Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Former Hawkeye running back LeShun Daniels on fixing the offense, Michigan cheating & picks

Starting point is 00:00:00 Trent Conant, LaShawn Daniels with you today. Locked on Hawkeyes. We talked to the former Hawkeye running back about how we fix this offense with the bye week. What a bye week look like for Iowa football. Plus, we'll get a former player perspective on the Michigan cheating today. Locked on. You are locked on Hawkeyes. Your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Starting point is 00:00:23 Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. I'm Trent Condon, he's LaShawn Daniels, and this is the Locked On Hawkeyes podcast. Thanks for making Locked On Hawkeyes your first listen every day. We're available wherever you get podcasts. You can also find us and watch us on YouTube. While you're there, make sure you hit that subscribe button. Helps us get in front of more Hawkeye fans. Today's episode is brought to you by GameTime.

Starting point is 00:01:03 Download the GameTime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase. Well, LaShawn, we are, well, nearly a week past the devastating loss in Kinnick Stadium to Minnesota. I was there at that one. The celebration in the stands was incredible, immaculate on the Cooper to Gene punt return. It was one of the best moments in certainly Kinnick Stadium history. I have been to, oh boy, hundreds of games now throughout my life, starting as a little kid all the way through college. And I have been there for some big moments.

Starting point is 00:01:39 I was there for basically any big win that you can think of. And that moment was something incredible. You know, one thing that I've talked about, you look back and beat Tennessee in 2008. Well, that was a game where Iowa, you know, pretty good and won it on a walk-off. Beating Michigan, number two ranked Michigan in that epic game. That was our goal. This was on a punt return, and though it wasn't a walk-off, we hadn't seen a play like that with, what, 90 seconds to play the football game,

Starting point is 00:02:12 and then it's taken away on a technicality. And the thing that infuriated me most, I think, was after we heard Monday from the director of officiating for the Big Ten, Bill Carollo, and he said, well, if you look at the field level, yeah, it doesn't look like he's waving, but if you look at the aerial view, to paraphrase, that's where you can see the arm movement. Well, these players were not levitating.

Starting point is 00:02:34 They play at field level, LaShawn, and that just took me to another level. But I'll let you have the floor here and your takeaway from just the punt return and the impact of the officiating crew in that yeah um obviously that play was just incredible obviously you know what i kind of talked about uh last week you know those games are kind of those games it's minnesota it's always decided by as especially as of late like somebody making some big time play late in the game that

Starting point is 00:03:06 really obviously swings in that was the play like that was it right there i mean uh you know get the ball in your best player's hands let him go and do his thing and obviously it was electric let's say we were excited at the house uh so you saw the stands kinnick was crazy um and for it to get called back for that reason like if it would have got called back for like you know a block in the back or a holding or whatever like obviously like okay tiki tack but you can kind of uh those type of uh penalties like you live with hey they happen right even if they come at the most inopportune times. But to go to the review and obviously review if he steps out of bounds and then come back and say, actually, he made an invalid fair catch signal, so the ball is dead at the spot was just absolutely mind-blowing.

Starting point is 00:03:58 It didn't make sense, like, watching on the field. And it wasn't like anybody on the field from both Iowa's side or Minnesota's side, like, reacted as if reacted as if he was making a fair catch. Everyone continued to play along. To come back and say that is just absolutely mind-blowing. And then to come back the following Monday and double down on it, I think that was even crazier. Because, yeah, you don't play football from, you know, overhead, right?

Starting point is 00:04:29 Like you're playing it from a field level and all the players didn't seem to react as if you'd make an if they're a catch sign or even get like get away sign or whatever, because typically again, he's just, he's literally just pointing at the ball and obviously showing to the returner showing the return team kind of where the ball is at. Typically, when people do get away from the ball, it's usually with both hands or they're doing something like this or whatever. So to come back and take that back was just brutal. Obviously, there are more issues of why we didn't win the football game besides not getting that, that, that punt return for a touchdown.

Starting point is 00:05:08 But for that to happen in that moment is just absolutely brutal. After the plays over the, well, the field's getting pelted with some water bottles and the like, and Phil Fleck brought his team off there. I, to be honest, I was surprised that the delay didn't last longer. I mean, that was, it was pretty ugly in there. It really was. And I thought, you know, I think back to when Lane Kiffin took his team for the first time

Starting point is 00:05:32 to Tennessee and how brutal that was. And, you know, that was what, almost a half hour delay. And they got it quickly cleaned up. But as you get settled, all right, here you go. You still got a minute and a half left to move the ball 15 yards. At least give yourself a chance at a field goal and 20 yards and give yourself a chance at a pretty likely field goal with Drew Stevens and how good he's been.

Starting point is 00:05:53 And I just had no hope. And that's what we were, 12 yards of offense in the second half. It's frustrating that, yes, you have that part, but then maybe even more frustrating is to not have any hope that your offense can pick up 15 yards. And that's where we are with this offense. It just, there's nothing there. Deacon Hill obviously does not have the ability to be accurate enough to be a Big Ten quarterback. And we continue to see that.

Starting point is 00:06:20 So that was a frustration for me then then and probably built on top of the frustration of the call is you just had no hope no hope that you could get a first down and at least give yourself a shot yeah I mean it's just absolutely devastating never even ever at that point I mean like yeah you you meant you you hit it on the head obviously yeah it gets called back but I mean where you're in prime position um to you know get through into a position where he can kick a field goal um and you know win you that football game and to be at a point where you can't move the ball can't convert a first down or you can't even complete a pass like like these are things that uh you would expect trouble with in Little League football.

Starting point is 00:07:05 Definitely not at the Big Ten level, especially for a team that's trying to compete for a Big Ten championship. So it's extremely, extremely frustrating. But, I mean, it's something that we've touched on on this pod. Other people have touched on it like if right now if we're in a situation where it's an obvious passing down situation like it's just like there's really like nothing that we can do uh at the moment obviously who knows i don't know how good or bad the play calling is because it doesn't matter because we can't complete we can't even complete a pass anyway to even see like what what it potentially even looks like so um you know it's it's super

Starting point is 00:07:45 frustrating to to be at this point obviously uh the players are frustrated and the coaches are frustrated but um like obviously like at some point like something something's got to change some type of you gotta you gotta do something right you can't keep um doing the exact same thing week in and week out and rolling with the same people week in and week out at different positions and, you know, expecting a different result. Because, again, it's we're halfway through the season, over halfway through the season at this point. And like at this point in time, my teams are kind of established what they're really what their identity is. And Iowa has really established theirs over the last two years. So to be at this point, it's super frustrating.

Starting point is 00:08:30 You know, who knows what the building looked like this week. I know it's probably not good. Definitely whenever you lose a rivalry game, let alone to Minnesota, it's not a good time in the building. So who knows, maybe it will spark some change come next week. But, you know, I wouldn't necessarily hold out that much hope for it. Well, we're going to try to figure out what to do to fix this offense or at least make it palpable at this point in time and get it better.

Starting point is 00:08:56 And quarterback change, doing some different things. We'll talk about LaShawn, what they do in the bye week, also for Iowa football. I think that's important. Next week, next Friday, we will be live at the Wrigleyville Hawkeye Bar. It is Merkel's in Wrigleyville. We'll be broadcasting live at about 2 o'clock. Stop on out, hang out with LaShawn and myself.

Starting point is 00:09:15 We'll be there. And also a lot of great things happening. Barn Town Brewing. LaShawn, I got to show you some of this stuff. Now, are you a beer guy? Do you like boot or do you like something else? What do you like when you're having a cocktail so i've really been big on uh tequila at the lake but you know i i enjoy beer um i enjoy you know i see like relaxing with the beer and

Starting point is 00:09:39 when i'm just like chilling uh obviously like enjoying some sports some games like that's usually like where what i would go to and um so like my mother-in-law like she lives like basically like on the wisconsin border so they bring like a bunch of spotted cow which i enjoy quite a bit so uh yeah i i'm pretty versatile but like i'm chilling and whatnot like usually i have a beer but if i want a cocktail definitely something like a tequila well we're gonna have to have you try a couple of these beers that we're going to have there with Barn Town, some really good ones. My wife's favorite, and I really enjoy it too, they have this peanut butter and jelly

Starting point is 00:10:12 beer, and it sounds crazy, right? You're like, how can you make that in a beer? It's wild. It tastes like peanut butter and jelly. It's so good. I plan on having a couple of those. We're going to be having a great time again. It's at Merkel's.

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Starting point is 00:13:22 Trent LaShawn back with you again here on Locked On Hawkeyes. Thanks for making Locked On Hawkeyes your first listen every day. LaShawn, as we continue, we're trying to figure out how to fix this. And you started the quarterback position. Deacon Hill just doesn't have it. I mean, it's as simple as that. The accuracy is not something that can be corrected in a quick manner. And because of that, it feels like there needs to be a change.

Starting point is 00:13:47 And reading between the lines of what Kirk Ferentz has said here and what we've heard from different people on the Iowa beat, Scott Dockerman's mentioned this before on my radio show, that Joe Labus just makes a lot of mistakes. He kind of wheels and deals and doesn't do what they want. And you know, as well as anybody, LaShawn, you have to practice well to play at Iowa. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:14:09 Yeah. I mean, that's, you know, a big part of it. Obviously, like if you're not, you know, showing that you can perform at a high level in practice, really the coaches, they don't have the confidence to actually go out there and put you in the game, like no matter how talented you may be. And as frustrating as that is to hear from, you know, maybe a fan perspective, obviously it's frustrating to hear from a player's perspective, but like it obviously like makes sense because your coaching staff doesn't have confidence in you.

Starting point is 00:14:41 Like you're going to go out there and you might not be able to play at, you know know your most high level that you can and so obviously they don't want to put you in that type of situation but when you're at this point in time at the offense um and so the deacon has struggled with accuracy and it's not like he's like a crazy dual threat quarterback where you know you can you can make things happen with your legs. So you can kind of live with live with maybe not having the most accurate quarterback. It's just like we're not even not really even moving the chains at all. So I don't know. I mean, obviously, it's easy for me to sit here and say, like, yeah, we should go to the other guy and see. We'll see what they can do.

Starting point is 00:15:25 But see, I understand it from the coaching perspective. Like if they can't go out there and they can't execute in practice against, you know, maybe whether it is the scout team or maybe it's against the second string defense, like how can I have confidence to actually put them in the game? Well, Sean, we saw a few years back, Tyler Goodson was used in the Wildcat, and it was relatively successful. I think they averaged over five yards a carry when they were running out of that formation.

Starting point is 00:15:55 Same kind of thing here, a question. You have three running backs, I think, that we all think are pretty talented with Caleb Johnson, Jazzyon Patterson, and LaShawn Williams. So you got three different guys. What would it hurt to put in a package like that with the bi-week here? Is that something that's even plausible? Say they haven't practiced it much or, you know, something that maybe they did for an hour in August, but that's it. Is that something that you can implement? Is that something that you can put in here with the bi-week that Iowa could do that and, and run it for eight, 10, 12 plays coming up on Saturday? Yeah. I mean, it's definitely something that you can put in here with the bye week that Iowa could do that and run it for 8, 10, 12 plays coming up on Saturday? Yeah, I mean, it's definitely something that they could do.

Starting point is 00:16:29 I mean, again, Iowa typically all the time has smart football players that are going to be able to grasp concepts and goal changes pretty quickly. And it's not like you have to do anything that drastic from um you know offensive line perspective you can still run um you know your your basic plays whether you're running uh you know sweep or you're running a counter or power uh from that position obviously it's going to be a little bit different for for the backfield and you know depending upon who's the person that's going to be you know quarterback for for those position for that, but it's definitely something that, that they can do. And I feel like at this point, they have to figure out a way to really lean on that position group at this point, because again, you see going to the season tight end room was the, was the strongest position group probably on the offense for sure.

Starting point is 00:17:20 And obviously when you lose your, your really your top three tight ends, you know, with know, with the third kind of being in and out a bunch like it, it's it puts an effect on your offense because you go into the season like planning. OK, we're going to be these guys, the focal point. And now you lose those guys and now you're looking for, OK, where else can we lean on? Where can our identity be? And I would say that the running back group is, as biased as it may sound, is probably going to be the best place for them to be able to lean on. Because, again, we brought in some new guys to the receiver position. But, again, a lot of these guys are either new to the team or relatively unproven.

Starting point is 00:17:59 So there's still a lot of work there. And with the struggles they have at the quarterback position, there's got to be ways that we can find to lean on the run running back group and that is a way that we can be able to do that but who knows i mean it's something i'm sure that they may have talked about i'm sure they didn't have they haven't scrapped it completely right it's pretty much the same offensive staff it's basically the same offensive staff at this point so i mean i'm sure it's something that um that they could go ahead and do um it just depends like how much they've actually talked about how much they've installed it because if they haven't

Starting point is 00:18:30 really touched on it or installed it um i wouldn't anticipate it you know being a focal point but you know they could because i remember when in 2016 my senior year when we got towards later in the year and they started putting you know me in the backfield and akram i got as a receiver to use like for jet sweeps and um get that fly motion type thing um and that was something that we installed pretty quickly so um i wouldn't be necessarily shocked to see them uh add wildcat but i'm not gonna necessarily hold my breath for it either yeah i'm right there with you. And something needs to be done though.

Starting point is 00:19:07 And we talk about quarterback. We talk about installing something, doing something different there. It's got to be better. And these final four games are all very winnable. They're also very losable too. And Iowa with these ineptitude offensively, they can lose any one of these games. So what is an off week like typically for an Iowa football player?

Starting point is 00:19:27 Is it an opportunity? Do they give some more run to the young guys? Is it just heal? And certainly we can tell this team definitely needs that point that they need some healing up. What's it normally like, at least when you were playing during the bye week for the Hawkeye player? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:19:42 First off, if you were a starter, at least you listed as the one guy on the depth chart, you didn't really practice. You use that time to heal. You would do a little bit of conditioning. You would do some individual drills, just some really, really light, light work, just to let your, your bias up to this point kind of recover and get rid of any

Starting point is 00:20:08 ailments that you might have up to this point, any sore ankles or sore soft tissues or shoulders, anything like that to really let you recover. And then for guys that may be second on the depth chart, you are going to get a decent amount of work this week just to, again, help keep you as sharp as possible for when you have to step into a starting role or you are expected to get more reps maybe as you get to the last part of the season. And then but really, it's specialized for a lot of your developmental guys. So maybe like your to be guys in the depth chart or, you know, your your freshmen or your guys that don't really play as much. This is an opportunity for them to get a lot of a lot of work. So I would anticipate that, you know, some of your quarterbacks on the lower end that are going to get a ton of reps a lot of your offensive linemen that don't start are going to get a bunch of reps this week um and that's really what the bye week looks like from our our perspective and you don't really spend too much time prepping for the next opponent like it'll be something you'll kind of talk about

Starting point is 00:21:22 a little bit in meetings but it's not like a full-on uh preparation game week type deal uh it's really used as an opportunity to let your starters recuperate and get your second string your developmental guys more up to speed because now you have the opportunity for the rest of the position coaches to spend a lot more time with them whereas you know your starters can spend a little bit more time with the strength staff and trainers. So it makes a whole lot of sense. Well, we roll through here on Lockdown Hawkeyes. Well, Sean, I got to get your perspective on this Michigan deal because on the surface

Starting point is 00:21:56 initially it felt all right. What's the big deal? Who cares? And then, boy, just more and more stuff continues to come out. We'll talk about that. And of course, time to make our picks. We'll do that as we continue Locked on Hawkeyes. Today's episode of Locked on Hawkeyes is brought to you by PrizePix.

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Starting point is 00:23:58 PrizePix, daily fantasy sports made easy. Trent LaShawn back with you one final time on the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast. And before we get into our picks for the week, LaShawn, and we have a new leader on the board. We've got to make sure we mention that one. I think you can understand who's leading now our season-long contest. Let's go and get your perspective on the Michigan science stealing scandal. I guess it's a scandal because initially I'm like, who cares?

Starting point is 00:24:28 It's so weird that you can legally, if you will, steal signals in game, but you can't do it before the game. And to think that teams don't do that and don't do that from the TV broadcast or the all 22 that they get, that there are some people and some teams out there trying to do that. I just said, man, this seems much ado about nothing. And then kind of the deeper you go, as you see, just how elaborate this crazy scheme was. Yeah. I'm going to be quick, but this was, this is wild.

Starting point is 00:24:57 Like they got, you know, like recruiting interns and GAs and all this stuff going to, you know, different games and recording, you know, their sidelines and the signals that they're doing and the plays that correspond to it. And, you know, coming up with like big laminated sheets that are ready for game day and like you know you got this guy like standing next to uh you know your offensive coordinator defensive coordinator like hey this is this is what they're running so on and forth so forth i think which is insane like yeah obviously it's different if you get that stuff from you know dumb study in all 22 but all 22 it doesn't you can't really see the the sidelines um that much unless you go to like the extremely like wide view and most of the time like if it's the teams at home like they're going to be on the back of the

Starting point is 00:25:50 side of the camera so you're not going to be able to see their signals so um yeah the way that this has came out i think is absolutely insane um obviously like for for us and in iowa it wouldn't have been you know that big of a deal because a lot of our audibles and things were done at the line of scrimmage. I see like we do signal plays in, but a lot of the time, especially like when we were with CJ, like a lot of that stuff ended up getting checked to something or making some type of sort of change. So it wasn't the exact same thing that they were getting. But yeah, the way that this is now, especially with the amount of teams that do the check with me from the sidelines, like, yeah, it's a little, it's a little crazy. I'm not going to, I'm not going to lie.

Starting point is 00:26:33 So I'm interested to see like how this is going to end up playing itself out. And see kind of what is going to be the repercussions for Michigan. And well, Jim Harbaugh, he's probably going to be now at your stomping grounds in Chicago next year. And he'll be out of there and won't have to deal with those repercussions. Let's get into our picks for this week.

Starting point is 00:26:52 A little bit different look. Obviously, we don't have the Iowa game to take a look at, but five games this week, each and every week. I have regained the lead after I went three and two last week. And the three picks that we agreed on, we went one and two combined. Of course, that's the way that it normally goes if you get some agreement there. Let's kick things off.

Starting point is 00:27:09 It is the big noon kickoff on Fox Oklahoma. They're a 10-point favorite at Kansas, and the tee box is mine this time. I'll leave things off here. I like the Jayhawks. I know Bean is now the quarterback. Daniels is still banged up, and he's such a difference maker. But last two years, Leopold's teams have played really well against the Sooners. I think that continues here. I think the Jayhawks keep it snug. Give me Kansas plus the 10. Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing.

Starting point is 00:27:36 I feel like they're going to be able to keep it close. It's going to be a great environment. And the fact that I see that coming off a bye, right? They've had additional time for guys in general on the team to get healthy and prepare for this game. And yeah, you hit it on the head. This seems like the game where Oklahoma could potentially lay a dud. I don't think that they will, but I do think that Kansas will definitely be able to keep this close, kind of the same deal the way that UCF did last week.

Starting point is 00:28:08 Game number two. You lead things off here. It is the cocktail party down in Jacksonville, Georgia. Two touchdown favorite against Florida. Yeah. Florida's been a confusing team this entire year. And Georgia has been at times. But because of the one time that i

Starting point is 00:28:26 went against georgia and they ended up beating kentucky by like 40 points uh i know better than to go against the the dogs and so for that reason alone that's why i'm sticking with georgia on this you know georgia when they have some kind of motivation when they know they have to have their head screwed on it's one thing you thing to dink around against Vanderbilt. Florida has shown something. Graham Mertz looks like a completely different quarterback since he got out of Madison, and he's looked pretty good for the Gators.

Starting point is 00:28:53 But I think Georgia, I'm with you. I think they're going to be locked in for this one. I'm also going to take the Bulldogs. We're two for two on the same side. Let's go into game number three. It is where game day will be this week. Utah playing host to Oregon. The Ducks are a six and a half point favorite. There's something about this line that stinks. I know Utah is limited offensively, right? They are a team without

Starting point is 00:29:16 their quarterback that just, they're just not the same team. Cam Rising is such a difference maker offensively, but Kyle Whittingham finds a way. And maybe he's kind of taken the throne from Kirk Ferentz of just finding a way to pull it out. I'm going to grab the six and a half with Utah. I'm incredibly nervous about it, but just something stinks here. It feels like this should be more like maybe a three and a half point spread. Why is it six and a half? Usually Vegas knows something. Yeah, I don't know.

Starting point is 00:29:42 I was thinking the same thing. Vegas knew something. Yeah, I don't know. I was thinking the same thing. And obviously, every game that they've played this year, they've been phenomenal, even in that loss against Washington. Like they've been they've been great, both offensively and defensively. And even though they're going on the road against a really, really tough Utah team that came off a phenomenal win last week, I don't know. There's something about it that's telling me take the Ducks. They've been strong, and I feel like they're going to continue to be strong and really go out and put a really good performance out. So it can be Oregon on this one.

Starting point is 00:30:23 Going with the Ducks. Let's go to a little local flavor here with the Hawkeyes on the bye week. Iowa State goes on the road. They travel to Baylor. Cyclones coming off the bye. You go first here. Iowa State now favored by a field goal at FanDuel. This thing opened up.

Starting point is 00:30:38 Baylor was the favorite, but apparently taking a lot of Cyclone money this week. Yeah. I'm actually leaning with the Cyclones for once. I feel like that they really have hit some of their footing over the last few weeks. And obviously they had a bye last week. You get additional time to prepare. And they've shown some things since that loss against Oklahoma. And I really feel like that's going to continue this week.

Starting point is 00:31:07 So give me the Cyclones. I like the way that they're playing as of late. Same side on this one. In fact, this was one of my first bets of the week earlier this week when Iowa State was under a field goal favorite, but you're not going to get that anymore. We're both on the Cyclones in this one. We wrap it up.

Starting point is 00:31:23 It's the Buckeyes at the Badgers. And, you know, Wisconsin last week looked dreadful for three quarters. They come roaring back in the fourth quarter to knock off Illinois, including a fat guy touchdown, which I love to see as a fat guy myself, getting the big guy in the end zone and proven to be the difference. But the limitations of Wisconsin offensively and just how good that Ohio State defense is. Jim Knowles has been absolutely incredible. I know you see that 14 and a half and that extra hook scares you. Boy, I'd like to have it 14 or even under two touchdowns. I'm just going to lay it with confidence here. Give me Ohio State. I could see this being, you know, a 24 to three

Starting point is 00:32:00 type of win, 20 to seven, something in that range. Well, that wouldn't be a cover, but I think it's going to be relatively low scoring. I'm going to take the Buckeyes though and lay the points. Yeah, this has potential for, it seems to be another one of those games where it's potential for Ohio state to lay a dud. But that said their defense has been so good. The way that they played against Penn state last week was just absolutely

Starting point is 00:32:22 phenomenal. Limited them everywhere. Anything that they couldn't, they literally couldn't do anything the entire football game. And UU hit it. The limitations that Wisconsin has on offense and the fact that if they start slow the way that they did last week against Illinois, this game will end up being a runaway blowout. So because of that, I'm, and because of Ohio State's defense,

Starting point is 00:32:44 I'm meeting with the B buckeyes on this one um and i expect them to come out and play strong at a high level so hopefully wisconsin will uh play strong and give us a good game but that's to be determined all right so a lot of agreement this week and we will see how it goes our picks picks presented by FanDuel Sportsbook. LaShawn, we are a week away. We'll see you over in Chicago. Excited about this one. I know the loss to Minnesota put a little bit of a damper on things, but we'll be excited.

Starting point is 00:33:14 It's going to be a great time down there. Hawkeye fans together and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Hawkeyes play in Wrigley Field. Going to be a really, really fun week next week. Looking forward to it, LaShawn. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Go Hawks.

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