Swelling with Iowa Hawkeye pride since 2007
There is more to college football than just the playoff. I’m plenty guilty of focusing on games with big brands and teams with numbers 1-25 ahead of their names. Those heavyweights draw plenty of eyeballs for a reason as they can provide some of the best football in the business. But bowl season is more […]
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The Iowa Hawkeyes (8-2) played a nearly perfect half of basketball, getting out to an early lead against Iowa State (10-0) and stretching it to as much as 13 after a 10-0 run. But Iowa State used an early second half run, jumpstarted by a Joshua Jefferson 3 in the last minute of the first, […]
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The Iowa Hawkeyes (8-1, 1-1) head to Hilton Coliseum where they look to avoid the first time in the school’s history where they have lost to Iowa State in the top 4 sports in a single season. Tall task, as the Cyclones (9-0) are currently ranked 4th in both major polls with KenPom slotting them […]
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One of the great things about being in the Big Ten conference is the many bowl tie-ins which tend to be in great locations (save for the Pinstripe Bowl – brrrr!). Those bowl tie-ins come with bowl payouts and for a school like Iowa, those dollars are a nice boost. But the flip side of […]
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Down 17 points as the third quarter neared its end, Chit-Chat Wright and the No. 11 ranked Iowa Hawkeyes ripped off a 26-12 run to cut Iowa State’s lead down to 3, but the Hawkeyes couldn’t complete the comeback, falling 74-69 to the No. 10 Iowa State Cyclones in Ames. The Cyclones are now 11-0 […]
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Folks, the one of the biggest (and easily one of, if not the, most anticipated) matchups of the year is here: Jan Jensen, Ava Heiden and the Iowa Women’s Basketball team are in Ames tonight to face up against Audi Crooks and the Iowa State Cyclones. Not only is this a heated in-state rivalry, the […]
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We’re entering the final stretch of the regular season. Are you sad? Yeah, me too. Let’s look back at Week 14 in the National Football League. Jack Campbell We’ll go back to last Thursday’s game, a 44-30 win for the Lions over the Cowboys. What a season Campbell’s having in the middle of the Detroit […]
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The Iowa Hawkeyes (8-1, 1-1) followed up their loss at Michigan State with a big win against the Maryland Terrapins (6-4, 0-1). While the Terps are in a more full-fledged rebuild than Iowa (Buzz Williams brought some dudes from Texas A&M but hardly one of Bennett Stirtz’s caliber), returning to Carver Hawkeye-Arena and giving the […]
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With the conference championship games now in the rearview mirror and the College Football Playoff officially set, it’s out with the regular season and onto bowl season. For the Hawkeyes, we knew coming into the day they would not be one of those teams headed to the CFP thanks to their four losses, but Iowa […]
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The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-1, 0-1) return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena for another Big Ten tilt, this time with the 6-3 Maryland Terrapins. They have yet to face a Big Ten opponent but have gone 1-3 against power conference opponents. It’s their first season with Buzz Williams as the head coach and there are zero returning players […]
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I’m 100% in the camp of college football is better than pro but there is one area that the NFL is hard to beat, but it has nothing to do with the games or teams themselves. It’s simply the fact that sometimes on college Saturdays I almost feel like there are too many games to […]
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Well well well, here we are again, folks. Back to the Kirk recaps, but it’s not game week, it’s (the day after) Signing Day! Let’s see what Kirk Ferentz had to say about the end of the season and the future of the program, shall we? (Spoiler alert, he’s not hanging it up this offseason […]
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In today’s world of transfer portals, NIL and all the coaching carousels spinning at the same time, it’s easy to forget what once was the biggest day of the year in the world of roster building: National Signing Day. Nobody would blame you if you managed to miss it. Heck, some teams seem like they’ve […]
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The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-1, 0-1) lost in Ben McCollum’s first Big Ten game, 71-52, to a daunting Michigan State team (8-0, 1-0) who looked every part of a top 10 team at home. I’ll spare the full recap but it was extended scoreless droughts which kept the Hawkeyes from keeping this one closer, though they […]
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We have a big man touchdown! Repeat – we have a big man touchdown! It’s Week 13 in the NFL. Let’s go! Tristan Wirfs It’s been an excellent season for Wirfs, his sixth in the league. He’s allowed just two sacks this season, with PFF ranking him as the 10th overall tackle in the league […]
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The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-0) returned from Palm Springs victorious and the owners of some shaky real estate in the top 25, coming in 25th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. They head to East Lansing, MI, a historical House of Horrors to face the 8th ranked Michigan State Spartans who also sport a 7-0 record […]
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The Iowa Hawkeyes wrapped up their regular season as they’ve done for much of the last decade – with a win over Nebraska. Unlike the previous two years where Iowa had to squeak by on last-second field goals, this year’s Black Friday showdown was a no-doubter with the Hawkeyes demolishing the Huskers 40-16 in Lincoln. […]
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Belt to Ass has become one of my very favorite sayings. Me and a text group of Iowa fans use it often. As in, we use it all the time. What we saw in Lincoln, Nebraska on November 28, 2025, was belt to ass. To be fair, it started poorly, with Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson running […]
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For the final time this season, the Hawkeyes are set to take the field in a regular season matchup as they head to Lincoln to face off with the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the annual Heroes game! Both teams enter the day at 7-4 overall, but bowl pecking order is on the line, as well as […]
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While the rest of us are still slipping into our comfy pants and unpacking the leftovers from what was hopefully a delicious Thanksgiving meal, the Iowa Hawkeyes are set to take the field for the final time in the regular season. The Hawkeyes are on the road for this Black Friday matchup with the Nebraska […]
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The end of the college football season struck me today in a completely un-football related way as my local Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits had rolled out their winter brews and retired the majority of their Oktoberfests. Don’t get me wrong, winter ales and coffee stouts are great in the colder months; I’m enjoyoing a nice […]
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While the rest of us are searching for the Black Friday door busters or settling in on the couch for some comfy pants and leftovers, the Hawkeyes are set to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln. The last two in this series have been decided by a game-winning FG from Drew Stevens. The folks […]
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Friday’s game in Lincoln will mark the 56th gridiron meeting between Iowa and Nebraska. The all-time series favors Nebraska 30-22-3, but that belies the fact that Iowa has owned the Huskers since they joined the B18 in 2011. Since that time, Iowa owns a commanding 10-4 edge in the series — including six consecutive victories […]
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Happy Thanksgiving Hawkeye fans! Hopefully everyone is able to share some time away from work or school with friends, family and those they care most about. While we stuff our faces and wait for the Hawkeyes to take to the hardwood and the gridiron, the staff here at The Pants is sharing what they’re most […]
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It’s almost game time in Iowa City! Your favorite Iowa program and mine are back from a 2-0 road trip to Florida, where they knocked off the (then) No. 7 ranked Baylor Bears and the unranked Miami Hurricanes. The wins came at somewhat of a cost, though, as the Hawks lost starting point guard Chit […]
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