Good Timey Radio Hour

Dolph is in great voice tonight. Let's get rolling on this sucker.

Spit take!

Wait, what? Dolph just asked Iowa State fans to call into the Iowa call-in show. This can't end well, right. Oh yes, people are capable of civility in the Cy-Hawk. Sometimes, I forget.

Dolph will be talking to volleyball coach Bond Shymansky. The Iowa volleyball team is 6-3 with a victory over Iowa State, its first over the Cyclones since 1997. (I need to get over and write something. Men's golf team, too. I need an intern. I'm taking applications.)

Trucker Jim is in his 18 wheels of love in Illinois and he's speaking into the CB. 10-4, good buddy.

Asks about RB LeShun Daniels and DE Drew Ott. Of course, you know that Daniels (ankle) and Ott (elbow) missed significant time last week.

Dolph said maybe on Daniels and probably not on Ott, but he will ask Kirk Ferentz when he arrives (7 p.m.).

Dolph loved Iowa's DTs vs. ISU (agree, good stuff, good observation). Dolph also notes punter Dillon Kidd's career day.

Dolph said punt returner Desmond King struggled throughout the day, but then 'pulled the arm on the slot machine at the right time.”

That's a pretty great line by Dolph.

OK, check back for updates.

TOMMMYYYY!!! He sends his thoughts via telepathy. He's ascended, people. He's ascended.

Tommy wants to know No. 3 QB. Notes the defense is quicker than last year's. Believes OL is getting better. Does CJB throw too hard of a ball?

Dolph: No, he's not throwing the ball too hard. He doesn't have great touch and will throw it in your earhole. (Spit take No. 2 tonight).

Dolph went on and said he believes CJB will develop touch and that he does need work there. (Dolph is entirely too lucid tonight. Maybe he's ascended, too.)

Bond Shymansky, buy into this program. I'm sure volleyball tickets are a fantastic deal. The team has four transfers, including Loxley Keala, a Hawaiian who transferred in from Missouri.

He gave Dolph a bit of a shot at the end, saying people should watch volleyball and not listen to boring old radio pregames.

Back to Tommy's question . . . No. 3 QB. It'd be either true freshmen Ryan Boyle or Drew Cook. (I think Boyle, but maybe not.)

Dolph said he talked to KF today (he does stop into practice, I believe, but maybe not anymore with morning practices) and said: 'Drew Ott iffy at best and Daniels has a chance to play.”

Anthony from Des Moines, talk talk talk talk.

What did KF say at halftime to get that win? How heavy is the Cy-Hawk Trophy? (I have this somewhere, I'll look it up.)

KF is in the house. He's the DJ at the rave.

KF on Ott and Daniels: Both got some activity today. They are not 100 percent. Iowa has its fingers crossed. It's too early in the week to determine if they'll be able to play. They have a realistic chance to play.

KF on RBs: Both Mitchell and Wadley could play. Whoever is healthy will be in there.

Canzeri will be the starter and will be the featured 20-carry guy if Daniels can't go.

RB Derrick Mitchell is definitely in for Saturday. Remember, he was suspended for a day or so and sent home from Ames for a student life code of conduct violation. It seems totally cleared up.

Bubba is talking into what Bubbas talk into and he is communicating with the world.

Commends changes the staff made, particularly defensively, in the second half vs. Iowa State.

KF: Came down to our players playing better football. Players are studying and playing well. Doing a great job getting info and sharing it with coaches so they can adjust. 'It's a players' game.” Iowa made ISU one dimensional (zero running game in second half).

Dave from Bettendorf. I think he'd be great in voice actoring.

Dave and I are Dubuque Wahlert grads. I didn't know Dave. I only showed up for school when I was getting an award, though.

Dave asked about Riley McCarron. KF said McCarron was one of the more improved players during camp.

Pitt's D is a carbon copy of Pat Narduzzi's defenses at Michigan State. KF calls Pitt a 'very big, physical team.” Splitting QBs, an athlete and more of a pocket player.

KF calls QB Chad Voytik a faster player. Nate Peterman is the thrower. Not preparing for two totally different attacks.

Fourth game vs. Pitt since 2008. All have been close, expects Saturday night to be down to the wire.

Kirk Ferentz is Lou Holtzing right now. (Don't get me wrong, I really do believe that he believes Pitt is good, and I believe Pitt is good, but he's making them sound like the Doomday D.)

Dave wants a bet settled. Son believes it was Pitt with the big goal line stand. Dave believes it was Syracuse.

Dave is correct. I think it was eight plays. Now his son has to do the dishes.

KF on third-string QB: It would be one of the two true freshmen.

Kilgore Trout calls and notices that Marshall Koehn is a good running back. He's a better kicker, but he is a good athlete.

Desmond King let coaches know he wanted to be the returner this year and won the job.

When leave a punt go and when do you field it?

If it goes over your head at the 10-yard line, leave it go. That seems to be KF's philosophy, so King had a couple of screw-ups in that regard. (KF said he first thought King would be a good safety for the Hawkeyes.) Don't want to harness energy, it's just education right now. Kick return is a work in progress. King is a willing student and he will get it.

Big praise for punter Dillon Kidd from KF. Very encouraged, tribute to his hard work and level of pride.

Peter Jernigan from CF. He gives the show a stern rebuke.

Some rambling thing about coaches knowing more than the outsiders. I think this is true. I think the coaches probably do know more than the outsiders.

Found it!!! The Cy-Hawk Trophy weighs 120 pounds.

KF on true freshman WR Jerminic Smith: Basically what he did in camp (why he's playing). No brainer. Same with WR Adrian Falconer and OL James Daniels.

KF on CB Joshua Jackson: We knew he was going to be something, we just didn't know what. (Remember, Jackson began this camp as a WR.) KF likes his future, likes his attitude.

Sebastian Dangerfield from Dublin says let's go Hawks. Wants fans to rally around the team.

KF thanked fans for environment in the opener. Believes it will happen on Saturday night. (Iowa said yesterday it had sold 60,000 tickets for the Pitt game, which is a 7 p.m. kickoff under the lights.)

On Matt VandeBerg: He was invited to Iowa as a grayshirt, but earned a schollie and played as a true frosh. Iowa found him at LeVar Woods camp in NW Iowa (VandeBerg is from Brandon, S.D.)

Fullbacks, DTs tying up OLs, LBs coming around.

It didn't help Iowa to have FB Adam Cox and FB Macon Plewa out and in and out last season. They've been a big help, KF said.

OK that's it. Let's see what happens this week.

I tend to think Daniels is a maybe and Ott is a probably not for Saturday.

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