A certain journalist from a very well respected publication in the state of Iowa noted, recently, that Iowa has not won a game played in front of 100K+ fans in more than 15 years. Their last victory in such an environment, coincidentally, was at the Big House against a Michigan team led by Rich Rodriguez. […]
Another meh weekend for the league. There were a couple of higher-profile games and the league went 1-2. Maryland lost at home to Virginia Tech. Michigan State lost at Notre Dame (no shame there.) Northwestern smashed Colorado. Everyone else that was supposed to win did. 1. #5 Indiana (3-0, 0-0) No surprise here. Probably not […]
Woah – this was an action-packed weekend for former Hawks. We have a couple of houes calls. We have defenders making huge plays all day Sunday. Let’s attempt to unpack a busy Week 2. George Kittle Somehow, someway, Kittle is back a little over nine months since he ruptured his Achilles in Philadelphia. Amazing. After […]
Well folks, it’s week 4 and the Hawkeyes are headed on the road to face the Michigan Wolverines. Are the Wolverines good? Are they bad? Nobody knows! But the fact that the game is at the Big House does make things significantly more challenging for a relatively unproven squad. It’s an important week, not only […]
For decades Iowa football has set the gold standard for identifying unheralded, overlooked recruits and turning them into top notch players by the time they leave the University of Iowa. Parker Hesse, Jake Gervase, and Kristian Welch all have three things in common. They were all standout stars for the Hawkeyes. They all went on […]
The non-conference slate is officially in the rearview mirror and with it goes any and all opportunities for tune-ups and getting healthy. The Hawkeyes closed things out with a dominant showing against Northern Iowa on Saturday, doing what seemed like plenty of tuning up and ostensibly getting healthy as they rested DJ Vonnahme, Kamari Moulton […]
The University of Iowa Athletics Department has officially released its Week 4 depth chart as the Hawkeyes prepare to take the level of competition up a few notches against undefeated Michigan. No longer is there an OR at quarterback, as Hank Brown is listed as the starting quarterback. While many of the starters either rested […]
It was hard not to get wound up watching this one. Iowa’s offense rolled over UNI like a tsunami. Iowa got the ball first and immediately broke the dam open on a 75-yard drive that started with a pass play on first down and was peppered with an alternating variety of rushing and passing plays. […]
Generally, I don’t think much is gained from a game like this. It can backfire spectacularly. We see this story multiple times a season across college football and you only have negatives as the favored program. – God forbid, a loss. Injuries. Shaky showings. Bad perception of where you are as a team. Negative everything. […]
While football season is in full swing, it doesn’t mean we can’t dabble in some basketball prep ahead of the first tip-off on November 3rd! Next up is third year forward, Joey Matteoni! Joey Matteoni enters his third collegiate season after initially committing to Northwest Missouri State and following Ben McCollum to Drake. He’s been […]
Iowa fans hoped the Hawks would use this matchup against UNI as a warmup prior to facing Michigan. Instead, the Hawkeyes came out red hot, blasting the Panthers 55-0 with a relentless balanced attack. The 55 points marked the highest single-game scoring output for Iowa football since November 17, 2018. With starting running back Kamari […]
It is game time, Hawkeye fans! For the third straight week, your Iowa Hawkeyes are set to play host as they close out their non-conference slate with the Northern Iowa Panthers. The Panthers come to town with a 1-1 record after thrashing Drake in their own home opener a week ago, bouncing back from a […]
While football season is in full swing, it doesn’t mean we can’t dabble in some basketball prep ahead of the first tip-off on November 3rd! First up in the player previews is transfer big, Andrew McKeever! The Hawkeyes unexpected Elite 8 run ended with a familiar foe in the Illinois Fighting Illini. What was front […]
It is game day Hawkeye fans! The non-conference schedule comes to a close today for the Iowa Hawkeyes as they play host to the UNI Panthers inside Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes come into the day ranked #18 nationally at 2-0 after they escaped with a 16-13 win over the Iowa State Cyclones a week ago. […]
Welcome back, troops! So far, the Weather Gods have offered up a mixed bag this season. Week 1 saw intense heat. Week 2 was pristine. Week 3? Well, bring rain gear. You may need it in the morning, as rain chances bounce back and forth between 40 and 60 percent. There may, however, be a […]
Through two weeks of this young college football season, we’ve seen quite the roller coaster ride both in Iowa City and across the country. Entering the year, the Big Ten looked like the nation’s preeminent conference. There were a pair of top-5 teams, a trio in the top-10 and a handful of other teams that […]
The Hawkeyes are poised to close out their non-conference slate as well as their season-opening three game home stand on Saturday as they play host to the Northern Iowa Panthers. After thoroughly demolishing the Northern Illinois Huskies 40-0 in their opener, the Hawkeyes struggled a bit in week two, edging out the Iowa State Cyclones […]
On Saturday, the Iowa Hawkeyes will be playing the Northern Iowa Panthers for the nineteenth time in its history. At this point, Iowa is 2-0 on the season, but it feels like we don’t know much more than we did when the season began. We can, however, say a few things with confidence: Unfortunately, this […]
They say misery loves company but I doubt that will make the faithful in Norman, Oklahoma and Eugene, Oregon feel any better about last weekend. The Sooners and the Ducks were the unfortunate victims of 2026’s first big upsets of the year – for games played less than sixty minutes and one second, that is. […]
The last time UNI came to Iowa City was 8 years ago, but no one is talking about that game (a 38-14 Hawkeye win) this week. No, a visit from the Panthers will only, ever, invoke one memory for most Hawkeye fans, and that memory is from September 5, 2009. Pretty sure most of us […]
What a disaster of a week for the Big Ten Conference. Let’s pick our way through the carnage of Week 2. 1. IU (2-0, 0-0) Well, here we are with the defending champs up to #1 again. Yeah, it’s Howard. Yeah, IU should hammer this team. And look at that – they did. They’re good […]
We are back protecting the shield! Let’s dive in. A couple of players found the scoresheet this week. George Kittle is back from his Achilles injury. Tory Taylor barely had to do anything while Chicago nearly dropped 60 on Carolina. The Broncos “played” a game of football Monday. Sam LaPorta, Jack Campbell, and Noah Fant […]
And just like that, it’s Week 3! This week’s opponent, the University of Northern Iowa Panthers, should not be a huge issue for this Iowa Hawkeyes team, no matter how the rest of the season goes. That being said, there are definitely some valid questions to ask about what the rest of the season will […]
Iowa’s win over the Iowa State Cyclones certainly was not pretty. The Hawkeyes went into the matchup favored by as many points as any game in the Cy-Hawk series in a decade. However, instead of the thrashing Iowa fans yearned for, we were given yet another slug fest in which we saw both teams trade […]
September 15, 1979. It’s widely viewed as the day when the culture of Iowa football had a dramatic shift. But before we dive into what happened on that day, we need to back up a little bit and talk about what happened before that day. Well, more than just a little bit. 19 years to […]
The University of Iowa Athletics Department has officially released its Week 3 depth chart as the Hawkeyes turn their full attention to this coming Saturday’s in-state game against the 1-1 Northern Iowa Panthers. Following a gritty Cy-Hawk performance against ISU, the coaching staff opted to keep the two-deep stable while they work behind the scenes […]
This game is never a fun experience, for either side these days. What a slog. Always a field goal game, one way or the other. It’s torture. Who actually likes this game? Put your hands down, you sickos… But hey, Iowa nabbed a 16-13 win in the Cy-Hawk game (note; no one, and I mean […]
For a team that has been a heavy favorite in each game it has played, it hasn’t felt like an easy road for team USA during this FIBA World Cup. Yesterday, the team faced off against Spain, which features Hawkeye legend Megan DiLeo (formerly Gustafson) and struggled more than expected. Spain deserves credit for being […]
The Cyclones came to Kinnick hoping to spoil Iowa’s massive recruiting weekend, but in a traditional Cy-Hawk fashion, Iowa survived on a game winning field goal and got to hoist the trophy to take it back home to its rightful resting place. I was fuming at the end of this game and didn’t feel a […]
The Iowa Hawkeyes flipped the script on the Cyclones, winning this year’s CyHawk game on a late field goal to pull out a 16-13 win. It was a scrappy, ugly, sometimes dirty game that was pretty much in line to how this series has gone these last ten years. But the Hawkeyes exorcised the demons […]
