Washed Up Walkons

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WUW 122 | Austin Blythe Jun 04, 2020

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Austin Blythe grew up and played high school football in Williamsburg, IA. An extremely successful high school wrestler and football player, Austin had a choice to make regarding what sport was best for him in college. After receiving an offer to play football for Iowa after his freshman year, he eventually decided to choose the Hawks over a list of other programs. After redshirting his true freshman year he started for 4 years and finished his career as one of the imperative senior leaders on the 2015 Rose Bowl team. After that season he was drafted by the Colts and now is going into his 5th year in the NFL as part of the LA Rams. Austin talks about all of this and more!
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WUW 121 | Spencer Petras, Jacks Pizza, SpaceX, Riots, and Lance Armstrong Jun 01, 2020

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We talk about a bunch of different topics in this episode. It starts off with where Kevin was last week and talking about guests that will be coming on the show, and then turn to the Lance Armstrong documentary and Elon putting people into space. We settle in to throw our views out on the current events from Minneapolis and the riots that took place in Des Moines. We finish with some very entertaining conversation about Jacks pizza, what you wouldn't do for 175 million dollars, and the possibility of Spencer Petras being better than Nate Stanley?
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WUW 120 | Colin Fisher May 28, 2020

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Colin joined the Iowa program as a manager in the fall of 2015. Colin comes to the show to provide an interesting perspective on Iowa football that this podcast hasn't seen before. The managers each year are a select, small group of guys that are crucial to the program. They are essentially, along with several staff members, the people who make everything run smooth. They set up and tear down practice, they prepare the locker room and equipment for game days. They transport equipment to the stadium, they drive guys back and forth from the hotel during camp, they assist with meals, and so much more. Colin is one of the truly good dudes that spent time as a manager at Iowa and it was a joy to talk about all of this on the podcast.
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WUW 119 | Ross Reynolds May 25, 2020

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Ross came in to Iowa, from Waukee, in the fall of 2014. He originally planned to grey shirt and come in after that 2014 season, However a spot opened and Ross was wearing the tiger hawk. Another under recruited Iowa kid, Ross grinded his way through Iowa and "owes everything to Coach Doyle" as many of the Hawkeye players would tell you. Ross saw significant playing time in his junior and senior seasons with Iowa in 17' and 18' and capped his career with the Outback Bowl win over Miss. St. After playing his final game for the hawks he signed as a free agent to San Francisco and has been with the 49ers since where he is currently playing with Kittle and Beathard. We talk about all of this and more!
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WUW 118 | Riley McCarron May 21, 2020

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Riley McCarron joined the team one year before the walkons in the same class as CJ Beathard and George Kittle. He has a very similar story as we do , Iowa kid with very little interest as far as big time D1 colleges go. Iowa hopped on his radar late and he was on his way to Iowa City. Riley put his head down and grinded his way onto special teams where he became an integral part of our core in 2015. It was that year where he started to become a factor at receiver as well. After an injury allowed more playing time Riley took advantage and was crucial to the 2016 receiving core. Much of our conversation was a walk down memory lane talking about all the good times in the black and gold. We got into his time in the NFL and what his life looks like now as well. Enjoy!
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WUW 117 | Marc Morehouse May 18, 2020

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Marc Morehouse is a well known reporter from Cedar Rapids and has been covering Hawkeye Football for the entire Kirk Ferentz Era. As players he was able to interview us on multiple occasions in the more formal setting and we finally got him in our house to chop it up Walkon style. We had an awesome wide ranging conversation that was super informational and holds an inside look feel from both parties. Enjoy.
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WUW 116 | D1 Nutrition Breakdown May 14, 2020

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We go fully in depth into Nutrition and Training and how they work together in the life of a young athlete. How does the Iowa program approach performance nutrition? What are the best ways to gain weight as a high school kid and why is it so difficult? What did our nutrition look like pre Iowa vs once we were in the program? How does Chris Doyle and staff approach each body type once they are in Iowa City? What does each meal provided for the players look like and what times of day do they get fed? All of these questions answered and more!
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WUW 115 | Mother's Day + Throwback May 11, 2020

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We took the weekend off to focus on family time but still have something for your listening pleasure. Take a step into the past and listen to our 3rd episode ever, which to this day is our most listened episode and first one to reach over 10k downloads. Drake tears Nebraska apart and it makes for great entertainment. Kluver also adds a personal mom story in the spirit of Mothers Day.
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WUW 114 | Drake's Advice To Fight COVID May 07, 2020

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Live interactive episode done with fans over Zoom. Hackers for the most part stayed away so once we got rolling we had some pretty funny content. We ended up talking mostly how COVID will affect Iowa football. The game experience for the players, the fans, the tailgates. We talked about conspiracy theories with comical twists to them. And we touched on a bunch of other stuff.
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WUW 113 | Recruiting On Fire and Crop Top Husker May 04, 2020

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The guys answers Q&A questions and turn out 75 of the best minutes the show has seen. Topics range from the recent recruiting savagery to the husker recruit wearing a crop top on TikTok. We answer who the most athletic guy we ever played with was. What do players think of Alternate Unis? What would our death row meals be? Do D1 players use steroids? What kind of change did we see from KF and the program in our 5 years? Which of the Hawkeyes drafted this year will have the best career? And much, much more!
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