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by:Tom Kakert•11/14/24•

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Kirk Ferentz (21) — How will Iowa finish up the regular season? (Photo: Dennis Scheidt)

New podcast for the Iowa football bye week because there’s still plenty to discuss. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo open the show talking Hawkeye football and look back at the tough road loss at UCLA. What went wrong? Why has Iowa struggled so much on the road this year? Why has the defense struggled to get stops and give up chunk and explosive plays?

We ask a couple of larger questions about Iowa football. Do we now officially characterize this season as a disappointment with four losses? We also discuss the positive developments this season and highlight a few of them, including the offensive line and wide receiver Jacob Gill and the disappointments, which includes the Hawkeye defense this season.

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Then we move over to Iowa basketball and discuss the 3-0 start to the season. What have we seen that has us encouraged early on this year? Why Iowa’s shooting has been good, but we continue to be concerned about rebounding the basketball. Is there really a controversy at point guard? We defend Brock Harding. 🙂

Finally we preview the game in Moline on Friday evening and look back at the last game there in 1998 and wrap up picking football games this weekend.

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