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Another week you could find plenty of faults in an Iowa football performance. But another Iowa win. The Hawkeyes are 9-2 after a 33-23 win over Illinois and that's all that matters. The Gazette's Mike Hlas and John Steppe discuss their takeaways on The Final Score, our Hawkeye football postgame podcast.

Bret Bielema won't get a return to Kinnick Stadium this week after he tested positive for COVID-19, but his rebuild at Illinois does appear to be ahead of schedule. The Gazette's John Steppe talks to Bob Asmussen of the Champaign News-Gazette about Bielema's work with the Illini and Saturday's Illinois-Iowa game on Hawk Off The Press. Plus, John answers questions from our Hawkeye Sports Update text subscribers. https://joinsubtext.com/hawkeyes (Sign up for free).

The box score doesn’t look like an Iowa win, but the scoreboard does. The Gazette’s John Steppe and Mike Hlas share their initial postgame thoughts after No. 20 Iowa’s 27-22 win over Minnesota on The Final Score, our Hawkeye postgame podcast.

The Gazette's John Steppe previews Saturday's Minnesota-Iowa game with The Des Moines Register's Kennington Lloyd Smith III and The Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Randy Johnson on this episode of Hawk Off The Press. Kennington discusses Iowa's quarterback change to Alex Padilla, the rushing game's resurgence against Northwestern, young receivers emerging and the "Doughboyz" forcing turnovers again. Randy tells us what to expect from a Gophers team that has been hit hard by injuries.

After two straight games of virtually unwatchable offense (and almost season-long doubts), will Northwestern provide Iowa a chance to fill up the box score? The Gazette's John Steppe previews Saturday's game with Chloe Peterson and Robert Read of The Daily Iowan on this week's episode of Hawk Off The Press, our Hawkeye football podcast. Plus, a Wildcats scouting report from JP Acosta, a Sports Illustrated contributing writer.

T’d Up with Connor and Patrick debuts today with the McCaffery brothers interviewing their Hawkeye men’s basketball teammate and good friend Joe Toussaint. Toussaint is asked about growing up and finding his way in basketball as a New Yorker, what persuaded him to come to Iowa, how he adapted to Iowa, and how he felt his first two seasons went. This season, he said, “from the first player to the last, we’ll have the gym rocking.” Toussaint also spoke candidly of what he first thought when he heard Jordan Bohannon was returning for a sixth season with the Hawkeyes, and then how he felt when Bohannon called him to tell him he was moving to off-guard and away from Toussaint’s point guard position. The three wrap things up with a draft of what they considered the best arenas in which they have played collegiately, both for the buildings themselves and their atmospheres and fans. You may be surprised how strongly they feel about the merits of about Nebraska’s Pinnacle Bank. You may not be surprised to learn their

Another day of offensive struggles, another one-sided loss for the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Gazette’s John Steppe and Mike Hlas share their initial postgame thoughts after No. 9 Iowa’s 27-7 loss to Wisconsin on The Final Score, our Hawkeye postgame podcast.

Hawkeye Report's Tom Kakert joins The Gazette's John Steppe on Hawk Off The Press to preview Saturday's Iowa-Wisconsin game, discuss what the Hawkeyes need to do to improve on offense and discuss the latest in Hawkeye football recruiting. [https://subscribepage.com/hawks (Subscribe to the newsletter)]

A https://www.thegazette.com/hawkeye-football/iowa-football-vs-purdue-live-updates-analysis-how-to-watch-on-tv-and-online/ (24-7 loss to Purdue) dropped Iowa from No. 2 to No. 11 in the rankings and forced all three phases of the ball to address questions entering the bye week. The Athletic's https://twitter.com/scottdochterman (Scott Dochterman) joined The Gazette's https://twitter.com/jsteppe1 (John Steppe) on this episode of Hawk Off The Press to discuss what needs to change for the Hawkeyes to bounce back, what this team's potential is, a mid-season evaluation of quarterback Spencer Petras and more. Then, Lisa Cellucci, head coach of the No. 1-ranked Iowa field hockey team, joins to discuss the Hawkeyes' huge win over No. 2 Michigan, the atmosphere at Grant Field and the unbeaten season so far. [https://subscribepage.com/hawks (Subscribe to our Hawkeye newsletter)]

What had looked potentially like a dream Iowa football season suddenly has a different tone. The Gazette’s John Steppe and Mike Hlas share their initial postgame thoughts after https://www.thegazette.com/hawkeye-football/iowa-football-vs-purdue-live-updates-analysis-how-to-watch-on-tv-and-online/ (No. 2 Iowa’s 24-7 loss to Purdue) on The Final Score, our Hawkeye postgame podcast.

The Gazette's John Steppe has two guests on this week's Hawk Off The Press, our Hawkeye football podcast. First, Mike Carmin of the Lafayette Journal & Courier gives us a Purdue scouting report and previews Saturday's game between the Boilermakers and Hawkeyes. Then, Vanessa Miller discusses https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/university-of-iowa-will-pay-400k-via-title-ix-athletics-settlement/ (her reporting from last week on Iowa settling a Title IX lawsuit) and how that led to the announcement of a women's wrestling team.

The Gazette's John Steppe and Mike Hlas discuss their thoughts after No. 3 Iowa's 23-20 win over No. 4 Penn State at Kinnick Stadium.

No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 4 Penn State. Saturday brings the biggest game at Kinnick Stadium since 1985 and The Gazette's https://twitter.com/jsteppe1 (John Steppe) has two guests on this episode of Hawk Off The Press to help break it down and make their predictions. First, https://twitter.com/ben_jones88 (Ben Jones) of StateCollege.com gives us a Penn State scouting report. Then, Iowa News Now's https://twitter.com/gbecktv (Grant Becker) analyzes what we've seen from Iowa so far and what this game means for the Hawkeyes. » https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r2r3u0 (Subscribe to The Gazette's Hawkeye newsletter)

The Gazette's John Steppe and Mike Hlas discuss their takeaways from No. 5 Iowa's 51-14 win over Maryland at Maryland Stadium.

Hawk Off The Press has a new host! The Gazette's John Steppe is joined by Iowa athletics director Gary Barta, then The Washington Post's Emily Giambalvo on his first episode as host of our Hawkeye football podcast. Barta discusses beer sales and other gameday changes, then Giambalvo helps preview Friday's Iowa-Maryland game.

The Gazette's Leah Vann and John Steppe share their initial postgame thoughts after No. 5 Iowa's 24-14 win over Colorado State on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium.

Leah Vann and John Steppe have some big news on this week's episode of Hawk Off The Press. And plenty of Hawkeye football talk too!

The Gazette's Leah Vann and Mike Hlas share their takeaways from https://www.thegazette.com/hawkeye-football/iowa-football-vs-kent-state-score-live-updates-analysis-how-to-watch-on-tv-and-online/ (No. 5 Iowa's 30-7 win over Kent State.)

A special episode of Hawk Off The Press features ESPN's Holly Rowe! She tells The Gazette's Leah Vann why she loves reporting in the state of Iowa, what she noticed at Iowa's practice Wednesday and what she expects in Saturday's Cy-Hawk game at Iowa State.

First ranked Cy-Hawk matchup. Both teams ranked in the top 10. Saturday is set to be a historic Iowa-Iowa State football game, and The Gazette's Leah Vann and Ben Visser are here to break it down on Hawk Off The Press, our Hawkeye football podcast.