How will Mark Gronowski help the offense? Who will step up on defense? How far will Iowa go this season? Iowa beat writer, Madison Hricik, talks about this and other subjects ahead of the Iowa football 2025 season.
If you’re waiting until its media day for Iowa football to get the tough questions, you’ll be waiting a lot longer than that.
Madison will be the primary Iowa football beat writer, but have her hands in a variety of university sports stories
University of Iowa Sports Information Department confirmed with The Gazette Monday that Gabe Arnold is a member of the Hawkeyes men’s wrestling roster. He has three years of eligibility remaining and was an NCAA qualifier at 184 pounds last season.
Ferentz, in his 27th year as Hawkeyes’ head coach, is second-oldest coach in FBS
Junior safety from the shadow of Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor visited Iowa City, was hooked, and has Hawkeye coaches and players expecting him to be a key player for them this season.
Carver, 42 years old, once routinely hosted some of music’s biggest stars. With a renovation, that could again be the norm.
“Iowa 42” was a phrase drummed in Badger players’ heads in offseason conditioning workouts, thanks to the Hawkeyes’ 42-10 rout of the Badgers at Kinnick Stadium last November.
Penn State is a popular pick to win the conference. Oregon won it last year and says it wants to “Double down.” Indiana, so good last year, has plenty of talent in 2025.
Stuelke not only made the team, she shined in a reserve forward/center role as Team USA — which included Iowa State rising junior Audi Crooks and fellow Big Ten players Gianna Kneepkens (UCLA), Kennedy Smith (Southern California) and Grace VanSlooten (Michigan State) — won all seven games to earn the gold medal.
Iowa clearly has held the upper hand in its annual rivalry against Nebraska, but the Huskers have showed steady improvement in recent seasons.
Iowa offensive lineman Kade Pieper won his second-straight Beef Days Hay Bale Toss, but as always, a good time was had by all.
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