Plenty of news and notes to cover this week. It's a rare solo podcast for Tom Kakert as he breaks down the news and notes from an Iowa perspective from Big Ten Football Media Days in Indianapolis.

We start by diving into the newly released Iowa football two deeps. It's our first look at Iowa football heading into the start of fall camp next week. We start with the defense and look at every positions and concerns about the defensive line heading into camp. Then we transition into the offensive side of the ball with a breakdown of the offensive line and a player that Iowa fans will want to watch at running back.

We also cover a few news and notes items, including the first game suspension of Kaleb Brown and a player leaving the program before the start of camp. Then we move over to Hawkeye basketball and more specifically, recruiting. We run down several prospects that we saw this past weekend in Chicago at an AAU basketball event. More importantly there are quite a few prospects who have already scheduled official visits to Iowa. We run them all down and look at the Hawkeyes chances with each of them.

It's one of our favorite podcasts of the year leading up to the start of the Iowa football season. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo are joined by their good friend Chad Leistikow from the Des Moines Register to examine the over/under win totals for the entire Big Ten Conference.

But, before we do that, there have been several media sessions in the last two weeks for Iowa football and Hawkeye men's and women's basketball. We discuss what we learned from the Iowa football players this past week, including meeting with Iowa QB Cade McNamara for the first time in quite a while. We update his recover and discuss the Iowa offensive line and just how banged up they were last year.

Then we turn to basketball and start with the women's team and how it has been a pretty seamless transition for Jan Jensen to take over as the head coach and what sort of lineup we could see. We also talk about how important Taylor McCabe and her shooting will be to this team. Then we are very high on the Iowa men's squad and the additions that Fran McCaffery has made to his squad. We talk about lineups and key contributors to that team.

Finally we run down the entire Big Ten win totals for the football season and give our over/under predictions for each team and what our best bets are for this year, along with other conference favorites.

It's been a busy week for Iowa basketball. That means men's and women's basketball and we got a look at both teams this week. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann discuss what they saw at Iowa women's basketball practice earlier on Thursday. Which players were impressive and were there a couple of true freshmen that caught our eye? What about transfer Lucy Olsen? How did she look on the court and why should fans not expect her to be Caitlin Clark. We also received updates from Jan Jensen on the overall program.

Then we moved on to Iowa men's basketball, who also held a media event and allowed a peek into practice earlier this week. What do we think of the new faces on the roster? Who could make an early impact? What about Owen Freeman adding 20 pounds to his frame in the off-season? Did Brock Harding change his jump shot? What's a starting lineup this season?

We also look at 2025 Iowa basketball recruiting and the Hawkeyes are lining up more official visits. We look at who and when those will happen.

Finally we dive into Iowa baseball. The Major League Baseball draft takes place this weekend. Brody Brecht is going in the first round, but what happens with two other Iowa pitchers will greatly impact the Hawkeye rotation next season.