Black Heart Gold Pants: for Iowa Hawkeyes fans

Black Heart Gold Pants: for Iowa Hawkeyes fans

The official home for audio programming from Black Heart Gold Pants, SB Nation's community for fans of the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Episodes

December 7, 2022 66 mins
Ben (@renboss23) and Harrison (@HD_starr) kick things off with some basketball thoughts post-loss to Duke after Ben shares a sad story about his plants (~3:00). They shift to football's offseason with Cade McNamara discussion & potential staff changes (~20:00) before talking about Tyler Barnes' since deleted tweet (~28:00). With more transfers out, are we approaching a more likely scenario for Iowa doomsday or sunshine/rainbows (~3...
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Ben (@renboss23) is back after seeing family while Harrison (@HD_starr) stayed at home for Thanksgiving. What are they thankful for? Purdue football lining their pockets (~5:00). They move to Iowa/Nebraska (~11:00) while Ben asks: what three wishes do you want for this Iowa offseason (~25:00)? Next they play out some doomsday offseason (~38:00) and look back at some quotes about fired coaches and how much they'll apply to Kirk Fere...
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November 22, 2022 69 mins
Rob Donaldson and Thad Nelson preview Nebraska Cornhuskers, as the Iowa Hawkeyes look to win the Big Ten West for a second straight year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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November 20, 2022 51 mins
It's the BHGP After Party following Iowa's 13-10 win over Minnesota to keep Floyd of Rosedale in Iowa City. Ben & Harrison talk through Iowa's win and how PJ Fleck remains trapped in Kirk Ferentz's mind palace. Then listeners join in to share their takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rob Donaldson and Thad Nelson preview the Minnesota Golden Gophers and recap the past three weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ben (@renboss23) & Harrison (@HD_starr) open up by talking about the guy who eats a rotisserie chicken every day before Harrison recounts his time in West Lafayette (~5:00). They discuss the improvement along the offensive line (~21:00) and at wide receiver (~29:00) before shifting to Big Ten West discussion (~36:00). The guys close with a basketball minute after Iowa's win on Monday (~52:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
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Ben (@renboss23) & Harrison (@HD_starr) open by recounting their weekends and the general aging process for guys a few years out of college. Talk then turns to the Iowa-Northwestern game (~8:00) and whether we would be happy if Iowa won 8 games (~14:00). The discussion morphs into the state of the program and how Kirk Ferentz has used Phil Parker to raise the floor instead of shooting the moon. They close with a basketball minute (...
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Ben & Harrison got together on Tuesday to discuss Kirk's presser & what the end is starting to shape up like. They ask if anything can be taken from the OSU game (~19:00) and some Halloween candy takes (~27:00). They then turn their attention to Northwestern briefly and discuss a worst case scenario for the rest of 2022 (~41:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ben & Harrison are BACK after the bye week to discuss our delightful weekends without Iowa football. They discuss Iowa's offensive line (~10:00) and how much of a miss it was to do nothing in the offseason and why the offense feels so helpless. Illinois & Purdue are atop the division and the guys discuss how the conference is moving out from under Kirk (~25:00). They finish up with trying to find reasons for optimism after this sea...
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October 7, 2022 57 mins
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Ben & Harrison open the show with broad discussion of their Iowa Hawkeye football fandom and how apathy is starting to set in. They move on to Wisconsin and their firing of Paul Chryst (~19:00) and contrast it to the state of Iowa football (~40:00). The close with some brief thoughts on the Iowa/Illinois game (~50:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ben & Harrison discuss what went wrong in the Iowa football game including: lack of urgency, overthrows, heaving reliance on Sam LaPorta, and general frustration. But it wasn't anything unexpected! They're joined by listeners later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rob Donaldson and Thad Nelson preview the Michigan Wolverines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ben & Harrison open by discussing their weird Saturday nights following Iowa football before getting into discussion of the game (~9:00) and quarterback play (~16:00). They move to the defense (~35:00) and close with some broader Big Ten West discussion (~41:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Thad & Harrison discuss Iowa/Nevada: Is there anything that can happen on offense to generate optimism the rest of the season? Will the defense rotate more guys into the mix? Can the game be a net enjoyable experience for Hawkeye fans? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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When we thought it couldn't get worse ... it did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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September 14, 2022 45 mins
Ben & Harrison regroup to discuss what how they managed the weekend outside of Iowa's loss, talk about anything which has changed since Saturday (~9:00) and have some broader college football takes (~20:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Thad & Harrison return to discuss some game day thoughts on the Iowa/Iowa State matchup. Can Iowa defend Will McDonald IV? Will Hunter Dekkers be able to get the Cyclones over the hump? How weird is this game going to get? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ben & Harrison open up with final thoughts on the past weekend, including a look around to see how many people have dunked on Iowa for their offensive performance. Harrison asks Ben a few hypotheticals around Iowa's offense (~13:00) before diving into the Kirk & Brian Ferentz pressers this week (~18:00). Quarterback talk (~28:00) and Iowa State talk (~35:00) take over in the back half of the pod. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
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Harrison runs through his best three players before chopping it up with Ben on Iowa's boring 7-3 against South Dakota State. They're joined by listeners for their opinions in the back half. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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