Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Iowa Football: Back from Chicago reaction to the 10-7 win in Wrigley Field

Episode Date: November 6, 2023

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It was ugly. It was frustrating. But it was another Hawkeye win. Iowa runs a record to 7-2 and in control once again of the Big Ten West. Back from Chicago, it's Locked on Hawkeyes. You are Locked on Hawkeyes. Your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Part of the Locked on Podcast Network.

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Post your job for free at linkedin.com slash lockdown college. Again, linkedin.com slash lockdown college. Terms and conditions apply. Well, we're back from Chicago. Voice is a little bit rough. A lot of hollering, a little singing afterwards. In heaven there is no beer because it was a Hawkeye win. Iowa wins it 10-7 against Northwestern in certainly a day in Wrigley that was nothing short of incredible.

It was such a fun environment. And there are things, and we're going to get into the frustrations, the disappointments, the uneven play of this team offensively in the passing game being just so broken. We'll get into all those things. But before we get into the minutiae of the 60 minutes on the football field, get into town on Thursday night and right away, see Hawkeye fans everywhere, stay in downtown and now 10 minute Uberber drive away even out there at our hotel we stayed at the drake and we saw a ton of hawkeye fans at that point then friday

doing our show for burkle's doing my radio show and then the podcast with laShawn it was just such a great time and thanks to everybody that that stopped by we had a group that was there including hawkeye weird Al that was there right away. One of the Hawkeye Haydens that you saw and Harry Carey that were dressed up. And just thanks to all you guys and ladies that came out to watch our shows, hang out with us at Merkel's and throughout the day. It's so much fun. And it's such a huge part of being a Hawkeye fan with these trips when you go on them. It's special, yes, being in Kinnick Stadium for a football game. It's a special environment.

And I think for all of us that are Hawkeye fans, it is different, right? It's just something about it. And being an Iowan and having the background, it's special. It really is. And to get to go back to one of those environments, it's been a few years since I've been able to go to a bowl game and with kids and life gets in the way. And I used to go to all the bowl games for a long time back in my single days and things change and that's okay because I certainly love the life that I'm leading, but

being able to go out this and experience something like that at Wrigley Field. Look, I'm not a Cubs fan, but been to obviously a lot of games in Wrigley throughout my life, both growing up and then as a young adult now, as a aging adult, I've been to a lot of games in Wrigley Field. And to see that and know what it meant for also for Cubs fans to be able to experience that, it was just a really cool moment. So we ended up getting tickets at a rooftop and we're over on the left field side of things and we're able to see the whole field.

So that was definitely great. When I was booking the tickets, I made sure that this was going to be a rooftop. If we were going to do this, that we could see the whole thing. Maybe should have mixed in an athletic brewer too, as opposed to all the booze throughout the course of the day. But it really was just such a fun time. And there is something special about being a Hawkeye.

You know, it's great to be a Hawkeye. The little bumper sticker that, you know, a lot of people had growing up and there's no doubt about it. It is great to be a Hawkeye. And it was a special day in a special environment. to be a Hawkeye and it was a special day in a special environment and being outside of Kinnick being away from Kinnick Stadium the boo birds that were out and every time that the offensive ineptitude would come up and you hear the boos and the fire Brian and all that and that wasn't the case on Saturday at least not at the same level that you get at Kinnick Stadium even though

that what 75-25 Hawkeye fans inside the building and outside the building of the rooftops is about 90-10. I think I saw in our, I think 200 people were in our rooftop. I saw four Northwestern fans. It just, that's what it was. It was a Hawkeye party and it's great to have those. And I'm hoping that we get another Hawkeye party coming up here in a couple of weeks in Indianapolis. And Iowa will go there if they do pull this thing off and they do get to Indianapolis, they're going to be a decided underdog against Michigan or Ohio state, or even if it's Penn state,

they're going to be a huge underdog once again. And that's okay. You take a shot, but the likelihood is they're going to get blown out with the offense struggling at this level to take, take on a team that's playing at the level and that will be playing at the level of those three aforementioned teams. Look, it's not going to be pretty.

And Iowa still has work to do, though. They're back in the driver's seat, not just with the victory against Northwestern, but coupled with what we saw over the weekend, Wisconsin getting beat by Indiana. I mean, talk about a woof moment there. Minnesota going down. You have Nebraska going to Michigan State, a team really struggling and can't get the victory there. Everything's opening up again for this Iowa team. Not only obviously winning out, they're in, but even can afford a loss in the final three games and still get in to the Big Ten championship

game. You don't want to back your way in. We know that. But it's definitely something that, as I said, the Hawkeye party that happens and things like this, it brings you back. It makes you remember. And why you watch, at times, this crappy offense, because there is something special about being a Hawkeye fan. Well, let's talk about the game and the way that it played out. It was a crazy game.

The defense, the goal line stand, I think, will be a huge memory of this. Obviously the, what turned into be basically a walk-off winner, the three-run bomb from Drew Stevens as he hit the 52-yard field goal that proves to be the difference and then put him to bed with the little celebration afterwards there. But as it pertains to kind of gameplay, you have to start with the defense. And though they gave up the late touchdown after the short field, after the big punt return, after an uncharacteristically poor punt from Torrey Taylor, and Torrey wasn't great throughout the game, could have been the environment.

I don't know, just a different feeling there. It's not a football stadium, something that Torrey obviously has not dealt with anything like that. There's a guy that hadn't seen a football stadium until he stepped down to Iowa's campus I mean just a guy that obviously did things completely differently and and something that we see a lot now with all the Australian punters that make their way over but that was uncharacteristic for him we weren't able to see a whole lot but you got what led to the touchdown the punt block special teams great again

Ontario Thompson I'm excited to see what he can turn into also as a defensive player. He was so good a year ago in Juco at Iowa Western, and we're just seeing those glimpses. And there's things you got to learn. There's things that you have to do to play defense and certainly play defensive line for this Iowa team. And it feels like he's coming along, but not quite at the level. But yeah, he's still making an impact. And how great that is to see a guy making that kind of impact.

And those are the high water marks on two throws. The touchdown pass to Addison Estrenga from Deacon Hill. He just laid it out there. And at times, that's all you ask. He made the makeable. And then, of course, the pass that looked like Iowa was going to just play conservatively, go into overtime and take their chances there. Instead, Iowa made the choice.

They took a shot up the field. Caleb Brown, the longer wearing number three because Cooper Dijon was in there offensively. And he makes the big play, what, 24-yarder, 23-yarder, I think it was, for Caleb Brown and set them up for that field goal now would you like to see the offense try a little bit more instead of being a 52 yarder well Kirk knows his team and knows his special teams and Drew Stevens was able to get that done it was a fun one it really was and though I'm sure if you're watching at home not quite as fun for you really enjoyed the experience and very happy to be able to be a part of that.

We're going to talk a little bit more about the game. A few more of the big moments. The goal line stand was absolutely incredible. Mentioned Iowa in control of the Big Ten West. Plus, we get grades from Pro Football Focus. How did this thing grade up? We got a very banged up offensive line. And maybe the most concerning, what's going on with Caleb Johnson?

Your most talented playmaker offensively, you could argue. He doesn't see a snap. We'll get into that as we continue. This is the Locked On Hawkeyes podcast. Well, it's time right now for our game changer of the week. It's brought to you by Athletic Brewing Company. Much like Drew Stevens. Yeah, we're talking drew stevens athletic brewing

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a look back at the win and a look towards the future. Mention the way that this division now sets up. And I like to get in arguments. I like to come out and try to find some kind of data points, things that you can point to. And it doesn't matter the sport. It doesn't matter kind of what line, but you like to have something that you can go back on and say,

you know what, whatever your team is, it's not as bad as maybe the media thinks. We can't do this right now with the Big Ten West. So Iowa sits alone in first place at four and two. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska are all tied for second at three and three. Illinois two and four, Northwestern also 2-4, and the Boilmakers are pulling up the rear.

4-2 with the tiebreaker against Wisconsin, with the tiebreaker now against Northwestern, possibility of getting them against Nebraska and Illinois here the rest of the way. If Iowa wins even two of their next three, and the only loss comes to Rutgers, Iowa's going to be likely in the championship game. Remember, Minnesota still has one game remaining with Ohio State. That's going to be incredibly difficult for the Gophers there. It's wild. This team is 7-2. 4-2 in the conference, inside track to get to Indianapolis,

and they're doing it with an offense that just, they can't figure it out. track to get to Indianapolis, and they're doing it with an offense that just, they can't figure it out. We see LaShawn Williams, who had the big run against Wisconsin, get a bulk of the carries, and when he wasn't out there, it was Jazzy on Patterson. I like Patterson. Patterson had a big run against Iowa State this year. I think he's got a really bright future with this program. LaShawn Williams, good guy, right? Good, solid running back. He's not going to be a guy that's going to be an NFL draft pick or anything like that, but just a good, solid, competent Big Ten running back. But we know when Caleb Johnson is right, he's different from the size, speed that he has. There was a touchdown run last year in Nevada in the game that went to 2 a.m.

that he was out there and doing it at a high level. And the speed that he has with the size that he has he is a game breaker now it's difficult with the state of this offense right now to be able to see that a whole lot he's been banged up throughout the course of the season but he appeared to be healthy and he wasn't out there wasn't out there at all i'm fine if this is a week where Sean Williams, better week of practice, he's going to get a bowl. Okay, that's fine. But now we have two players

that feels like certainly Caleb Johnson should get some snaps, right? And he didn't. And then we find out before the game that the backup quarterback for this one against Northwestern was not Joe Labus, the guy that led the team to a bold win against Kentucky a year ago.

No, it was a true freshman, Marco Linus, and a true freshman at a position that Kirk Ferentz is not exactly real willing to play guys early in their career. And certainly when you have a veteran in front of him, a guy that's played in a game, a guy that's won a football game for you, that was odd. Two odd situations. Now, the easiest way to kind of connect the dots here is take the easiest. They know that guys are leaving the program.

They likely maybe understand that both Joe Labus and Caleb Johnson are leaving the program. That's the reason that they're not part of the game plan. If you're not in, you're out. That's old school philosophy. It's old school thinking. And in the transfer portal environment, should you be thinking that way? I think you can go back and forth with it, but I think that is the reality.

I don't know for sure. I'm sure on Tuesday we'll get a little more clarity. After the Kirk Ferentz press conference, it was not asked in the postgame press conference about that, but that is definitely going to be something that I believe you're going to hear a little bit more about, and it's a question that definitely needs to be out there. What happened to, what are your game breakers, right? What are your playmakers? What happened there?

What went wrong? And why are we seeing right now not Caleb Johnson on the field now we didn't see a backup at the quarterback position it was Deacon Hill from start to finish good news though on the Caleb Brown front we mentioned that and he played what I think 16 snaps of the game something to that range so he was out there a little bit more we didn't see a ton offensively we didn't see a ton offensively. We didn't see maybe the glimmer of hope that a Bryant in his final four or five games with the bowl game with a maybe Big Ten championship that we're going to see more. They just can't. And you couple that with the way this game played out. You know, the first couple of drives of the game, you lose three offense alignment.

Rusty Feth exits. Logan Jones exits. You got injuries piling up out there. Jennings Dunker was good. He was about the only healthy guy throughout the course of the game. They put Nick Young in at left tackle, and you're kind of, I was thinking to myself during the game, where's Dejan Parker? I know Dejan Parker, when he transferred in from Saginaw State, this is a guy that, all right, he's making a transition. He's making a big adjustment up. Maybe it's going to take a while, but you just look at him.

He looks the part, right? And why it hasn't clicked. Is it just the injury? He had that knee scope, wasn't able to get spring practice, wasn't able to do a whole lot in the summer, but he's been back for a while. Was it just a miss in the recruiting ranks? Did they go out there, find a guy, and find out that he just isn't very good? Is he not picking up the system?

Is there more to it? Is the injury still lingering? Whatever it is, I thought with all the guys banged up like they were, that we were going to see some Parker. Not the case. Did not see him out there. Caleb Brown, great to see. He is a chance to be a guy that can make some plays for them,

do some different things. But they did do one thing, and it was putting Cooper DeGene out there offensively. It was just two snaps. Would have liked to see more than that. The buzz when he tried it out onto the field, and you see number three. You see it's not the number three, Caleb Brown. It's number three, Cooper DeGene. All right. Right away, they gave him the ball on the jet sweep on that special play that they had set up. Then they used him as a decoy. They picked another four or five yards. One of the best runs of the day came on that one

when he was just used as a decoy on the fake there. Want to see more? I want to see that go up and maybe instead of four, two plays, maybe it's for a full drive. Maybe you do it a couple of times. Once in the first half, once in the second, something like that. Look, we're not asking for the moon, right? We're asking for a sliver. Just give us a little something there. And if you're going to do it,

also put him in the Wildcat. He can throw the football. He's an incredible athlete. He was a quarterback at the high school level. And yes, I understand quarterbacking at the high school level is different than being a Big Ten quarterback. But with the offense continue to be stuck in mud, just keep building on it. That's the hope, right? Going forward. All right. Get your feet wet. You did it.

Nobody died. Nobody got hurt. You did it. All right. So there's step one. Let's keep making those steps a little bit further, doing a little bit more with Cooper Dejean because God knows this team needs all the help that they can get. Let's get into the numbers from Pro Football Focus.

What we saw, if it marries, this is what I like to do every single week. Take a look at these numbers from Pro Football Focus and see if they kind of match up with what we also see on our own side. We will do that. Take a look at what they have and what they saw in the game

as Iowa gets the win 10, seven against Northwestern from Wrigley field. The numbers from pro football focus as we continue locked on Hawkeyes. Today's episode is brought to you by a LinkedIn jobs. These days, every new potential hire can feel like a high stakes wager for your small business.

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the national scene of college football. Iowa Rutgers coming up this week. We will break the game down. Coming up later in the week, we will hear from LaShawn Daniels after his experience at Wrigley and us getting to actually hang out for the first time, which was a lot of fun on Friday for the Friday podcast as we were out at Merkel's and really enjoyed that.

We have that component to it. Also, we'll have Jace. He's going to stop by a little bit later. Biz will stop in and we will have a podcast either Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on his work schedule, and get that out to you. But we'll break down Rutgers. We'll talk about maybe some candidates, some different things. And we've got basketball starting up this week, too, both men's and women's, which is going to be great. Excuse me. Need a little sweat. Oh, there we go. As you can see and hear the voice.

Yeah, it was a long weekend, long weekend in Chicago. So pro football focus grades. That's what we're here. And as you'd imagine, the number's not great for the offense. Very good for the defense. Started the tight end position, Deacon Hill, a 43.2. It's bad. 10-15 throwing, 65 yards of the game, had the touchdown and the 23-yarder to Caleb Brown that set up the game-winning score. His passing grade was a 32. Had a lot of turnover

worthy plays. Had the interception in the end zone. Just a bad throw to Nico in the end zone. He was covered the whole way. It was off play action. He didn't read anything. He just threw it. And he was covered and it was picked off. That's a bad play. Had the one where he was

almost sacked. Then he chucked it out to the right side. That was almost intercepted. Would have given Northwestern the ball like the 20 yard line. Had the one where he was almost sacked, then he chucked it out to the right side. That was almost intercepted. Would have given Northwestern the ball at the 20-yard line. Had the fumble when I was driving early in the football game. Just, you got to clean those things up. And maybe even this week, because I believe the final three games,

Rutgers is going to be the best team that they face. And they're not world beaters by any means, but they hung around against Ohio State. They had a chance in that game against the Buckeyes. So this're not world beaters by any means, but they hung around against Ohio State. They had a chance in that game against the Buckeyes. So this is not a brutal team by any means. You think Rutgers and you think bad football, that's not going to be the case this week. And they don't have to play perfectly to beat Rutgers,

but you need more. Probably going to need more this week against Rutgers offensively if you're going to get it done. Mentioned the running back position. Highest graded running back, well, isback, Hayden Large, with a 65. Not great for LaShawn Williams, a 53. 52 for Jazion Patterson, and as mentioned, no Caleb Brown this week. Tight end, Steven Stylianos was the top graded.

Ortworth played a little bit, the true freshman. Estrengo had the touchdown. He was a 56, along with Johnny Pacuzzi in his unlimited reps out there. Wide receiver, your highest rated guy was Deontay Vines, a 60.6. Jacob Bostic played a snap. How about that, Jake? We've been waiting for him to be healthy. He was finally healthy enough to get out there and play a snap in the game.

Nico Raggini with a 59. Wetchin, a 57. 55 for Caleb Brown, same for Seth Anderson. Not a whole lot there. And we're used to that every single week. Offensive line. These numbers surprised me because they didn't run the ball real well. There was pressure throughout the course of the game. And the offensive line overall, especially with all the juggling parts that they did,

graded out pretty well. Jennings Dunker, your highest guy, he's a 79.6. Really good grade there for the right tackle, Jennings Dunker, your highest guy. He's a 79.6. Really good grade there for the right tackle. Jennings Dunker, Connor Colby next 73. He's banged up both Colby and Richmond. And I think Richmond's more significant. But Tyler Ellsbury came in at the center spot when Logan Jones exited. And he played really well and graded out very well too.

But I think that was one that you could definitely see pop. 68.3 off the bench there for ellsbury good to see that you know ellsbury had some moments last year too it feels like maybe they need to find a role uh bo stevens he got hurt maybe significant at the end of the game he was a 64 the lowest graded offense lineman's rusty feth with a 51 he was another guy that got banged up i It was walking mooted out there. And ugly overall for the offense. Defense, though, well, that's a lot better. And we take a look at the grades for the defense in this football game.

Start with the defensive line across the board. Very, very good. Logan Lee, he was just plugging holes all over the place. Played really well. This defensive line, you start there on that goal line stand. The four straight plays inside the two-yard line and holding Northwestern out of the end zone. Deontay Craig, he was a 75. Joe Evans, a 73. Wyatt Black, who had a sack, thought he was really good. You can tell he's battling out there. He went with the home run swing after his sack, too. Love that. Ottawa A. Black seems to be coming on and get into some of the reserves

there. Linebacker Jay Higgins. Not only should he be first team all big 10, we need to be talking about all American for Jay Higgins. Where would this defense be without Jay Higgins in the middle? Nick Jackson's learning, figured it out, took a little bit longer maybe than I thought it was going to for Nick Jackson. He's playing well and he grad graded out well himself, as he had a 75.5 grade. But Jay Higgins, just week after week, double-digit tackles, and he is all over the place. Kyler Fisher, he was in there a lot. He graded out really well.

I saw Jayden Harrell during that goal line stand. He was also in there. The youngster from Urbandale, who is kind of part of the future, if you will, for that linebacker group. And then defensive back, Xavier Wampa. We've talked about this. He's banged up. He's out there gutting it out.

He actually graded out as the best defensive back. Jamari Harris right behind him. Sebastian Castor was third. Cooper DeGene, a little bit lower down in the list defensively, a 55.1 grade. Had that pass interference in the end zone. Sure, that was a part of that there. And welcome back to Sean Lee. Good to see him being able to get out

on the field once again. Those are the numbers from Pro Football Focus. And I think overall, kept merry with what we saw on Saturday. What we saw was an Iowa win. 10-7. It's not pretty. It's ugly.

It's hideous. It's our team. But we have plenty of things to be angry about. Wondering what the future is going to look like. Who the new offensive coordinator is going to be. We have plenty of things to be angry about, wondering what the future is going to look like, who the new offensive coordinator is going to be. We have a lot of those things, right? But what we do know at this point in time is Iowa 7-2, and they keep finding ways, and if they can continue to ugly it up

and find ways to get victories, let's enjoy that part of it. Enjoy the wins. How you get there, there's frustrations, but when it eventually happens, let's keep enjoying them and we'll try to do it again this week against Rutgers. Thanks for making Lockdown Hawkeyes your first listen every

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