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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!

Copyright: © Copyright Tyler Kluver

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Zach Kluver | WUW 422 May 18, 2023

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Zach, brother of Tyler, is also from Marshalltown but ended up going to high school in Ankeny, playing for Jaguars of Centennial. He never planned on playing college football, until a coach recruiting Riley Moss, his high school teammate, mentioned something to Tyler in late 2017. That sparked a multi year process of scratching and clawing his way into the program. His career lasted 2 years before he decided to move on, but sits as an example of how many, maybe the majority of walk on careers actually play out. And highlights the effort and work put in regardless of shining in the spotlight of college football like the star players. Zach also talks about when the racial discrimination drama hit Iowa, and what it was like for him and several of his teammates who were 8 weeks fresh in the program- and what the team meeting was like that day it all went down.
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What Will It Take To Hire Grant The Intern Full Time? | WUW 421 May 15, 2023

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In this episode all 4 of us finally reconvene on one episode, no guest included, for the first time in over a month. The boys discuss a wide variety of topics most notably how we get to a point with the brand that we can hire Grant full time and Kevin can quit his job. Kluver gives a lesson on Podcasting revenue, and we ponder the actual possibility of the Paulsen's doing a show produced by 'The Walkons'. At the end of the episode we bring back our Walkon Top 5 segment with our favorite ice cream flavors.

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Caleb Shudak | WUW 420 May 11, 2023

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Caleb is from Council Bluffs, IA. He recently in 2021 finished up his career in Iowa City as an Iowa Hawkeye, but that wasn't always the known ending in his story. He played 6 seasons with the Hawks, something that would only happen when a pandemic hits, and he waited his turn for 5 of those seasons to really be the feature of the Iowa kicking game. He talks about sitting behind guys like Miguel Recinos and Keith Duncan, and what it was like to battle them for the job. He discusses his major injury setback that could have very well ended his career. What it was like when the world shut down and how the D1 football life at Iowa looked when you couldn't go anywhere or do anything. He describes his eventual path to a scholarship, training for the NFL, and now his time in Tennessee where he looks to be the front runner for the job.
If you love the show and want to show support, tell your friends! And, check out our exclusive content at Patreon.com/washedupwalkons where you can find extra podcast episodes, exclusive merchandise, Merch discounts with every tier, private Walkon discord channel access, and more!
Find us on social media @washedupwalkons
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Ike Boettger | WUW 419 May 08, 2023

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Ike is from Cedar Falls, IA and joined the Hawks in the class of 2013 along with all 3 hosts on the show. His story is not an uncommon one in some ways, as he built himself from a slender and mobile 240 pound TE recruit into a behemoth 300+ pound lineman for the Hawks. Fellow resident in the infamous Benton house and best friend of the podcast, Ike has carved his way through 5 years in the NFL almost exclusively with the Buffalo Bills. We talk life, family, and football. We hope you enjoy.

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Austin Blythe | WUW 418 May 04, 2023

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Austin is from Williamsburg, IA and was a standout high school wrestler and football player. He went on the play for the Hawks as a critical starter at Center from 2011-2015. After his career with the Hawks he was the sole Iowa guy drafted in the 2016 NFL Draft and spent 4 years with the Colts, before spending the last 3 years of his career between LA, Seattle, and Kansas City. Austin talks about the length of his career, the ups and downs, and why it was finally time to hang it up. He talks about the differences of organization at each stop a long the way, we have some fun conversation about Pete Carrol, We talk about the biggest road bump of his career that came early on, and whole lot more!
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Brady Ross | WUW 417 May 01, 2023

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Brady Ross returns to the show as a heavily requested guest. Brady was in the 2015 recruiting class for the Hawkeyes and ended up taking over Fullback responsibilities for the Hawks in 2018 and 2019 as well as splitting time with Drake in 2017. He is a great friend of the show, a wealth of knowledge in multiple conversations, and all around good dude.
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Landan & Levi Paulsen | WUW 416 Apr 27, 2023

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The Paulsen Twins are back, and ready to entertain the fans again. They debuted on our show all the way back in Episode 088 which is the most common episode named when the discussion of "Best WUW ep ever" gets brought up. With one of the more unique stories out there, Levi and Landan continue to crush life and bring us up to date on all things Paulsen. They love to hunt, and might love preparing the meat they harvest even more, so much so that its now a hobby that could turn commercial. They both work for a Norwegian company selling video conferencing solutions, and they have a wild story about how they both ended up as part of the Volunteer Fire Department of Kalona, IA. We also discuss their weight loss and fitness journeys, which have been different parallel, and how Iowa Football and Coach Doyle crafted their mental toughness that they use to this day. They talk the reason for the increased effort towards health.. and a whole lot more. You don't want to miss a minute of this episode.

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Ryan Boyle | WUW 415 Apr 24, 2023

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Ryan is from West Des Moines Iowa, and played high school football for Dowling Catholic. He was a standout athlete in the state of Iowa, leading Dowling to back to back State Titles in 2013 and 2014. He was name Gatorade Player of The Year in his senior season. Ryan saw early interest in recruiting from a variety of schools but grew up a Hawk fan, and talks about the visit that started to turn the tide on him eventually ending up in the Black and Gold. His career was unique, and saw him not only transfer out of Iowa after graduating in 3 years, but also try out multiple positions as a Hawkeye. He discusses the reasons for that, wanting to contribute and get playing time, and ultimately pursuing his full potential elsewhere. This conversation gets more serious or 'deep' than we often go on the Walkons, and shows some very real behind the scenes action of how a D1 football players journey is usually more than just roses.

If you love the show and want to show support, tell your friends! And, check out our exclusive content at Patreon.com/washedupwalkons where you can find extra podcast episodes, exclusive merchandise, Merch discounts with every tier, private Walkon discord channel access, and more!

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Bo Bower | WUW 414 Apr 20, 2023

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Bo Bower is from West Branch, Iowa. He is one of the often mentioned 'Benton Squad'. He was a Walkon himself earning early playing time and a scholarship in our 2nd year within the program. He sits down with us after 3 years since his last appearance on the show to catch us up on his life, and more.
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Camping At Kittles, Drake's Stolen Identity, And A Shot In The XFL | WUW 413 Apr 17, 2023

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Kevin talks about his golf game, we talk places to live and avoiding natural disasters, the potential of Kevin taking a job in Hawaii, then we get into real discussion about the Walkons opportunity to attend TEU and what our plans look like for that event. Are we getting an Airbnb or camping in Georges back yard, are we going to put together a workout montage at Georges new facility, and answers to plenty of other questions. Then Drake checks in from somewhere in Montana and tells us a quick viral story about getting pulled over in Yellowstone, which leads him to realizing that his identity was stolen. He also updates his on his van trip around the western United States. We dive into some reviews from the podcast platform where the WALKON ARMY gives their opinion on the show. We talk about former teammates and their spectrum of reaction when we ask them to be on the show, and talk about the 2013 Iowa class of linemen and how elite they were/could have been. Czinano got drafted and we discuss the WNBA as well as playing basketball overseas, which leads to a discussion on developmental leagues into the NFL, what the XFL is doing, and Kevin's chance to play football in Italy.
If you love the show and want to show support, tell your friends! And, check out our exclusive content at Patreon.com/washedupwalkons where you can find extra podcast episodes, exclusive merchandise, Merch discounts with every tier, private Walkon discord channel access, and more!

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