We took the weekend off to focus on family time but still have something for your listening pleasure. Take a step into the past and listen to our 3rd episode ever, which to this day is our most listened episode and first one to reach over 10k downloads. Drake tears Nebraska apart and it makes for great entertainment. Kluver also adds a personal mom story in the spirit of Mothers Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 11, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 114
Live interactive episode done with fans over Zoom. Hackers for the most part stayed away so once we got rolling we had some pretty funny content. We ended up talking mostly how COVID will affect Iowa football. The game experience for the players, the fans, the tailgates. We talked about conspiracy theories with comical twists to them. And we touched on a bunch of other stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 07, 2020•57 min•Ep. 113
The guys answers Q&A questions and turn out 75 of the best minutes the show has seen. Topics range from the recent recruiting savagery to the husker recruit wearing a crop top on TikTok. We answer who the most athletic guy we ever played with was. What do players think of Alternate Unis? What would our death row meals be? Do D1 players use steroids? What kind of change did we see from KF and the program in our 5 years? Which of the Hawkeyes drafted this year will have the best career? And mu...
May 04, 2020•16 min•Ep. 112
Faith joined the team one season prior to the Walk Ons in 2012 with almost no knowledge of Iowa, the state or the sport. He knew very little about recruiting, college football, and defensive scheme but was talented and ended up in the Black and Gold. After his career with the Hawks football took an interesting turn in Canada and now a few years later he is back in Illinois. We talk about his entire journey plus more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 111
The guys breakdown in a jam packed episode the 2020 NFL draft and our thoughts on where the Hawkeyes landed. Some entertaining banter to begin the episode, some shit talking to OSU, and other fun. Tristan Wirfs, AJ Epenesa, Michael Ojemudia, Geno Stone, and Nate Stanley all were drafted and Nate Wieting, Kristian Welch, and Cedric Lattimore will also be headed to camps with NFL teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 27, 2020•33 min•Ep. 110
Since the inception of our podcast there has been the occasional mention of Kevin's dad. Many stories from our college days involve stories from the Ward lake house in Michigan or other extremely entertaining situations that have played out with Kevin's family. Kevin is one of 3 brothers, all of whom played D1 football which has created quite the life for their parents for the past decade. Brian sheds some light on what it's like to travel the B1G 10 and how see every team and stadium the confer...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 109
Toren Young is a recent Iowa Hawkeye running back from Madison, Wisconsin. Like many, Iowa City and what Coach Ferentz had to offer stole Toren away from another B1G region and got him in the black and gold. This episode is an hour plus of straight locker room good times as we go over tons of favorite memories and stories of our time playing. There is of course some back story on Toren as well as his thoughts on sharing the backfield, What he thinks of Nate Stanley, Coach Doyle, and Tyler Goodso...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 108
James Butler is a former running back for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He most recently made waves in the XFL with the Houston Roughnecks. Before Corona shut the world down he was leading the XFL in rushing touchdowns and literally created the XFL version of the Lambeau Leap, "The Houston Hop". James spent time in both the NFL and the CFL in between his time at Iowa and now and has an entire backstory of football and life before becoming a Hawkeye as well, highlighted by an impressive 3 years as part of t...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 107
The Walkons were invited to be the celebrity guests for a Zoom meetup hosted in conjunction by the Iowa Clubs of D.C., Phoenix, and New York! We hopped on for an hour to answer questions asked by the fans and club members about our time at Iowa. Topics include, Who should be the next Iowa head coach, the polecat play story in depth, How COVID19 will affect the football landscape this coming fall, favorite Coach Doyle stories, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 106
Gary Dolphin is the play by play announcer for the Iowa Hawkeye football and basketball teams. He has held the position for over 20 years. When people think of Hawkeye sports, Gary is surely associated with it. We finally got the chance to sit down with 'Dolph' and talk about everything Black and Gold. We discuss stories from our playing days, Gary's favorite interviews and calls in his career, talk about the suspension from broadcasting that Gary served last year, and more. Learn more about you...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 105
LeShun Daniels is a former Hawkeye and NFL running back from Warren, Ohio. Brother is James Daniels, former Hawkeye center and current Chicago Bear. LeShun joined the Hawkeyes with the Walkons in the 2013 recruiting class. He is one of 4 players in that class to see action in that true freshman year. LeShun became an integral part of the Hawkeye running game in 2015. LeShun bounced around to multiple teams in the league after playing for the Hawks and now lives in Illinois with his wife and chil...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 104
Ben Niemann is back for a second round on the show. We wanted this to be a live episode over Zoom but then it got hacked and we had to improvise our own episode a day later. We answer all the pressing questions like who our favorite Iowa media personnel are, the training table meals we miss the most, if Kluver is ever going to get a real job, What it's like for Patrick Mahomes to attend a movie at the theaters, How the NFL players are having to deal with COVID19, and more! Learn more about your ...
Apr 02, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 103
Ryan Kreiner came to Iowa City to join the Hawkeye basketball team after absolutely dominating as a prep athlete at Spirit Lake. He has one of the more interesting and low key figures on the Iowa basketball team for the last 5 years and has played a crucial part in the Hawkeyes success. Ryan joined the show to talk about his story, his favorite memories playing for Iowa, what it was like to have his final career cut short by COVID19, what we can expect from the 2021 Hawks, what is next for him, ...
Mar 30, 2020•55 min•Ep. 102
COVID19 has taken the world by storm and everyone is stuck in quarantine. So, to help provide a break from all the craziness Drake and Tyler held a live podcast over lunch on 3-23-20. Fans were able to join and help direct the episode by asking questions and participating in the chat. What became of the idea turned into a fantastic episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 28, 2020•42 min•Ep. 101
At this point if you don't know who George Kittle is, I am not sure how you ended up here. Rob Tonyan Jr. is a current Tight End for the Green Bay Packers and one of George's friends, training partners, and roommates. Rob played QB and WR for Indiana St. in college and met George during Pre-draft training in Texas. They've been boys since then and now live together down in Nashville, TN where they are spending time training during the off season. George and Rob joined the show to talk about a va...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 100
Chad Greenway is a well known Iowa Football legend. He would make many people's Hawkeye Football Mt. Rushmore and is one of the greatest Linebackers in history to wear the black and gold. After being a crucial part of the 3 year domination period of Hawkeye football in 02' to 04' he was drafted in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings where he spent his entire NFL career. A perfect story if there ever was one. Chad talks about all of this and more including his recruitment story, Reese Morgan...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 99
What do the Iowa wrestlers think about their season ending? How does the corona virus shutting down the world affect a football program, athletes training for the next level, and other sports? Will the NCAA allow an extra year for seniors or at least go back and postpone sports temporarily? Alex Meyer makes his second appearance on the show to talk all things Corona and Hawkeye Sports. We had originally planned on recapping the B1G wrestling tourney and then previewing the NCAA wrestling nationa...
Mar 16, 2020•53 min•Ep. 98
Jordan Canzeri is a former Running Back for the Hawkeyes that joined the team in 2011. All the way from Troy, New York. Hear the crazy store about how the Hawkeye coaching staff found Jordan from a highlight finding its way to Coach O'Keefe's desk, the tape was made by an opposing teams coach from Jordan's time in High school. Jordan saw playing time right away in 2011 before a setback knee injury in 2012 forced him to medical red-shirt. He talks about how that injury helped shape his mindset an...
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 97
Amani Hooker joined the Hawkeye football team in 2016 from the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. One in the line of many hawkeye defensive backs who went under recruited out of high school only to come to Iowa City and make a huge impact in the Big Ten. As a sophomore in 2017 Amani jump started Kinnick Stadium with a pick-6 on the first play of the now infamous Ohio St. thrashing. The next year Amani would go on to win the Tatum Woodson Defensive back of the year in the Big Ten and enter the NFL draf...
Mar 09, 2020•46 min•Ep. 96
Sean joined the Hawkeye football team alongside the Walk Ons in the 2013 recruiting class. All the way from Dayton, Ohio, Sean saw early action in his career as he broke into the starting lineup in our 2014 redshirt freshman season. Sean played a crucial part to the offensive continuity in the undefeated 2015 season and was also apart of the Joe Moore award winning 2016 offensive line. Through his time at Iowa Sean started to battle some anxiety and depression and many will remember him releasin...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 95
The boys sit down to discuss how this years Hawkeye Combine invites fared in Indianapolis. Nate Stanley, Tristan Wirfs, AJ Epenesa, Michael Ojemudia, and Geno Stone took to the field in Indy to show out against the nations best. We talk all of the results of there testing and on field workouts as well as what those tests actually mean. How much weight does a 40 time carry in a NFL coach's eyes? The bench press? The vertical? What are coaches really looking for and what do this years list of Hawk...
Mar 02, 2020•49 min•Ep. 94
The boys jump on and improvise after the planned guest couldn't make the show. Topics of conversation range from both Iowa men's and women's basketball teams to Iowa wrestling. Kevin had multiple friends in town who contribute to the podcast with some betting talk, Drake threatens to fight one of them, and Gervase finally speaks on his shitty internet. At around 25 mins the episode takes a turn when Kluver reveals that he was let go from his job and is now in search of work, which created some e...
Feb 27, 2020•39 min•Ep. 93
The boys sit down on an impromptu episode to do Q&A with the WUW twitter fan base. Question topics covered plenty of topics such as Coach Ferentz coming on the podcast, Our most embarrassing moments, our favorite movies and cheat meals, how hard the girls were jersey chasing in college, the drunkest Drake has ever been, and more. It made for a very funny, exciting, and relaxed episode. Enjoy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 24, 2020•17 min•Ep. 92
Ben Niemann played at Iowa from 2014 to 2017 as a Linebacker for the Hawkeyes. He saw immediate action his freshman year on special teams where he paved his way into the starting lineup along side Josey Jewell and Bo Bower. Undrafted in the 2018 NFL Draft, Ben got a shot with the Kansas City Chiefs and hasn't looked back since. Taking a similar path in the NFL, Ben just completed his 2nd season with Kansas City ranking as one of the best special teams players in the league in both seasons. Oh ya...
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 91
Travis Perry holds the title of OG Savage Back and OG washed up walkon. Travis came to the Hawkeyes from Urbandale High School in Central Iowa where he was a star high school athlete. With multiple options coming out of high school Travis, like many of our other guests, decided that walking on at the U of I was the best option for him and it paid off tenfold. Travis went on to start on and off at Linebacker for the Hawks while remaining the staple of all 4 special teams units throughout his care...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 90
Nick Easley played high school football in Newton, Ia and found his way to Iowa Western CC. There he became the leading WR in the nation his sophomore year in catches but still wasn't catching the eye of Division 1 schools. Nick tells the story of committing, decommitting, and recommitting in his journey to Iowa City and the black and gold. Nick would go on to be a pivotal part of the Hawkeye Offense in 2017 and 2018 helping the Hawks bring home bowl victories in both years. Nick is now fighting...
Feb 13, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 89
Nate Stanley needs no introduction. He just finished up his time as QB1 for the Iowa Hawkeyes this past season. As a starter he never lost in the Cy-Hawk, Floyd of Rosedale, and Heroes trophy games. On top of that he went 3-0 as a starter in Bowl games and is now preparing for the 2020 NFL Draft. Nate joins the show to talk life of a college QB and all things Hawkeyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 88
Landan and Levi Paulsen found their way to Iowa City from Moville, Iowa. Two of the most Iowa good ol boys you will ever meet. Two of the best representatives of the Iowa Football program that walk the earth. Landan and Levi sit down to talk growing up as massive twins from a small town and what it was like to dominate high school sports. They talk about how they started their own businesses as high school kids and did everything from move furniture to bale hay to shovel driveways. Both go into ...
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 87
DISCLAIMER: This is not your normal WUW episode. This is 5 former roommates catching up for an hour. This episode is a mild version of if you walked into our house on Benton Street in Iowa City in 2017 on a Sunday morning and sat down to listen to our conversation. Ike Boettger and Bo Bower join the show and we simply try to keep the train on the tracks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 86
The boys get together for a quick saturday night spit on the Iowa vs. Penn St. dual meet in Iowa City. Kevin wrecks the entire show in a way only he could, so Drake and Tyler take it home by finishing the episode in discussion about the Super Bowl hawks and who they think takes home the title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 02, 2020•27 min•Ep. 85
