Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Iowa Football: Cade McNamara back at practice; another Hawkeye win over #1

Starting point is 00:00:00 Kate McNamara is back at practice. What does that tell us? How excited should we be? How is the injury lingering? Questions. We got answers today. Locked on Hawkeyes. You are locked on Hawkeyes.

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Starting point is 00:01:17 this happen quite often where Iowa football puts out pictures and it feels like they put out pictures that lead credence to a story that is out there. Maybe it's a preseason injury. Maybe it's a guy that just for whatever reason hasn't shown up in the pictures and people are getting a little bit nervous about that. This happens quite often during the last couple of years. Well, this year has proved to be a little bit different because we have not got to see these still pictures. We did not get the photo galleries this year that we normally get three, four, sometimes five times a week from football practice. And all right, you can get a glimpse, you can look and you can find out that, yes, this is the group that is practicing together. You're trying to figure out who the first team

Starting point is 00:01:57 line is. Who are some wide receivers that are working their way in with the first team? You can find out these different things. And it was something that, yes, was it silly? Absolutely. Did people have a little bit too much fun and go overboard about, boy, that guy looked fast in a still picture? Yeah, it was a little bit silly and goofy, but because we don't have open practices.

Starting point is 00:02:17 Now, at places like Wisconsin, the media members are allowed to go to practice basically whenever they want. Northwestern is a place that in the past had that kind of ability. There are certain college programs out there that you're able to watch practice. Well, we know in Iowa, that's not the case. In Iowa City and in Ames, both places now, that is not the case. Kirk Ferentz is not going to let media members just come in and hang out and watch practice day after day. That's not what it is. And we get the open practice with Kids Day that happened a couple of weeks ago. That's not what it is. And we get the open practice with kids day

Starting point is 00:02:45 that happened a couple of weeks ago. That's when the McNamara injury happened. You know, what's crazy to think about that this Kate McNamara injury wouldn't have happened during the open practice. We've talked about here in the last week and a half about the speculation about what this injury is and it being more significant than some people were letting on. I think that's proven to be the case, as we found out here recently. We talked about this last week. Cade McNamara's response when he was interviewed by Shanna Earhart from KCCI, and his response seemed a little bit off from what we're normally used to.

Starting point is 00:03:17 Kirk Ferentz answering the question without answering the question. And even this, this still picture of McNamara back at practice, what does it really tell us? Nothing. For everybody that wanted to go the complete opposite direction, and you could say that, yes, it's all doom and gloom if you believe that he was questionable going into the Utah State game. I still believe that's the case. There's nothing that a still picture is going to do to change my mind. Because even if Cade McNamara came back over the weekend,

Starting point is 00:03:48 practiced at 100%, from what I heard, certainly not the case. It was back in a limited role. Well, that's not a surprise. As I told you guys two weeks ago now, this was the anticipation. He was going to try to make it a go for Utah State. Well, he wasn't going to go out there without practicing. Let's use a little bit of mental endurance here to get to the point where you can understand, yes, he was not going to go out there for the first time on Saturday against Utah State. That was never going to be the case. Yet some people were jumping to that kind of conclusion,

Starting point is 00:04:14 which isn't right. Here's what we don't know. After being out there for the first time on the practice field, throwing the football around, how was he throwing the football around? Was it a couple of swing passes? Was he throwing a couple of 10-yard stop routes and that's it? Was he taking three, five, seven step drops when he was going through this? Or was it take a shotgun snap, flip it out there, and call it good? Was he taking plays up the field? Was he making throws 40, 50, 60 yards down the field? Was that something that Cade McNamara was doing? Or was it something for the cameras? We will probably never know the exact answer for that. But here's probably the biggest thing.

Starting point is 00:04:52 And not to put on my tinfoil cap and take it to another level, that it doesn't need to be here. But the question is, he's out there. He's practicing. He's doing some things. To think that he's back at 100% running around and doing things is silly. We know that's not the case. To think that he's back at 100% running around and doing things is silly. We know that's not the case.

Starting point is 00:05:09 But with that, how does he react? How does that quad entry now, pushing off for the first time, using that throwing motion, even moving around a little bit, going through some stretching, going through after all the rehab that he's been going through, how is that going to go? How is he going to react to that? How did he wake up the next day after going through those activities for the first time?

Starting point is 00:05:36 We still don't know. Look, if this was the NFL, there would be a designation right now in Cade McNamara. We would know if he was probable, questionable, doubtful, or out. I think it's silly to think that he's out. I think it's silly to think that he's out I think it's silly though to also believe that he is probable there is still too much unknown about the quad injury we'll hear from Kirk Ferentz on Tuesday there'll be more there'll be plenty of questions we very well could hear from Cade McNamara on Tuesday if he chooses to go out in front of the media and answer questions we very well could hear from both of those guys. But even with that, you have to be able to read everything that goes into it. And that's what we will do here. We will try to figure out exactly what this is because the difference is out there, right? The absolute, we see the difference between Cade McNamara and any other

Starting point is 00:06:20 quarterback on this Iowa football roster. It's significant. He's big time. He is a complete game changer for what they are, what they're going to be, and what the anticipation is going to be for this football season. With Cade McNamara, not only can this team win the division, I believe with a healthy Cade McNamara,

Starting point is 00:06:38 they will win this division. But I think this team has a real chance of doing more than that. Yeah, more than that. More than getting to a title game. I believe with a healthy Cade McNamara, an improved offensive line, it all goes in unison. I get that. That this team gets to Indianapolis with a real chance. There's still going to be a significant underdog against Michigan or Ohio State or Penn State, whoever comes out of the East. There's still going to more than likely be a double-digit underdog in that game. However, I believe this team's got a

Starting point is 00:07:10 chance in that game. A long time to get there, and we will talk about that and continue to break things down. Well, I mentioned if we had the NFL designation. When we look at the inter-report in the NFL, guys that are probable, questionable, they're out. We have all those terms. Well, it's coming to the Big Ten. We'll talk about that some more. Plus, Iowa gets it done again. This time, the field hockey team. For the third time this year,

Starting point is 00:07:37 the Hawkeyes get a win over a number one ranked team. We will do that as we continue here. This is the Locked On Hawkeyes podcast. Now time for your game changer of the week. It's brought to you by Athletic Brewing Company. Much like Cade McNamara, Athletic Brewing has completely changed the non-alcoholic beer game. They make non-alcoholic beers that actually taste good. Cade McNamara is our game changer of the week. What we've talked about for him ever since he made his commitment to Iowa. Iowa has not had a quarterback with this kind of swagger. Iowa's not had a quarterback with this kind of swagger.

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Starting point is 00:10:23 As we get ever so close to the opener for this Iowa football team, anticipation, excitement, can definitely feel it. This McNamara injury has changed, I think, some of the conversation coming into this season. And coming up tomorrow, real excited for this, we will see our first Hawkeye depth chart. And we'll have that for you on Tuesday as we will break that one down for you. But I want to go a little different direction here, and that is the participation reports that were announced on Friday. So as we come to you here on a Monday,

Starting point is 00:10:51 we find out this information that is released. It's that Friday news dump, right? All right, here's something you're just going to get out there. We get it out of the way, not going to be a whole lot of talk about it. So I found this incredibly interesting. Now, this is something for people that know me from my radio show on KXNO, my longtime partner, Ken Miller on the radio. This is something that he's been screaming about. Well, certainly for the last four years, ever since legalized wagering came to the state of Iowa. How can you have a sport that takes in the volume like college football does college basketball to a lesser degree, but certainly college football,

Starting point is 00:11:28 and not have some kind of injury component to it that is released either by the NCAA-wide or by an individual conference. Jim Delaney, before he departed, the former commissioner of the Big Ten before Kevin Warren took over, and now it's Tony Petitti. When Jim Delaney, one of his final things he talked about, and I was there in Chicago when he was talking about it, is releasing an injury report.

Starting point is 00:11:49 Now, at the collegiate level, you do have to be careful for HIPAA, right? Violation of medical things for student athletes, that is something different than can be used at the NCAA level. So get that completely. Understand that has to be different. And I don't believe anybody really needs to know what the injury is. For Cade McNamara, we found out it's a quad injury. But early on, you wonder, could it be hamstring? Was it something with the knee? We had all kinds

Starting point is 00:12:15 of things. We don't really need to know. Now in hockey, they've made a joke of it when it comes to playoff time, the upper body, lower body injury. I mean, you got a guy with his arm broken. That's an upper body injury. Come on. You could go a little bit deeper than that. They won't. And they don't have to at the collegiate level either. Just give us the designation.

Starting point is 00:12:32 Now, I have not seen what the designations are going to be. If it's going to be similar to what the NFL is. These reports need to be put out for each team in the Big Ten two hours before the game begins. That's a minimum. And they could come out earlier in the Big Ten two hours before the game begins. That's a minimum. And they could come out earlier, but at least two hours before. And this is mostly because of the gambling markets. This is something that as bettors, we should know. You open your FanDuel account and you should have that information.

Starting point is 00:12:58 It is because there's other people that have that information. There's people in Vegas that have that information. There are professional bettors and betting syndicates, most importantly, that have that information. There's people in Vegas that have that information. There are professional bettors and betting syndicates, most importantly, that have that information. And every day, Joe, like you and me, we should also be able to have that information. It's something that's been out there for a long time, and it's finally coming to the Big Ten. So if it's like the collegiate level in the NFL, they'll do the probable. I mean, it's very likely to play. I mean, the likelihood is north of 90% that they're going to play. Questionable is basically 50-50

Starting point is 00:13:30 if they have a chance to play coming up that week. 50-50. Doubtful, a 75% chance that they don't play. And then you get to out. Obviously, we know what out means, right? So that's what it is and how it is set up in the NFL. We'll see if it's the same. We're not going to find out that it's an arm injury, a chest injury, a concussion. I don't think that's going to be a part of the designation. But what we do know is that is the way that it's going to be set up. A great thing to also see about this is who they partnered up with the Big Ten. U.S. Integrity.

Starting point is 00:14:02 U.S. Integrity were the people that alerted the Alabama baseball gambling scandal. They were the ones that let it be known that somebody was trying to get down $100,000 on a college baseball game when they hadn't taken a bet. I think it was FanDuel that hadn't taken a bet on the thing. Now this guy's just trying to get down $100,000. All right, something else. U.S. Integrity, though, it's a newer company, but they have done an amazing job in a bunch of different realms. Also, what they're going to do with U.S. Integrity

Starting point is 00:14:31 is adding more information to the betters. Well, we saw here in our state that probably would be good, right, for these student-athletes to get a little more information and find out how quickly, as we saw last week with Noah Shannon, his suspension for the year as he is going through the appeal process and what that's going to be. I think this is a good thing. I think they partnered

Starting point is 00:14:49 with the right people and ultimately for me as a better. And if you're a better, this is a good thing too, to have this information when you're making that bet. And all of a sudden the guy trots out there and you're flipping out the game of kickoff, this guy's out. This guy's questionable. Now we'll have that information at least before the game begins. We wrap things up on the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast and the Hawkeyes do it again. That's right. Number one goes down once again. How incredible has the season been?

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Starting point is 00:15:40 She worked with somebody from Alabama. They invited us down there. And I said, you know what? I need to go to an Alabama game. That worked with somebody from Alabama. They invited us down there and I said, you know what? I need to go to an Alabama game. That would be great. Great rivalry game. I'm in. Let's do it. So we drive down there. They didn't have tickets in hand. Probably not a good thing to do. Ticket buying shouldn't be stressful. It doesn't matter if it's your favorite event, your favorite team, or just something random like an Alabama-Tennessee game. You shouldn't be stressed out like I was getting there without tickets

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Starting point is 00:17:54 every day. So as we put a cap on things here today, let's get into another number one going down. This has already been an amazing season for Iowa athletics from what we saw out of the women's basketball team a year ago. And of course, what they did in the final four,

Starting point is 00:18:12 not only getting to the final four for the first time in 30 years, but that win against number one South Carolina, just the behemoth of a team that they were, not just in terms of actual physical height, but this was an undefeated team. This was the number one team for all season long. This was a team that people called unbeatable. And they beat them.

Starting point is 00:18:30 And then we get to baseball season. And Iowa making it back to the NCAA tournament. How much fun that was. They, during the regular season, beat number one LSU. An LSU team that we saw go on and win a national championship. Who did that? The Iowa Hawkeyes. And now it happens again.

Starting point is 00:18:45 As we start a new season here, a new school year is the best way to put it. As we start a new school year here, we see number one go down again. This is on the field hockey side of things, a field hockey program that what a job the coaching staff has done revitalizing this program after definitely some bumps in the road the year that they had a year ago.

Starting point is 00:19:07 And it continues in beating number one, North Carolina, not only beating number one, North Carolina, but also doing it on the road. Incredibly impressive what this program does. It was a top 10 matchup coming into it, and they do it once again for the third time in this calendar year. An Iowa Hawkeye team beats number one. Women's basketball against South Carolina. Baseball against LSU. Field hockey against North Carolina. Hey, let's just keep this train going, right?

Starting point is 00:19:36 Let's get a win on the men's basketball side. How about a win against the number one team in football? How good does that sound? Let's make it happen. Congratulations to the women's field hockey team. Off to a good start. Also the Iowa soccer team getting the win against Iowa State. Great start to the Cy Hawk trophy as they get that one done.

Starting point is 00:19:54 Always good things going on in the world of Hawkeye sports. With that, we will be back with you tomorrow with more Lockdown Hawkeyes. The depth chart will be released here today. We will talk about the depth chart on Tuesday. Break things down. We got LaShawn Daniels. He's going to be stopping in, talking Iowa football. Jace is going to be here this week as well.

Starting point is 00:20:15 All the old friends are getting back together. You know what that means. It is time for football season. We'll talk to you again tomorrow. Go Hawks.

Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Iowa Football: Cade McNamara back at practice; another Hawkeye win over #1

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