, Iowa wrestli...

In todays episode we discuss the Hawkeyes new Transfer QB Brendan Sullivan, formerly of Northwestern. We talk about the law suit filed by Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were affected by the gambling drama from last season. We also discuss Kate Martin maintaining her spot on the Las Vegas Aces Roster, Caitlin's financial implications that might already be playing out in the league, the WNBA final...

Football talk starts at 26:00  In todays episode we recap the NFL Draft for the guys in Black and Gold. An exciting weekend for a handful of now former Hawkeyes as 4 guys heard their name called, and several more signed FA deals around the country. We discuss the landing spots for each drafted guy, how they fit into their new organizations/cities/cultures and more. In the conversation that opens t...

On today's show we discuss who replaces Ed Podolak in the booth during games alongside Gary Dolphin, who replaces Deacon Hill as the #2 QB behind Cade Mac, what the score of a Caitlin v Cooper 1v1 game is, KF helping to secure WBB transfer Lucy Olsen and what having her could mean for next years team, Reggie Bush being reinstated to the Heisman family, and Grant updates Kluver on NBA basketball- P...

A true friendship podcast episode for those that have listened for a long time. the Iowa football specific content is sparse in this one, but Kevin, Grant, and Kluver put together an hour of fun and entertainment for the Walkon Army. We discuss a minimum transfer package from the Swarm, why the team sometimes has too many players on scholarship, the Spring semester compared to the Season relative...

Sirles joins the show once more to further his Title as most frequent Walkon guest. His appearances on the show are nearing double digits and this episode solidifies why that is, as he is not only a former guy in the locker room at Nebraska and in the NFL with vast knowledge and experience as a player, but also provides great insight into NIL, the draft process, and much more from his current vent...