Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - SHAKEUP? Iowa Wrestling Fans Demand CHANGE After Loss to Iowa State – Ben Kueter, Drake Ayala Struggle

Episode Date: December 2, 2025

Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling’s 21-year dominance over Iowa State comes to a crushing end, as fans question whether a leadership change is needed at the helm. Trent Condon dissects the Hawkeyes’ disappo...inting wrestling duel, assessing top performers like Drake Ayala and Patrick Kennedy, the growing threats from Penn State, Nebraska, and Oklahoma State, and whether this once-dynastic program can reclaim its national title aspirations. Who could step in for the Brands brothers if a shakeup happens, and what does AD Beth Getz’s future vision for Iowa wrestling look like?Switching focus, Trent Condon covers Iowa football’s dominant Black Friday win over Nebraska, spotlighting key PFF grades for Mark Gronowski and standouts like Reese Vander Zee and DJ Vonnahme. Basketball fans get a preview of the Iowa men’s Big Ten opener against Michigan State and analysis of the Iowa women’s bounce-back victory over Fairfield. Can Iowa rise to the evolving challenges across all three sports this season?Follow Trent Condon on X: https://twitter.com/trentcondonLISTEN TO THE PODCAST: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/locked-on-hawkeyes-daily-podcast-on-iowa-hawkeyes-football/id1441592240SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GTyz5ygevcGXdTF6QSoEoYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnHawkeyesSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Omaha SteaksSave big on unforgettable gifts with Omaha Steaks. Visit https://OmahaSteaks.com for 50% off site-wide and an extra 20% off select favorites during their Cyber Sale.And for an additional $35 off, use promo code COLLEGE at checkout. Aura FramesFor a limited time, save on the perfect gift by visiting https://AuraFrames.com to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames - named #1 by Wirecutter - by using promo code COLLEGE at checkout.GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply.FanDuelToday's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Football season is around the corner, visit the FanDuel App today and start planning your futures bets now.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 For the first time in 21 years, Iowa Falls to Iowa State on the wrestling mat. And many fans are saying it's time for a change at the top of Hawkeye Wrestling. You are Locked on Hawkeyes, your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Hey, welcome in. I'm Trent Condon, and this is the Locked On. Hawkeyes podcast. We are your daily Iowa Hawkeye podcast, and I've been covering the Hawkeyes for over 20 years on the radio. You can hear me currently on the Iowa Sports Radio Network
Starting point is 00:00:39 with stations in Des Moines, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, and Sioux City. You can hear me each weekday from noon to two. Today's episode of Lockdown Hawkeyes is brought to you by Game Time. Download the Game Time app, create an account, and use code lockdown college for $20 off your first purchase. Today we take a look back at the disappointing loss. to Iowa State for the first time since 2004. Iowa loses to the cyclones on the wrestling mat. We'll talk about the duel and big picture this Iowa wrestling program and any hope going forward for this year and a future outlook.
Starting point is 00:01:14 We're also going to talk some Iowa football. We'll try to wash out that bad taste in our mouth from the wrestling duel on Sunday and get into Iowa's win against Nebraska. Look at the grades from pro football focus as we do each and every week and some big basketball talk. Iowa women with a nice win on Sunday against Fairfield team that won 31 games two years ago, 28 games a season ago, and Iowa gets a big win in that one. And the Iowa men get ready for their Big Ten opener on the road at Michigan State, a huge, huge matchup in the I zone. We begin today's program, though, with the look at just that, the Iowa wrestling team. And what a frustrating
Starting point is 00:01:52 performance it was Sunday at Iowa State. And though it was not a jam-packed Hilton Colise. about, what, 10,000, I know announced attendance was about 12,000, made their way through the turnstiles and saw an Iowa performance that is going to be remembered for a long time and for all the wrong reasons. When you go 21 straight years without losing to your in-state rival, when you win 19 consecutive duels varying degrees of success, and then you see this happen. And after we've had these conversations on the wrestling mat about the way that Penn State is completely taken over this sport
Starting point is 00:02:28 and that there appears to be nobody that can slow them down. And the only program over these 15 years that have been able to do it as Iowa and three different instances, 2010, 2020 and 21. But short of that, this has been Penn State sport. I know the Buckeyes got a national championship in there as well.
Starting point is 00:02:46 So you have that. And that's a change for all of us wrestling fans. That's a change for all of us that saw, obviously the success that Dan Gable had, the success of the national championship, and how this program is looked at is just that it's about national championships. Well, that, for all intents and purposes, is off the board. Year after year after year, the likelihood that I was going to win a national championship,
Starting point is 00:03:10 it's incredibly slim. But now, not only are you, well, we're the next best program. We're number two. Oklahoma State is out there spending money. We saw what Nebraska did a year ago, and their incredible run that they had in nationals and getting up there in the top three and bringing home a trophy. We see now Iowa State, at least in a duel, getting past Iowa. And you look around, mentioned Ohio State and what happened, national duels in that championship
Starting point is 00:03:38 out where the Hawkeyes were just absolutely pulverized. This is not about just losing a duel. But streaks are meant to be broken. It's going to happen. And Kevin Dressor, though it's taking a lot longer, I think, than anybody would have anticipated. He has been building this moment. He's got a nice team. It's a good team, spent well,
Starting point is 00:03:59 brought in the right guys out of the portal, developed a lot of guys that are, and finally healthy. This is not to discredit anything about Iowa State. This is an Iowa conversation. And when you lose in this way, and when you get beat up the way that you do, you lose a duel, it's going to happen.
Starting point is 00:04:19 But when you have two of your heavy heads that get beat, and we're already talking about Drake Aiella with three losses and we know that he's got a bird problem at Illinois and we saw that show up again at national duels and to get beat by Evan Frost in that fashion you're left shaking your head you have a match early on where you think
Starting point is 00:04:42 Patrick Kennedy's going to get Iowa back in the match they're going to have an opportunity maybe to win this thing pull it off and he gets beat he's in control for the first period and a half and he can beat 9-8 in overtime and if you go into a duel and you say that the reason I was going to lose is because of those two guys
Starting point is 00:05:01 well you can understand it and that's the way it played out now the season's not over they're not going to box up the singlets for the year and put it away and say we'll try again next season it's not how wrestlers are that's not how this wrestling program is we know that but the concerning part is normally we've seen Iowa wrestle very well in the early portions of the season.
Starting point is 00:05:24 Russell well when we get into January. The problem has been come nationals over the last four years. That's where the concern is lied because these guys are going to put in the work. They're going to put in the time. They're going to absolutely grind. And the problem has been it felt like they've ground themselves into a nub year after year after year. And by the time they get to the middle of March, there's nothing left in the tank. And we've seen that show up time in and time out.
Starting point is 00:05:48 so many of these guys. But then he coupled with a couple of your heavy heads that don't get the job done. And then also your transfers. Your guys that are going to fill in the gaps, the guys that you bring in at minimum, these guys are going to be all Americans. And you hope for more. And you hope with the tutelage of the brands and the rest of the coaching staff that these guys are going to ascend. So you go to Little Rock and you bring in two guys.
Starting point is 00:06:15 And to see this here, Paley, who had 141. pounds doesn't look like he can compete certainly at the highest of levels competed for the top half of the podium finished in the top four as a guy two years ago to finish fourth in the country and it looks like there's no shot at 141 he looks too small he's ragdoll up and down you go two weeks later and jordan williams makes his debut and he's making mistakes on the edge of mat and giving up takedowns there and just again giving up a major decision in a spot where you could talk yourself into maybe at minimum
Starting point is 00:06:52 it's going to be tight maybe lay tape down you can sneak one out and pull an upset here and there was no shot and that's where the frustrations lie you go to the top and you start this meet off at 285 and you go there with Ben Keeter who's battled his own injuries but Ben Keeter coming out and you look at what he did
Starting point is 00:07:14 at not both the national level and the international level coming in and he tried to play both football and basketball football and wrestling he tried to do both dedicating himself now back to wrestling and he just it doesn't work at that weight class at 285 it doesn't work for him he's not big enough
Starting point is 00:07:37 if there was a weight class in the middle if there was something between 197 and 285 he'd be great And there's a 235-pound wave class. Absolutely. Ben Keeter would be an All-American. Ben Keeter would be a national champ likely. But that's not the case. And you see it again in that instance. A lot of frustrations.
Starting point is 00:08:00 And now the question continues to be, is it time to make a move? This is what I always say. It doesn't matter the sport. It doesn't matter what sport you're talking about. Who are you going to get? And we're seeing this happen once. again at a big time level in college football. You look at Penn State still searching for a coach.
Starting point is 00:08:21 You look at Blue Blood programs out there like Iowa wrestling. Who are you going to get? David Taylor, he's at Oklahoma State, and he's got a big I-N-I-L war chest. And the likelihood that's not going to happen. I mean, you want to go Spencer Lee? Do we know that Spencer Lee is going to be an excellent coach? I don't think so.
Starting point is 00:08:43 It's just guesswork. It's name recognition. Kyle Dake, that's another name that gets thrown around. Jordan Burroughs. A big name, certainly in the wrestling scene. Is there anything, though, that tells us that these guys are going to be college wrestling coaches at the highest level? Because it takes more than just name recognition to get guys here.
Starting point is 00:09:04 Brett McHap, former Hawkeye, at Iowa State, you go that direction. Doug Schwab, who's done an incredible job with not many resources at you and I, Hawkeye National Champion you go that direction there just isn't a whole lot there that says oh yeah that's the one that makes sense that one there's not an easy call and you just continue to go
Starting point is 00:09:26 here's another thing we don't know at least I don't know and that's how Beth gets looks at the wrestling program you got big money donors that make it certainly in terms of finances NIL opportunities
Starting point is 00:09:40 as good as you're going to find and this new day and age are the brands the right guys to run it in this era of college athletics and college wrestling are those the guys that make the most sense and as Beth gets with everything else going on
Starting point is 00:09:56 and with the changing world of college athletics at a future in the next one, two, three, five years gonna have to make a football hire just made a basketball higher on the men's side in your two most high profile
Starting point is 00:10:11 at least financially sports It's self-sustaining. Wrestling program brings in money. You sell out the building. Does it just leave that to the side? Let's not upset the apple cart. Or do you really want to get Iowa back to being a national championship contender? We don't know with that.
Starting point is 00:10:31 And certainly with Beth gets what her thoughts are on the wrestling program. There's a lot there. But in a duel, where you got 10 guys to take the mat, only four of them have takedowns you have nine takedowns in the match six of them came from Michael Calliando frustrating day big questions no doubt but the hopes of chasing down Penn State appear to be off the table and now you're chasing Nebraska and Ohio State and Oklahoma State and Iowa State tough time to be an Iowa wrestling fan let's wash that out let's talk some football. Let's go back to Black Friday at the win against Nebraska. Take a look at some of the
Starting point is 00:11:16 grades. Plus, we got some basketball coming up here. It is that time of year. It's a crossover season and we got you covered on your daily Iowa Hawkeye podcast locked on Hawkeyes. Make sure you hit subscribe if you're watching us on YouTube or a five-star review on the podcast side. All that helps us get in front of more Hawkeye fans. We'll be with you each and every day talking a lot going on. We got basketball talk. But first, let's talk football. Look back at the grades from PFF. Pro Football. focus as Iowa, throttles Nebraska. That's next on Locked on Hawkeyes.
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Starting point is 00:13:32 Let's get into some football and take a look back because, oh, it was so fun in the fourth quarter. Iowa running away from Nebraska on Black Friday. And as we do each and every week, we take a look at the grades from pro football focus and see if it matches up with what we saw on the field. For Mark Grinowski, as we start with the offense, one of his highest rated games of the year, an 88 grade overall, 86.2 in the passing grade is 71.3 run grade for Mark Grinowski. Tremendous made the plays that were there. A couple more touchdowns for him, also on the ground, a great performance. Now, here's a surprising one. Your top graded running back was Terrell Washington Jr.
Starting point is 00:14:12 Didn't play a ton of snaps in the game. In fact, I got the snap counts up here. Let's take a peek at that and see if that matches up. He played nine in the game, a little bit more than certainly I remember going back and watching that one. Kamari Moulton led the way with 35 snaps, 10 from Nathan McNeil and Jazzyon Patterson. He finished with eight snaps in the game. Nathan McNeil was second, and I think we all saw those little glimpses from McNeil throughout the course of this year. hoping that he can be something special.
Starting point is 00:14:39 Camarie Moulton grades out with the 69.2, solid dependable. Same thing with Jazion Patterson and Patterson, boy. You know, he is a guy that's just going to run hard, doesn't have a ton of wiggle to him. He just got to go out there and he is going to get the rock. He's going to put his head down and he's going to get some yards in the game. Wide receiver, your top graded guy was Reese Van der Z. And let's hope next season, Reese Van der Z can have a completely healthy season. freshman year banged up throughout the course of the year this year obviously the weird injury
Starting point is 00:15:10 that he sustained right before the season began he finishes with an 89.7 grade 89 past grade from him at a 56 run blocking grade Dayton Howard been used a whole lot more in the back half of the year 63 for him Sam Phillips with the 59 57 out of Jacob Gill and Caden Weechan 52.6 as a wide receiver finally we go to the tight end position out of the skill position guys and surprise here it was dj vaughamy who put together another tremendous performance an 85.4 grade overall 92.1 past grade pass blocking pretty good 69 there run blocking not quite as good i want to mention thomas mire though the true freshman out of clear lake you know we talked a lot about him coming into the season wondering if he was going to find a role he didn't play a ton but played a lot more
Starting point is 00:16:01 in the games that went uh 65 grade he just popped them His run blocking grade was a 65. Him and Hayden Large were the two guys that had the highest grade in that term. But he was a guy in the limited time we got to see him. He was popping guys. I'm excited about the future of Thomas Meyer and excited about the future, certainly of the tight end position for Iowa. 63 grade for Hayden Large, a 60 for Michael Bert,
Starting point is 00:16:26 Zach Ortworth with a 56.8 for him. And finally, the offensive line, the big guys up front, Jennings Dunker ends his Hawkeye regular season career. with an 84 grade. Trevor Lauk, what a story he's been this year. Once again, outstanding. Lauk with the best pass blocking grade on the team at 85.5. Best run blocking grade went to Jennings Dunker. Both Stevens with the 77, Kate Piper with the 70. Bryce George got to play a little bit late. Leighton Jones, Logan Jones, a little bit lower in his final game during the regular season with a 64. And then late in the game got to see a bunch of the reserves out there.
Starting point is 00:17:01 In fact, when you take a look at the snap counts for the offensive line, 60 snaps for the starters, Logan Jones, Jennings Dunker, both Stevens, Cade Peeper, and Trevor Loughke. Four plays, each for Dotsler, Ms. Linsky, and Cannon-Lettered. All those guys are going to be in the next for next season. Leighton Jones, I think one of the anticipated starters next year at one of the guard spots. He played three plays. Lucas Allgaier, speaking of young guys, with a big, big upside.
Starting point is 00:17:28 He played one play late in the game along with Kail Winter and Bryce George. After coming in from Fair State, I thought we were going to see more. another guy that sustained a weird early injury at the beginning of the season against Albany still got out there and was able to play a little bit. Let's jump over to the defensive grades from pro football focus from the win against Nebraska. Defense line, not real good. And as we saw them carving up the Iowa front, not a surprise here. Max Llewellyn grades out at the top, a 66 grade for him, Aaron Graves with a 62, as did Jonah Pace, 62 grade also for Bryce Hawthorne all those guys kind of that average range
Starting point is 00:18:06 Kenneth Meriwether with the 61 he's going to have to take a big jump forward next season Hubert with the 60 Ethan Herkitt a 58 as did Brian Allen and Jeremiah Pittman with a 49 who's battled injury coming back from an injury during his final campaign as a hawk guy Carson Shire goes out with a great game 71.7 from him how about his coverage grade and that's been kind of the knock on Carson Shire at different points this year he grades out is the top guy out of the linebackers with a 76 grade on that front. Your lowest grader guy was Jade Montgomery with the 52.
Starting point is 00:18:39 Jane Harrell, who's got back in the mix, is 63.3 for him. Finally, a defensive back, and I thought this was the most interesting because it definitely popped, and that was the play of Rashad Godfrey Jr. We talked about him a ton on the Rapid Reaction podcast and how well he played, how well he tackled, a force fumble, had a stop that should have been a fourth down stop, that they gave a good spot to the Huskers in that one. Great tackle grade at 83 out of him. Coverage grade, okay, average 59.9. 60 is average and against the run, 91.8 for Godfrey. You wonder about his role. Is he a cornerback? Is he more of kind of that
Starting point is 00:19:16 hybrid guy? Would he be a guy that works when they go cash? Is that something that makes sense? Speaking of young guys, Jacob Wallace, he showed up, I thought, in a big time way. Good tackle grade out of him. He grades out with the 66. Zach Lutmer, second with the 70. Jalen Watson, another young name, the 64. Wampa 58 and Cohen Entringer of 53.7. We'll see about Cohen Entringer and his decision coming back for his final season of eligibility. If he chooses to, remember, he did go through senior day activities in the game against Michigan State. Xavier Wampo, of course, his career will come to a close with the bowl game to wrap things up. But they did it without T.J. Hall and did a really good job
Starting point is 00:19:58 in that one godfrey though definitely the story and that's going to be a guy i think we're going to be talking a ton about going forward speaking with that let's jump over to the snap counts defensively too i think that's going to paint a little bit of a picture on the defensive line hawthorne got out there 27 snaps really looking at some of the young guys 23 for kenneth merriweather brian allen with 21 both those guys likely starters next season obviously we're going to see epinessa is going to have something to say about that you'll say next year i'm getting one of those spots on the defensive front, what that's going to look like. And as we get into some portal needs, I think defensive lines a spot, we're definitely
Starting point is 00:20:35 going to be talking about. Carson Shire, he goes 62 snaps in the game. Jane Montgomery played 42, talked about Harold 19 snaps for him in the game. Finally, though, defensive bat. So you get 62 snaps from Lutmer, 61 each for Deshaun Lee and Xavier Wampa. 45, though, for Rashad Godfrey. He's played the fourth most snaps out of the defensive backfield. Galen Watson with 38, 14 for Jacob Wallets.
Starting point is 00:21:01 Boy, he looked really good in that one after entering her left the game just six snaps as he left early in that one. Good to see those young guys and also good to see Phil Parker for just the fourth time in the last five years. He sends out a tweet and he does it after they beat Nebraska. That's the only time. Phil Parker sends out tweets. That is football to look back in the big win, 46 over Nebraska. Love dominating the Huskers. That one felt good.
Starting point is 00:21:28 Felt good on Sunday as well, as bad as it was on the wrestling mat, pretty good on the hardwood. Iowa. Nice win against Fairfield. We'll talk about that a little bit. What's in front of the Iowa women and the Iowa men. Tuesday, a monster matchup for the undefeated Hawkeyes as they go to Michigan State. We'll talk some hoops. When we come back, locked on Hawkeyes. The holidays always feel a little easier when you already know the perfect gift. And Omaha Steaks makes it, almost too simple, whether you're treating yourself this season or sending something memorable to family and friends, Omaha Steaks delivered handcrafted perfection right to their door. This week's the best time to jump in because their cyber sale is here and the deals are huge. I've given Omaha Steaks in the past. My dad has absolutely loved him. I love them when we sent them his way in the past.
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Starting point is 00:23:23 Iowa women, nice win on some. Sunday against Fairfield 86.72 mentioned earlier. This Fairfield team very good recently won 28 games a year ago, got to the NCAA tournament. A couple of years ago, they won 31 games. It's a program that is really good. Even coming out of the Metro Athletic Conference, this is a program that is certainly ascended. And one of the better mid-major teams that you can face, top 100 team by some of the metrics out there. And Iowa gets it done on a day where Fairfield, boy, just felt like they couldn't miss. I mean, 183.3. in the game from this Fairfield team got to clean up that three point line a little bit still overall Iowa kept him kind of arms distance after that slow start and got over the hump we're running out of superlatives already
Starting point is 00:24:08 for Ava Hayden and she's going to have a big matchup next Wednesday a week from Wednesday with Audie Crooks and Iowa State still a double double 18 points 16 rebounds she's so smooth there's a play in the first half she got it short of the right wing you know 15 feet away had the defender kind of up on her hip just went up soft jump shot and hit it from there so much versatility to her game and what kept her off the floor at times a year ago her youth was a part of
Starting point is 00:24:37 it but understanding staying out of foul trouble and definitely is taking that step and you can see her just so comfortable out there on the floor in a game where you play without chit-chat right and a game where you play without emily Rodriguez and still to be able to control against a good mid-major team. I think that says a lot about this team. Tyler Fearbach was 17 points. Didn't see that one coming as Fearbach was able to. I really light up the scoreboard when they needed a little bit more scoring punch for three pointers out of her. We know what she is as an on-ball defender. One of their better on-ball defenders that you're going to have. McCabe having to help out a little bit of Stremlow.
Starting point is 00:25:12 How about seven assists out of Taylor Stremlow? And just such a versatile game that she has. A good performance again out of Addy Deal. You're finding her becoming more comfortable out there. And I like what they're getting as well from Journey Houston. You know, the first couple of times we saw her earlier this season wondered what kind of role there was going to be. I think a minimum, there's got to be some kind of role for her. And likely
Starting point is 00:25:34 not going to be the 20 minutes that she played with Chit Chat and with Emily out of the game, but probably going to see her in that 12 to 15 minute range, something like that. I think her and Addie deal, that's kind of a realistic expectation when we get into the depth of Big Ten play.
Starting point is 00:25:51 This team, though, Playing well, haven't taken on the, took on the most daunting schedule at this point, and they'll get Ruckers coming up this week. So kind of weird week as they're off throughout the course of the week. Saturday will be their Big Ten opener on the road out at Ruckers, and then, as mentioned, a week from Wednesday, the road trip to Hilton and a loaded Iowa State team that is playing really well, and 47 points the last time out for Audie Crooks and that one. And then we got the men's team.
Starting point is 00:26:16 Tomorrow on the program, we will preview the matchup against Michigan State, Ben McCullum and company making their way to the his own to the Brezlin Center to take on Michigan State. A Spartan's team that in the past has been a little bit slow out of the gates. We've seen that. They're playing incredibly well. And you look at the matchup at the point guard spot, fears for Michigan State. He's playing at such a high level, assist or turnover rate through the roof. This is a guy that is kind of your prototypical point guard going up against Bennett's sturt.
Starting point is 00:26:46 Now, he's not the biggest guy. And we'll see if the size of sturtz can be a difference. of this game. Speaking of size, though, that's been the question for this Iowa team. And there's been a couple of moments, especially in the first couple of games of the year, Iowa didn't rebound very well. They've definitely held their own since then. This is going to be a different animal against Michigan State. We'll preview that game coming up for you on the Tuesday program and get you ready for the matchup against Michigan State. And then right after it goes final, we'll have you covered with a rapid reaction podcast with
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