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Episode Date: July 2, 2024

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The new numbers are here. The new numbers are here. Well, it's not that big of a deal, but we're talking Hawkeye football. We're talking about the newcomers and what numbers they're going to be where. Updated roster for Iowa football. Plus, Scott Dockerman from The Athletic stops by. All today, Locked on Hawkeye. You are Locked on Hawkeyes.

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We start today with some football talk and the newcomers coming into Iowa football this season. Now, many of these freshmen are not going to be players that we anticipate to see out on the field this season. It is going to be certainly some guys just getting their feet wet, maybe some special teams duty. We see plenty of that, but we also have the incoming freshmen, also the transfers that have come in this season,

Brendan Sullivan at the forefront of that, the backup, or possibly starting quarterback for the Hawkeyes coming up this fall. But let's just start here. And this is something goofy. It's something strange. But I pride myself and have for, well, the better part of 30 years now, trying to know every guy on the roster, one way or the other. And when Meter knocked in the field goal a year ago against Nebraska, I felt dumb because as he was trotting out on the field, I said,

who the hell is this guy? I don't know who it is. It is something that in a way kind of annoyed me. Not knowing a guy that proved to be a local legend, at least for an afternoon after hitting the game winner and going to go on for a long time. It's just those little things. And so the new numbers are here. You got the roster.

I like to be that guy in my group at Kinnick Stadium. Who's that guy? Off the top of your head. Don't have to have a roster in front of me. That's something I pride myself in. So this is maybe a bigger deal to me than it is others. But most importantly, this gives us a jumping off point to talk about a lot of these players. Let's start with Brendan Sullivan as he has been issued number one. That's right. He'll be wearing number one for the Hawkeyes. And I think a number one's playing the quarterback position. He'll be sharing the number one with Xavier Wampa, who is back this season in the Hawkeyes. And I think a number one's playing the quarterback position. He'll be sharing the number one with Xavier Wampa, who is back this season in the defensive backfield.

And you're starting safety back there alongside Quinn Schulte. More newcomers. This one, I didn't even realize that Jalen Watson, he's listed at 6'4", the incoming freshman, and wearing number three. He's on the other side of the football from Caleb Brown. They'll both be wearing number three. 6'4", 170 pounds, though, for Jalen Watson. That was definitely an eye-opener

when you look at the newbies coming in. Jacob Gill, the incoming wide receiver from Northwestern. We know Iowa needs some help at the wide receiver position, and hopefully Jacob Gill will be able to provide that. He'll be wearing number five for the Hawkeyes this year. There is a new punter. There is also a new number nine. He is a Reese Dakin, the Australian punter that comes in.

And though he won't be Torrey Taylor, big shoes to fill, no doubt about it. And he'll be putting on number nine for the Hawkeyes coming up this season. The true freshman quarterback coming in this year, James Rezar, he'll be wearing number 10, sharing the same number as Nick Jackson. Don't think we'll see those two guys on the field together. We'll see, James Rezar. He'll be wearing number 10, sharing the same number as Nick Jackson. Don't think we'll see those two guys on the field together.

We'll see about James Rezar. And plenty of people have told us in the past that the likelihood of him being able to jump in right away and be a guy, he's more a developmental, easy for me to say, quarterback. And there's still some rough edges for him to iron out. There are things mechanically that he needs to work on. And remember, Rezar was not a quarterback that Tim Lester recruited himself.

This was an incumbent, if you will, coming in from Florida this season. A lot of people with the size and the speed that he has thinks that there's a possibility, maybe a different position for him down the line at 6'4", 205 pounds. More of the newcomers, and while we lose the great Joey the Bull, Joe Evans out there playing defensive tackle wearing 13, we got another one, Drew Campbell. That's right, a brother of Jack Campbell, 6'4", 235, his listed weight in his freshman campaign out of Cedar Falls, and Campbell will be wearing number 13, and boy, if we get another number 13 like

we've seen out of the last number 13 i think we'd all sign up for that we're not going to be able to see him for a while as he's still playing high school baseball but race vanderzee he gets number 15 the big wide receiver 6 4 190 pounds and maybe vanderzee could be that guy that suddenly is able to help out at the exposition at the wide receiver group if you're seeing 15 trotting out there for the first time coming up this fall, you say, who's that? Now you know, Reese Bannerzee. Another incoming freshman in the defensive backfield,

Rashad Godfrey out of Florida, Armwood High School. He'll be wearing number 17. When I think of number 17, I think of one guy, Armellus Harrelson, who had the, was that who was, oh, now my memory is fading on me. 2002 Purdue game, had the interception. Was that who it was? I know, I think it was somebody else.

Now my mind is just drifting afar. Let's get back into it. Another incoming freshman out of the transfer portal, out of Colorado State, Jackson Stratton, a depth piece, 6'5", 210 pounds, still listed as just a sophomore here in the updated roster from Iowa football, and he will be wearing number 19. Incoming linebacker with a lot of buzz, Derek Weisskopf, he will be wearing number 22,

6'3", 210 pounds. We talked about this one in the past. We gave you a little intel before the numbers were official. Brevin Dahl will be wearing number 23. He wore 15 in high school, wearing 23 because of christian mccaffrey his favorite nfl player number 26 also incoming running back that will

be xavier williams as that's what he gets number 33 cam buffington another one of that great linebacker group already 6 3 2 25 coming in from winfield mount Union. Devin Van Ness. Yes, you know that name. Van Ness comes in at number 35 and 6'211 pounds for Van Ness. 38. This is Graham Eben and he comes in for him. Rock Rapids, Central I, Georgia, Little Rock, 6'1", 200 pounds for the newcomer there. Here's one that I'm excited about. Chimichaneke, 6'5", 230 pounds out of Plano East.

Iowa doesn't recruit Texas like they once did. However, I think Chineke has a chance to be an impactful player in this defensive line group. This defense, you talk about what they did in the front seven, both in the defensive line and the linebackers in this incoming freshman class. I think they absolutely knocked it out of the park. Another linebacker in this incoming freshman class. I think they absolutely knocked it out of the park. Another linebacker for you, Preston Reese out of Monticello, 6'2", 215 pounds. He will be wearing number 46. A couple other names for you on the offensive line. We get into the 60s and one of those Josh Janikowski, 6'2", 282 pounds, likely an interior offensive lineman

is where he is going to go. Another one maybe on the outside, we hope, because Iowa needs tackles. Number 68 will be Will Nolan, 6'6", 290 pounds already out of Arlington Heights for that one. Here's a newbie for you, but not a freshman. Cade Boru saw him play a bunch of football games when he was at Southeast Polk High School. He comes in to help solidify the middle. Could he have the kind of season that we saw last year out of a transfer interior guy? We will see on that front with what Rusty Feth did.

6'2", 305 pounds and certainly going to add some depth inside coming in after a couple of years up at North Dakota. Another incoming offensive line, freshman number 74, that is Bodie McCaslin, 6'6", 275 pounds, and maybe the crown jewel of this recruiting class as it pertains to the offensive line. Number 79, that's a good number, Cody Fox comes in from East Buck. A few other freshmen in there of numbers,

Michael Burt, 6'6", 225 pounds out of Creighton. Prep in Omaha, he will be playing the tight end position. And of course, the other big tight end, Gavin Hoffman, number 89, 6'5", 220 pounds. Look, they're set at the tight end position, but if there's a young guy that's going to get his feet wet this season alongside Lachey, alongside Addison Estringa, don't be surprised if we see some reps this year out of Gavin Hoffman. Number 84 for a defensive lineman. That's right.

It'll be Joseph Anderson. We talked about the bloodlines and past and continuing to keep that pipeline to St. Louis open. Excited about the future of Anderson. Two incoming number 84s out of the freshman class. KJ Parker, the wide receiver, also will be wearing number 84. Six foot the freshman class. KJ Parker, the wide receiver, also will be wearing number 84, 6'1", 170 pounds. Parker is a big-time playmaker for the Hawkeyes. Two more to go, and the incoming

players coming in, and there are new numbers that have been issued by Iowa Football. The place kicker, Tripp Woody, good merits, and also comes in from North Carolina, a place that's been pretty good to Iowa. He'll wear number 92. Weird numbers for kickers and have to love that. And finally, the last number that you can give out, he is number 99, Devin Kennedy, the son of Jimmy Kennedy, coming in from Arizona, 6'3", 240 pounds is what they have Kennedy listed at as we get ready for football. We get ready to talk with Scott Dockerman from The Athletic as we continue talking Hawkeye football here.

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We got you covered with FanDuel. Head over to FanDuel.com slash LockedOn and start making the most out of your summer. That's FanDuel.com slash LockedOn to get in on the offer. FanDuel, official sports betting partner of Major League Baseball. Joining us now, Scott Dock doctorman from the athletic and a new role with the athletic now a national college football writer tell us about what the new role entails yeah thanks uh you know i've been kind of ghosting it for a while and uh we just kind of formally made the announcement a few weeks ago but uh yeah i've um kind of expanded my duties if nothing else

um to where i'm going to be doing more big 10 and less iowa as opposed to before where i would do a lot of iowa mostly iowa and then uh kind of you know do the the big 10 on the side and the off season that sort of thing and then part of it you know, when you get into the season, you know, especially that it's really difficult to, uh, to, to kind of change your focus, you know, and I, and there were a lot of really good stories that I just wasn't able to get to last year. Cause I was covering Iowa so closely, but you know, that doesn't mean I'm not going to cover Iowa. I mean, Iowa, I still live here. I'm still going to write about the Hawkeyes. I think they're still relevant and they're going to be relevant this year. So it makes perfect sense for me to follow them very, very closely and write a lot about them. It's just I'm going to spread out a little bit more and, you know, not just kind of,

hey, here are the top 10. Here's what lead singers from the 80s, the Hawkeyes look like today. I'll be writing about some other stories in the Big Ten, mostly Big Ten anyway. It sounds like one of your old employers, one of the story ideas that you had to do a lot. Yeah, unfortunately, I did redo that one. So does this mean, Doc, that, for instance, Ohio State, Penn State, that that might be a game that that weekend you may cover that caliber of a game or Michigan, Ohio State at the expense maybe.

Well, Black Friday would be Nebraska and Iowa. So will you move around the Big Ten footprint throughout the season, keeping more of a focus maybe on Kinnick, et cetera? But will you move around periodically? A little bit here and there. I can't, you know, it's hard to say what will happen. I mean, mainly i think the front part of the season i'll be mostly iowa there might be a weekend i might go somewhere else but um you know the back the back stretch of the season it's going to be a lot of keeping my

options open in case i mean let's say if i was four and three i mean and uh you know missouri or kansas state or you know somebody like that might be in the playoff run. I mean, it's really designed in a lot of cases for us to really get into the playoff situation because there's 12 teams now, and I'll be able to do more. It won't be just Midwestern-based. I might fly somewhere west or whatever, but primarily I'm still going to write a lot about Iowa. I'm not going to, you can't take that away from me. Gotcha.

Will the athletic replace you with a permanent Iowa writer? Do you know? Oh, no. No, I mean, I'm still going to do Iowa. I'm going to do more of other things. Gotcha. So, you know, we've kind of, we, you know, a lot of our beat structure has changed

a little bit and and so um you know but this also frees me up to do say an iowa state story too because i think they're going to be really good and so i'm not necessarily you know if jack trice stadiums or the jack trice 100 year anniversary um you know on, would have gone on this year instead that, that I'd probably, I'd have the freedom to do that. Unlike. Doc with that, we were going to turn our attention back to Iowa, Iowa football coming up this year, listening to you throughout the, our conversations leading up here, what you just said, you think I was going to be very relevant when you talk about very relevant,

the conversation, I would go goes 10-2 this year, lose to Ohio State, lose another. And it can't be against Illinois State, or it can't be against probably Maryland, but they lose, say, to Wisconsin for that second loss. A 10-2 Iowa team on the surface with a 12-team playoff looks really good. Depending on how the loss goes to Ohio State, though, that's going to be a component too. How solid is the chances with us really not knowing how this structure is going to be a 10 and 2 Iowa team getting into the college football playoff? I would say 40 percent. It's going to be right on the border.

I mean, they're going to be somewhere between 10 and 14. And it's just kind of it's not if they're 11 and one, they're in, if they're 10 and two, then you've got to consider all the other 10 and two teams that are like them, you know, say a Penn state, for instance, I mean, they don't play Iowa. So you got to measure Iowa's resume against Penn state or, or Tennessee or another and a bunch of other teams. And then you've got to also wonder if say,

say Iowa state happens to win the big 12, are they in the top 10 or are they 15? Are they, you know, because it doesn't matter. If they win the Big 12, then they're in the playoff and get a bye, you know. And then same thing with a Liberty or Memphis or something like that. So it really kind of depends on everybody else if you're 10 and 2. You don't want to put yourself in that position, but you've also put yourself in a position to where you can be very, very competitive for that spot. I mean, you know, Ohio State's the one that everybody we look at as a given.

It's just everybody else. You know, I mean, you know, Iowa State to me is one of the top two or three teams on Iowa's schedule. And I think their schedule's, you know, fairly good, fairly, you know, it's doable for Iowa to get to 10-2, but it's also – there's some challenges in there. Wisconsin, I think Nebraska's going to be much improved. Northwestern's not going to be an easy out. Even Troy.

I think Troy was really good last year for being a G5 team. So it's holistic if it's 10-2, that's for sure. Doc, most folks believe, and I'm one of them, So it's holistic if it's 10-2, that's for sure. Doc, most folks believe, and I'm one of them, that Ohio State is clearly the class of the Big Ten again this year. Who would be next in your mind? I mean, the defending champions lose their quarterback, but they bring back a whole bunch of guys.

Yep, they've got a new head coach as well, so you've got to put that out there. Is it Michigan? Is it Penn State? Who do you think is the closest pursuer to Ohio State when it's all said and done? I think it's Oregon. I think Oregon may be one of the top two or three teams in the country. They've got a challenging schedule, as we know,

because they do have to go to Michigan. They host Ohio State. They have Washington, which is a huge rivalry for them. Now Washington is depleted to the nth degree. They also play Oregon State early in the year and some other teams that

are pretty good. Oregon is stacked. Oregon is the one team that can beat Ohio State. I think those are the two teams, to me, that I think you put the playoff. One's going to get a bye and one's going to get a home game. And then it's kind of to be between, you know, three to five teams to whether or not you can get one to two more playoff spots.

And I think Penn State would be my third, either Iowa or Michigan, my fourth, and then fifth. But then I think you've got USC, you've got Wisconsin, you've even got Nebraska that I think has the capabilities to sneak their way up there. Nebraska has the easiest schedule in the Big Ten, and they've got a very, very good defense and a horrible offense, if that sounds familiar, last year. I think they've got a chance, too. One team that we haven't talked a lot about this year and they're not on the Iowa schedule again, as we saw that fall off a bunch during the leaders

and legends days was Illinois rivalry game. Bielema, I don't know if momentum stopped a year ago, but it certainly slowed down. There was a lot of talk about him and Ryan Walters not getting together. Altmeyer back at the quarterback position. What is Illinois? Is it, eh, maybe they'll win six or seven games and that's it? What as a whole, that program, what Bielema has tried to do to build that thing up, a program that just has not been consistent in either of our lifetimes? Yeah, that's what Dick Buckus was there. Pete Elliott as head coach.

No, I think Illinois, this is a big year for Brett Bielema. No question in my mind. I mean, this is, what, year four? And two years ago, it looked like they were kind of on the right path to being relevant in the Big Ten, to be competitive in the upper third in that area. And last year, they took a huge step back. I mean, they were close in a couple of games.

But not getting to a bowl game really matters if you're Illinois. And, you know, Luke Altmyer, you know, played well at times last year. But really the difference was two years ago they had an amazing defense left over from Buffy Smith. Some of those players, Devin Witherspoon, you know, and then they had, you know, the twins back there, Sidney Brown and Chase Brown at running back. And some just amazing players. And then they haven't been able to replicate that, you know, the twins back there, Sidney Brown and Chase Brown at running back. It's just amazing players.

And then they haven't been able to replicate that, you know, especially this year. You know, so they've got a long ways to go. I think if their line of scrimmage play could be decent with Luke Altmyer, with Pat Bryant, who I think might be one of the best players we're not going to talk about, a wide receiver who, you know, was fifth in touchdown pass. I think he had eight last year. If Illinois can win some of those close games and play decent along the line of scrimmage, I think it'll look like they're back into being in competitive territory. If not, if they don't make it to a bowl game in year four, I think any momentum is stopped,

and then it becomes hot seat territory. What about the Gophers? What do you expect out of them? And they are on Iowa's schedule. Yeah. They have a tougher schedule, but I also think that P.J. Fleck has demonstrated that his teams can be competitive. Maybe unlike Brett at Illinois,

where they're still kind of trying to build something, P.J.'s at least established that this program is not just a bottom feeder, that they're going to compete. And I like their quarterback. They grabbed Max Brosmer from New Hampshire, and he was the AFCA first-team All-American FCS quarterback last year. Just a really good player. And we know what they're going to do up front.

They've got one of the best tackles in the country. And, you know, they're going to be physical. They're going to run the ball. And then on defense, they usually play decent defense. So I think they're going to be a competitive team at minimum for a bowl game. I don't know if I see them, though, getting past, like, the 7-8 win territory this year, unless Brosnan just does something that I'm not, you know,

projecting, which is Heisman's tight season. But I think they could still be in the 7-8 win territory. So I brought up Illinois. It just jumped out because I read your article last week talking about walk-ons and the potential that walk-ons go away. It's very difficult to wrap your mind around how this actually could happen in college football.

Can you give us the nuts and bolts, exactly how this potentially could look and the possibility that walk-ons are no longer a thing? And it's not just impactful to Iowa and Iowa State. I mean, you just talk about the Midwest as a whole. This is a huge, huge potential, I don't want to say landscape changing, but it is impactful for a lot of programs out there. Walk-ons going away. Give us the nuts and bolts of that. The challenge is, Trent, that they're going to go to roster sizes rather than scholarship

limits and then unlimited roster size. You know, so, you know, and what that number is, it hasn't been decided yet. It could be 100. It could be 110. It could be 105. Something to that effect. yet. It could be 100, it could be 110, it could be 105, something to that effect. Well, in the past, we've had 85 scholarships and then basically unlimited walk-ons. And most teams have between,

I don't know, right around 110, 115. So 25 to 30 walk-ons. Well, that's all going to be gone. And you're going to have the ability to scholarship all of those players. Now, some schools won't, to scholarship all of those players. Now, some schools won't. Some schools will. And, of course, there's a big difference. I mean, if Iowa's going to go ahead and fill 105 scholarships and Illinois is going to fill 85, well, they're going to get a humongous advantage. So I think everybody's going to try to fill those as best they can. The problem is, Trent, as we see in the Midwest especially,

teams like Iowa and Iowa State and the others rely a lot on those three-star kids from micropolitans to small towns to farm towns. Do you really know when one kid's 6'4", 235 and the other kid's 6'4", 240, who's going to be a better offensive lineman? You don't know. It's like really the difference between a fifth-round draft pick in the NFL draft and an undrafted free agent. It's not until you get to camp or in Iowa's case or at a college level, get them in your

developmental program and see how they compete. And so there's going to be a lot of whips and there's going to be a lot of really good players that end up at either Fcs programs junior college programs naia schools and uh but the portal will still be hopping after that because i think what we'll see also is um schools that will be more willing to to depart from their players and not necessarily cut them but encourage them that maybe they need to look for another opportunity so it'll be a little bit more cutthroat i think holistically uh doc we're a week away from media days getting underway, and there's seemingly a universal topic that comes up,

whether you're at SEC or Big Ten or Big 12, every year. What do you think that's going to be this year? Is it realignment? Is it NIL? Is it the court ruling? What are people in the media who want to talk to Petitti about, are going to talk to your mark about, that seemingly every commissioner is going to get asked about?

Yeah, I think it's all of those things because, yeah, the judgment was just finalized, what, about six weeks ago, and it actually isn't finalized. It was just agreed upon. So everybody wants to know what does this look like what does this mean just like what we talked about with scholarships and you know pay for you know paying these players and and what does it mean for title nine i mean i think those are the the big picture questions that everybody still has and my guess is that you know people still don't really know exactly what it looks like. They may have a little bit better direction than they did in May. But, you know, mark my words, I think that when it comes to the pay for play,

you've got one side that believes that it should just be based on marketability, and you have another that says it's going to be based on, you know, male-female student-athlete ratio. And it's going to go to court either way at some point because, you know, male, female student athlete ratio. And it's going to go to court either way at some point because, you know, there's a reason why they're, they're collectives and it's for football and men's basketball. That's the primary reason. And women's basketball is kind of clipped in there too, but that's the main reason for it. So one way or the other, it's going to end up in court. And that's probably a healthy thing. But I think those are going to be issues that everybody's going to really,

you know, ask about and find out if there's any more updates. I don't know about expansion. I think that's probably going to be a key thing in the ACC meetings to see kind of where everybody sits. But, you know, when it comes to expansion and what these new programs mean for the schools and how they'll interject themselves into these conferences, I think that'll also be a major storyline.

Off the football path, and I know you've been watching, though not writing about WNBA and Kaitlyn Clark and the Indiana Fever. What a comeback yesterday. And doing it against Diana Taurasi, had to feel good, even battling through illness, nearly a triple-double for Kaitlyn Clark. I know you're watching it a ton, Doc. Just your thoughts overall as we're, what, halfway through the season now

and looking forward to the Olympics about the way things are going for Kaitlin Clark here in year number one. It seems to be in a little bit healthier place now than it was three weeks ago. Absolutely. And that's a good thing for them and this league because my biggest fear was it was just going to get so toxic

that it'd turn everybody away. Don't want to watch that. But I caitlin's showing what she can do and she's just a rookie that's the funniest part is i mean people i i don't know that fans expected her to dominate i think they expected her to be good which she is clearly very good but um and i think there's a lot of people who don't like her or not fans of her who are like making fun of her and i'm like give her another year or two and she's going to dominate this game just as much but i i think the impact that she's had has been profound it's the maybe the greatest impact that we've seen in female sports um and uh you know yesterday just walking off the court to a standing ovation it's just it shows you you how much she has elevated the profile of that league.

And I think the veterans who were not necessarily in her corner right away, I think they wanted her to prove herself, but it seems like that they are gradually coming over to her side. And it seems like Indiana, for the most part, not every game, is playing better together. I still think they could use a better coach. But other than that, I do think that it's been a good run for her. And it's been fun to watch the Martinis.

And tomorrow night they get a play. The A's are in the fever, so it'll be fun to watch that too. Was she a liability defensively at Iowa? Apparently she is in the WNBA. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah, she's a good rebounder. Yep. And she's good at steals.

But as far as – I mean, that's why Gabby Marshall would walk out of games with no points or maybe a three-pointer because she was in charge of guarding the best offensive player. I mean, this happens to every elite guard. I mean, ask James Harden how much defense he does on a daily basis. Scott Dockerman from The Athletic. Doc, congratulations on the move up. I did not realize that. Glad you're still going to be your primary focus, at least we'll call it that, is Iowa because that's what we love to read about. So well done, Scott Dockerman.

Thanks for doing this. We'll catch up with you next week. Have a great week, Doc. Thank you. Yep, thank you. Appreciate it. Trey Cotter back with you one final time on the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast. As always, thanks for making Lockdown Hawkeyes your first listen every day. As we wrap things up here, big night coming up this evening. It's Kate versus Caitlin. Looking forward to this one as the Las Vegas Aces, they move it into T-Mobile, the big arena,

as Caitlin Clark is coming to town with her Indiana fever. We've seen this Indiana team play much better, but the stories of these two young women. For Caitlin Clark, the superstar coming in, number three player in the country in her recruiting class, and what she was able to do, what she built Iowa women's basketball into was absolutely incredible.

And then her running mate, player that had been there, player that had been around a little bit more. They became great friends, roommates, and was just there to support Kaitlyn Clark at the WNBA draft. And now what she's turned into, being drafted by the two-time defending champion

in the WNBA, the Las Vegas Aces, going into a spot that seemed like a great story. She didn't think she was even going to be drafted. She was there for Kaitlyn. And then she hears her name called. And that scene at the draft was just absolutely incredible. And then she goes to camp and it felt like Kate Martin, all right, get a cup of coffee, get a little bit of understanding about what the league is, and then she'll start her coaching career. No, and then the cuts are happening, and she's still around, and it gets deeper and deeper into it,

and she's still hanging around and eventually wins a roster spot. Okay, that's great, and that's another incredible story, but it goes further, and now she has been an impactful bench player for the Las Vegas Aces. We're not talking about one of the worst teams in the league here. We're talking about a former champion.

We're talking about a team that is at an incredibly high level. We knew Kate Martin as a player. Do everything. They called her the glue for a reason. Gonna be fun to see them out on the court. And how much better is this Indiana Fever team than they were just a couple of weeks ago? Vegas is really good.

And Vegas, maybe more importantly, is really healthy right now. You can find right now the point spread 13 and a half over at FanDuel for this one tonight. The Vegas Aces are the big favorite. Looking forward to that and looking forward to more Hawkeye content. And leading you into the 4th of July. We got a lot of recruiting to get into later on this week. Our recruiting analyst here at Lockdown is going to be joining us. Brian will talk to him a little bit about the latest commitments in the class of 2025. We got you covered on the football front. Also have a

question to pose a little bit later in the week. Who has the most pressure on this Iowa football team coming up in the 2024 football season. We'll tackle all that and a whole lot more coming up the rest of the week. Thanks for making lockdown Hawkeyes. Your first listen every day. We'll talk to you again tomorrow. Go Hawks.