Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - BOMBSHELL: Iowa's Passing Game SHOCKS Fans and Critics | Is This the START of a New Era?

Starting point is 00:00:00 Spring games in the books and let's just say this Iowa passing offense might finally have some bite. Are we looking at the start of a new era in Iowa City? podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your team every day. Hey, welcome in. I'm Trent Condon and this is the Locked On Hawkeyes podcast. Thanks for making Locked On Hawkeyes your first listen every day. I've been covering the Iowa Hawkeyes for over 20 years on the in on the radio across the state of Iowa including currently on the Iowa Sports Radio Network. You can hear me each weekday from noon

Starting point is 00:00:47 until two on the Iowa sports radio network with stations in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, the Quad City, Sioux City, and our flagship 106.3 KXNO in Des Moines. This episode of Lockdown Hawkeyes is brought to you by the Amazon Fire TV stick 4K. Turn any TV into your Xbox. No console needed. Head to amazon.com slash Fire TV locked on to learn more. Here we go. It is a great time. Football in the books with spring football.

Starting point is 00:01:19 Wrapping up our only opportunity of the spring to get a glimpse at this football team. We'll talk plenty about that. We're gonna get in a little bit later on to the Iowa baseball team. Another sweep for the Hawkeyes as they up in Indiana. A tight one on Friday night, followed up by a couple of just absolutely mammoth performances from the Iowa baseball team as they solidify themselves at the top of the Big Ten, but also really improving their resume for the NCAA tournament. We'll get into that a little bit later on. The Iowa softball team also putting themselves in consideration to maybe be a tournament team themselves. We'll talk a little bit more on the diamond on the ladies side with the softball team coming up.

Starting point is 00:02:01 Plus, we'll be joined by Tom Kaikert, a little bonus edition here of Locked On Hawkeyes. But we begin with what we saw on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium as Iowa opened it up and an ability to see the guys one time here during the spring. Now, of course, we would love to be able to see a little bit more practice and have those kind of opportunities, but a lot of takeaways to get through and a lot of things to digest here for this Iowa football team. As I talked about, you start at the top, and I know, and I get it, and I know there's plenty of you out there that are not going to believe that this Iowa offense is specifically this Iowa passing game. You're not going to believe it is different until you actually see it in a game.

Starting point is 00:02:47 Completely understand. And if you're somebody that needs that evidence, you're just not going to go on a hope and a prayer and maybe a little bit of practice. If that's not enough for you, I can't talk you off that ledge. I completely get it. In a lot of instances, I'm right there with you. You get burned so many times throughout the course of it as a fan. You get set up for failure. You're Lucy with the football and Charlie Brown comes and run it up again and it gets pulled away. We've been there as fans. Completely understand why many of you are that way. Like I said, I'm that way for many things but Just talking to more people involved just the glimpses from Saturday

Starting point is 00:03:35 people that know football that are just going to give you sunshine when it's not there Have continued to say that this is different. What we're seeing offensively and in the passing game, it is different than what we've gone through. And Tim Lester has shown an ability in year number one of making great improvements and being able to do it,

Starting point is 00:04:00 not being able to throw the football. You look at the quarterback room and the guys that we saw Saturday and what you saw from Hank Brown and definitely a live arm. Good body control, good athleticism, six four, he can sling it. They were shaky moments, no doubt. Jackson Stratten, the guy that we saw come in there, basically hair on fire against UCLA, and because of injuries, because of other circumstances, him being thrust into the mix,

Starting point is 00:04:33 a guy that they just pulled off the scrap, basically, got him to walk on, thinking that he was gonna be your fourth, fifth, sixth quarterback, and he ends up playing. I'm playing a couple times times for you in big moments. And seeing that guy that we saw last year, that just at times was overwhelmed to what we saw in this practice.

Starting point is 00:04:57 I think that says a lot. Who's going to win the backup role? Who's going to be the backup after Mark Gronowski? Is it going to be Stratton or is it going to be Hank Brown? Too early to tell. But just seeing those kind of improvements, I think gets you excited. It gets you excited thinking about what Hank Brown's going to look like when we get to September and the start of the season because you look at just the raw material that you're working with. That's a lot. And of course, Mark Gronowski.

Starting point is 00:05:26 I had a schedule. Now throwing the football a week ago, he was throwing a nerd football around. Now throwing a real football, coming back off that shoulder surgery. Guy that's thrown for over 10,000 yards in his career, 100 touchdowns passing, the physicality that he plays with, and a guy that fits. Not false bravado, but a real leader, not a fake one, a real leader, and a guy that you're going to go to battle with. That's what Iowa has in Mark Gronowski. But the guys that were there, the guys that were able to play are slinging it and making plays. Go back to the

Starting point is 00:06:02 last time we had a glimpse, last August, and just how hideous it was with Cade McNamara trying to figure things out. It was awful. It was brutal. He's not there anymore. He's at East Tennessee. And this group of quarterbacks looked immensely better than he did in that open practice before the beginning of last year. Tim Lester's's teaching but he's also getting his guys. He's getting guys that he knows can work with their system and it goes hand-in-hand with the wide receiver group that Is deep Doesn't have top-end talent doesn't have guys that are elite playmakers. No

Starting point is 00:06:44 however the depth that they have built at the wide receiver spot and It doesn't have guys that are elite playmakers, no. However, the depth that they have built at the wide receiver spot, and a game where you don't see Jacob Gill. We don't dependable, solid, trusty wide receiver in Jacob Gill. But not just him. Reese Vanderzee, before the injuries hit last year, how good he is. Now we see Cain Weijon. And I can't remember where I heard this. Something that popped up last week. I don't remember if it was

Starting point is 00:07:12 in a conversation or just reading it somewhere. And apologies if it was something that somebody had come up with source material. But I just remember in order to get Weijon back, they kind of talk him into, we're going to use you, not just as a returner, not just run a jet sweep and just run, we're not going to give you the ball. No, we're actually going to get you involved. And you saw that in the practice. You saw them doing different things to get him involved. And remember, they're doing all these things. And again, it's not to say

Starting point is 00:07:43 that it was perfect because of course it wasn't But for some of the dregs of spring practices and August practices the open practices that we've seen in the past just how absolutely putrid just hideous The offense has looked this was a breath of fresh air This was different than what we're used to and they did it This was different than what we're used to and they did it Basically missing four out of their five starters at least the spots that he anticipate they're gonna be starting this year on the offensive line Jennings dunker out Jones Logan Jones sitting out. He had peeper in there

Starting point is 00:08:20 We'll kind of see going forward You know what? This is gonna look like Bryce George is gonna add a little bit of depth to that offensive tackle room as he left tackle. We'll see Jennings Dunker now coming off this surgery, getting things cleaned up. What's he going to look like in August? And even with that, even with an offensive line with a lot of different faces, they're pretty good. Good things. Defensively also saw a little bit more and we'll talk about that a little bit more here throughout the course of the week. Just some opening thoughts and opening statements and and I think the biggest conversation has to be this passing game. We saw the immense improvement last year in the run game and yes you don't have Caleb Johnson. I get that. Murray Moulton though very good talented guy. Jazz Patterson

Starting point is 00:09:03 number two solid and then what we saw from McNeil. I think every dayers, you know, if you're an everyday listener to Lock On Hawkeyes, my affinity for Brev and Doll. And Brev, I know it killed him not to be able to be out there dealing with a hamstring injury and had a few other physical ailments that were happening throughout the course of spring.

Starting point is 00:09:24 He wants to be out there getting reps. This is an exciting time. Yeah, the schedule is gonna be tough and we're gonna talk about that a lot coming up throughout the summer and just how difficult it's gonna be for Iowa to get to a mark to get to a 10-win season. But if you would have told me at the end of last year, January things wrap up after the Missouri game, that after spring football, I'd be here thinking that there is a path.

Starting point is 00:09:52 That's not the most likely. But this team, I believe, is going to be better than the 7.5 win total that Fandoul has. That this team is going to be better than a lot of the pundits think. They're going to be in games and they're going to do it throwing the football at times. What a world. But I think that's the word we're living in right now in Hawkeyeville. We continue on the Locked On Hawkeyes podcast. Tom Kaker had an opportunity to talk with him. A little bonus edition. We'll have a full episode out for you on Monday. We'll get that to you. But before that Tom Cakert had a chance to talk to him a little bit before but a

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Starting point is 00:11:31 Don't miss out. Head to FanDuel.com and claim your $250 in bonus bets today with FanDuel online. FanDul.com. I listened to Tim Lester and Phil Parker. And I don't think Lester meant to throw Brian Ferentz under the bus, but when he let it not slip out, when he offered up that the receivers, they're running, running, running and do do so playing the position much more freely now. And the reason being that they're taught coverages. I was just blown away, Tom, that they hadn't been up until this point. But that was maybe my biggest takeaway listening to some of the recaps.

Starting point is 00:12:17 How about you? That was an indictment of Brian or indictment of Kelton Copeland. Yeah, either one, right? A little both probably. Maybe both. Um, yeah, just, uh, or the value and the importance they put on that, um, in that previous offense, maybe as well. Uh, probably a lot of, a mix of everything, but I'll tell you, I've heard just really good things about the way the

Starting point is 00:12:46 offense has looked and that Phil and Seth Wallace have gotten a little frustrated because they can't dominate the way they usually do in the spring and that they've kind of gotten burned a few times and they have not been totally pleased by all this. So yeah, I'm pleasantly, and again, they're doing it with, you know, Selle was there for the part of the spring and now it's Hank Brown. They haven't even got to Grunowski yet, who's throwing, what did Tim say? Nerf balls, I think the other day that they were throwing Nerf footballs or something. So he's getting there and they're getting closer to getting him back and then we'll see what they got.

Starting point is 00:13:29 So you mentioned Sal, just real quick, he's off to Tulane. Was there was there legitimate interest among with Michigan? It seemed like there was something there. Okay. But I think Sally wanted to go somewhere to play. And I wouldn't have gone to Michigan because it's just a matter of time before they go to Bryce Underwood, right? It seems like it there. They paid them a lot of money. Yeah. Well, Larry Ellison did.

Starting point is 00:13:56 Dave Portnoy. Yeah. They, I think they, they chipped in to the to the total there. So yeah, I don't think he would have really enjoyed that situation just because it doesn't seem like it's going to be a good situation for him to start. And he wants to go start and probably Tulane probably offers that opportunity. Going to get that shot. Who? Hank Brown's been getting some buzz. I want to get that shot who Hank Brown's been getting some buzz Is it a foregone conclusion that he's going to be the backup? but we know Kronowski is going to be the starter or we can maybe learn a little bit more of how that's going and and The buzz that's happening in those backup positions

Starting point is 00:14:37 yeah, and I've kind of been championing the Hank Brown bandwagon for a while and I Think he's gonna be the backup this year. Interesting they added a quarterback this week too with Jeremy Hicklinski who's, you know, Uncle Jeff was a pretty good quarterback back in the day. He spent some time at Western Illinois as well. So yeah, they've at least got, good quarterback back in the day. They spent some time at Western Illinois as well. So,

Starting point is 00:15:13 yeah, they've at least got a, it's so fascinating to me the way the quarterback, and I think it's emblematic of what is going on in college football today, that the guys that are in the room today were not in that room a year ago. None of them. I mean, Shaggy is like the old head in that room and he got here in June last year. It's crazy how things can turn over, but I think that position in particular is emblematic of the state of college football today. Another guy that's seemingly, when Trent and I are speaking, well, we're going to move to the other side of the bomb. Guess we'll get back to offense.

Starting point is 00:15:50 Every time we have somebody on that, uh, that covers, I would keep mentioning Bryce Hawthorne, um, tell us about Bryce Hawthorne. I know you're keeping your eye on him tomorrow as well. Yeah. Yeah. I have him, uh, written down and just heard a lot of good things about him. Uh, defensive line, by the well. Yeah. Yeah. I have him written down and just heard a lot of good things about him. Uh, defensive line, by the way. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:16:10 Yeah. Defensive tackle. And that's a neat position for Iowa. They've got Aaron Graves, but after that it's a question mark. So they went out and added. Awthorn from South Dakota state is team made up Grunowski. And then I also brought in, um, Jonah in Jonah Pace, the big D tackle from central Michigan.

Starting point is 00:16:28 And I think everybody kind of came into this thinking, well, Pace is probably going to slot in there maybe as the starter of the third guy and Hawthorne's a little younger and he'll take some more time. And it doesn't seem like that's what's going to happen. It seems like maybe Hawthorne is going to jump in there. I've heard that Pittman's been all dinged up, so that might see a lot of those two transfers tomorrow in the final practice of the spring.

Starting point is 00:16:59 With the advent of the cash position, they don't need the same amount of linebackers. But boy, they got a ton of them over there. But nobody really with experience. We saw a Jade Harrell a couple of years ago at Wrigley Field on that goal line stop. He was in there as an extra linebacker, but Shire, we've heard the kid's name for five years now. He's just never been healthy. What do you think of linebacker? And have you heard anything about any of those young guys they brought in a year ago that might be able to help out right away this year? Yeah, I have heard a lot about some of those young guys, but I'll stick with the main guys.

Starting point is 00:17:30 Shire's been the guy that, and I've kind of thrown this out there, just as kind of a bold prediction, if he stays healthy, he's the guy that surprises everybody and is in one of the all big 10 teams. Sure, I just think he's just, everybody has told me that he's that good when he's been healthy, but it's just staying healthy has been the issue. I look at the three redshirt freshmen and just super high on all those guys. Preston Reese, Jaden Harrell was telling us he's already set the squat record in the weight room for a linebacker and he's a redshirt freshman.

Starting point is 00:18:11 So that's pretty impressive given some of the guys that have been in that room before. So keep an eye on him in the middle. Derek Weisskopf might get some playing time this year, especially in some special teams. But yeah, and Cam Buffington, the other guy, is really good. I know Seth Wallace is super high on those guys. And Goucher and Cooney, the two true freshmen, he really likes those guys. And just watching those guys kind of run around the field. Both those guys just kind of glide. They've got to fill out a little bit more, but you can just tell they're going to be good football players.

Starting point is 00:18:53 Back to the offensive side of the ball. Sam Phillips is a guy that you'll be paying attention to. I'll be anxious to hear a report on all of the receivers after listening to Lester speak earlier in the week, but Sam Phillips is a guy that a lot of people excited to see. Yeah, I'm just because he's the new guy, right? And the guy that came in with the reputation and he's got some production behind him. So he's built kind of differently because he's small. He's, you know, five, seven, five, eight tops. But he's kind of built like a fire plug and just seems like he moves pretty well in space and an experienced guy that knows what he's doing out there. So I suspect he's going to get out there in that mix.

Starting point is 00:19:35 It's so weird though to have like this wide receiver room that has like talent and depth for Iowa. It's such an odd thing to feel like they've done that. But you know, they've been able to move down TJ Washington back to running back after having to move over to wide receiver last year because the numbers and, and just the, the overhaul that Tim Lester has done with this offense is just, it's stunning right now. Another guy that's been moving, Alex Moda. Hasn't been healthy? Yep.

Starting point is 00:20:06 Started wide receiver, really great athlete coming out of Marion and just hasn't been out there. Now he's over defensively and at minimum, Phil Parker brought up his name and you know this, Tom. You hear when Phil brings up a guy unprompted, at least it gets your curiosity up, right? Yep. Yep, it does. It always does because Phil doesn't put your name out there

Starting point is 00:20:24 unless he's, unless you've seen something from you. Modus thing too has been staying healthy. He just, I can't think of the number of times I've seen him in a walking boot. I mean, it seems like that was like a whole year where I just, every time I'd see him, he'd be in a walking boot and been able to get out there and came in as a wide receiver. Now they're testament defensive back and it's position. They could probably use some depth for sure, especially corner.

Starting point is 00:20:52 I know they're, they're trying to get land a couple more corners here in the portal. If they can do that, that would be good. But, um, but they've, I think Phil is not just based on the way he was talking the other day, it seems like Paul is probably their top corner right now, but that's to be determined. I think he's looking for guys to really emerge this year. Tom Kaker from HawkeyeReport.com is our guest. So tomorrow, Tom, I believe the event is scheduled to begin at 1045, but probably good advice to get there a little early because hasn't started kind of early in the at times and some years. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And there's guys out there moving around and doing stuff. And, you know,

Starting point is 00:21:40 there's always things going on before, before 10, 10 45. So I, yeah, I would tell people to get there, you know, 10 15 or so, and you can see the guys warming up and getting, getting after a little bit and getting, and you can, Hey, you can watch all those great kickers and punters. There you go. Why not kind of do it as a, I will also brought in a trace report, a long snapper. I mean, just such a Hawkeye thing, right? Bring it in a long snapper at the portal.

Starting point is 00:22:09 That's what the Hawkeyes do. That's what they do. And, um, yeah, they need one. Cause, uh, you know, Ike's been, uh, uh, doing all the long snapping pretty much. And I think Michael Burt backup tight end has been helping them out at, uh, snapped a little bit and not doing too bad according to, uh, through Stevens. pretty much. I think Michael Burt, backup tight end, has been helping him out. It snapped a little bit and not doing too bad according to Drew Stevens. But that, you know, you look at that possession at that special teams group and Drew Stevens is probably one of the five

Starting point is 00:22:36 best place kickers in college football, I would think this year. Um, uh, Kate Mweigin might be the best return man in the country. I mean, he certainly was best in the big Ben last year and, um, in restock and is 20 pounds heavier. And, and, uh, from what I was told, somebody had practiced the other day, they told me that he was just hitting bomb after bomb after bomb and practice. So, um, he may take another, um, giant lead for him. He was pretty darn good last year. So I think that's a, that's a group that's, boy, hard to, hard to say there's, there's a weak spot in that group right now.

Starting point is 00:23:16 Basketball wise, Tom, what's going on in the men's program? Yeah, they're, you know, still looking to fill out that roster. And I saw a picture of Ben McCollum up with the, Jaden Kuhn, the kid from Northwest Iowa, who's 2026 kid, but name the maybe watch as a guard from High Point. Keza Giffa, who's visiting USC, who just lost their point guard. I wonder if that's going to be a bigger deciding factor for him is that there might be more of an opportunity to be the point guard somewhere instead of being in a backup behind, you know, how many minutes.

Starting point is 00:23:56 I mean, we all saw Drake last year, how many minutes Bennett Sturz played. Every one of them. Yeah, he barely lead to the floor. So there's just not a lot of opportunities to, for backup point card, but they do need a backup point guard. So, um, you know, as, as always two things decide where kids go today. One is, I mean, playing time and the other is dollars and dollars might be ahead of playing. Yes. You're sadly you're probably right.

Starting point is 00:24:27 I don't think there's any doubt about it. Hey, speaking of basketball. So Kate Sage, kid that was committed to Drake, Oklahoma's right. Oklahoma kid. Yeah. Like a six, seven kind of small forward combo guard type. Yep. He, everyone thought he was committed to Iowa.

Starting point is 00:24:43 Yeah. Is he or isn't he? Yeah. Is it, are they working on a release fromable. Yeah, easier isn't he? Yeah. Is it, are they working on a release from Drake? Is Drake maybe dragging their foot? What's going on here? Because this one felt like it was going to be quick and we're pushing May now.

Starting point is 00:24:54 Yeah. And I, he was, he had told, he told us he was going to do it this week and now he said, wow, they've asked him to push it back to next week. I think they just want to get other news out there and just kind of slide this one in there. You know what I mean? It's just like, it's like, yeah, we're going to do this, but it's going to be after we get all of our other business done, I think is what they're hoping to do. So he's going to end up being a Hawkeye, but it's just there. I think it's a timing issue more than anything else. That's Tom Cakert, hawkeyereport.com.

Starting point is 00:25:30 Joining us, I appreciate Tom. And his time, as always, is trying to figure out what's going on in that transfer portal. Always can be a difficult situation. We continue Lockdown Hawkeyes, a taking a look at the Iowa baseball team. Big series against Indiana, Iowa wins them all. First place in the Big Ten, Hawkeyes, a taking a look at the Iowa baseball team. Big series against Indiana, Iowa wins them all. First place in the Big Ten, Hawkeyes,

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Starting point is 00:27:22 on Hawkeyes podcast thanks for making locked on Hawkeyes your first listen every day, your team every day. That's what we do here on the Lockdown Network and a shout out to you every day as being with us each and every day. A little bit of a bonus episode here with Tom Kaikert joining us. We will have a full episode out to you on Monday and a deeper breakdown of what we saw at spring practice. But before that, let's take a look back at the weekend that was as Iowa polishes off Indiana, another 10 run limit, run rule, a win against the Hoosiers after having to walk it off with the safety squeeze on Friday night. They come back and just pulverize the Hoosiers the last two days. So Iowa now is up to thirty-one and twelve overall

Starting point is 00:28:07 but for NCAA tournament purposes, they're twenty-nine and twelve because the two non-D1 victories do not count on their resume for the NCAA tournament. Now twenty and four in the Big Ten this season, absolutely incredible after the sweep in this one. Iowa's RPI has jumped up to now number 61 in the country. Non-conference strength is scheduled, not great 270. That remains the concern. Good news though is Michigan moved back into Quad 1 victory territory. So Iowa's sweep that they had last

Starting point is 00:28:40 weekend against the Wolverines, those become three Quad one victories in Iowa, three and oh now on the season in Quadrant one, Quad two, seven and four another good mark, the demerits three losses against Quad three teams and five losses against Quad four that is what is really dragging down that Iowa RPI. At this point, the opportunities continue after last week dropping though the midweek game can't allow that to happen this week and it's Illinois State coming up this week Illinois State. Decent Missouri Valley team it's just it's the reality after losing to Western Illinois you can't afford any more of these Iowa then goes on the road for Washington after that that'll be their trip next weekend it'll be the last road series. after that. That'll be their trip next weekend. It'll be the last road series of the year for Iowa. Then a midweek game

Starting point is 00:29:26 next week on the road at UIC before finishing up with that series here in Des Moines against third ranked Oregon State and the Beavers might even be higher after we get through the weekend and then they wrap up at home against Oregon that will end the regular season with that one. Mentioned Oregon State though, they did lose over the weekend their series against Nebraska lost two out of three to the Huskers there. But that's what's in front of Iowa baseball. Big big sweep against the Hoosiers. Do it with pitching, timely hitting.

Starting point is 00:29:58 They just talk about this group and how they're having fun. You can definitely see it watching this Iowa baseball team. And speaking of what's happening on the diamond over on the softball side of things, the Iowa softball team has solidified their slot in the big 10 tournament and they got a really solid opportunity that they very well could be also playing their way into the NCAA tournament. You look at their resume, it's a lot different than the baseball team. Now, what helps them more than anything is that victory that they have against UCLA.

Starting point is 00:30:30 That is a monster victory. UCLA, a top 10 team, a power program, no doubt about it. And getting that victory goes a long, long way. Also the win that they had earlier this season against Nebraska on that Sunday after losing the first two games. So Iowa sits at 12-7 in the Big Ten. Again, solidly in the tournament. It'll be 12 teams that'll qualify for the softball tournament.

Starting point is 00:30:53 An RPI now of 52, but four quad one victories for the Iowa women. And they don't have as many of those bad losses that we talked about with the baseball side. Six and one in quad three, 12 and one in in quad four but a four and ten mark in quad one nine and five in quad two. I think there's a real possibility we can see the softball team back in the NCAA tournament and what a turnaround that would be and what the tumult that's been happening inside the program this year. A really good stuff this spring for Iowa baseball

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Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - BOMBSHELL: Iowa's Passing Game SHOCKS Fans and Critics | Is This the START of a New Era?

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