Washed Up Walkons

David joins the show for his 3rd or 4th time. He is an inside with 247 Sports and a beat writer for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He just got home from Cleveland and from covering the end of this historic 2 year run by the Iowa Women's Basketball team, and thats where we start. We debrief the run the women had, talk about his thoughts covering Caitlin the past 4 years, the Wright Thompson article that was wr...

Steve is from Crofton, MD and joined the 2013 Iowa Football recruiting class as a Fullback out of Archbishop Spalding HS as a fellow Walkon. One of those unsung heroes Steve didn't see any action on the field but busted his ass day in and day out as an Iowa Hawkeye behind the scenes, and after our 4th season hung up the cleats for the career that he said he would always pursue, and is fully envelo...

Today we dive into a Spring Ball focused Q&A episode! Why are guys still out at the bars during spring ball so much? How does a player missing time for injury during SB make that up? What's the funniest thing we ever saw during spring practice period? Is the Paulsen Spring Crawfish boil still happening? How does a new coach, like Lester, earn the respect of his new players? Are there any Sprin...

The Hawks defeated UConn in dramatic fashion in the Final Four to advance and take on South Carolina in the National Title game. Their 2nd straight appearance to the championship game where no one thought they would ever go once, let alone twice. They fell short against the Gamecocks, but overdelivered in bunches when it comes to what this team has done for the Iowa brand, school, and fanbase over...

An instant reaction show of sorts as we sit down to record immediately after the clock struck zeroes on the historic Iowa v LSU rematch. We discuss our opinions on if we thought Iowa could get this done, why the better team isn't always the one with better individual players, and why Iowa can win it all if Caitlin plays like that 2 more times. We talk about O'grady giving huge minutes with Stuelke...

Brad makes his 3rd appearance on the show to give us some updates on the Swarm Collective. Brad was the spearhead for Iowa's primary NIL collective back in 2021 and the Swarm has continued to grow since then. With the recent Kadyn Proctor situation causing outrage and drama across not only the Iowa fanbase, but the country as well, we thought it would be a great time to sit down again with Brad to...

Justin is from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He was one of the 5 Asst. Strength Coaches during the Walkons time in Iowa City, from 2013 to 2017. As we graduated and left the program he did some of the same as he was hired as the Head Strength Coach at Towson University out East. He served in that role for 5 years until recently moving back to the Des Moines area. We go deep into the nerdy nitty gritty...

Garret is from Pella, Iowa. His dream to play college football was always there, but his path to Iowa City as a Hawkeye wasn't one without drama. He details his wacky recruiting timeline, his less than 24 hour commitment to UNI, and finally choosing Iowa. He talks about his transition into College football, why it was difficult for him to gain weight and in turn find more playing time, what it was...

Logan is from Orion, Illinois. In this episode we dive deep into what makes him tick, and actually spend very little time on his football specific career as a Hawkeye. This was one of the easiest most flowing episodes we have ever done and we could have talked for another 4 hours. Logan is an incredibly intelligent and insightful guy, who is seriously devoted to his faith, his football, and human...

On todays episode we discuss Caitlin Clark and the 1 seed to be Hawkeyes as the tournament draws near and so too does the GOATs time in the black and gold. Pat McAfee and company will be in town surrounding the hype of the women's team and doing their show from the fieldhouse in Iowa City. We talk about the new 5 star recruit Bluder and co just landed and how much of a drop off we should expect ne...

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Danny is from New Lenox, Illinois and attended Providence Catholic High School, which is also Kevin's alma mater. He actually helped coach special teams for PC Kevin's senior year. Danny found his way on to the team by attending the Iowa Special teams summer camp, and having a self confidence like no other. He tells the story of his naïve assumptions about how easy it would be for him to play and...

We talk about what the guys are going through right now in the off season as it relates to the specific weight training and conditioning. What's the goal of the first 8 weeks back from the semester break and what does that look like daily in the weight room? We discuss friend of the show Nick DiMarco's modern approach to training, and how some of the implements in his weight room at Elon Universit...

Dallas was born in Sioux Falls, SD and was a stand out athlete in basically every sport he could play at Twin River Valley High School. He was recruited by Hayden Frye and ended up Greyshirting in Hayden's last year, joining the program officially after KF stepped in for the 1999 season. He faced multiple injuries and setbacks in his first couple seasons but made his way onto special teams in 2000...

Cooper is from Odebolt, Iowa. After absolutely dominating high school sports in Iowa, including being a star in Football, Basketball, and Track, he chose Iowa Football as his future. He played Quarterback in high school and wanted to in college as well, and he talks about the reason he ended up on the Defense. As Iowa fans know, Cooper established himself as one of the greatest all around athletes...

Brody is from Ankeny, Iowa. Stud high school athlete, he was offered scholarships by both Iowa Baseball and Football, and that's what brought him to Iowa City as he was most interested in being a 2 sport athlete. He is now the Ace for the Hawkeye baseball team in his Junior year, and is considered the 17th best Pro prospect in America. We discuss his journey into collegiate athletics as a 2 sport...

Ben is from Johnston, Iowa. 2024 will be his Junior year for the Hawkeye Baseball team, where Ben has started over 60 games already, playing 2nd base, 3rd base, and left field. Gary the Intern takes this interview on by himself, and this was recorded back in the fall of 2023. They discuss how special the Iowa pitching staff is, his teammate and superstar 2 sport athlete Brody Brecht, his role as a...

First half of the podcast Kluver gives out Walkon tribute to Caitlin Clark. Tries to summarize what kind of special moment for the Iowa brand she has been for the last 4 years, what she means to the game, and identify why she is different from anyone before her. 30 mins in Max Chadwick joins the show. Max works for Pro Football Focus and is host of the Preferred Walk-On Podcast, PFF's premier coll...

Conversation on Budmayr starts at about 35 mins into the show On tonight's show we discuss the shows brief attempt at getting Walkons the restaurant to sponsor the show, and the recent poll we ran on Twitter to help prod at Kevin to take over with more mic time on the show. We discuss the optics of the Kelce/Swift relationship and some of Kelce's sponsors in relation to drawing attention to the NF...

Spencer is from San Rafael, California. Originally committed to Oregon State, Spencer eventually found his way to Iowa City to become a Hawkeye. He spent 6 years inside the Iowa program backing up Nate Stanley in '18 and '19, Starting at QB in '20, '21, and '22, and assisting in a GA like role this past season in 2023. He now looks to finish his college career at Utah State in one final season. Sp...

Football talk starts at 19 minutes into the show- That's where we discuss the media availability of Lester, Wallace, and KF. We talk about the info KF let the public in on relative to the OC hiring process, our thoughts about Tim Lester's first time at the podium and what it was like watching him field questions in contrast to what it's been like with Brian at the podium the last few years. We bre...

Joe Evans is from Ames, Iowa. He found his way to Iowa City as a Walk On after growing up hoping to one day play for the Black and Gold. He talks about his recruitment, how we ended up playing Quarterback in High School, and what it felt like stepping onto the field for the first practice as a Hawkeye. He also talks about the adversity the team faced over his years in the program, including major...

Discussion about the new OC Tim Lester starts 41 minutes in to the show. On tonight's episode we quickly grab Kevin's choices on Top 5 sports movies, a continued conversation from our previous episode with Mike Schulte. We then open with some discussion on if there was a moment we finally felt like we had "left the jersey in a better place" within the Iowa program, and have some fun reha...

Mike is an incredible guy with a lot going on in his life. For the last 16 years he has been the drummer for the popular Iowa born cover band Pork Tornadoes. They do dozens of shows every year as a full time band where they have found their niche of putting their own twists on classic songs. When the pandemic happened, the band wasn't playing as many events and that was the genesis of The Confused...

Huge list of topics for today's show! They include- -Harbaugh leaving Michigan after a winning a Natty to take over as Head Coach for the Chargers -Could Cade Mcnamara/Iowa be looking to pick at the vulnerable Michigan roster -Is Duke's current OC/QB Coach going to take over the same roles in Iowa City? -UGA passes and the Top Ten Mascots -The Walkons hit some YouTube/Download Milestones AND debut...