Good Timey Radio Hour

Welcome to the Good Timey Radio Hour. This is be a stream-of-consciousness flow from the HawkTalk with Kirk Ferentz show, hosted by Iowa play-by-play voice Gary Dolphin on Wednesday nights. The show is broadcast from Applebee's in Iowa City.

Dolph said the lines are open. Remember, they do have a Twitter account. I think it's @GaryDolphin. Give him a blast with a neat hashtag like #GoodTimey or #FridayBros or #Gutterisatool.

Bob from Spillville calls with a really great question, but I was typing.

Oh, something on play calling. Dolph gave the first half at Purdue a big thumbs up for OC Greg Davis. Dolph and Ed Podolak believe Iowa is going to be more open — I think this is what he's getting at — going forward. 'They realize with what's left on the schedule, they can't just run the ball and expect to run it efficiently.'

Food for thought. Mmm, food.

— Craig from CR. He really sucks up to Dolph. Called him 'Golden Tones McGee.'

Question about 'why can't you run this play or that play.'

Sigh. This is a real waste of time. I've got real work to do that actually needs to be done. So ... Enjoy every sandwich.

— Jerry is on the line. He sounds like a happy dude. Enjoying the weather.

Question on pass coverage. Zone and man-to-man. Makes some excellent observations about communication problems.

Dolph shuffles this one off into the abyss. #Gutterisatool #Showerscene #whoopingcrane

— Brent from Livermore, home of Dallas Clark.

Question about blocking Wisconsin's odd-man front.

Man, Jerry and Brent are football IQing. I like it.

Iowa doesn't play a ton of 3-4 teams. ISU runs some, but against Iowa, I'm pretty sure it was mostly 4-3. You do that against a heavy team from Iowa. How does the 3-4 change scheme? Dolph makes decent points and will ask KF.

— KF is in the Apple House.

— On the 3-4: Today was the first day, he said, where they got a feel for their fits. KF rarely goes X-and-O and just talked about effort and stuff.

#Sanskrit #LatinisthebestIcando

— KF brings up how Iowa has improved stopping the run. It's true. The Minnesota performance was terrific. I didn't see that coming. We'll find out better this week if the defense has turned the corner.

KF said the offense isn't there yet.

#ACasualShoeForYachting

— Anthony asks about defense.

Phil Parker likes to be on the field. Greg Davis likes to be in the booth.

KF says the nose guard might be 350. I'll look up who it is. (Does everyone get as tired as I do about hearin

— Jim the trucker dude has questions. He's PO'd about people running down the second teamers from last week. Not Purdue people, but Iowa fans.

'People say the only other team we're going to beat is Illinois. I am not on board with that. I'll hang up and listen.'

KF: 'I'm glad we didn't send those people over in World War II.'

#ColdandDomestic

KF talks about the education the No. 2s got last week. Everything he says is correct. Chill down on this, people. It's good for No. 2s to get their tails kicked, especially in garbage time.

— Beano from Oscelot. He's frustrated. He's tense. Run, run, pass and punt. Run and nothing and third-and-8 and a 0-yard pass.

KF: 'Man, I'll tell you, you just gave me a headache with that description.'

Dolph takes the bullet for the president. Dolph is a patriot, people.

#NaugahydeWindpipe

KF is talking first down efficiency. NOW I'M EXCITED

Run-pass ratio, yes, Iowa coaches kind of watch it. Perception becomes stronger than reality sometimes.

'Win and everyone thinks what you're doing is fine. You can line up backwards and everyone would be fine.'

Dolph: 'I've never seen a backwards offense. Well, I have, but I'm not saying where. It wasn't Iowa.'

KF: 'You need to get rearview mirrors for your helmets.'

Thank goodness, these men are writing this for me tonight. I fired my staff last week.

#CaineHackmanTheory

— AJ from Clear Lake. He's my favorite caller. He's off to Primgahr to fumigate a hog barn. Dolph can't remember this guy. C'mon, Dolph. (Dolph remembered later. AJ is always fumigating hog barns. That kind of sticks out.)

AJ brings up Iowa chops. KF says 'Nothing like an Iowa chop. On the grill.' (I had KF as a baked tofu guy.) 'If I could only have one meal, it'd be an Iowa chop. My favorite.'

AJ says Akrum and LeShun are good at running the football and so run the football.

KF: 'I'm with you, AJ. You can sit in the box on Saturday.'

— I think LeRoy is on the line. (I swear that's what he said.) Oh Bryce from Cedar Falls.

I was looking something up.

— Jim from Bettendorf. He sounds like Winnie the Pooh, I swear. I'm not making fun. He really does.

Jim is down on the 11 a.m. kicks, both of which Iowa has lost in Kinnick this year. Iowa has won the 2:30 and 7 p.m. games. I think it mostly has to do with opponents.

Jim asks which unit has improved the most? KF isn't biting.

#Frisbeechucking

— Dolph is making debate jokes, kidding KF on getting home in time to watch.

KF: 'Maybe we'll extend the show tonight. I'm debated out and politicked out.'

#KFAtPenguins

— Bryce from Millerville wants to know if KF gets conservative with a lead.

Thursday is the day they talk about this, BTW. You want to control the clock and not take unnecessary chances.

— Bryce from a cornfield (seriously, he's in a combine). Question on Desmond King. You know where this is going.

Desmond isn't playing on offense. I've asked. Oh again, KF said 'Never say never.' Doesn't want to give up his skills on defense. Special teams are above and beyond. Trickier than just drawing some stuff up in the dirt. 'We've had some discussion, but fitting it all in and not taking away from the defensive prep and not running him into the ground.'

KF is waxing poetically on taking out the garbage. Tuesday night, he brings it in. Monday night, he takes it out.

'The raccoons have been very respectful.'

Now Dolph is talking about taking out binoculars in his neighborhood. KF stops him. Are you sure you want to go there, Dolph. It's getting weird, Dolph. I'm getting uncomfortable.

Dolph talks about seeing some sort of eclipse, but it might've been the wine.

— Bill from Sioux City calls. He has a DVR. Dolph says, 'You still have a DVR? Bless you! I thought I was the only one.'

Guys, Dolph doesn't know what a DVR is. He thinks Bill said VCR. #wineeclipse

Bill said he's been banned from Kinnick because Iowa lost the last time he was there.

This is all real.

— KF: Gaining ground on TE George Kittle, OL Boone Myers and OL Cole Croston. It's foot, ankle, ankle, I believe. I think Croston has been practicing. Not sure on the other two.

— Ladies Football Academy endorsement from Bryce from Bryceworth.

Also an Iowa endorsement.

And that's that.

No Good Timey next week. It's the bye week, sillies.

#Pigman #BrewDog #Gutterisatool

There's the aliens talking. Good night, everyone. Thanks for reading.

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