Swelling with Iowa Hawkeye pride since 2007
After back-to-back losses to former PAC-12 teams, the Hawkeyes return home to take on a familiar Big Ten foe as they play host to the Michigan State Spartans. While Iowa and MSU have squared off each of the last two years, this year’s Spartan bunch is a bit different than the one we saw a […]
Historically, the Iowa-Michigan State series sits at 25-23-2, with Iowa holding a narrow edge in one of the more evenly matched conference rivalries. The Spartans snapped a two-game Iowa winning streak last season with a win in East Lansing, but history hasn’t been kind to Michigan State visitors at Kinnick Stadium – they’ve only won […]
I did just about everything I could to delay writing this, I just didn’t have the energy to revisit a second straight loss that could have, likely should have, been a win. It’s just tiring at this point. I was going to write it Sunday evening, but decided that I’d rather spend a few hours […]
Welp. I didn’t expect us to be in the same spot we were last week. The Hawks have repeatedly bashed me in my nards with a baseball bat this season. They are too good an Iowa team to be losing games in the fashion they are. The 2025 Hawkeyes are the best all-around team they’ve […]
Well folks, the Iowa Football season has, for all intents and purposes, ended. Losing to this Michigan State team would be really embarrassing, an obviously I want to see a win against Nebraska, but even if they win those games, that will just bring another trip to Tampa (yawn) and a bowl loss to a […]
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Good news, bad news this week. One tight end joined exclusive company. Another potentially had his season end before a snap in Week 11. Another is…well I don’t know what’s going on in Minneapolis. And then we have to talk about a defensive back here in Denver. Let’s get to it. George Kittle Normally I […]
The Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0) have done what they’ve needed to do in three times out this season. They’ve hosted three inferior* teams so far this season and will face two more before the schedule ramps up against Ole Miss in Palm Springs, CA. It’s largely par for the course as 14 Big Ten teams have […]
Saturday’s loss on the road to USC was yet another massive gut-punch for Hawkeye fans. Iowa looked dominant early and the season looked poised to be salvaged. Then they played the second half and the Hawkeyes looked absolutely lost on both sides of the ball. College Football Playoff ambitions were already gone, but a second […]
What’s the difference between Kirk Ferentz and Fran McCaffery? That’s the question I was asked this weekend by the former hostest with the mostest at SpoCo Radio, DCIII. A question that really chapped my backside. A question that I’ve been stewing over for the better part of 36 hours after Iowa’s latest disappointment against USC. […]
Roughly halfway through The Matrix, Morpheus and his group of rebels attempt to leave the Matrix and return to their ship in the real world after a visit to the Oracle. As they attempt to find their exit point, Neo notices a cat on a staircase, then the same cat walks by a second time. […]
It’s game time in Hollywood! The Hawkeyes are in LA to take on the USC Trojans as they look to pull even against the former PAC-12. While southern California is known for its sunshine, things are much gloomier in glam town today as LA has been drenched over the last 24 hours. That’s nothing new […]
While Iowa’s College Football Playoff dreams were dashed a week ago with their 18-16 loss to the Oregon Ducks, the season is certainly not over and the Hawkeyes will surely be motivated the rest of the way. That rest of season journey begins today on the road in Los Angeles as Iowa travels tot he […]
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! First, the weather. We dealt with absolutely dreadful conditions last week. Cold, rain…horrendous. So look ahead a week to beautiful, sunny southern California. The weather will be excelle- /record scratch What?? I hope you didn’t pack that rain gear up for the year, because Saturday’s weather […]
Iowa came up on the losing end against Oregon a week ago in the rain and watched their College Football Playoff hopes wash away. Now they hit the road to face off with another former PAC-12 member. Much like a week ago, the Hawkeyes are 6.5-point underdogs in this one according to FanDuel Sportsbook. And […]
We all remember the last time Iowa and USC faced off, though I’m pretty sure not many of us expected that game to go the way that it did, I will admit that I didn’t. Having watched Iowa lose nearly every game they played west of God’s time, I fully expected them to do almost […]
Well last Saturday was fun…until it wasn’t. When Mark Gronowski dashed into the end zone with under two minutes to play it really felt like the moment in every major Hawkeye upset where we knew they’d done enough to win. One failed two point conversion later – seriously, what the hell is wrong with our […]
The Iowa Hawkeyes (2-0) take on a Xavier Musketeers (2-1) squad their season began with tight wins over Rider & Le Moyne and a 21-point loss to Santa Clara. With both Iowa (48) and Xavier (60) starting in the same range on KenPom, they have gone in totally opposite directions with Iowa moving up a […]
This weekend marks the first regular-season meeting between Iowa and USC since 1976, when the Trojans absolutely drubbed the Hawkeyes 55-0 at the Coliseum. That’s a memory most Iowa fans have likely already forgotten, but the most recent meeting—the 2019 Holiday Bowl—provided some much-needed revenge. The Hawkeyes demolished USC 49-24 behind Ihmir Smith-Marsette’s three-touchdown performance, […]
Well folks, I’m back from my temporary Kirk speaks hiatus and I’m back from a rainy Kinnick Stadium where I stood in the rain for hours to watch a Phil Parker defense give away a late lead from the Iowa offense. WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE WE LIVING IN? A cruel one, that’s what. And […]
I don’t know how many of you have read The Natural by Bernard Malamud, but I’m sure that most of you have seen it’s movie adaptation featuring the likes of Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, and everyone’s favorite old guy Wilford Brimley. For many guys my age, The Natural was […]
Week 10 is in the books in the NFL. After multiple touchdowns last week, we get one this week. We had some genuinely brutal games going back to Thursday – I can’t decide if Denver-Las Vegas or Philadelphia-Green Bay was the worst game of the year so far. Let’s go! Tight Ends The headliner here […]
I don’t even want to be around anymore. The Ducks came into Iowa City and sucked the life force out of my body. The dropoff from pure euphoria to indescribable pain is an experience I do not recommend. Week twelve brings Iowa another great opportunity, with a chance at snapping its skid against top 25 […]
Football is a game of inches. Wins and losses are divided by singular plays and those plays, decided by inches, define a season. For the 2025 Iowa Hawkeyes, the season to-date has been defined by a 54-yard Kyl Konrady field goal, an incomplete Hank Brown screen pass, and Kamari Moulton’s heel vs toe (or TJ […]
4 plays. Iowa sails a snap over Rhys Dakin’s head, a snap headed toward Riverside, for a safety in a game Iowa loses by 2. Nate Wetjen fumbles at the Oregon 14 on a drive destined for points. Iowa fails on a two-pointer at the very end of the game because a player slips at […]