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KIRK SPEAKS: Iowa State
Folks, welcome to Week 2 of the CFB season! And it’s the best/worst week of the year: HATE WEEK! But this year it does feel a little different because almost everyone feels like Iowa will beat the pants off of Iowa State in…-checks notes- Jimmy Rogers’ debut season for the Cyclones after Matt Campbell left […]
Iowa Football: Former Hawkeyes in the NFL Week 1 Watch Guide & Schedule
The pipeline from Iowa City to the pros remains as strong as ever for the 2026 NFL season kickoff. A whopping 34 former Iowa Hawkeyes have cemented their spots across 21 different NFL teams on active 53-man rosters or injured reserve lists. This year’s group boasts an incredible influx of youth, featuring 9 rookies who […]
Hawkeye Marching Band Member Passes Away Following Heat Related Cardiac Arrest at Kinnick Stadium
Saturday’s season opener between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Northern Illinois Huskies was an absolute scorcher. Temperatures were in the mid-90s throughout the day with a heat index over 100. Temps on the field at Kinnick Stadium, where heat radiates off the turf, were several degrees warmer. Throughout the game, fans were encouraged to seek shade […]
Will History Repeat Itself in El Assico?
The Iowa Hawkeyes kicked off their 2026 season in style with a 40-0 drubbing of the Northern Illinois Huskies. NIU is the newest member of the Mountain West and clearly a program in transition that is not where it once was. Now, Iowa pivots from a G6 opponent to a rivalry matchup as the Iowa […]
Target Acquired: Charting Tony Diaz’s Hawkeye Debut
When Iowa landed Tony Diaz from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, there was immediate hype and intrigue about what he could bring to this Iowa offense. There was the fact that he lead FCS freshman in receiving. There was the fact that he had a late Alabama offer in the portal. Mainly though, it […]
Iowa Football Depth Chart: Key Lineup Tweaks Week 2 vs ISU
Happy Monday might usually be an oxymoron, but today is a holiday and UI Athletics just gifted us the official depth chart for this week’s in-state rivalry with little brother. Since we have last week’s initial version to compare to, I will manage by exception and call out the deltas and key positions of interest […]
Iowa Football: Wound Up and Rewind
I’ve been savoring this tasty victory for some hours now. And now that I’ve calmed down and let it digest, it’s time to give the recording a rewind and see how it unfolded. In short, this game was like the Sunday buffet at the old Iowa River Power restaurant. So many good options, and all […]
The Morning After: Nearly Perfect
I woke up Saturday morning and just – this is blasphemy, I know – wasn’t ready for football. NFL preseason did nothing for me. I watched Rutgers-UMass and while that got me football-curious again, I still wasn’t feeling it. I didn’t watch anything on Friday. Just wasn’t ready. Then I got up, watched other sports […]
Hawkeye Football: Instant Reaction NIU vs Iowa
Now that. Was exhilarating! And in the brush of an eye, the painful scars from last year’s season opener were wiped away, as Iowa took NIU by storm. You could say the offense & defense were a one-two punch, but it was more like a TKO. By halftime Victor E. Huskie was dizzy from chasing […]
Iowa Hawkeyes vs Northern Illinois Huskies Fan Discussion
The long wait is officially over! After 248 days without Hawkeye football, Iowa is back in action in Kinnick Stadium as the Hawkeyes play host to the Northern Illinois Huskies to kick off the 2026 season. NIU comes to Iowa City with an entirely new look, head to toe. That is, the Huskies jumped ship […]
Iowa Football: How to Watch the Hawkeyes vs Northern Illinois
After months of waiting, game day is finally here! The Hawkeyes are set to open their 2026 season at home in the friendly confines of Kinnick Stadium as they play host to the Northern Illinois Huskies. The Huskies come to Iowa City with a new head coach, a new conference and hopes for a new […]
Iowa Football: Can Hawkeyes Avoid Rutgers-esque Mishap?
Week one of the college football season kicked off on Thursday night with a bang as rutger decided to lay an absolute egg and then throw it all over the face of the Big Ten conference. In case you missed it, the Scarlet Knights paid $1.55M to bring in UMass to take a beating. Rutgers […]
Hawkeye Football: Updated Game Line, Weather Update for Northern Illinois-Iowa
WE’RE BACK! The sights. The sounds. The game. The…heat? Yeah, it’s gonna be a hot one Saturday in Kinnick Stadium as Iowa takes on the lowly Huskies. I pull up weather.com and the first thing I see is “Extreme Heat Warning” for Iowa City. That’s until Saturday at 7:00 p.m. So it’s going to be […]
Former Hawkeye Caitlin Clark Shines in FIBA World Cup Group Stage Debut
Early morning basketball? Only if Caitlin Clark is playing. And Caitlin was cooking when she saw the court this morning. The 7:00 tip time was too early for many but those who tuned in were treated to a spectacular debut from the Iowa legend. The Des Moines native put up an impressive 14 points and […]
Iowa Hawkeyes Football: Northern Illinois Game Preview
This Saturday, the Iowa Hawkeyes open their football season against the Northern Illinois Huskies. Last year, the Huskies went 3-9 which led to their coach voluntarily resigning. Their current coach, Rob Harley, is officially an interim coach. And they have exactly four returning starters, total, all on offense. Northern Illinois is not good. On its […]
2026 College Football Watch Guide – Week 1
Week 0 is behind us and that means we have actual games to overreact to. Bill Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels notched a surprising win over TCU in Dublin, Ireland. The Horned Frogs weren’t expected to be one of the country’s elite, but given the drama in Chapel Hill since Belichick’s arrival, the victory still […]
By The Numbers: Iowa vs. Northern Illinois
As I write this, it’s been 246 days, 7 hours, and 27 minutes since the sun set on the 2025 Hawkeye football season. I don’t recall, specifically, what I was doing in those final glorious minutes of a sound thumping of the Commodores of Vanderbilt (even if the final score didn’t reflect it), but I […]
Iowa Football – The Joe Moore Award, and its Significance to Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeyes
Teamwork. With a roster of 105 players coming from diverse backgrounds, it’s what defines football as a sport. The prestigious Joe Moore Award, given annually to the most outstanding offensive line unit in college football, is unique in multiple ways. It is the only major award in the sport that recognizes an entire group rather […]
KIRK SPEAKS: Northern Illinois
Folks…FOOTBALL IS BACK! While it may be only week 1 and the Hawkeyes haven’t played a snap of actual competition but y’all, we’re in midseason form already here. WE GOT NO QUARTERBACK. Well, we have OR quarterbacks. Sigh. You know what they say…if you have two quarterbacks, you have none. And if the current state […]
Iowa Football: Former Hawks Impacted by NFL Roster Cuts
The deadline for NFL teams to get down to their 53-man roster was Sunday at 4:00 PM EST, but the sand is shifting under our feet, as some players get picked up by other teams or signed to a practice squad in the fluid and frantic 48 hours that follow. The dust hasn’t fully settled […]
Get the best of Black Heart Gold Pants on the new SB Nation app
It’s a big day for Black Heart Gold Pants. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Hawkeyes on the go. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. As you’re surely aware, there have been a lot of changes on the back end […]
The Pessimist’s Guide to Iowa Football 2026
As the resident pessimist here at Black Heart Gold Pants, I have a confession to make: I was greatly debating switching things up this year and writing the optimist side of this post after…I don’t know how many years of writing the pessimist version. What changed? Well, nothing really. I think I’ve written a similar […]
Iowa Football Depth Chart: Hawkeyes Dodge Naming Week 1 Starting QB
Kirk Ferentz and Iowa Hawkeyes football have officially published their first game-week depth chart of the season. The release fails to answer the biggest question of fall camp, listing the quarterback starter as Hank Brown OR Jeremy Hecklinski. The roster does name a starter for the intense battle at running back between Kamari Moulton and […]
Iowa Football: Hawkeyes Open Season as Big Favorites vs NIU
We are BACK! We are baaaaack! Welcome back to college football season and the return of Iowa Hawkeye football! Week zero kicked us off last Saturday but your Hawkeyes re officially back in action this Saturday as they open the 2026 season at home against the Northern Illinois Huskies. The Huskies come to Kinnick with […]
An Optimist’s Guide for the 2026 Football Season.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s Iowa pass catchers flying through the air. There is so much to love about the upcoming 2026 campaign for the Hawks. Iowa has been flying so far under the radar (thank you, Kyle Whittingham) that it can’t help but make you feel like Odysseus […]
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