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Hawks in the NFL: Week 16
Just one week left you guys and still so much to be decided in the NFL. Let’s look back on the penultimate week of the season! Tight Ends Yeah we start with these guys often. It’s because guys like George Kittle exist. The Niners tight end had another big day at the office Monday night, […]
Iowa Football: Hawkeye Fans Optimistic in ReliaQuest Matchup vs Vanderbilt
The end is near! No, really, the end of college football is incredibly near. Both the bowl season and the College Football Playoffs have kicked off and things, thus far, have gone relatively predictably. That is, except for the SEC having some issues. Last week, we asked the fanbase how they felt about the official […]
Women’s Basketball: Iowa vs. UConn: How to watch, Fan Discussion
Well folks, today’s the day that the Iowa Women’s Basketball team finds out what they’re really made of. The Hawkeyes face an extremely daunting challenge: the reigning national champion, No. 1 ranked UConn Huskies on a neutral court in Brooklyn as both teams once again participate in the Champions Classic. To say this game would […]
Hawkeye Hoops: An Early Look at Iowa’s NCAA Tournament Resume
With the college basketball season now 1/3 of the way done (I know, it sounds wild to say out loud) and the Hawkeyes coming into full Ben McCollum form, it’s time to start doing a little daydreaming about what could be with this team. It’s been two years without an NCAA Tournament appearance for the […]
Iowa Football: Will the Hawkeyes Down Vandy in ReliaQuest Bowl?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Iowa fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The College Football Playoff is set. The bowl games are nearly upon us. And for the […]
Hawks in the NFL: Week 15
Week 15 is in the books. We have a clear top-seed in the AFC. We had key injuries decimate the current AFC champions, plus a crucial NFC challenger. Sucks. It sucks. Anyway – Week 15. Yay? Tight Ends We’ll start here. Since missing time early in the year with a hamstring injury, George Kittle has […]
Iowa Hoops: Western Michigan Stat Pack, How to Watch, and Fan Discussion
The Iowa Hawkeyes (8-2, 1-1) return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena after their Cy-Hawk loss to Iowa State earlier this week. They face a Western Michigan squad (5-5) which has struggled so far this season with a schedule that includes just one power conference team (OSU) and a loss to Division II Northwood. Western Michigan Broncos (5-5, […]
2025 Bowl Season Watch Guide
Updated 12/30/25 with scores to date. There is more to college football than just the playoff. I’m plenty guilty of focusing on games with big brands and teams with numbers 1-25 ahead of their names. Those heavyweights draw plenty of eyeballs for a reason as they can provide some of the best football in the […]
Second half run downs Hawks, ISU wins 66-62
The Iowa Hawkeyes (8-2) played a nearly perfect half of basketball, getting out to an early lead against Iowa State (10-0) and stretching it to as much as 13 after a 10-0 run. But Iowa State used an early second half run, jumpstarted by a Joshua Jefferson 3 in the last minute of the first, […]
Iowa Hoops: Iowa State Stat Pack, How to Watch, and Fan Discussion
The Iowa Hawkeyes (8-1, 1-1) head to Hilton Coliseum where they look to avoid the first time in the school’s history where they have lost to Iowa State in the top 4 sports in a single season. Tall task, as the Cyclones (9-0) are currently ranked 4th in both major polls with KenPom slotting them […]
Hawkeyes Underdogs in ReliaQuest Matchup vs Vanderbilt
One of the great things about being in the Big Ten conference is the many bowl tie-ins which tend to be in great locations (save for the Pinstripe Bowl – brrrr!). Those bowl tie-ins come with bowl payouts and for a school like Iowa, those dollars are a nice boost. But the flip side of […]
No. 11 Iowa falls to No. 10 Iowa State, 74-69, in Ames
Down 17 points as the third quarter neared its end, Chit-Chat Wright and the No. 11 ranked Iowa Hawkeyes ripped off a 26-12 run to cut Iowa State’s lead down to 3, but the Hawkeyes couldn’t complete the comeback, falling 74-69 to the No. 10 Iowa State Cyclones in Ames. The Cyclones are now 11-0 […]
Women’s Basketball: Iowa vs. Iowa State: How to watch, Fan Discussion
Folks, the one of the biggest (and easily one of, if not the, most anticipated) matchups of the year is here: Jan Jensen, Ava Heiden and the Iowa Women’s Basketball team are in Ames tonight to face up against Audi Crooks and the Iowa State Cyclones. Not only is this a heated in-state rivalry, the […]
Hawks in the NFL: Week 14
We’re entering the final stretch of the regular season. Are you sad? Yeah, me too. Let’s look back at Week 14 in the National Football League. Jack Campbell We’ll go back to last Thursday’s game, a 44-30 win for the Lions over the Cowboys. What a season Campbell’s having in the middle of the Detroit […]
Iowa Hoops: Hawkeyes enter Cy-Hawk week with house money
The Iowa Hawkeyes (8-1, 1-1) followed up their loss at Michigan State with a big win against the Maryland Terrapins (6-4, 0-1). While the Terps are in a more full-fledged rebuild than Iowa (Buzz Williams brought some dudes from Texas A&M but hardly one of Bennett Stirtz’s caliber), returning to Carver Hawkeye-Arena and giving the […]
Iowa Football: Hawkeyes to Face Vanderbilt in ReliaQuest Bowl
With the conference championship games now in the rearview mirror and the College Football Playoff officially set, it’s out with the regular season and onto bowl season. For the Hawkeyes, we knew coming into the day they would not be one of those teams headed to the CFP thanks to their four losses, but Iowa […]
Iowa Hoops: Maryland Stat Pack, How to Watch, and Fan Discussion
The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-1, 0-1) return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena for another Big Ten tilt, this time with the 6-3 Maryland Terrapins. They have yet to face a Big Ten opponent but have gone 1-3 against power conference opponents. It’s their first season with Buzz Williams as the head coach and there are zero returning players […]
2025 College Football Watch Guide – Championship Week
I’m 100% in the camp of college football is better than pro but there is one area that the NFL is hard to beat, but it has nothing to do with the games or teams themselves. It’s simply the fact that sometimes on college Saturdays I almost feel like there are too many games to […]
KIRK (and Tyler Barnes) SPEAK: Signing Day
Well well well, here we are again, folks. Back to the Kirk recaps, but it’s not game week, it’s (the day after) Signing Day! Let’s see what Kirk Ferentz had to say about the end of the season and the future of the program, shall we? (Spoiler alert, he’s not hanging it up this offseason […]
Hawkeye Football Recruiting: A Look at Iowa’s Early Signing Period Class of 2026
In today’s world of transfer portals, NIL and all the coaching carousels spinning at the same time, it’s easy to forget what once was the biggest day of the year in the world of roster building: National Signing Day. Nobody would blame you if you managed to miss it. Heck, some teams seem like they’ve […]
Iowa Hoops: MSU blow Hawks out in McCollum’s welcome to the Big Ten
The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-1, 0-1) lost in Ben McCollum’s first Big Ten game, 71-52, to a daunting Michigan State team (8-0, 1-0) who looked every part of a top 10 team at home. I’ll spare the full recap but it was extended scoreless droughts which kept the Hawkeyes from keeping this one closer, though they […]
Hawks in the NFL: Week 13
We have a big man touchdown! Repeat – we have a big man touchdown! It’s Week 13 in the NFL. Let’s go! Tristan Wirfs It’s been an excellent season for Wirfs, his sixth in the league. He’s allowed just two sacks this season, with PFF ranking him as the 10th overall tackle in the league […]
Iowa Hoops: Michigan State Preview, How to Watch, and Fan Discussion
The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-0) returned from Palm Springs victorious and the owners of some shaky real estate in the top 25, coming in 25th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. They head to East Lansing, MI, a historical House of Horrors to face the 8th ranked Michigan State Spartans who also sport a 7-0 record […]
Where Will the Hawkeyes be Bowling?
The Iowa Hawkeyes wrapped up their regular season as they’ve done for much of the last decade – with a win over Nebraska. Unlike the previous two years where Iowa had to squeak by on last-second field goals, this year’s Black Friday showdown was a no-doubter with the Hawkeyes demolishing the Huskers 40-16 in Lincoln. […]
The Morning After: Belt to Ass
Belt to Ass has become one of my very favorite sayings. Me and a text group of Iowa fans use it often. As in, we use it all the time. What we saw in Lincoln, Nebraska on November 28, 2025, was belt to ass. To be fair, it started poorly, with Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson running […]
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