Hawk Off the Press

A well-rounded win for Iowa football. We haven’t been able to say that much in 2023, but it was true Saturday in the Hawkeyes’ 22-0 victory over Rutgers. We break down the game and Iowa’s clear path to Indianapolis on The Final Score podcast.

It’s a two-part episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast this week. Pat Lanni of NJ Advance Media joins to preview Saturday’s Rutgers-Iowa football game. Iowa soccer coach Dave DiIanni talks about his team’s Big Ten tournament championship run and the Hawkeyes’ home game Friday against Bucknell in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Bottom line: Iowa won. Three other Big Ten West teams that entered Saturday tied for first didn’t. So the Hawkeyes’ unconventional 10-7 win over Northwestern — a style of victory that is actually becoming conventional for Iowa — puts them alone in first in the West. We break down the game and the scene at Wrigley Field on The Final Score podcast.

It’s a mailbag edition of the Hawk Off The Press podcast, with most of the questions naturally centering on Iowa’s announcement earlier this week that offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz will not return next season.

Invalid fair catch? We discuss the call that wiped out Iowa’s would-be go-ahead touchdown in Saturday’s 12-10 loss to Minnesota and the brutal offense that put the Hawkeyes in a position to need that score on The Final Score podcast.

The play-by-play voice for Saturday’s Minnesota-Iowa football game is uniquely qualified to understand what Iowa quarterback Deacon Hill might be going through as he struggles. Former Iowa QB Paul Burmeister shares that perspective while previewing Saturday’s game on this week’s Hawk Off The Press podcast.