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2026 College Football Watch Guide – Week 5
I still haven’t come down from the high of Iowa’s walk off touchdown win against the Wolverines last week. So this week I’m going to have a little fun with the Watch Guide intro. We’re going to rank the retro logos of all 18 Big Ten teams. Purely unscientific, purely subjective, purely for fun. Let’s […]
Hawks in the NFL: Week 3
We’re through Week 3 in the NFL. San Francisco is cooking. Green Bay is, um, not. Riley Moss continues to be at the center of the story every single freaking week in Denver and it’s exhausting. Noah Fant’s having a great start. Let’s take a look back at Week 3. Noah Fant Let’s start with […]
Caitlin Clark refused to lose
“The f—k you think this was” shouted an amped up Caitlin Clark after hitting a 4th quarter dagger 3, contested from well behind the arch by presumed MVP A’ja Wilson. Our beloved Hawkeye legend and her Indiana Fever faced playoff elimination Tuesday night having lost game 1 on Sunday (WNBA round one playoff series are […]
By The Numbers: Iowa vs. Ohio State
This time last week I was trying to find any reason I could to pick Iowa to beat Michigan at the Big House and I just didn’t think they could do it. Michigan’s defense is elite, their offense is better than average, and I just didn’t think that Hank “Ice in his veins” Brown could […]
Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 4
The first full week of Big Ten play is in the books. UCLA is coming up out of nowhere. Mike Locksley still has a job and will fix things. Our Iowa Hawkeyes talking…playoffs? 1. #6 Indiana (4-0, 1-0) Holding on at the top, but only just. Yeah, they got some big chunk plays on Northwestern’s […]
KIRK SPEAKS: Ohio State
I don’t know about y’all, but I am still absolutely BUZZING from last weekend’s victory at Michigan. It’s just so rare to win a game in that fashion, let alone as the Iowa Hawkeyes, let alone against a team that was gifted a win on a last second pass a few weeks prior. Sometimes life […]
Iowa Football Depth Chart: Week 5 vs Ohio State
The University of Iowa Athletics Department has officially released its Week 5 depth chart as the Hawkeyes prepare for back-to-back marquee matchups, this time as the Ohio State Buckeyes invade Iowa City. Part of the news for Hawkeye fans is that Iowa appears to have escaped Ann Arbor without serious injuries, so the depth chart […]
Iowa, Ohio State Each Look for Redemption in GameDay Showdown
Entering last weekend, things felt somewhat ominous for the Iowa Hawkeyes. While they were fresh off a dominant performance against the Northern Iowa Panthers in their non-conference finale, they were staring at an absolute gauntlet of a schedule: at Michigan, return home to face Ohio State and then hit the road to travel two time […]
Wound Up & Rewind: Hawkeyes Stun Michigan 20-19
Perhaps the title for this Iowa vs. Michigan matchup should have been “First One to Twenty Wins!” It proved to be a classic Big Ten defensive chess match laced with clutch offensive plays. The Hawkeyes defense found a way to bend like a tree in a hurricane, staying just close enough to close the deal. […]
The Morning After: Karma
Look – the Football Gods called for…something, after Michigan stole a game from Western Michigan in Week 1. Everyone that isn’t a Michigan fan acknowledged they should not have won that game. They stole from the footballing world with that result. The injured the Footballing Gods that night. They should have entered Saturday’s tilt with […]
Hawkeye Football: Instant Reaction Iowa Shocks Michigan 20-19 on Late TD
Karma is a wonderful thing, and it’s something I believe in. It has no set timing for when it will emerge. But eventually, you reap what you sow. And what goes around, comes around. On this day, karma’s timing was perfect, as was its delivery. The pregame narrative from the talking heads was whether Bryce […]
Iowa Hawkeyes at Michigan Wolverines Fan Discussion
It’s game time, Hawkeye fans! The Big Ten opener is here and your #17 Iowa Hawkeyes are on the road for the first time this season. Naturally, they open up their road slate in the biggest stadium in the country against #18 Michigan. Beyond the difficulties of today’s game, this also opens the most daunting […]
Why Iowa Will, and Will Not, Win at Michigan
After three weeks of tune-ups and one legitimate scare, the training wheels come all the way off for the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor. The #17 Hawkeyes and #18 Wolverines are mirror images on paper. Both are 3-0. Both are built on defense. Both have exactly one win over a real opponent […]
How to Watch the Iowa Hawkeyes at Michigan Wolverines
It is game day, Hawkeye fans! The training wheels come off today. Your #17 Iowa Hawkeyes open Big Ten play with their first road trip of the season. As if that wasn’t difficult enough, it’s the front end of as daunting a three-game stretch as any team in the country will face this year: at […]
Hawkeye Football: Updated Game Line, Weather Forecast for Iowa vs. Michigan
It’s the big one, folks. Don’t get scared now. The good thing is, if you’re traveling to Ann Arbor for this game, the weather looks majestic. Saturday’s forecast calls for sunny skies throughout the day with a high of 71. Yes, it’s perfect. While we’d of course prefer a home game here, a home game […]
Caitlin Clark Has Made Her Case For MVP
If you’ve followed Caitlin Clark’s career since she graduated Iowa, you’ve been on quite the ride. After a promising and historically great rookie season, Caitlin struggled with injuries in year 2 and we all had to wait to see what she would become with a full year of professional experience to build on. It still […]
Iowa Hawkeyes Football: Michigan Wolverines Game Preview
This weekend, the Iowa Hawkeyes have their first road game of the 2026 season against the Michigan Wolverines. On paper, these two teams are similar. Both are defense-first teams. Iowa is the No. 1 ranked scoring defense and points-per-game defense. Michigan is No. 21 scoring and No. 10 ppg. Both have questions on offense though […]
2026 College Football Watch Guide – Week 4
We’re a quarter of the way into the season and conference games are beginning in earnest. A few have already been played like Purdue at UCLA or Kentucky at Texas A&M last week. The latter was another banner moment for the young season, joining the big upsets in week 2 and the extra second in […]
By The Numbers: Iowa vs. Michigan
A certain journalist from a very well respected publication in the state of Iowa noted, recently, that Iowa has not won a game played in front of 100K+ fans in more than 15 years. Their last victory in such an environment, coincidentally, was at the Big House against a Michigan team led by Rich Rodriguez. […]
Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 3
Another meh weekend for the league. There were a couple of higher-profile games and the league went 1-2. Maryland lost at home to Virginia Tech. Michigan State lost at Notre Dame (no shame there.) Northwestern smashed Colorado. Everyone else that was supposed to win did. 1. #5 Indiana (3-0, 0-0) No surprise here. Probably not […]
Hawks in the NFL: Week 2
Woah – this was an action-packed weekend for former Hawks. We have a couple of houes calls. We have defenders making huge plays all day Sunday. Let’s attempt to unpack a busy Week 2. George Kittle Somehow, someway, Kittle is back a little over nine months since he ruptured his Achilles in Philadelphia. Amazing. After […]
KIRK SPEAKS: Michigan
Well folks, it’s week 4 and the Hawkeyes are headed on the road to face the Michigan Wolverines. Are the Wolverines good? Are they bad? Nobody knows! But the fact that the game is at the Big House does make things significantly more challenging for a relatively unproven squad. It’s an important week, not only […]
Iowa Football: The Scenic Route Runs in the Family: Braeden Jackson’s Birthright of Betting on Himself
For decades Iowa football has set the gold standard for identifying unheralded, overlooked recruits and turning them into top notch players by the time they leave the University of Iowa. Parker Hesse, Jake Gervase, and Kristian Welch all have three things in common. They were all standout stars for the Hawkeyes. They all went on […]
Iowa Football: Hawkeyes Face Big Test at Michigan
The non-conference slate is officially in the rearview mirror and with it goes any and all opportunities for tune-ups and getting healthy. The Hawkeyes closed things out with a dominant showing against Northern Iowa on Saturday, doing what seemed like plenty of tuning up and ostensibly getting healthy as they rested DJ Vonnahme, Kamari Moulton […]
Iowa Football Depth Chart: Hank Brown Named Starter Week 4 vs Michigan
The University of Iowa Athletics Department has officially released its Week 4 depth chart as the Hawkeyes prepare to take the level of competition up a few notches against undefeated Michigan. No longer is there an OR at quarterback, as Hank Brown is listed as the starting quarterback. While many of the starters either rested […]
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