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Starting point is 00:00:00 Trent and Todd with you today, Locked on Hawkeyes, as we take a look at the matchup against Oregon. What do the Hawkeyes have to do to pull off the upset? And Iowa basketball, actually playing defense. Yeah, it happened. 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. That's Todd Bromelcamp and this is the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast. Thanks for making Lockdown Hawkeyes, your first listen every day. We're available wherever you find podcasts, your daily source of Iowa Hawkeye podcast. Today's episode is brought you by Fandul. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. If your bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Download the app today. Well, Todd and I, we've combined for 50 years of covering the Hawkeyes.

Starting point is 00:00:57 guys. We have been watching the Hawkeyes for a combined 90 years, we're getting old. But this is an important week. And this is a big week, not just because Iowa is in the top 20 in the college football playoff rankings, an opportunity to be a playoff team. Everything that we've kind of laid out here, Todd, over these last few weeks is, you know, kind of got that positive vibes even with the loss to Indiana. Now it's in front of them. But also changing some of the narrative that is out there, the national narrative that is there. We know the winless streak.

Starting point is 00:01:27 that has reached what now 11 games. Iowa hasn't beat a ranked team the last 11 times out. And some of the jokes that still remain out there, even as the offense is improved, it's still not a leap by any measure. It just feels like there is so much more on the table, more than just getting to 7 and 2, that path to the college football playoff. But it feels like there's even more on the plate this week. Yeah, and I think this is a game that a lot of people have been looking forward to ever since the schedules came out.

Starting point is 00:01:53 Oregon hasn't been to Iowa City since 1989. Still going to feel pretty weird seeing them on the field. But you're absolutely right. There's a little added weight to this matchup, given the fact that the Hawkeyes have broken into the top 25, which I think is something that we were talking about a week or two ago. And Oregon coming in, we all know Oregon has designs on the college football playoff.

Starting point is 00:02:18 So suddenly this game just has a lot more weight to it. You know, the Oregon team is so interesting because it feels like, you know, going back to the committee on Tuesday night and they're playing it up, they still have an incredibly difficult schedule. Obviously, this road trip here, they still have USC, they still have Washington on the road. And if they take two more losses, I think they're on the outside looking in Iowa. We know the case for them. They have to run the table. Washington has to run the table. That means beating Oregon at the end.

Starting point is 00:02:47 USC likely has to run the table. Michigan probably has to run the table to get there. The crazy thing is we're talking about these paths and we obviously localize things here on the Iowa front of having to get to 10 and 2 to get there. But is there a real scenario out there that the Big 10 and a 12 team playoff only gets two into the bracket? I don't see only two. I think three would be a worst case scenario. And I think in most seasons like we saw last year, you got a shot at four. I just, I don't see only two teams from the Big Ten getting in, but something could happen where, you know, maybe somebody steals that fourth spot and they only get three teams in, which obviously would make things pretty difficult for Iowa.

Starting point is 00:03:30 But if Iowa wins this weekend, you and I both know the schedule moving forward, things look pretty good for them. But the problem is, it's going to be easier said than done winning this weekend. So to the game against Oregon, and, you know, I was running through the numbers on yesterday's program. every day as they were hearing that and it's eye opening not just what they are you think of Oregon all right they're going to be fast they're that they're going to move the ball up and down the field they do that but also defensively and the other part of what the end leaning has built here and i think maybe a misnomer of people don't watch a whole lot of them when they're in the pack 12 and until they you know we're playing in a big bowl game or playing for a national

Starting point is 00:04:09 championship this team is tough i mean they're built on physicality and you look at what they have on the front of both lines here. That's what really concerns me here. Yeah, the speed, the edge, all that stuff. That's all well and good. I was going to have to muck it up to make it their kind of style to win this football game. But you're doing it against both an offensive and defensive line that's playing really well and both really talented.

Starting point is 00:04:32 Yeah, with all due respect to Indiana, I think this is going to be the toughest game that Iowa has played this season. And we saw how good that Indiana football team is and they continue to run rough shot over the Big Ten. You're absolutely right. The perception is that Oregon's a fast, offensive team, but they're pretty darn good defensively, too. And that's going to come in awfully handy this weekend. The Iowa offense is going to have a real stiff test of moving the ball, especially if it's cold and miserable like the forecast says it's going to be. Yeah, the rain element, you know, if we do get rains and it's been varying reports

Starting point is 00:05:07 throughout the course of the week, do you think that gives a big advantage to Iowa? Does it, you know, even the playing field a little bit, slow them down those? kind of things. Do you think that the rain is a big help one way or the other on either side? Yeah, I don't know about that. You and I were talking before we got started here today. This is not USC or UCLA. We're talking about a team from the Pacific Northwest. They've seen precipitation before. It gets a little chilly up there. But, you know, it may be trends in Iowa's favor a little bit. Maybe it helps slow Oregon down just a tad. But I can't see the weather being a huge outcome effector one way or another unless it's terribly windy and that affects the special

Starting point is 00:05:48 teams you know another component to it you mentioned special teams their special teams are good also I mean just it's another one of those I hate to be a sad sack I really do because Todd for the people that listen to me every day the people that are with us here they know this was a game that I've been calling way back in the spring and throughout this summer this is the one that I had marked down if Iowa was going to pull off a big upset Penn State preseason top five Oregon preseason top 10 this is the one that I pointed to now we know circumstances obviously a change with Penn State this something just feels different here and I get it this Oregon team they haven't got a big victory themselves this season I mean kind of look through the depth of

Starting point is 00:06:30 what they have in their schedule and there isn't a whole lot of meat to that bone at this point in time it just maybe the matchup part of it that leaves me a little bit concerned so so talk to me out the ledge a little bit and talk to me about a potential path for Iowa to get this thing done? I think the lower scoring the game, the better. I know that plays into the old tropes about Iowa, but I've had this game as a loss all year long. I did not share your optimism about it. I thought among the big three, the Indiana, Penn State, and Oregon games, Indiana at the beginning of the season was the one that I thought Iowa would probably win. Hoosiers have turned out to be just as good as they were last year, Penn State took a step back. So Iowa did pick off one of the three games.

Starting point is 00:07:14 I didn't see them picking off two of the three. So I've still got this one in the lost column, but if Iowa can keep it lower scoring and not turn the ball over, there's probably a path there for them to pick up the victory. I'm not betting on it, but I share your concern, but I can't talk you off the ledge. You know, with that, I found these numbers. Our buddy Blair, Sanderson over at Hawkeye Report. He had these numbers from Pro Football Focus. So this is, just listen to these numbers. All right, they're four running backs. They got four guys that are all over 250 yards so far on the season. Deer Hill, their top guy, 7.4 per carry. Just let me finish this. Jordan Davidson, 3.9 per carry. Wittington, 3.8 per carry. No, that's not

Starting point is 00:08:04 yards per carry period. That is yards after contact per carry. carry. These guys are averaging more than four yards per carry after contact on the season. It goes hand in hand. We've seen this Iowa defense make some immense improvements throughout the course of the year. They're tackling at a better rate than we've ever seen before. But I mean, it just goes to another level. When you're seeing guys that are averaging more than four yards after they are hit, they're falling forward. They run violent. They are physical. They're going to run through you. This Iowa defense is going to have to probably even take it up another step from what we've seen over this last month.

Starting point is 00:08:39 Yeah, you know, if those numbers were for receivers, I'd be really, really worried. Running, I think Iowa has a better chance of slowing down a team that's based on the ground better than they do one that works through the air. But Oregon's probably going to get some yards, and that comes back to tackling and wrapping guys up. And we've seen Iowa at times this season early on have some issues with tackling. They can't have that on Saturday afternoon. and otherwise they're going to add to those yards after Kerry in a big way. No doubt about it. You know, back to kind of where we started, this big picture conversation that is there for Iowa

Starting point is 00:09:17 and the national narrative that is out there. Look, one wins not going to change the perception of the way people think about this. But if Iowa gets this win, Oregon, it's a national brand. And that legitimacy that comes along with it, I think is incredibly important. And if there is going to be that great final chapter, not. getting to the playoff alone, those kind of things, but kind of changing the way that I think the perception is out there about Kirk Ferrence's program here at the end,

Starting point is 00:09:45 stodgy, old, old school football, those kind of things. I think there's a chance to flip that a little bit here and do some things because we know just how important those kind of things can be and with it, a real opportunity here in front of eye. Yeah, I think this is an opportunity for Kirk Ference to remind everybody that he's not the all-time wins leader in the Big Ten just for hanging around. He's a hell of a football coach. Phil Parker, I know, is looking forward to the challenge of facing Oregon. And I think Tim Lester will have some wrinkles up his sleeve as

Starting point is 00:10:18 well. But this is perhaps the last opportunity to remind everybody nationally that Iowa football is a relevant brand in the Big Ten. It's easy for the Hawks to get overlooked, like you said. But this is an opportunity for them to put a major win on their resume. And if Iowa beats Oregon, maybe that affects a timeline in Kirk Ferrence's head about when he's going to call it quits. Because I've always thought that he's going to want to go out on top. He's going to want to do it during a really strong special season. And beating Oregon, I think, would pretty much put an exclamation point on the fact that this would go down as a great season for the Hawkeyes.

Starting point is 00:10:58 So something to think about there. No inside information on that theoretical timeline for retirement. but beating Oregon, you've got to think that the Hawkeyes make a pretty big leap in the rankings and they'd be favored in the rest of their games moving forward this season. So that's kind of what's at stake this weekend when I look at this matchup. It is a big one, Iowa, Oregon, 230 kickoff on CBS. Big Noon's going to be there for their pregame show. Going to be a lot over at the Pentecrest and going to be a fun weekend in Iowa City.

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Starting point is 00:12:55 Trent and Todd, back with you once again on the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast. Thanks for being with us as always. All right, Todd, let's talk some hoops. And you, like I, we're the same age. We grew up where Iowa basketball felt like the biggest thing in the state, bigger, I think, than Iowa football, just because, at least for me growing up, that's all we had. In the wintertime, you want to watch sports during the week, you had one choice.

Starting point is 00:13:18 It was to watch Iowa basketball. And I know I was not alone in that throughout the 80s and into the 90s, as that was it until, I didn't get cable until I was in high school. So that was a problem with that. It was Iowa basketball, eight number one. And it still makes me the most viscerally upset. as a fan. It's still the one that I yell at the television more. I scream, I stomp, I hop around, I act like a buffoon. I do that with other things too, but more with Iowa

Starting point is 00:13:45 basketball. I love this team. I love this program. And to see how different it looked in the opener against Robert Morris, it was just so much fun. I cannot tell you the last time that I made Iowa men's basketball appointment viewing in my household. Last night, I was on the couch in front of the TV. And I came away just as pleased as you probably. Was there any stomping around on Tuesday night? Did you get mad about anything? I mean, that was a fun, fun game to watch. I think there's still some questions about the team. And Ben McCollum said afterwards, look, it's not going to be this easy every night. But Robert Morris was a attorney team a year ago. I thought they made a great point. Jess Settles on the broadcast on the TV side that

Starting point is 00:14:30 we're kind of in a one and done era with those mid-major teams. It's really hard for a team like Robert Morris to come back year after year and be solid. Of course, their best player from a year ago was on Iowa's roster last night. But I don't think that's a poorly coached team. They got off to that 17-2 start. And I wasn't there, but you could hear on TV, especially early on, the crowd reaction to Iowa playing defense, getting defensive stops. But it translated over to the – it's not like they're not going to play offense. It's just, it's, when's the last time that you saw an Iowa men's basketball team play a complete game on both ends of the court at Carver Hawke.

Starting point is 00:15:11 I mean, it was just so refreshing. It was different basketball than what we're used to. And, you know, I mentioned in the Rapid Reaction podcast last night, now this team still put up 100 points. They average 1.53 points per possession, which is just incredible numbers to come out of that, regardless of what kind of tempo or pace they're playing at. it's so efficient and Bennett Sturts and that's the reason Todd we've talked about this when we kind of been previewing the season a little bit. It's not that my expectation

Starting point is 00:15:39 is that are going to get to the second weekend of the tournament, right? That's not what I'm saying, but I don't want to put a ceiling on this team. When you have a point guard like Bennett Sturts, who is just in control of everything, I watched him so many times last year, Drake, he is so smooth, understands. You saw him last night. He goes into the post,

Starting point is 00:15:57 he beats up on a smaller defender that way. Step back three-pointer. You're not going to get him out of the pace that he wants the team to play it. And then, oh, by the way, he's a plus defender. And how about that 200 to slam on the alley-oop? I mean, I'm buddies with Jeff Horner. Jeff, you weren't doing that. We weren't seeing that from Jordan Bowhannon, right?

Starting point is 00:16:15 We were not seeing some of the point guards of the past do that. They have an incredible talent. And if he plays at an all-American level, I don't want it just to be, let's hope they make the tournament because I think there can be more with his squad. look it's one game i always caution people to pump the brakes a little bit and i saw some negative nellies last night on social media you know complaining about the fact that it wasn't duke or north carolina that they were doing that against i i've said all along this team will go as far as bennett sturt's takes them if he stays healthy there are people complaining about why he

Starting point is 00:16:51 was still on the floor late in the game he played almost every minute of every game last year in Des Moines for the Bulldogs. I think this is something that you're going to see accustomed to having Ben McCollum have him out there as that floor general this season. And I agree with you. I wouldn't want to set a ceiling on this team. But if they play the way that they did last night when the chips are down and it's Big Ten season, that's there's a very good possibility that that's a tournament team.

Starting point is 00:17:20 I mean, I'm trying, trying to hide my optimism and my excitement. I said last night, Iowa men's basketball has always been my first love. I agree, you know, Skypoint to Macka Cawson and Larry Morgan is still with us, but I've loved Iowa men's basketball since I was about five or six years old. It's been a long time since I came away from a game as optimistic and as excited as I was after last night. And that was just Robert Morris. We'll learn more about them during the Xavier game, obviously. Yeah, that's a week from Friday.

Starting point is 00:17:53 They got one more tune up against Western Illinois before that one. Xavier team that is kind of looked at probably a bubble team. That's kind of their preseason projection coming in. But it's a name brand. It's a program that's had a lot more success the last quarter century, certainly than Iowa has on the hardwood. And I want to see what the crowd is like because just under 10,000 there. Seeing McCollum, I absolutely loved him, imploring the crowd to get on their feet.

Starting point is 00:18:16 You've made the jokes. I made the jokes. Bowen camps made the jokes. Everybody's made the jokes about sitting there with their yarn, right? Little knitting there. No, no more. Get those people up. And we've seen the environment, obviously, it can be for wrestling.

Starting point is 00:18:28 We know the environment it can be for women's basketball, what we've seen over the last five years. And we know men's basketball can get back there. They got the students on the end. That'll be the visitor basket in the second half. I love that they at least are trying something doing that. But when I was listening to McCollum in the post-game press conference, you know, he said something about engaging with the fans, doing those things.

Starting point is 00:18:49 But I think in a way, he's not going to come out and say it. But he's also employed. The team's going to be. be ready. That coaching staff's going to be ready. Now it's time for the fan base to be ready. And I want to see what it's going to look like on that Friday night. And it's probably not going to be a banked out building, but at minimum, get 12, 13,000 in there and and making some of the best environments we talked about are some of the NIT environments because the people that want to be there. Yeah, you know, 20 years ago, some of those were some of the best crowds

Starting point is 00:19:17 in Carver Hawkeye Arena were the NIT crowds where they got the tickets and they wanted to be there. and it wasn't social hour for some of the muckety mucks. I was disappointed to see fewer than 10,000. I didn't think they'd sell out, but I thought there'd be enough enthusiasm in Ben's first game that maybe people would turn out for it. Now, I agree with you. I think that's going to come in time,

Starting point is 00:19:41 and I think it's going to come really quickly here if they keep playing like they did last night because a lot of people are still skeptical about this guy's resume. I don't know what to tell you. He can flat out coach. You know it. it and I know it and they've got some guys that can play basketball there but I love the you know after the game was over kind of going around and and high five and and shaking hands and it wasn't just

Starting point is 00:20:04 coach McCollum it was the players they are really trying everything in their in their playbook to bring those fans in to get them involved to get the students to come back and fill that student section and to get those people that maybe haven't been to an Iowa basketball game in the last five or six years because they just kind of got a little tired of the style of play or the wins and losses. I just, yeah, I think I heard a little bit of disappointment in his voice last night, reading between the lines and those comments. But I think he understands that that'll come with time. But I'm having a hard time. Well, I shouldn't say that. Steve Alford beat Yukon in his first game as head coached the Hawkeyes. And they were the defending national

Starting point is 00:20:48 champion. So I'm having a hard time, you know, coming up with a better debut for an Iowa coach. But that was a hell of a start for Ben McCollum and that team. James Allen had this in the postgame notes. I mentioned that in the Rapid Reaction podcast. The last, the only two coaches in Iowa basketball history that team scored 100 points in their debut, Ralph Miller and Lude Olson. If we get Ralph Miller, Lude Olson results, I think we're all going to be pretty happy. Absolutely. And I don't know how many younger viewers know about Ralph Miller in the six pack, but Lute Olson, younger people may not even know Lut Olson at this point because he's been gone for so long. But those two guys are Hall of Fame college basketball coaches for a reason.

Starting point is 00:21:31 We continue lockdown Hawkeyes, a fun night and still some tweaking too. You know, we'll see about that lineup. I thought Fool Garris was going to be a starter. That wasn't the case going up against his old squad. Hassan thought he was going to be out there as a starter. He was, what, the ninth, tenth, tenth guy, then maybe came into the ball game. That was kind of a surprise. But it was interesting. When I talked to Bennett Sturts over at Media Day,

Starting point is 00:21:52 got 10 minutes kind of on the side with him, and he mentioned they don't know who the starting lineup's going to be until they're getting ready to go out there on the floor. I thought that was said a lot. And with this, he's going to still be tinkery. And that's what he is. This guy's a basketball savant. Ben McCollum, he's built differently.

Starting point is 00:22:10 And I think we all know those people, and it doesn't matter kind of what industry or what walk of life that are just so ingrained in it. But you talk to people in the basketball industry, that has Ben McCollum and you're going to keep these guys on the toe. I don't think we've seen that's going to be the starting lineup for the rest of the season. Yeah, I thought that was an interesting comment. Ben said it himself.

Starting point is 00:22:27 He didn't know who he was going to start last night. So I think we could see, you know, different lineups here and there, especially in the early going, trying to figure out how things are going to work out. I'm with you. I thought Folgaris was pretty much going to be penciled in as a starter. Interesting to see him come off the bat. If they could bring him off the bench, if they don't have to start him, this team's going to have a little bit more depth than maybe I thought they did.

Starting point is 00:22:50 That's fun of watching an Iowa basketball team in a long time as Iowa gets the win. And another one coming up Friday night against the leathernecks at Carver Hawkeye Arena. We got more football talk coming away. We'll make our pick for Iowa, Oregon and get you our picks in the Big Ten and college football. All presented by Fandul will do that as we continue. This is Locked on Hawkeyes. Back with you one final time on the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast, Trent Condon, alongside Todd Bromelcamp.

Starting point is 00:23:22 Thanks for being with us and making Lockdown Hawkeyes your first listen every day. Todd, Iowa, Oregon, Hawkeyes, getting six, six and a half, kind of depending on where you're shopping. That number has plummeted down to 40.5 in the total in this one. Everything tells me, take Iowa, take the points. But I told you, just there's that lingering. doubt about that. I know for my betting slip, I'm not going to have anything involved. I'm not going to be betting this game kind of individually in my accounts. But if I had to

Starting point is 00:23:52 make a choice here, somebody said, you got to do it. I think I'd still grab the points of the Hawkeyes. You know, it's Iowa, it's Kinnick Stadium. They usually play one score football games more often than not. I'd be tempted to take the six and a half here. You know, we talked about the fact that Oregon is a running team, a ground base team, which I think Iowa has a better chance of stopping and slowing down. And so it's just one of those games where you take the six and a half and cross your fingers and hope that it falls within what I like to refer to as that margin of error if they do lose the game. But did notice with the weather, the total going down.

Starting point is 00:24:31 And this just seems like a game where maybe both teams are going to try to keep that ball on the ground and not turn the ball over, risk turning the ball over if it is wet and raining. And I see this. So, you know, I'm trying to, you've wanted me to be the ray of sunshine about this game. I think Iowa keeps it close. I would take the six and a half. And I still got Oregon winning the football game, but give me like 20 to 16, 20 to 17, something like that. I think it's going to be interesting right down to the wire.

Starting point is 00:25:04 Right now at Fandul on subject to change the Hawkeyes on the money line plus 198, so basically two to one. on Iowa to pull off the outright victory in that matchup. Do you see a lot of money also on the over right now, which is a little bit of a surprise. All right, that aside, let's jump over the Big Ten. Kind of a weird slate of games this week in the Big Ten. Indiana goes to Penn State.

Starting point is 00:25:28 We thought before the year, maybe that could be a big matchup. Obviously, a different kind of look here. Nebraska now with no Ralea. They go out to UCLA. We got the Friday Night Affair, as USC will get an extra day to prepare for the Hawkeyes as they get Northwestern.

Starting point is 00:25:41 And there isn't a ton that I kind of like on this slate. I guess the one. And Todd, you know me. I don't like to play favorites. But Washington, who's been terrible making any trip out to the east, they have struggled mightily. Still, I'd be willing to lay the 10 and a half, 11 and a half out there with the Husky just because Wisconsin's so bad.

Starting point is 00:26:00 Yeah, I scribbled down the 45 and a half, the total in that game. I have a hard time seeing Wisconsin putting too many points on the board there. And I can see Washington getting out of Camp Randall of like 30, five nothing or something like that. So I'll ride the under there, but playing a heavy road favorite is, I think you and I both align on that, but that seems to be maybe the safest heavy road favorite to play on the board. I feel terrible for some of the folks up at Wisconsin.

Starting point is 00:26:29 I know A.J. Blasick pretty well on the coaching staff up there. And it's just, it's been a terrible season. You sort of feel like a program that's dead man walking up there. And then I did look at the total in the Indiana Penn State game. too. I love unders. That one's 48 and a half. I see that one being maybe a 2720 type of football game. I think Penn State's going to be game for Indiana coming out there. It's sort of their last hurrah this season to maybe make a little bit of noise and a tone for all of the losses and James Franklin losing his job. But you're absolutely right. When you look at the Big Ten slate this

Starting point is 00:27:06 week, not a lot jumps out at you. So I got three games that I like this week on the national scope. Our picks presented by Fandual, one late night, because I always got to bet late night with Hawaii. And I love the Rainbow Warriors. I see 85% of the money right now is on San Diego State. They're playing well. That defense is really, really good. Hawaii is an excellent team at home, 18 and 6 of 1 against this spread with Timmy Chang as the head coach.

Starting point is 00:27:33 I'm grabbing that touchdown that is out there. Fanduel has it six and a half. There are some sevens out there in the market. Definitely going to be grabbing the touchdown. down with the Rainbow Warriors. And then the bounce back spot, the fired coach bump, LSU, I got to do it. I'm grabbing the 10 against Alabama. I'm probably going to live to regret that one.

Starting point is 00:27:51 I'm going to be jumping aboard with that. And the other one with Auburn, Vanderbilt, getting a touchdown at Vandy for Auburn. The team's got dudes on their squad. So I guess I'm kind of looking at the factor. We've seen it happen a bunch so far this season. I do like that factor there for both Auburn, LSU, and then late night with the Rainbow Warriors. I love the LSU play there from everything that I've read and I've been no fan of Brian Kelly for a long, long time. But from everything that I've read, those guys are just happy he's gone.

Starting point is 00:28:20 I could see them completely turning things around with his presence no longer looming on the sidelines. He's got more time to spend with his family down there as he's looking for his next gig. The Vanderbilt Auburn game, I'll let you play that one alone. But the LSU one, I could see them kind of the opposite of win one for the Gipper. You know, like win one to stick it up, Brian Kelly on the way out. They got talent. It's not a talent thing. That offensive line stinks, and we'll see.

Starting point is 00:28:52 Ness Meyer, he's a talented quarterback. We'll see if they can put it together. Anything else nationally jumping off the page to you for picks? No, not really. It's, you know, it's crossover season. I'm looking at basketball almost as much as I am football at this point. great time a year if you're a college sports fan. No doubt about it. Todd Bromacam joining us here. Lockdown Hawkeyes, I'm Trent Condon.

Starting point is 00:29:14 Thanks for being what this is always here on Lockdown. We are your daily Iowa Hawkeye podcast. We'll have Todd back with you again next week. Tomorrow on the show, we got the knucklehead coming in. Spencer McLaughlin, the self-proclaimed arbiter of college football. He hosts Lockdown College Football. He also hosts Lockdown, Oregon. Yes, we will have a crossover edition. and me and Spencer will go head to head in the matchup there. Todd, we'll talk to you again next week. Looking forward to it. Thanks for joining us as always.

Starting point is 00:29:42 We'll talk to you then. Go Hawks.

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