Off the Air with Matt Randazzo

Off the Air with Matt Randazzo

A daily, streaming Quad Cities sports podcast hosted back long time TV Sports Director Matt Randazzo. This is more than a show – it’s a community where the Quad Cities can talk sports and so much more. Think local focus, national buzz, and plenty of familiar faces along the way.

Episodes

December 23, 2025 119 mins

- Tom Kakert and John Bohnenkamp join Matt to look back at 2025 in the world of Iowa football--- Best moment? Best game? Best player?

- The Bears continue to find ways to win football games! We talk about a WILD weekend in the NFL and how good is Illini basketball heading into 2026 with John Marx

- Ness Guess is a day early! We look back at week 16's winners and preview week 17 with QC sports LEGEND Marc Nesseler

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We've got another loaded lineup for a Thursday edition of "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo"! We go LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X!

🏀We'll preview Iowa Men's Basketball game with Bucknell in DM, who's impressed early for Ben McCollum, and Iowa's Xmas wish list with Tom Kakert

🏈 Everyone is talking IHSA football playoff expansion -- We'll break it down with UT's Nick Welch and Moline's Mike Morrissey

🏀We are 48 hours away from the M...

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🚨🚨🚨Hump Day on OTA! We've got another busy "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" to get you through your Wednesday -- we go LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X!

🏀 We'll talk Cyclones w Jake Brend! What does Iowa State's success over Iowa mean, an Xmas wish for the hoops teams, & who's staying or leaving Ames?

🏈 The IHSA football season got A LOT bigger yesterday with playoff expansion -- what does it all mean? Mitch Stoermer from Vie...

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🏀 We've got Kedric Prince on Fighting Illini Men's Basketball after Nebraska loss and a Mizzou preview 🏈 Former Moline Football standout Matthew Bailey has a big decision to make -- Ked and I will discuss

🏀We've got Kyle Huesmann on Iowa Women's Basketball and upcoming game with UConn

🏀 All that PLUS my good friend Jay Kidwell Local 4 Sports joins the show in hour 2 to talk everything QC sports and more!

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Happy Monday! We've got a loaded "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" coming your way LIVE on YouTube and X!

🏈 We've got our weekly Monday morning chat with @patangererHAWK! We'll talk NFL injuries, his own injuries in the league, Iowa-Vandy, and MORE

🏀 It was a HUGE Friday for @MolineBoysBball! We'll talk about the Maroons road win at Rocky with junior standout @welchbrady2

🏈 We've got a loaded "Marxy Monday" with a ton to talk abo...

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🚨🚨🚨 We are hitting the road for "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" this morning!!! OTA will be LIVE from the Rock Island Fieldhouse at 10am on YouTube and X!

🏀 Tonight's one of the best rivalries in the state of Illinois! We'll preview @MolineBoysBball at @RockyHoops and chat with @coachpolite

🏀 It was an extremely entertaining CyHawk game in Ames last night - we'll break down Iowa's near upset of the Cyclones with @HawkeyeRepor...

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We've got a busy Thursday on "Off the Air with Matt Randazzzo"! We go LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! The world of College football continues to pump out huge story after Huge story! One of the best in the business -- Scott Dochterman joins us with a lot to chat about Round 1 of this week's Cy-Hawk double header goes to the Cyclones - the Voice of Iowa Women's Basketball -- @rbiowasideline joins us to break it down We'll look ah...
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It's a snowy, rainy, cold Wednesday in the QC but we'll get you over the Hump with a LOADED "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" coming your way LIVE at 10am! The Cy-Hawk rivalry takes center stage tonight at the Hilton with #10 Iowa State Women's Basketball hosting #11 Iowa Women's Basketball! Kyle Huesmann previews a huge showdown at Hilton at 10am It's been WILD week for Iowa State sports! Our Cyclone expert Jake Brend joins us t...
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There's SO much to talk about in the world of sports this time of year --- and we've got the place to do it! "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" goes LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! It's Cy-Hawk week on the hardwood in Iowa! The one and only Nicholas Baer previews Thursday nights showdown in Ames and more at 10am! Speaking of Ames - it's been a CRAZY week for the Clones! We'll talk Cyclone hoops and the upset win over #1 Purdue with...
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We've got a LOADED Monday edition of "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" coming your way LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! Hawkeye Football is headed to Tampa! We'll breakdown the Hawks and Commodores with the Voice of the Hawkeyes Gary Dolphin at 10am! It's also officially Cy-Hawk Week in Iowa with 2 HUGE basketball games coming up in Ames - we'll get Dolph's thoughts on Ben McCollum and Co as well! Fighting Illini Football is headi...
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🚨🚨🚨 We've got a LOADED Thursday edition of "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" to get to LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X!

🏀 Journey Houston (@Journey_Renae) is making the most of her opportunities with Iowa Women's Basketball! The former Davenport North standout joins us at 10am!

🏈 Kirk Ferentz confirmed he's coming back to @HawkeyeFootball yesterday and Kaden Wetjen is the B1G's best once again! We break it down and catch up with ...

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It's Hump Day on OTA and we've got a lot to get to "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" Iowa State Men's hoops is ranked 10th, Audi Crooks and Iowa State Women are red hot, and Iowa State Football has a 3 game win streak! Our Cyclone expert Jake Brend has plenty to talk about at 10am Ben McCollum and Hawks drop their 1st game of the season to Sparty --- we'll break that down and talk more Hawks with John Bohnenkamp It's National Si...
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Another jam packed "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" goes LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! Tons to get to once again today! What will the 2025 regular season for @HawkeyeFootball be remembered for? What's the Bowl future and long term future for Hawks? One best in the business Chad Leistikow joins me with some answers The Ben McCollum B1G era begins tonight with a trip to East Lansing-- Chad and I will preview that as well! Another...
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Happy Monday! Hopefully everyone has a great and safe Thanksgiving Weekend! We'll get you through your 1st day back to work with a LOADED "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! Fairfield provided quite the test for Iowa Women's Basketball but Hawkeyes stay undefeated - Kyle Huesmann joins us to talk Hawks at 10am RECORDBREAKING ROCK! We'll talk with Deven Marshall from @RockyHoops after his school record ...
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Iowa dominates the Pioneer Heroes Game 40-16 to earn their 10th win over Nebraska in the last 11 years.  Mark Gronowski scores 3 TD's while Kamari Moulton adds 2 more on the ground.   We'll break it all down with the HawkeyeReport's Tom Kakert.

We also got LIVE to Bloomington to check in with Mitch Stoermer from View From the West on State title games AND the postponed games for Saturday

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It's the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and we've got a FULL "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" to get to at 10am on YouTube and X!

- The Iowa hoops team earns their most impressive win of the season over Ole Miss! Tom Kakert is LIVE in Palm Springs to break it down

- The Cyclones are cruising! We'll talk about their dominant win over Creighton AND some football as well with Jake Brend

- It's Week 13 of Ness Guess! We are back at Hung...

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Happy Monday!!! We've got a loaded "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" to get you through a gloomy Monday morning in the QC! We go LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! It's Monday which means we kick things off with our good friend Pat Angerer! We'll talk Hawkeye heroics on Senior Day and much more! For the last 26 years Mark Abbott has been the voice of Kinnick Stadium. The retiring PA announcer for Hawkeye Football joins the show to ta...
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Comeback at Kinnick!   The Hawkeyes trailed by 10 going into the 4th quarter but score the game's final 13 points to escape with a thrilling 20-17 senior day win.  The HawkeyeReports's Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo break it all down!  Plus - the Illini hit a huge roadbump in Madison.  And the Iowa women head home from Orlando still undefeated

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TGIF!!!! We've got one last "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" to get you to the weekend and we've got a TON to get to! The Iowa Women earn a Top 10 won with a gritty victory over #7 Baylor. What it means and impact of Chit Chat Wright injury with Kyle Huesmann at 10am The Iowa women miss out on the Addison Bjorn sweepstakes -- what's next and what's already coming with Kyle as well The @IowaHoops are 5-0 with a true test coming ne...
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It's a busy Thursday on "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" --- We go LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! The Illini came up just short in front of a FULL house at the UC last night --- Kedric Prince tells what went wrong & why everything is gonna be fine big picture Both Iowa Women's Basketball and Iowa Men's Basketball hit the hardwood tonight -- Iowa Hawkeyes on HawkeyeReport.com Tom Kakert previews both! Hawkeye Football prepar...
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