Washed Up Walkons
Go inside the locker room with 3 guys who have worn the Black and Gold. An unfiltered look inside Iowa Football featuring stories, first hand accounts, and personal experience. Join us as we break down and preview games during football season and in the off season enjoy guest interviews from former players, teammates, coaches, staff, and other relevant Iowa Football/Sports names. Hawks By A Million!
Episodes
April 25, 2024 • 56 mins
A true friendship podcast episode for those that have listened for a long time. the Iowa football specific content is sparse in this one, but Kevin, Grant, and Kluver put together an hour of fun and entertainment for the Walkon Army. We discuss a minimum transfer package from the Swarm, why the team sometimes has too many players on scholarship, the Spring semester compared to the Season relative to workload and physical demand, th...
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April 22, 2024 • 97 mins
Sirles joins the show once more to further his Title as most frequent Walkon guest. His appearances on the show are nearing double digits and this episode solidifies why that is, as he is not only a former guy in the locker room at Nebraska and in the NFL with vast knowledge and experience as a player, but also provides great insight into NIL, the draft process, and much more from his current venture as an NFL agent. We discuss wha...
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April 18, 2024 • 63 mins
David joins the show for his 3rd or 4th time. He is an inside with 247 Sports and a beat writer for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He just got home from Cleveland and from covering the end of this historic 2 year run by the Iowa Women's Basketball team, and thats where we start. We debrief the run the women had, talk about his thoughts covering Caitlin the past 4 years, the Wright Thompson article that was written about her, and more. Then we ...
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April 15, 2024 • 61 mins
Steve is from Crofton, MD and joined the 2013 Iowa Football recruiting class as a Fullback out of Archbishop Spalding HS as a fellow Walkon. One of those unsung heroes Steve didn't see any action on the field but busted his ass day in and day out as an Iowa Hawkeye behind the scenes, and after our 4th season hung up the cleats for the career that he said he would always pursue, and is fully enveloped in today, Pro Wrestling. Steve ...
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April 11, 2024 • 58 mins
Today we dive into a Spring Ball focused Q&A episode! Why are guys still out at the bars during spring ball so much? How does a player missing time for injury during SB make that up? What's the funniest thing we ever saw during spring practice period? Is the Paulsen Spring Crawfish boil still happening? How does a new coach, like Lester, earn the respect of his new players? Are there any Spring Ball traditions? Why is Iowa's sp...
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April 8, 2024 • 41 mins
The Hawks defeated UConn in dramatic fashion in the Final Four to advance and take on South Carolina in the National Title game. Their 2nd straight appearance to the championship game where no one thought they would ever go once, let alone twice. They fell short against the Gamecocks, but overdelivered in bunches when it comes to what this team has done for the Iowa brand, school, and fanbase over the last 2 seasons. We sit down to...
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April 4, 2024 • 51 mins
An instant reaction show of sorts as we sit down to record immediately after the clock struck zeroes on the historic Iowa v LSU rematch. We discuss our opinions on if we thought Iowa could get this done, why the better team isn't always the one with better individual players, and why Iowa can win it all if Caitlin plays like that 2 more times. We talk about O'grady giving huge minutes with Stuelke in foul trouble, Gabbie Marshall a...
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April 1, 2024 • 58 mins
Brad makes his 3rd appearance on the show to give us some updates on the Swarm Collective. Brad was the spearhead for Iowa's primary NIL collective back in 2021 and the Swarm has continued to grow since then. With the recent Kadyn Proctor situation causing outrage and drama across not only the Iowa fanbase, but the country as well, we thought it would be a great time to sit down again with Brad to decipher the ins and outs of how t...
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March 28, 2024 • 83 mins
Justin is from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He was one of the 5 Asst. Strength Coaches during the Walkons time in Iowa City, from 2013 to 2017. As we graduated and left the program he did some of the same as he was hired as the Head Strength Coach at Towson University out East. He served in that role for 5 years until recently moving back to the Des Moines area. We go deep into the nerdy nitty gritty of strength and conditioning, what ...
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March 25, 2024 • 83 mins
Garret is from Pella, Iowa. His dream to play college football was always there, but his path to Iowa City as a Hawkeye wasn't one without drama. He details his wacky recruiting timeline, his less than 24 hour commitment to UNI, and finally choosing Iowa. He talks about his transition into College football, why it was difficult for him to gain weight and in turn find more playing time, what it was like to be a punt protector, and m...
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March 21, 2024 • 79 mins
Logan is from Orion, Illinois. In this episode we dive deep into what makes him tick, and actually spend very little time on his football specific career as a Hawkeye. This was one of the easiest most flowing episodes we have ever done and we could have talked for another 4 hours. Logan is an incredibly intelligent and insightful guy, who is seriously devoted to his faith, his football, and human optimization. We discuss what he ha...
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March 18, 2024 • 47 mins
On todays episode we discuss Caitlin Clark and the 1 seed to be Hawkeyes as the tournament draws near and so too does the GOATs time in the black and gold. Pat McAfee and company will be in town surrounding the hype of the women's team and doing their show from the fieldhouse in Iowa City. We talk about the new 5 star recruit Bluder and co just landed and how much of a drop off we should expect next year for the Hawks. We have a li...
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March 14, 2024 • 56 mins
4 Days in Las Vegas, Intramural Sports Kings, Owning a Chik-Fil-A, The biggest NIL Deal to never happen, and choosing NOT to participate at the NFL Combine
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March 11, 2024 • 74 mins
Danny is from New Lenox, Illinois and attended Providence Catholic High School, which is also Kevin's alma mater. He actually helped coach special teams for PC Kevin's senior year. Danny found his way on to the team by attending the Iowa Special teams summer camp, and having a self confidence like no other. He tells the story of his naïve assumptions about how easy it would be for him to play and start for the Hawks. In the line of...
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March 7, 2024 • 53 mins
We talk about what the guys are going through right now in the off season as it relates to the specific weight training and conditioning. What's the goal of the first 8 weeks back from the semester break and what does that look like daily in the weight room? We discuss friend of the show Nick DiMarco's modern approach to training, and how some of the implements in his weight room at Elon University can trickle down to your training...
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March 4, 2024 • 119 mins
Dallas was born in Sioux Falls, SD and was a stand out athlete in basically every sport he could play at Twin River Valley High School. He was recruited by Hayden Frye and ended up Greyshirting in Hayden's last year, joining the program officially after KF stepped in for the 1999 season. He faced multiple injuries and setbacks in his first couple seasons but made his way onto special teams in 2000 where he was able to make an impac...
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February 29, 2024 • 61 mins
Cooper is from Odebolt, Iowa. After absolutely dominating high school sports in Iowa, including being a star in Football, Basketball, and Track, he chose Iowa Football as his future. He played Quarterback in high school and wanted to in college as well, and he talks about the reason he ended up on the Defense. As Iowa fans know, Cooper established himself as one of the greatest all around athletes for Iowa Football in the history o...
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February 26, 2024 • 70 mins
Brody is from Ankeny, Iowa. Stud high school athlete, he was offered scholarships by both Iowa Baseball and Football, and that's what brought him to Iowa City as he was most interested in being a 2 sport athlete. He is now the Ace for the Hawkeye baseball team in his Junior year, and is considered the 17th best Pro prospect in America. We discuss his journey into collegiate athletics as a 2 sport guy, and why ultimately football ha...
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February 22, 2024 • 57 mins
Ben is from Johnston, Iowa. 2024 will be his Junior year for the Hawkeye Baseball team, where Ben has started over 60 games already, playing 2nd base, 3rd base, and left field. Gary the Intern takes this interview on by himself, and this was recorded back in the fall of 2023. They discuss how special the Iowa pitching staff is, his teammate and superstar 2 sport athlete Brody Brecht, his role as a utility player for the Hawks, his ...
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February 19, 2024 • 61 mins
First half of the podcast Kluver gives out Walkon tribute to Caitlin Clark. Tries to summarize what kind of special moment for the Iowa brand she has been for the last 4 years, what she means to the game, and identify why she is different from anyone before her.
30 mins in Max Chadwick joins the show. Max works for Pro Football Focus and is host of the Preferred Walk-On Podcast, PFF's premier college football show. We sit down to ge...
30 mins in Max Chadwick joins the show. Max works for Pro Football Focus and is host of the Preferred Walk-On Podcast, PFF's premier college football show. We sit down to ge...
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