Illinois’ Bret Bielema explained on Tuesday why he has kept the Tigerhawk tattoo that he got when he was a 19-year-old football player at Iowa, plus more Iowa notes from the Big Ten’s football media days.
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Illinois’ Bret Bielema explained on Tuesday why he has kept the Tigerhawk tattoo that he got when he was a 19-year-old football player at Iowa, plus more Iowa notes from the Big Ten’s football media days.
Northwestern head coach David Braun did not want quarterback Brendan Sullivan to leave, he told The Gazette on Tuesday at Big Ten football media days, but “definitely understood” why he entered the transfer portal.
Iowa football has sold out all seven home games ahead of the 2024 season, the athletic department said Monday in a news release.
Of top seven teams in the Big Ten media preseason football poll, Iowa is the only team to face just two of the other six.
Big Ten beat writers picked Iowa football to finish fifth in the Big Ten in cleveland.com’s annual preseason poll. Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins finished second in voting for preseason Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
Brendan Sullivan is “trying to do the best I can to fight my way to the top” as he competes with incumbent QB1 Cade McNamara.
Iowa football has a new Solon Beef Days Hay Bale Toss champion. Offensive lineman Kade Pieper won the annual competition in Solon, which entails throwing hay bales over incrementally taller heights. He topped out at 12 feet.
See photos as Hawkeye athletes and community members competed in the annual Solon Beef Days hay-bale toss.
Iowa football’s eight returning assistant coaches have received pay raises ranging from 7 to 36 percent ahead of the 2024 season, according to updated salary data obtained by The Gazette via a public records request.
Iowa-Nebraska will be a battle of contrasts as five-star quarterback recruit Dylan Raiola goes up against Iowa’s experienced secondary.
The No. 1 kicker in the country is going to be a Hawkeye.
The Hawkeyes’ Oct. 12 game against Washington has fewer than 650 tickets available, according to Iowa sports information.
New offensive coordinator Tim Lester “really cares about the players and our perspective on the offense,” quarterback Cade McNamara told reporters this week.
Iowa football has sold out its Sept. 7 home game against Iowa State, marking the Hawkeyes’ first sellout of the 2024 season.
Iowa football and men’s basketball radio play-by-play broadcaster Gary Dolphin joins the Hawk Off The Press podcast this week. The voice of the Hawkeyes talks about Pat Angerer joining him in the booth this season, stories from working with Ed Podolak, why radio matters in Iowa, his favorite calls over the years and his future on the mic.
Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara has grown on and off the field during his injury-induced absence.
Maryland may have to turn to other ways to win games after losing four-year starting quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa.
Brody Brecht was expected to a be a first-round pick in Sunday night’s Major League Baseball Draft. But the former Hawkeye dropped to the Competitive Balance-A Round, where the Colorado Rockies plucked him 38th overall.
Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg is The Gazette’s 2024 Male Athlete of the Year. Team oriented is a virtually unanimous description of the soon-to-be Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker.
Jermari Harris once was the young cornerback playing with older guys around him. Now he’s the “uncle” and believes he has “more to give” in his sixth season of college football.
As troublesome as games out west have sometimes been for the Hawkeyes historically, all signs point toward Iowa being the better team in its 2024 matchup with UCLA.
Iowa football will send linebacker Jay Higgins, tight end Luke Lachey and defensive back Quinn Schulte to Big Ten Media Days later this month, the conference announced Thursday morning.
The Iowa Hawkeyes got touchdowns via pass, rush, punt return and interception return in a dominant first half that propelled them to a 41-3 blowout of rival Minnesota in the “Floyd of Rosedale” football game Saturday afternoon at Kinnick Stadium.
Fans got the opportunity to get their first look at the 2025-26 Hawkeye men’s and women’s basketball teams on the outdoor basketball court behind Burge Residence Hall. It’s the unofficial tipoff to the upcoming season.
The Big Ten Conference has released the conferencve dual schedule. University of Iowa hosts Wisconsin, Penn State, Minnesota and Michigan in duals for the 2025-26 men’s wrestling season.
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