John Steppe

Iowa volleyball head coach Jim Barnes discussed his vision for how to elevate the Hawkeyes to the middle tier of the Big Ten.

A thin Iowa wide receiver position is getting thinner with the departure of Arland Bruce IV.

Iowa has made a splash in the transfer portal, landing former Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara.

Iowa football will be losing a key part in its receiving corps via the transfer portal.

As expected considering the Hawkeyes’ different trajectory in 2022, not as many people tuned in to watch Iowa football this year than in 2021.

Sam LaPorta is the first Iowa player to win Big Ten Tight End of the Year since T.J. Hockenson.

Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell was named the 2022 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year while many of his teammates also received all-Big Ten honors.

Iowa backup quarterback Alex Padilla is in the transfer portal after playing sparingly in 2022.

The Music City Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl and Duke’s Mayo Bowl are the likeliest bowl destinations for Iowa football. Here is a breakdown of those three possibilities, plus a couple other bowls that are not as likely for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa’s four captains all received invitations to the Senior Bowl, one of the top college football all-star games.

The Hawkeyes missed out on some valuable time in the fourth quarter that could have changed the game, and the offensive line had some miscues that one would not expect to see from a Kirk Ferentz-coached offensive line.

Iowa football needed upsets by Indiana and Northwestern to go to the Big Ten championship. Neither happened.

Listen to The Final Score podcast for thoughts from John Steppe and Mike Hlas on Iowa’s 24-17 loss to Nebraska.

Between the transfer portal, extra COVID-19 years of eligibility and bowl opt-outs, some Iowa football players will have decisions to make in the weeks ahead of Iowa’s bowl game.

A win over Nebraska would have sent Iowa to the Big Ten championship. Instead, the Hawkeyes have their worst regular-season finish since 2017.