Hawkeye 4dt Podcast

One final preview podcast before the first 4DT breakdown of the 2021 season. This week, after reviewing the B1G COVID protocols and discussing their thoughts on the "Alliance," Brian and Zach look at special teams to determine whether they will indeed be special this season or if there are areas for concern. In this week's episode, the guys also give out their 2021 annual pre-season awards. Download, listen, and let us know what award picks you like and which picks you thought missed the mark. **Apologies in advance for sound quality - given timing of recording and our producer's "time off," we are posting this one without his usual magic touch.

After analyzing the defense last week, Zach and Brian are back to do their annual deep-dive analysis of the 2021 Hawkeye offense. Lots of questions to answer this year on the offensive side of the ball: Will the Hawks match their almost 31 points per game from 2020? How will the new-look offensive line come together? And, maybe most importantly, will Spencer Petras take that proverbial step forward. Download and listen to see how the 4DT crew feels about these important questions and more.  You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

It’s good to be back!!  After taking a few months off to ponder the meaning of life and prepare for the 2021 football season, Hawkeye 4DT is back with a new episode.  Zach and Brian start off with some grab bag topics, including the arrival of NIL, the latest on conference realignment, and the highlights (or lack thereof) with Iowa’s 2022 recruiting class so far. The 4DT guys then move on to the main event and kick off their annual preseason shows with a preview of the 2021 Hawkeyes’ defense.  Will this be another dominant Iowa defense or should Iowa fans prepare for a rough ride on the defensive side of the ball this year?  Download and listen to find out! You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

Wrestling, basketball, and football, oh my! Hawkeye sports don't stop when you don't record a new podcast for the better part of 3 months, so in this new Hawkeye 4DT, Brian and Zach catch up on several months of Hawkeye news, including the basketball season that was, a look back at B1G wrestling and basketball championships, and a preview of March Madness and the upcoming wrestling championships (I think Spencer Lee just scored another takedown and probably pinned the guy . . .). Oh, and since we are a "football podcast," we also catch up on recent changes to the coaching room and preview our 2020 awards with a mini-award ceremony - identifying our Offensive and Defensive MVPs and newcomer of the year award. You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

Anytime you can beat Bucky, it is a great Saturday, but when you beat Bucky by three scores, it is a Saturday to remember. This week, Brian and Zach look back on an entertaining game that featured a slow first half, explosive offensive plays in the second half, and just enough excitement late in the game (read: questionable plays in the punting game) to keep Hawk fans on the edge of their seats for a game that, looking back, was never really that close. On second down, the guys look at how the Wisconsin win truly was a team win as both the offense and defense were rightly recognized as a whole. On third down, there was a little fun at the punt games expense and ISM's aerials - easy to laugh in hindsight when you win walking away (though we do hope that ISM has a speedy recovery). Finally, and luckily, the guys didn't spend much time on their Michigan breakdown, as the news that the game against the Wolverines was on the brink was breaking during the recording of the podcast.  Fortunately, there was still enou

In the immortal words of Ric Flair, "To be the man, you've gotta beat the man!" This week, Brian and Zach talk about the game this weekend again "the man" of the B1G West, the Wisconsin Badgers. But, before diving into that match up, the guys discuss Iowa's 5th win in a row, which cam in dramatic, come-from-behind fashion. And in a 4DT first, a certain QB1 lands in both 2nd and 3rd down this week, as the guys talk about the ups and downs of Spencer Petras’s (breakout?) performance. You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

Four in a row? Check. Another six game winning streak over a rival? Check. This week, Brian and Zach look back at a not-always-pretty win over Nebraska and focus on the defense, which remains the undisputed lead for the Hawks (just as we predicted in the off-season - don't go check the tapes...) followed closely by the all around great play of the special teams. They also check in on third down for the weekly Spencer Petras watch and speculate what a game might look like if he is required to lead Iowa to a victory before looking ahead to Saturday's tilt against the Illinois Illini. Oh, and by the way, how about that #3 hoops team?  You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

Three blowout wins in a row – that has got to be some kind of record for your Iowa Hawkeyes! In this week’s episode of the Hawkeye 4DT podcast, Brian and Zach look back at Iowa’s 41-21 victory over the PSU Nittany Lions, which included savvy in-game adjustments by Phil Parker and an early front-runner for play of the decade from Daviyon Nixon. The guys focus on the trenches in second down and discuss one of Brian’s *favorite* plays in third down. The focus shifts in fourth down to what progress we can expect from Spencer Petras for the rest of the year and how the Hawks can continue to rack up big points, even if Petras is not stuffing the box score. Finally, the guys look ahead to another (former) blue blood opponent on Black Friday – the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Download and listen to see how the 4DT crew feels about this week’s game.

Another week, another lopsided Iowa win. In this episode of the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast, Zach and Brian discuss Iowa's 35-7* dismantling of the Minnesota Golden Gophers - timeouts and all - and talk about several positions groups that have met or exceeded expectations this season. In third-down, however, the guys have an in-depth discussion of the one area where Iowa has been significantly below expectations - the passing game, and specifically QB1, Spencer Petras. Finally, the guys look ahead to this week's game against 0-4 PSU and offer up their thoughts as the Hawks head out to Happy Valley.  You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

After more than 10 months, it was good for the Hawkeye 4DT guys to finally talk about a win! Brian and Zach dive right in this week to Iowa's 49-7 dominating performance against the MSU Spartans.  This game featured a complete, three-phase victory, with the offense, at least for one game, living up to its potential, and the defense and punt return game each adding a TD to the tally. Lots of positivity in second down, but even in the excitement of the win, there are still some concerning trends that the guys look at in the 3rd down. Was Saturday a mirage or the beginning of momentum for Iowa in 2020? Tune in and find out what 4DT thinks about that question and more as they look ahead to Friday night‘s matchup against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the battle for Floyd! You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkey

Another week, another one-possession loss as the Iowa Hawkeyes start their football season 0-2 for the first time since 2000. In this episode of the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast, Zach and Brian discuss the disappointing loss along with ISM's arrest and the recent reports of three Hawkeyes entering the transfer portal. Despite all of this negativity, there continue to be a couple of bright spots that the guys highlight once again highlight this week. However, with another painful loss,  there are also plenty of areas for improvement. Finally, Zach and Brian wrap up this episode with a discussion concerning this week's upcoming game against Jekyll & Hyde MSU who fumbled their way to a loss against Rutgers before taking down a Top 15 Michigan team last week.  You’ll have to download this episode to hear what the 4DT guys are expecting to happen this coming Saturday.  You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, and all of your favorite podcast services. You can

With Week 1 in the books, unfortunately our favorite team is 0-1. This week we look back at the Purdue game and try and identify where things went wrong against a Purdue team that was missing its best offensive player in Rondale Moore and its head coach - hint, it includes 100 yards of penalties against the Hawks and another giant day from David Bell. But, we are not quite ready to throw out the bath towel after this Week 1 loss - we are able to find some positivity, along with areas for improvement - as we refocus on getting in the win column this weekend against a Northwestern team that had their way on the ground against Maryland on Saturday. Download and listen to hear this week's 4DT breakdown and our predictions for Week 2 against the Northwestern Wildcats..  You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #

Well, Hawkeye fans, the week we have all been waiting for has arrived - week 1 of the 2020 B1G football season is finally here!  In this episode of the Hawkeye 4DT podcast, Zach and Brian do a full 4DT breakdown of Saturday’s game against the Purdue Boilermakers.  Consistent with the thoughts shared in the preseason podcasts, the guys remain bullish on the Hawkeye offense and its ability to score points.  But, the question remains, will that (potentially) high-octane offensive attack score enough points to keep the W’s piling up given the uncertainties that exist on defense and the challenges presented for a football season played with a COVID backdrop?  Download this week’s episode to see how the Hawkeye 4DT guys think this game and the rest of the games on Iowa’s schedule will turn out.    #IowaHawkeyes  #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks #GottaGo1-0tobe11-0. 

This week in Hawkeye 4DT’s last preseason episode, we bring you the much anticipated 2020 Preseason Awards. Before handing out the hardware, though, we first look at special teams - lots of excitement for Keith Duncan and ISM, but some question marks in areas that we are looking forward to seeing play out.  When we then move on to the main event with the Preseason Awards, like everything in 2020, our approach was a bit different than previous years, as we found ourselves doing a little more speculation than usual. Listen and let us know if you agree with our picks or feel free to tell us why we are wrong.  You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

Depth charts, media availability, and coaches speak - oh my! Starting to (finally) feel like football season as we get our first look at a two-deep (which was promptly debunked as fake news moments after it was released) and hear from players and coaches as we inch closer to kickoff in approximately 2 weeks. In this episode, we do a deep dive on the defensive side of the ball in our 2020 Defensive Preview.  The Hawks lost a lot from the 2019 season, but there is a lot to like as we give our power rankings for the defensive line, linebackers, and secondary. Is it October 24 yet? You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

Wow, it feels good to talk once again about our favorite Iowa football players and actual games on the schedule. It’s been way too long. We kick off our season preview series with a look at this year's offense as we rank the relative strength of the position groups heading into the season. Good news, we are high on all of these groups; bad news, there are only 9 games, so season record setting performances will be tougher to come by for this, dare we say, explosive 2020 offense. Join us next week for the next installment of our season preview series as we count down the position groups on the defensive side of the ball.   You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

Iowa football is back on the schedule! In this episode we look back at a unique offseason in the Hawkeye program and review several of the important events over the last 5+ months and evaluate how we got to where we are today with a mid-October kickoff to an unprecedented 2020 season. Join us for what is a somewhat meandering re-entry into looking at Iowa and B1G football, which will almost all certainly prove to be wrong over the coming days and weeks. We look forward to bringing you our more conventional episodes in coming weeks as we provide our offensive, defensive and special teams previews; our annual 4DT preseason awards; and our first 4DT game preview as we breakdown our season opener against, umm, some B1G opponent!

What a wild, wild world. As we enter week three with no sports, we look back on the promising Iowa winter sports seasons that ended abruptly, including the standout efforts of men's basketball NPOY, Luka Garza and Hodge Trophy winner Spencer Lee. For a break from reality, we turn back the clock once again and countdown our Top 10 moments (both on the field and off) from the 2010s. You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

You put your right foot in . . . What a Holiday Bowl and Happy New Year indeed as Brian and Zach look at one of the more enjoyable Iowa football games since 55-24. Given that we (maybe?) just wrapped up another decade, we thought it was a good time to look at some of the best and our favorite Hawkeye players from 2010-2019. Download, listen, and let us know if you agree (or more likely, disagree) with this "Top 10" list - given that we each had over 30 Hawks on our initial lists, there is sure to room for debate! You can download and subscribe to the Hawkeye 4DT Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts and all of your favorite podcast services. You can connect with Brian and Zach on Twitter (@Hawkeye4DT) and Facebook (@Hawkeye4DT). #IowaHawkeyes #HawkeyeFootball #GoHawks

One final podcast before we close out 2019! As we head into the final days of 2019, we pay tribute to Hayden Fry and Bump Elliott, evaluate roster changes with potential NFL decisions and national signing day, take a very brief look at the Nebraska win and upcoming Holiday Bowl. Last but not least, we have our annual accountability, where we give out our post-season awards and look back at our pre-season awards to see where we were right and where we were woefully short (no, we did not have a running back with 1,200 yards or 40 sacks on the season . . .).