Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/22/22
On this week’s HTR: -Offense looks a little better…we guess? -Iowa/Rutgers is going to be the punt-fest of the century -Draft of things you want to be 1st at Subscribe to the show on Appl...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/14/22
On this week’s HTR: -Fire Brian Ferentz -Iowa is a laughing stock and no one is happy -Bob Stoops and Fran McCaffery Cameos -Draft of the hardest games to watch in our fandoms Subscribe to the s...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 8/18/22
MEGA PRESEASON PODCAST! -David Eickholt and Sean Bock of 247 Sports -B1G TV Deal -Defensive/Offensive Breakdowns -Breakout players -Over/Unders -Bold Statements -Draft of bad personality traits Subscr...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 8/14/22
On this week’s HTR: -Random football chatter -Nebraska roasting -Draft of first world problems Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Anchor. Follow the show on Twitter, Insta...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 7/13/22
On this week’s HTR: -The boys are back from summer hiatus -Conference realignment -Kadyn Proctor commits/ton of other high recruits commit -Petras throws a football 70 yards -Keegan/Kris Murray ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 3/14/22
IOWA IS B1G CHAMPIONS! On this week’s HTR: -Special guest Trent “Mr. Bets” Pruitt joins the show to help break down the bracket -Cover both the men’s and women’s champion...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 2/26/22
On this week’s HTR: -HAWKEYES ARE HOT -Clark is NPOY -We disavow Russia Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Anchor. Follow the show on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram....
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 2/9/22
On this week’s HTR: -Caitlin Clark going insane -Men’s basketball woes -Draft of favorites days of the year Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Anchor. Follow the show on...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 1/30/22
On this week’s HTR: -Catching up on Iowa sports -New basketball arena? -Compared John Lickliter/Connor McCaffery Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean. Follow the show...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 11/17/21
On this week’s HTR: -Floyd stays in Iowa City -Basketball keeps winning -Draft of our favorite Pixar characters Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean. Follow the show on ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 11/10/21
On this week’s HTR: -Hawks get back on track at NW -Basketball teams start hot -Draft of favorite sports to play Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean. Follow the show on...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 11/2/21
On this week’s HTR: -Another embarrassment in Madison -What to expect at Northwestern -Draft of vessels to drink out of Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean. Follow the ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 10/27/21
On this week’s HTR: -David Bell slaughtering the Hawks -Weird week in CFB -Wisconsin preview -Draft of favorite appetizers Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean! Follow t...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 10/11/21
On this week’s HTR: -Recap of biggest win in 36 years – #4 Penn St. -David Bell preview -Draft of favorite candy Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean. Follow the s...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 10/4/21
On this week’s HTR: -Maryland recap -Penn St. preview -Draft of favorite chain restaurants Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean. Follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, a...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/28/21
On this week’s HTR, the Hawks moved to 4-0 with a win over Colorado St. and the boys broke it down. They also previewed what lies ahead with Maryland. They wrapped up the pod with a draft of the...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/23/21
On this week’s HTR, the boys recap Kent St. and look at what Colorado St. will bring to Iowa City. They also drafted their favorite pre/post game TV and radio crews. Subscribe to the show on App...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/13/21
On this week’s Hawkeye Tailgate Report…IOWA IS A HAWKEYE STATE! The boys broke down the dismantling in Ames and drafted their favorite hungover foods/restaurants. Subscribe to the show on ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/7/21
IT’S HATE WEEK! The Hawkeye Tailgate Report boys break down the Indiana blowout and preview what’s ahead for the Cy-Hawk Game this Saturday. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotif...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/1/21
IT IS GAME WEEK! On this week’s HTR, the boys break down the Indiana game and have a draft of Iowa athletes they’d most like to get a drink with. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 8/23/21
On this week’s HTR, we welcome on 247’s Sean Bock and David Eickholt. The boys preview the 2021 football season with an extra-long football special. They also draft their top bars in Iowa ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 8/14/21
On this week’s Hawkeye Tailgate Report, we cover everything from the last couple months. Garza, Wiesy, Clark, Gilman, and everything in between. Football is only three weeks away! Subscribe to t...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 6/17/21
On this week’s Hawkeye Tailgate Report, we are back from our hiatus! The boys wrapped up last basketball season and looked ahead to the next football. They power ranked the streets in Iowa City ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 3/15/21
On this week’s HTR, IT’S TOURNAMENT TIME! We have a bracket for the first time in two years and the Hawks are the highest they’ve ever been! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 3/4/21
On this week’s HTR, the boys talk about the hideous Michigan game and the beautiful Ohio State game. We are ready for March Madness, and we also drafted our favorite beers to have. Subscribe to ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 2/18/21
On this week’s HTR, the Hawks have hit a grove and the boys break down their recent success. They also spend 30 minutes talking about types of people they hate! Subscribe to the show on Apple Po...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 2/10/21
On this week’s HTR, is the sky falling? Iowa basketball had lost four of five games and the boys let out their frustrations. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or PodBean. Follow ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report- 1/2/20
On this week’s Hawkeye Tailgate Report, we recap a wild game against Rutgers and power rank the teams we hate the most. This was also the first show we’ve ever done at a sponsors house. To...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 12/29/20
On this week’s HTR, we welcome a new sponsor, talk about the meltdown in Minnesota, discuss how much we hate Missouri, and we power rank our top tree nuts. Follow the show on Twitter, IG, and Fa...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 12/20/20
On this week’s HTR, we break down the Gonzaga game for basketball and talk about the Bull coming back to IC for football. Austin’s Tinder game is also discussed. Follow the show on Twitter...
Lecture Hall 12/8: Heaven’s Dinner Table Snake Draft
Welcome back to Lecture Hall presented by Student Union Sports and hosted by Bryce Hopwood and Harrison Sillings. This week we bring in some SU friends to do a snake draft of what dead people we’...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 12/2/20
The HTR boys are back! After a short hiatus, Luke, Joey, and Stin gathered at Luke’s new apartment to talk about the hot-as-hell football and basketball teams! Luka is the GOAT and Brian Ferentz...
Top 3 Pop Songs with Best Rap Features
Anyone who knows me probably thinks I only listen to country music all the time. While I listen to it about 75% of the time, I am an equal opportunity genre listener. My phone has country, rap, pop, C...
Iowa/Penn State – Pure Greatness in 2004
On this date, Oct. 23, 2004, the greatest football game in the history of the sport was played. The Iowa Hawkeyes traveled to Happy Valley to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions. This game had everyt...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 10/20/20
On this week’s episode of the HTR, IT IS GAME WEEK! The full cast previews everything Iowa related: favorite offensive/defensive players, record predictions, bold statements and over/unders for ...
SKOL Nation, It’s Time To Tank For Trevor
I hate losing. Actually, I think I hate it more than I like winning. It pisses me off, and the Vikings losing on a Sunday ruins my weekend. With that being said, it is time to push all of the chips in...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/16/20
FOOTBALL IS BACK! The Big Ten announced Wednesday that football is returning in October. Luke, Joey, Austin and Space Cowboy hopped on to discuss the news. Follow the show on Twitter and Facebook. ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 9/4/20
On this episode of HTR, we talk about there being no football season, what we are going to miss the most of game day, we touch on why football is shutdown and we power rank our favorite Busch Light ca...
Minnesota Vikings 2020 Season Preview
2019 was an interesting year for the Minnesota Vikings. They came into the season with decent expectations and were expected to compete for the NFC North crown. That did not happen, but they still man...
“I have Reopened my Recruitment” -Luke Maiers
Kevin Warren, the Big Ten’s commissioner, has taken the college football season from fans. He has straight up robbed me of my favorite times of the year. It’s not just the football games t...
MLB Needs More Tatis PIMP Jobs
If you are a boomer and hate young people having fun, then this is not the article for you. Late Monday night, Fernando Tatis Jr., one of the young faces of baseball did something that had the ‘...
Sir Yacht – the hero we need or one, big cock tease?
2020 wound up and kicked Big Ten football programs, players and fans square in the pills early last week. The season was ‘postponed‘ which was vague to say the least. Clearly, the presiden...
Rutgers, stay in your lane
2020 may not have a college football season. That is still up in the air and who knows what in the hell is going to happen. But, Big Ten presidents did meet this past weekend to discuss this decision....
“We have big goals in mind” – Garza returns to Iowa City
Sunday was basically Christmas Day for Iowa Hawkeye fans. Since early-April, when Luka Garza announced he was going through the NBA Draft Evaluation Process, Iowa fans had been worried. They feared th...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report Special Edition – LUKA IS BACK, BABY!
Luka Garza has become a god and is coming back to Iowa City for his senior season! Luke, Joey and Austin talked about his announcement and what it means for the Hawks. They got off track and talked ab...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 7/27/20
On this week’s HTR, Bryce Hopwood (@BeastyHops) from Student Union Sports joins the show. Hopwood is a Wisconsin fan so we discussed the new changes to the B1G schedule, we power ranked the top ...
Hawkeye Tailgate Report – 6/24/20
Topics On this week’s HTR, the guys talk about the Doyle situation with the football program, what this does to Coach Ferentz’s legacy and Sean Bock with 247 Sports joins Austin and Luke f...
Doyle done at Iowa following racist claims
America is on the hot seat. Over the last couple of weeks, social injustice has been brought to the forefront of citizen’s everyday lives. The murder of George Floyd a few weeks ago has created a pu...
Vikings land the GOAT – Nate Stanley
Every year I, a Minnesota Vikings fan, watch my favorite team pass on Iowa Hawkeyes, my favorite college team. It never fails. The Vikings have passed on names like Desmond King, Michael Ojemudia and ...
The Student Union Sports Podcast: Trivia Edition
Todays Episode of the Student Union Sports Podcast features the first round of the Student Union Trivia Tournament of Champions (Its a working title…) Writers competing include Johnny Rambos, PJ...
Student Union Staff CFB Roundtable
We are now three weeks into the college football season. With conference play beginning for most teams this weekend, some of our writers sat down to discuss the biggest story lines of the season so fa...
The Student Union Sports Podcast: Episode 1
We hope you enjoy the first ever episode of the Student Union Sports Podcast. The goal of this specific Podcast is to offer a look at college sports from the perspective of actual college students whi...
Knee Jerk Reaction to the First Coach’s Poll
THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke “Big Takes” Maiers. The first USA Today Coach’s Poll is out for the college football season and there isn’t much to complain about here. Some teams get a to...
Student Union Study Hall: Episode 9
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maier...
Bulldogs Slay The Huskies: The Moment of March
THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers. I have never been much of a women’s basketball fan, aside from the Queen Bees here at St. Ambrose University, but what the Mississippi State women just did ha...
Student Union Study Hall Episode 8
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown, and Luke “Big Takes” Maie...
Student Union Study Hall: Episode 7
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown, and Luke “Big Takes...
The Big Ten has been GOOD All Year
THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers. All college basketball season Big 12 and ACC fans have been dismantling the good name that is Big Ten Basketball. Those groups have been calling the conference weak...
Student Union Study Hall: Episode 6
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maier...
The Abomination that is the Selection Committee
THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers. Every year after the field of 68 teams has been filled for the NCAA Tournament there is outrage over seeding, who got in, and who didn’t get in. This season i...
Student Union Study Hall: Episode 5
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Ben Shumate, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maie...
Releasing The Baer From His Cage
This is an article by Luke Maiers. As the end of the Big Ten regular season hit Sunday night, all of the athletes stats for the season were final. With every point, rebound, and assist tallied, it was...
Jordan Bohannon Keeps Iowa’s Heart Beating
HOLY SANTA CLAUS SHIT, Iowa somehow still has a chance to make the NCAA Tournament after beating Wisconsin on Thursday night. As a die-hard Iowa fan, I could not control my excitement after the Hawkey...
The BIGGEST Play of the College Basketball Season
THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers who is a member of Team Joey Freshwater. Earlier this college basketball season I wrote an article on how the Northwestern Wildcats had a real chance at making the N...
Student Union Study Hall Episode 4
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maier...
Student Union Study Hall: Episode 3
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes” Maier...
Student Union Study Hall: Episode Two
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes...
AL-right CBB Gambling Picks, 2/10
WEEKLY BETTING LINES, done by Luke Maiers and Austin Brown. Current Record: 17-23 What an ugly week for out betting lines when we had so much confidence. We got absolutely demolished and our lines wer...
Student Union Study Hall: Episode One
Student Union Study Hall is a weekly College Basketball recap produced by college students for college students. Each week Student Union writers Liam Smith, Austin Brown and Luke “Big Takes̶...
Luke-Warm Takes: Big Ten POY Watch AND ONE
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers. It is a damn shame that two of the best players in the nation are from the same conference because both Ethan Haap and Caleb Swanigan...
AL-right CBB Gambling Picks
WEEKLY BETTING LINES, done by Luke Maiers and Austin Brown who are members of Team Joey Freshwater. Current Record: 14-16 We just can’t seem to find a winning week. With that being said, I am ne...
Is Iowa Better Without Jok?
THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers who is a member of Team Joey Freshwater. Now before everyone gets all excited and calls me an idiot, I would just like to say that I appreciate what Peter Jok has do...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten POY Watch AND ONE
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers. What did we learn in the Big Ten this week? Iowa can win convincingly without Peter Jok, Melo Trimble and Maryland are running away w...
AL-right CBB Gambling Picks
WEEKLY BETTING LINES, done by Luke Maiers and Austin Brown who are members of Team Joey Freshwater. Current Record: 9-11 I will admit that last week we led you into a losing record, but in our defense...
No Place Like Home
THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers who is a member of Team Joey Freshwater. There is nothing like the home court advantage, especially when it comes to college basketball. The roar of the crowd, the o...
Collins Trying to Take the Wildcats Dancing
THIS IS AN ARTICLE, by Luke Maiers who is a member of Team Joey Freshwater. The History There are 351 schools in NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball, and there are only a hand full of teams that ha...
Luke-Warm Takes: Big Ten POY Watch AND ONE
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers. The Big Ten is going to be a dog fight all the way until tournament time, and I truly believe that any team in the conference can mak...
AL-right CBB Gambling Picks
WEEKLY BETTING LINES DONE, by Luke Maiers and Austin Brown. Last week was a kick to the shorts when Butler made two free throws with one second left to cover against Xavier, that’s how close AL-...
The Change Iowa Needed
THIS IS AN ARTICLE FOR STUDENT UNION SPORTS, by Luke Maiers. Think of the most boring, predictable thing you can think of (such as grass growing or paint drying), and you have the Iowa Hawkeye’s...
Luke-Warm Takes: Big Ten POY Watch AND ONE
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers . There were some impressive stat lines thrown up in the last week, some of those coming in losses. The race just keeps tightening up ...
Another Feather in Swanigan’s Hat
THIS IS ARTICLE IS BY LUKE MAIERS WHO IS A MEMBER OF TEAM JOEY FRESHWATER. Background Thursday night while I was at the Purdue, Iowa game, I was ripping into pretty much every player that the Boilerma...
AL-right CBB gambling picks 1/14
How are YOU coping with the sad realization that there’s no more college football? Some turn their attention to the NFL, some use the spring months as a hiatus from sports and some have no choic...
Student Union College Basketball Mid-Season Awards
Pour some out for the first half of the college basketball season. Now that football season is over, America turns it’s eyes to the hardwood to fill the void left in their schedule. So far this ...
Luke-Warm Takes: Big Ten POY Watch
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH, by Luke Maiers. Is it the year of the big man in the Big Ten? It only makes sense that it would be because looking at the standings for the conferenc...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS, by Luke Maiers. What did we learn this week in the Big Ten? The sea of red game (Neb. vs. Wisc.) gave us one hell of a show, Northwestern might actually be goo...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS, by Luke Maiers. What did we learn this week in the Big Ten? Michigan State can’t wait for basketball season, TDs for Harambe has won more at TCF Bank Sta...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS, by Luke Maiers. What did we learn this past weekend in the Big Ten? It really sucks being Joey Julius, Rutgers likes to give up points, Jabrill Peppers is the ...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS, by Luke Maiers. What did we learn this week in the Big Ten? Iowa and Michigan State are overrated, there are some pillow fight of games coming up in conference...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS, by Luke Maiers. What did we learn this weekend in the Big Ten? Wisconsin is the team to beat in the West, Michigan State is very overrated and Ohio State is be...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS, by Luke Maiers What did we learn this weekend in the Big Ten? If you are an Iowa, Illinois or Wisconsin fan, this past weekend gave you high blood pressure. If...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS, by Luke Maiers. What did I learn this past weekend in college football? The Big Ten West is back to being equally as strong as the East, CJ Beathard is turning...
Luke-Warm Takes: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings
THIS IS A WEEKLY BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS, by Luke Maiers. Sitting here on a Wednesday night and reminiscing about the previous college football week and wondering what my life would be like if I droppe...
The Kickoff
Here at Student Union, we are getting excited for the upcoming college football season! We have spent the entire summer preparing for our 2nd football season as a site. We’ve been working wit...
It’s Baseball Season…Let’s Talk Heisman Hopefuls
I am DREADING classes starting in August, and I am sure other students are too, but the only thing that motivates me when school rolls around is knowing that the salvation of football is approaching. ...
Way Too Early Big Ten Power Rankings
Big Ten football is coming off of a year where it saw ten of the teams in the league make a bowl game. Granted, one of those teams was Nebraska who only had five wins, but nonetheless, the Big Ten was...
Student Union’s March Madness – Live Blog
Student Union presents a running commentary on the first round of the NCAA Tournament our top Contributors. Join us by leaving comments in the blog or tweet @StudentUSports and our Contributors if y...
March Madness: Teams of Destiny
Year in and year out there are teams that enter the NCAA Tournament that no college basketball fan thinks can win it all. But after the brackets are announced, the records disappear. It is a clean sla...
Straying Away From Tradition
Duke. Kentucky. Kansas. Such rich histories for every single one of them, but in recent years, the tide has been changing from the traditional ways of winning. Up until the 2000’s, elite basketball ...