Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - ELITE POTENTIAL: Iowa Hawkeyes Offensive Line to DOMINATE Again? Rebuild Led by Trevor Lauck

Starting point is 00:00:00 Everyone loves to talk about the skill guys, the quarterbacks, but Iowa's next leap, it starts up front. New phases, nasty depth, old school development, the Hawkeye offensive line is rebuilding and it has a chance to be elite once again in 20206. You are Locked on Hawkeyes, your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes. part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome in. I'm Trent Condon, and this is the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast. Thanks for making Lockdown Hawkeyes your first listen every day here on the Lockdown Network, now number one for sports podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by Fandual.

Starting point is 00:00:46 If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, visit Fanduil.com and place your NFL live bets all year long. I've been covering the Hawkeyes for over 20 years on the radio on the Iowa Sports Radio Network currently is where you can hear me each weekday from noon to two as we talk Hawkeyes and a whole lot more with you with stations in Des Moines, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, the Quad Cities, and Sioux City. You can catch me there each and every weekday. Today we're going to talk some hoops. We're going to get into basketball, including a big story. Emily Rodriguez, what is her future with the Iowa women's program? We've talked about her

Starting point is 00:01:21 and what kind of player she can be, some cryptic things coming in from head coach Jan Jensen. talk about that, a dominating performance from both the women and the men over the weekend. Plus, we're going to be joined by Elliott Clough as he's going to stop by. We'll talk some basketball with Elliott and take a look at the transfer portal and some needs for Iowa football. We begin today, though, with our look around this Iowa football team. And here over this week and next, we're going to go through before the bowl game, taking a look at all the different position groups, what needs to be done, what needs to be fixed, who's going to be departing. And today we're going to start, well, where we should,

Starting point is 00:01:57 for Iowa football, and that is with the offensive line. Obviously, Kirk Barron's as a longtime guru on the offensive line, this is a position that is incredibly important for the development of this football program. And if Iowa has an offensive line, that's pretty good, you anticipate Iowa as a team is going to be. Now, you start the conversation with the guys that are going to be moving on. And after getting kind of bonus seasons, if you will, out of both Stevens, Jennings Dunker, Logan Jones.

Starting point is 00:02:27 Jones came back for an extra year. I don't think a lot of people thought. Logan Jones would have been a draft pick a year ago, fourth, fifth round or something like that. And maybe he did help himself even more this season. And it's crazy when we look back at the career, Logan Jones, just how much he struggled with some things early in his career, just the snapping of the football and how many issues we saw

Starting point is 00:02:45 to what he turned into and winning the Remington Award and becoming an all big selection and All-American. How about Bo Stevens? A guy that was banged up a lot during the course of his career, what he turned himself into in his final go-around. And then Jennings Dunker, who was just a crowd favorite, the big red hair flowing out of the back of the helmet, you knew that you were going to get a guy that was just a butt kicker.

Starting point is 00:03:05 And this was a physical group. These were guys that also took some lumps early in their career and turned into what they are. So you lose three starters from this year's team. Bryce George, a lot of us anticipated he was going to be somebody that was going to compete for one of the starting jobs. Maybe he was going to be the left tackle this season. That didn't come to fruition.

Starting point is 00:03:23 he got injured in the first game in warmups of the season going all the way back to August and it just never happened for him. And we'll talk a little bit about George and how it relates maybe to what I was looking at with this offensive line. But what comes back next season? Will you start with two guys that were starters this year? Trevor Loutt. Loutke put together, I think not just an incredible season. I mean, you look at the numbers that places like pro football focus, the way that he graded out this year.

Starting point is 00:03:50 That was one of the biggest questions we had coming into this season. season is what was left tackle going to look like. And it was him. It was Jack Dotsler. It was Bryce George, who was going to be that starter, who was going to be the guy, the youngest of the group, Trevor Loutk, won that job. And he played at a higher level. I think that anybody would have thought coming into this season really never relented. There were a couple of times that we saw a rotation early in the season with him and Dotsler. But overall, this was Trevor Loutk's job. And now you go into next season where you feel like you have an elite left tackle. That is a great starting point. The other one is Kate Pee.

Starting point is 00:04:23 Piper. Physically, just a dominating guy that isn't the biggest guard or interior offensive lineman you're going to find, but the strength, the versatility, the athleticism that Kate Piper has. And I also like what they have with this guy and they feel like they can play them both at the center position or he can be a guard as he was throughout the course of this year. That goes hand in hand. So you got two starters back. All right, not great. Lose three starters and certainly guys of Dunker, D Stevens and Jones ilk. That's going to be concerning. But then on top of it, we saw this year, Leighton Jones. Because of the entries to Bo Stevens, Leighton Jones had to play a ton. And though he's not a starter per se,

Starting point is 00:05:02 that guy played a whole lot of snaps. And after the bowl game, we'll put up the stat numbers and see exactly how many snaps that Leighton Jones played this year. But I think you can consider him, let's say a half, a half of a returning starter. Talked about Dotsler. He's played plenty throughout the course of his career. And maybe one of the more intriguing guys is Michael Ms. Linsky, who will come back and he'll get a six year of eligibility. He was a guy that was targeted as a center. He was a guy that has played a little bit of guard. But with him and Piper, you're feeling like you're in really good spot.

Starting point is 00:05:33 I mentioned Jack Dotsler. At right tackle, you're feeling good there. Canon Lettern, who was banged up this year. He's a guy that's also going to be competing there. And another name you need to throw into this mix is Lucas Allgaier. Lucas Allgaier this year showed up on the depth chart as a true freshman, something that is a rarity at the offensive line spot unless injuries hit and they have to play guys earlier than they should.

Starting point is 00:05:56 I think that tells you about a lot, the upside that they have with Lucas Allgaier and probably the air apparent left tackle for Trevor Lout. You got other guys here, a lot of depth pieces, Will Nolan, Brody McCaslin. They're part of that young group coming up. Cale Winter, a walk-on that has showed some promise, George Nahas, another one of those guys that transferred in from Iowa State. Plus that incoming freshman class, I think this position, group is incredibly deep. And when you have the depth that they currently have at offensive

Starting point is 00:06:24 line, I'm one of the people that says, I don't think this is a need position in the transfer portal. Offensive line. And I think it's twofold. A, I think the depth is better than certainly a lot of people think with this team losing three starters. But secondly, we've seen guys that have struggled so much making the transition. We talked earlier about Bryce George. It didn't happen with him. Go back a couple of years ago, they brought him Parker. And he, a lot of people thought was going to be a starter at tackle. He never played. He never played meaningful snaps on the offensive line. The one transfer that has worked out was Rusty Feth, who was okay. He was all right in an interior spot, but certainly was not an all Big Ten type of player

Starting point is 00:07:04 coming in. Unless you have a player that is a no doubt about it, a surefire lock, this guy's going to come in and he is going to be a starter. If it's a one-year rental, I don't anticipate that this should be a spot that Iowa goes. I think it goes hand to hand with what Iowa asks out of their offensive alignment, what they asked them to do in the run game and this new look, a run game that we've seen the last couple of years of Tim Lester.

Starting point is 00:07:29 I just don't think it makes sense. For depth, absolutely, but unless it's that guy, that elite guy, and those guys cost a lot in the transfer portal. I don't think that this is a need position this year for Iowa in the offensive line, certainly and what they have done through this

Starting point is 00:07:45 point in the season. There's a look at the offensive line. I also want to mentioned this huge freshman class that is coming in this year. We talked about this earlier. Every day, as you know, we talked about Carson Nielsen, got to see him in person in the first round of the playoffs this year as Waterloo West came down and faced Wachie. And I broadcast that game, incredibly impressed by this young man. It's offensive line.

Starting point is 00:08:08 You don't anticipate any of these guys making a jump. Could there be maybe somebody in the interior? Could it be Hudson Parliament? What a name that he has. You got Gene Raarden that comes in. another one really high accolates for him. The other guys in this offensive line class coming in, Owen Linder and Colin Witters. It's a deep group.

Starting point is 00:08:26 Offensive line, they hit a home run. It feels like in this class and feeling good about the freshman class, but at offensive line, don't anticipate any of these guys are going to be in the mix, at least early in their Iowa career. We continue here, lockdown Hawkeyes. We're going to go into the portal a little bit deeper. Elliott Clough covers it 424-7. We're going to talk some basketball with Elliott and a look at the portal.

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Starting point is 00:10:32 Talk some hogs. Hello, Elliot, Trent, and Ken, how are you? Good. How are you guys? Doing well. We jump over to the men's side of things, a dominating performance against Western Michigan on the heels of, you know, what could have been, should have been against Iowa State, the opportunity to get that signature victory to really kick off the Ben McCullum era.

Starting point is 00:10:50 To do that, I thought was impressive. Western Michigan's terrible. They're a bad basketball team, but still to be able to show up like that right away, put it to them, and just keep going. I think that said a lot about this group. Yeah, I think it did too. And honestly, I think we saw it in the Iowa State game. When they went on there, were, you know, taken to 22 to 4 runs from Iowa State

Starting point is 00:11:12 in the beginning of that second half, they responded. It wasn't like the Michigan State game. I mean, even between those two games, we heard about how Ben and the Iowa staff really focused on offense and getting to their sets or their actions, even if the opposing defense isn't allowing it and making things happen one way or another offensively. And we saw that happen in the second half. They really stagnated, but eventually got things going, got an 8-0 run against the cyclones, and then, you know, following it up with a big win against a program that,

Starting point is 00:11:45 You said it, Trent, not my word. They're terrible. Getting to bounce back win like that is really positive. It's like, okay, you know, that sucks. We lost a rivalry game. It's also the first year of the Ben McCollomera. Like, you can't be too upset. That was an incredible showing on the road

Starting point is 00:12:01 against the top five team in the country with guys like Taman Lipsby, Manchilevich. I mean, you guys know the roster, Joshua Jefferson. Like, those guys are stud. And for Iowa, did you do that with mostly a mid-major roster? is pretty damn impressive and pretty telling of how good of a coach Ben McCollum is. But I think, I think honestly, the mentality is there for them to get right back to their winning ways clearly. And I mean, we've just continued to see Tate Sage continue to improve and he played

Starting point is 00:12:28 really well against Western Michigan. I think he might be one of the more underrated 20, 25 recruits in high major basketball. I mean, he's been really good. Yeah, no doubt about it. You know who else? I mean, all of the Drake transfers, we thought Sturtz's game would, you know, would transfer to the Big Ten, and it clearly has. But as I look at the rest that came with them, Banks, Combs, Manowow and Howard,

Starting point is 00:12:52 really all of them, at least thus far, you know, with Big Ten play on the horizon, night in and night out, they don't look out of place at all for my money, Elliot. How about you? Yeah, of course, you know, you'd love to have Cam Maniow be two or three inches taller. But other than that, you know, speaking of the mentality, I mean, those guys are just attack, attack attack, attack. I'm going to, what McCollum likes to describe Isaiah Howard is as

Starting point is 00:13:18 like half nut, half crazy. And you can kind of see it in the way he plays. There's no, I don't know, it's always, like I said, always in attack mode, ready to do what he needs to be. It's a controlled chaos from all of those guys. They're willing to do the dirty work. Kale Combs is silky smooth, man.

Starting point is 00:13:36 Like, I did not think he was going to be this good, let alone this impactful. The nice little floater, he's got a nice little jump shot too. Banks is, I think, starting to figure some things out. He kind of disappeared for a few games there, but he was really good at the second half against Iowa State. Yeah, I mean, they've, I really thought, I really, really thought Kilcomes was going to be an end of the rotation guy, but he's been a great, you know, additional ball handler in that starting lineup to take some of the pressure off Bennett's dirt. But yeah, yeah, the great guys have been

Starting point is 00:14:07 good. Brendan Hassan has been one of the more confounding things. He played a few minutes. against Iowa State. He played a few minutes a much more against Western Michigan. What kind of role? Let's say it's the middle of February. They're hanging around. They're going to be a tournament team. What part of the rotation is it? Is it maybe seven minutes a game? Is it pushing

Starting point is 00:14:27 up to 15 minutes a game? What do you anticipate? Crystal Ballad here is Ford Elliott. What do you think for Hossett is we kind of make our way through the Big Ten conference schedule? Man, Trent, you know, Dave and I had a conversation about this on Stormcast. Last

Starting point is 00:14:42 week, I think. And I do think he's one of the top five most talented players on this roster, just because he's so good at his given skill set, right? Like, he's one of the best shooters in the country. Like, the defense is, it's not great, but I don't think it's necessarily bad. Like, in what we've seen, it hasn't been awful. I'd like to think that he starts to work his way up closer to 15 minutes and earn some of that trust from the staff to play decent defense to be, you know, maybe a guy that brings the ball up the floor a little bit here and there. Honestly, as just a guy who loves to watch stellar shooters, I want it to be 15 minutes a game.

Starting point is 00:15:24 I'd probably put it in the middle right there at like 10. It's just a strange situation. And a roster filled with mid-major guys, your high-major player is, you know, kind of a reserve, it is in a reserve role. I really thought he'd start from game one, and that's the way it would be with this team. But, yeah, it's been odd.

Starting point is 00:15:46 It's not quite the Emily Rodriguez situation, but it is odd. What about Fulgaris? Are we not disappointed? But did we, at least I thought that, you know, that the transition would have been smoother. He certainly had his moments. But like the rest of the team, he's about to embark on the Big Ten.

Starting point is 00:16:05 There's a bunch of dudes in the Big Ten, you know, that are going to look him right in the eye, going to look up at. Fulgaris's first go around in the Big Ten, how do you think it's going so far as a hot guy? I think it's okay. I think we're all in the same boat of wanting to see more from him because he was brought in to be the secondary playmaker to Bennett-Curts, right? Like you don't bring in an all-conference player, even from a mid-major program, who has that type of skill set and don't look to have him be that type of impactful player. Honestly, guys, like I think having him start would change some things offensively for Iowa.

Starting point is 00:16:44 Probably take Tavion Banks out of the starting lineup. He was the sixth man of the year in Missouri Ballet Conference last year. Maybe he's going to be a little bit more comfortable, a little bit more consistently impactful off the bench. Like in Isaiah Howard. I mean, you look at Isaiah Howard starting those first few games. He looked really uncomfortable. And coming off the bench, he's looked much more comfortable and much more confident.

Starting point is 00:17:04 Who's to say that flipping that with Banks and Alvaro wouldn't ignite some thing. I would love to see him start. I don't know that coming off the bench is something that you can look at it as sort of a spark plug role where, yeah, he's not starting, but he provides minutes or provides, yeah, minutes and scoring like a starter would. But he hasn't done that off the bench. He's done some things. He's shown some three-point shooting ability. He's obviously got a skill set tailor-made by European coaches, if you will. and I would love to, honestly, like, it's kind of the same thing with Brendan Hotson. I just want to see more.

Starting point is 00:17:47 I want to see more. I want to see him given more responsibility on the court to be who he is. And I don't know, I don't know, you know, obviously, I'm not in practice every day. We're not seeing everything. But, man, I just want to see them given that opportunity and see what they can do with it. So Iowa had their two Big Ten games as they've struggled with them historically. Got a win, got the win against Maryland. And he looked at the beginning slate.

Starting point is 00:18:12 UCLA, pretty good, really good point guard with Donovan Dent, UCLA, but a very winnable home game. You go to Minnesota. Feels like that's one that you have to get. And then after that, C. Lyon, I could we be talking about this team getting off to a really good start, win the UCLA, Minnesota game? And suddenly that Illinois matchup on January 11th that the conversation may be starting to shift in that top of it, maybe we can actually get a full carver. man i hope so i don't think well other than covering a few women's games here and there i haven't been part of a full carver yet in my few years on the beach so i hope so yeah like you said ucela's a winnable game you got to be minnesota i mean from what i've seen of minnesota they're

Starting point is 00:18:54 not good like at all i mean almost lost uh u w green bay took over time to get got leaves boys exactly exactly so um which by the way Betendorf alum plays for UW Green Bay, Caden Wilkins, for high school basketball fans out there. But yeah, you know, I think they, the hope is that they at the very least go two and oh to start the new year going against UCLA, going against Minnesota, and then you set up for an awesome Big Ten battle. You start to figure out where these Big Ten teams start to, you know,

Starting point is 00:19:31 find their spot in the league, if you will, what echelon they belong in, whether it's middle of the pack, top middle, top, between programs like Iowa and Illinois, who Illinois just lost to Nebraska at home. I mean, and this Nebraska team is showing some pretty good things. Price Stanford is playing really well. Oh, is he ever? Yeah, so that's definitely something to watch. But, yeah, I mean, I think we're going to learn a lot about this team in the next few weeks

Starting point is 00:19:58 as they start Big Ten play. Obviously, Bucknell coming up in Des Moines and then UMAT Lowell and then things start to get rolling. That's where the season starts to get fun. The Illinois game, Sunday the 11th, that's Wild Card Sunday in the NFL, and that the time is TBD. It's going to be carried on Fox.

Starting point is 00:20:17 Doesn't that lead you one to believe that that'll be an early tip on Sunday the 11th? Because Fox has to get in, I'm assuming Fox has a game on that Sunday. I don't know 100%, but it's Fox in the NFL. I'd be surprised if they don't. Doesn't that lead you to one to believe

Starting point is 00:20:33 that that might be a real early tip on Sunday? Yeah, I guess that would make sense. I haven't looked that far ahead from being honest, Ken. And, man, I only have so much room for sports in my brain, so I don't pay that much attention to the NFL. But, yeah, I mean, I guess. I think about you got to factor in church on Sunday, too, folks. You can't forget about Jesus.

Starting point is 00:20:56 So, yeah, I don't know. I don't know what time the game will tip. But, yeah, I follow your logic. Makes sense. Well, jump into a little football with you, Elliot. at transfer portal still a couple of weeks away from that thing opening up. We're already hearing names, plenty of quarterbacks more than anything, starting to get in there and the bidding process will begin on that front.

Starting point is 00:21:16 What's the latest that you're hearing? As the transfer portal, as it gets set to open A from an Iowa perspective, in fact, let's start there. Do you anticipate that we're going to see a bunch of names enter the portal? Is it just going to be a handful as it's been in years past? I would get a handful. And, you know, we've got our eyes on a few position groups. starting to hear a little bit more about the running back position group and a few possible

Starting point is 00:21:39 entries there. So keep an eye on that. Of course, you know, you look at youngsters that haven't been able to quite to break through, but, you know, maybe they end up somewhere else and they get some playing time. So I would probably say a handful at this point. I don't think you're going to see any big, you know, super productive players enter the portal necessarily. There might be in that running back room. Keep it, like I said, keep an eye on that. But, yeah, right now, I wouldn't expect more than maybe 10, 10 to 12 maybe. It's not going to be a lot.

Starting point is 00:22:14 I mean, there's obvious walk-ons who can probably make their way to the FCS and find some playing time somewhere. But, yeah, I wouldn't expect a ton. Hank Brown, maybe? Maybe. Yeah, I think I told you guys last week that I'd actually heard some pop. Yeah, out of Boliv prep practice. So we'll see.

Starting point is 00:22:36 It's definitely going to be a battle between him and Hecklinsky. I don't want to count out around yet. No, I hope they both stay and I hope they both battle. We've talked about edge rusher. Certainly it's going to be a very costly one if they'll go that direction. Wide receiver. What about kicker? The kid from Bettendorf is a burr.

Starting point is 00:22:53 Did they anticipate he's the starter next year taking over for Drew Stevens? I saw Drew Stevens' brother was at Wazoo. Is there a connection there? What can you tell us at a position that we know for Iowa football is incredibly important? Right. Right now, just based on what we've seen and what we know with this team, I would expect Iowa to dip into the portal for a kicker. You mentioned Drew Stevens' brother.

Starting point is 00:23:16 He was recruited by Iowa out of high school. Iowa was not going to offer him a scholarship, so we opted to go to South Dakota State and then Washington State. Now you're looking at it as, well, he's got experience. You need a kicker. he's a couple years older than berr i think that would make a lot of sense i'm not reporting anything but i do think that would make a lot of sense if that were to come to fruition obviously it would make sense for him to go to iowa state too depending on what conrarty does um could he be a hawk who knows wow that that's uh i he's a walk on

Starting point is 00:23:49 that's true well we'll see but um yeah i i would not be i would honestly most likely expect i would have go after a kicker because burr has shown some encouraging things um just you know with with drew the one thing that you notice and like open kids day practice and and spring practice is the ball just comes off drew's foot different compared to kaden burr whereas kaden burr's ball kind of lost so he's still working on that power still working on some of those things to add to his frame um so i i would expect i would go get maybe a little bit older of a kicker that you know you can trust in those situations where you got to beat Nebraska 1310 at home this coming year, right? So, yeah, that would make sense to me.

Starting point is 00:24:33 Vanderbilt will be the opponent, Diego Pavia, made an ass of himself, but he does that kind of weekly. So it's not a big surprise on that one. Mentioned this yesterday, Elliot, there's going to be a lot of casual fans that are going to be flipping on the TV on New Year's Eve, and I think a lot are going to be rooting for the good black and gold, not their black and gold. Yeah, I mean, he went from a lovable underdog.

Starting point is 00:24:56 Wow, don't really like this guy anymore. We're rooting for the big, I guess, a monster program that Indiana has become and Fernando Mendoza over him to win the Heisman. So, yeah, too bad, too bad. You know, I think I said it last week, too, is that Vanderbilt's kind of become my side team, if you will, that I like to watch a little bit. I do like the roster. I think Clark Lee's a really good coach, but, yeah, Diego, not doing himself any favors.

Starting point is 00:25:26 No, that's for sure. Elliot, Clef, good stuff. You certainly did us a favor as you do most weeks. Elliot, thanks for jumping on. We will talk to you in advance of that football game, rely a quest on the 31st. Thank you, Ellie. Appreciate you coming on.

Starting point is 00:25:39 Merry Christmas. Happy New Year, too, and happy holidays. Thanks, pal. Back at you. Bye, guys. Yep, good to talk to you. Elliot Clef, as we check in on Iowa. Thanks, as always to Elliot for his time.

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Starting point is 00:26:41 We come back on the other side, a quick recap of what we saw in hoops, some dominating performances that were out there from both the Iowa men and women and Emily Rodriguez concerns is she part of the Iowa basketball program. NFL Sundays move fast, one big play, and suddenly everything feels different. That's why betting live with Fanduil is so exciting. You're not just watching the game, you're reacting to it in real time. With Fandual, you can play bets as the action unfolds. Every drive, every momentum swing, every highlight moment.

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Starting point is 00:28:14 Let's start with the women first because interesting comment that came out from Jan Jensen on the Tuesday press conference talking about Emily Rodriguez. We have not seen her play since the Miami game played just four. minutes in that one, had some interesting moments in the Baylor game, some bad turnovers there. She was asked if she was still part of the team and the quote

Starting point is 00:28:36 from Jan Jensen was, she is as of right now. Yeah. Okay. Leads to speculation. A lot of concerns. We've talked about Emily Rodriguez, and she is a player on this team that could get her own shot. We don't chitchat Wright can do that. Ava Hayden's a tremendous talent, but he's still

Starting point is 00:28:54 got to have a post feed to get her to the ball. Hannah Stulke, she's a rim runner. That's her strength. Generating out the bounce, that's not what it is. Kylie Fearbach, that's not her game. Taylor McCabe, that's not her game. Addie Deal will get there eventually. That's not part of her game right now.

Starting point is 00:29:10 There aren't a whole lot of players on this team offensively. As good as they have been, that can do it off the bounce. And Rodriguez was one of those players. It's up to file away. So Iowa on Saturday dominates 10268 against Lyndonwood. We, of course, did not see Emily Rodriguez. in that game. We did see a whole lot of Hannah Stolke, though.

Starting point is 00:29:29 Going out, 31.6 rebounds in just 25 minutes of action. She was tremendous. We saw Chit-chat right. She left again. You wonder about chit-chat, what it's going to be the injuries piling up. She's not real big. And it's 18 minutes of the game.

Starting point is 00:29:46 All right, it's a blowout. You're going to dominate, but have to keep her healthy. If this team is going to hit the heights, is there a top 15 team in the country right now, Now, if she's going to deliver at that kind of level, he'd her to play at a huge level. And Saturday, talk about a step up in competition and hoping for Iowa that everything's right. Here is the number one ranked Yukon Huskies.

Starting point is 00:30:08 Yukon is loaded. They easily dispatch USC their last time up. They won by 28. They have throttled everybody that they played this season. Outside of Michigan, they have not had really a tight game all season long. Iowa, we'll see if they can hang around. It is going to be a steep test. In fact, Yukon on the Fandul app to win the national championship,

Starting point is 00:30:30 Yukon is minus money. Meaning right now, minus 160. You've got to lay 160 bucks to win 100 back or lay 16 bucks to win $10 back. That's how big of a favorite, how good this Yukon team is. On the men's side, Western Michigan, Western Michigan, as I told Elliot, they're just bad. That was a bad basketball team. But I like that Iowa was able to go out there,

Starting point is 00:30:50 control the basketball game from the opening, And on top of it, you got a little bit of a rest for your point guard, Bennett starts, getting him off his feet. We're going to talk more about this, certainly going forward. We get some different avenues we're going to get into on the basketball front. This week coming up, we got a lot coming your way on Lockdown Hawkeyes. Thanks as always for being with this. We're going to continue our position group as we did today with the offensive line.

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