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PREGAME SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 IOWA VS. ILLINOIS MEMORIAL STADIUM

Walkons ONCE KEY CONTRIBUTORS TO HAWKEYE FOOTBALL ON THE FIELD, TYLER KLUVER, DRAKE KULICK, AND KEVIN WARD HAVE NOW TAKEN THEIR TALENTS TO THE PODCAST ARENA.

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Illinois Starters

Valerie Burke/The Daily Iowan Iowa running back Jordan Canzeri dashes down the field during the Homecoming game against Illinois in Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 10, 2015. Canzeri rushed for 256 yards.

Iowa’s 2015 Homecoming featured a whole lot of Jordan Canzeri. With the Hawkeyes leading by just 3 points late in the third quarter, Canzeri scored his second touchdown of the game, this time sprinting for a 75-yard score. Canzeri finished with 256 rushing yards and a touchdown, while adding 2 catches for 15 yards and a touchdown. Canzeri finished with more than half of Iowa’s total offensive yards. Hawkeye quarterback C.J. Beathard finished with 200 yards and 2 touchdowns as well, and Iowa won, 29-20.

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ONE ON ONE

NICK EASLEY

Football reporter Jordan Zuniga sat down with Hawkeye wide receiver Nick Easley to tackle some of life’s pressing questions.

Daily Iowan: Is a hot dog a sandwich?

Nick Easley: Yes, because it’s between bread.

DI: Best sandwich place in Iowa City?

Easley: Nodo, I love Nodo.

DI: Go-to shower song?

Easley: “Right Above It,”

by Lil Wayne.

DI: Favorite home-cooked meal?

Easley: I really like when my dad grills steaks and chicken.

DI: Best cook on the team?

Easley: The Paulsens — they’ve done some fun stuff. They did a crawfish boil last year.

DI: Last concert you went to?

Easley: I went to Drake and Future a few summers ago.

DI: Favorite Thanksgiving food?

Easley: Everything.

DI: What’s the best part about being a Hawkeye?

Easley: Just the pride in this program, playing for a good coach like Coach Ferentz. It’s a dream come true.

DI: If you didn’t play football what sport would you play?

Easley: I wish I could play basketball. Unfortunately, my height has limited me.

DI: Favorite athlete?

Easley: I was a big fan of Kobe Bryant growing up, so I’d say him.

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6 - The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, November 16, 2018

Iowa long snapper Tyler Kluver makes a reception on of a trick play on fourth down during the Iowa/Ohio State football game in Kinnick on Nov. 4, 2017. The Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes in a storming fashion, 55-24.

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Washed-up walk-ons

Tyler Kluver, Drake Kulick, and Kevin Ward have taken their experiences from the playing field to the podcast arena.

BY PETE RUDEN peter-ruden@uiowa.edu

Tyler Kluver was a long snapper who had a separate persona for Iowa fans as a special-team folk hero after a clutch trick-play reception set up a Hawkeye touchdown against Ohio State last season, becoming the “polecat.”

Drake Kulick was a hard-nosed fullback who wasn’t afraid to give opposing linebackers a big pop — or of a broken leg.

Kevin Ward was a safety-turned-linebacker who excelled on special teams to become a team captain, having his name announced by head coach Kirk Ferentz every week.

And they were all walk-ons.

Now, just one year after graduation and suiting up for the last time in the Pinstripe

Bowl, the trio are known as podcasters.

The group has found a niche in the Iowa football world after graduation as the hosts of the podcast “Washed Up Walkons.”

But “Washed Up Walkons” is not your father’s talk show about the Hawkeyes. After listening to just part of one episode, it’s clear that the hosts have no problem ragging on each other while also working together with a few choice words here and there. “‘Washed Up Walkons’ podcast is essentially, in a common sense, more of just three buddies hanging out, talking about what they used to do,” Kluver said. “It’s a rough breakdown of current Iowa football with past stories. I like to call it Barstool-esque. It’s like an Iowa version of Barstool …

We like to keep it fun and entertaining. We mostly want to just differentiate and not do

what other people always do.”

The idea for the podcast started as something of a joke. It spawned in a group chat with Kluver, Kulick, Ward, Josey Jewell, Bo Bower, and Ike Boettger after the group lived together.

After a funny conversation one day, Kluver said, someone suggested their conversation should be recorded. A few days later, Ward texted Kluver and Kulick, saying he would be willing to start a podcast with them.

The walk-on bond the three share makes them a perfect choice to host a podcast, because they had to work their way up from the bottom of the totem pole, giving them plenty of stories along the way.

“If anything, it provides each of us the knowledge and understanding that we’ve all gone through the same thing,” Kluver said.

“It was all kind of the same path to where we got as seniors … 100 percent it gives us a very backed-up point of view on how things work from a walk-on standpoint.”

The process of making the podcast has been relatively simple to this point.

Kluver started off by buying Kulick and Ward two USB microphones. Then, the three connect on Zencastr, a program that essentially allows the group to record a three-way call.

Then Kluver takes the three separate audio files and puts them into Audacity, an audio editing program. He proceeds to put the podcast on Anchor, which is what they used to start the show.

Kluver estimates it takes two hours of work — one hour to record and one to edit and upload the real version of the conversation.

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Iowa fullback Drake Kulick holds up a W flag after the Iowa-Nebraska game at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 27, 2015. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cornhuskers, 28-20, to finish a perfect regular season.

Iowa’s Kevin Ward (26) holds up the New Era Pinstripe Bowl trophy after the Hawkeyes beat Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in on Dec. 27, 2017. The Hawkeyes went on to win, 27-20.

When all the work is completed, the podcast becomes available on iTunes, Spotify, Anchor, and other places in which podcasts are found.

Despite its simplicity, “Washed Up Walkons” has gained a legitimate fan base of Hawkeye followers.

Kluver said he thought only a couple hundred people would listen when they first put the podcast up. But the first episode ended up getting around 1,200 listens in a week, the second racked up 1,800, and the third got 5,000. Now, there is a steady audience of about 5,000 to 6,000 people, Kluver said.

Whether it’s discussing favorite Halloween candy or costumes, talking about what they did on and off the field during their days as Hawkeyes, or impersonating Ferentz, the podcast resonates with its listeners.

“I think it [resonates] because of how closed off the Iowa football program is; when you’re in the program, the players who are currently playing now keep everything close to the vest,” Kulick said. “What happens inside the doors of Iowa football stays inside the doors. When players like Tyler, Kevin, and I are able to graduate

have made the motto famous. He’s making his living playing poker, and although he doesn’t want to do it full-time in the future, it’s working out as self-employment in the present.

His current profession — along with the podcast being Barstool-esque — is a fairly good reason to have Kulick give advice on betting.

“I saw Drake had a betting thing — so funny,” kicker Miguel Recinos said. “Because I remember — I think it was the Rose Bowl — he went out I think like every night, and I think he actually won a decent amount of money. It was just funny to hear, because it’s like he’s trying to take it to the next level.”

Kulick’s bit brings something other than football to the forefront of the podcast.

“It started the first week when we found out the line was whatever it was in the game,” Kulick said. “Basically, Kevin and I said, ‘You have to take the Hawks here. This is just easy money.’ From then on, every week, we just discuss the line and where we think if your bet should be placed. It was just kind of another organic deal that just happened.”

and then come back and shine a positive light from the players’ perspective, I think it’s something the fans can’t get anywhere else, so it’s just something that they kind of crave — to know the truth on what goes on in there.”

The trio are only seven episodes in, but it hasn’t taken long for former and current players to become dedicated fans.

“I was with them for four years before they graduated — Tyler, Kevin, and Drake,” said defensive tackle Sam Brincks, who also found his way into trick-play lore with an over-the-shoulder touchdown catch from punter/kick holder Colten Rastetter. “Just knowing who they are, they’re themselves on the podcast, so I think that makes it pretty fun.”

The success of the podcast has generated some advertising for the show in terms of merchandise.

The trio currently sell shirts with popular catch phrases from the show, including the “Let’s Have a Day” line Kluver says to start each podcast and “Hawks By a Million” made famous by Kulick in his betting section of the podcast.

Kulick serves as the perfect person to

So now, one question remains: What’s next for the podcast?

In short, they don’t know. They said they want to do it every week for the foreseeable future at least until the end of the offseason.

The trio don’t have any plans to up it to numerous podcasts a week or expanding it to a live stream or YouTube channel yet.

With it being a local podcast, it may not grow to the point where all three hosts could get paid. But if that was a possibility, Kluver said he thinks all three of them would do it.

Until that point, if it comes, the “Washed Up Walkons” will keep doing what they do best: entertaining fans off the field with their past stories on it.

“It’s really cool for people to kind of hear our stories,” Kluver said. “For us, it’s just our life so it doesn’t seem that interesting.

But for other people, they really enjoy getting a look in through the window of what Hawkeye football is like and some of the things we got to experience.

“It makes us feel super important even though we’re not playing anymore to give people that kind of insight.”

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John Theulen/The Daily Iowan

Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan

Iowa fullback Drake Kulick holds up a W flag after the Iowa-Nebraska game at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 27, 2015. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cornhuskers, 28-20, to finish a perfect regular season.

Iowa’s Kevin Ward (26) holds up the New Era Pinstripe Bowl trophy after the Hawkeyes beat Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in on Dec. 27, 2017. The Hawkeyes went on to win, 27-20.

When all the work is completed, the podcast becomes available on iTunes, Spotify, Anchor, and other places in which podcasts are found.

Despite its simplicity, “Washed Up Walkons” has gained a legitimate fan base of Hawkeye followers.

Kluver said he thought only a couple hundred people would listen when they first put the podcast up. But the first episode ended up getting around 1,200 listens in a week, the second racked up 1,800, and the third got 5,000. Now, there is a steady audience of about 5,000 to 6,000 people, Kluver said.

Whether it’s discussing favorite Halloween candy or costumes, talking about what they did on and off the field during their days as Hawkeyes, or impersonating Ferentz, the podcast resonates with its listeners.

“I think it [resonates] because of how closed off the Iowa football program is; when you’re in the program, the players who are currently playing now keep everything close to the vest,” Kulick said. “What happens inside the doors of Iowa football stays inside the doors. When players like Tyler, Kevin, and I are able to graduate

have made the motto famous. He’s making his living playing poker, and although he doesn’t want to do it full-time in the future, it’s working out as self-employment in the present.

His current profession — along with the podcast being Barstool-esque — is a fairly good reason to have Kulick give advice on betting.

“I saw Drake had a betting thing — so funny,” kicker Miguel Recinos said. “Because I remember — I think it was the Rose Bowl — he went out I think like every night, and I think he actually won a decent amount of money. It was just funny to hear, because it’s like he’s trying to take it to the next level.”

Kulick’s bit brings something other than football to the forefront of the podcast.

“It started the first week when we found out the line was whatever it was in the game,” Kulick said. “Basically, Kevin and I said, ‘You have to take the Hawks here. This is just easy money.’ From then on, every week, we just discuss the line and where we think if your bet should be placed. It was just kind of another organic deal that just happened.”

and then come back and shine a positive light from the players’ perspective, I think it’s something the fans can’t get anywhere else, so it’s just something that they kind of crave — to know the truth on what goes on in there.”

The trio are only seven episodes in, but it hasn’t taken long for former and current players to become dedicated fans.

“I was with them for four years before they graduated — Tyler, Kevin, and Drake,” said defensive tackle Sam Brincks, who also found his way into trick-play lore with an over-the-shoulder touchdown catch from punter/kick holder Colten Rastetter. “Just knowing who they are, they’re themselves on the podcast, so I think that makes it pretty fun.”

The success of the podcast has generated some advertising for the show in terms of merchandise.

The trio currently sell shirts with popular catch phrases from the show, including the “Let’s Have a Day” line Kluver says to start each podcast and “Hawks By a Million” made famous by Kulick in his betting section of the podcast.

Kulick serves as the perfect person to

So now, one question remains: What’s next for the podcast?

In short, they don’t know. They said they want to do it every week for the foreseeable future at least until the end of the offseason.

The trio don’t have any plans to up it to numerous podcasts a week or expanding it to a live stream or YouTube channel yet.

With it being a local podcast, it may not grow to the point where all three hosts could get paid. But if that was a possibility, Kluver said he thinks all three of them would do it.

Until that point, if it comes, the “Washed Up Walkons” will keep doing what they do best: entertaining fans off the field with their past stories on it.

“It’s really cool for people to kind of hear our stories,” Kluver said. “For us, it’s just our life so it doesn’t seem that interesting.

But for other people, they really enjoy getting a look in through the window of what Hawkeye football is like and some of the things we got to experience.

“It makes us feel super important even though we’re not playing anymore to give people that kind of insight.”

8 - The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, November 16, 2018

IOWA HAWKEYES vs. ILL

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IOWA Will Noah Fant get more than three targets?

IOWA Lovie Smith couldn’t beat the Colts in Super Bowl XLI, and now he can’t beat Iowa.

Go Colts.

IOWA Why do I do this to myself?

IOWA The Hawkeyes win, and Noah Fant gets more than 1 reception.

IOWA Probably should stop picking Iowa at this point, but hey, I’m loyal.

IOWA I’ve got a two-game lead, so here are three easy tips for picking college football games and winning.

IOWA Iowa’s best win this year is Iowa State. Let that sink in.

SYRACUSE

NOTRE DAME “Wet like I’m Book,” Ian Book rapping Sicko Mode.

NOTRE DAME Is it just me, or do Notre Dame and Michigan have identical fanbases?

NOTRE DAME I just want to see Conor McGregor as Notre Dame’s mascot.

NOTRE DAME Orange isn’t a real mascot.

NOTRE DAME No. 1, never pick huge underdogs. They almost never win, and when they do, your competitors didn’t pick them.

NOTRE DAME Yankee Stadium’s warmup for the Pinstripe Bowl.

No. 12 Syracuse at No. 3 Notre Dame

Despite obvious inaccuracies in its story line, the movie Rudy is just like the Notre Dame football program: overrated beyond belief.

No. 18 Iowa State at No. 13 Texas

IOWA STATE Zach Smith attacked Tom Herman on Twitter, as if he’s got any sort of credibility to his name.

IOWA STATE Ever seen Twister?

Cyclones beat cows.

TEXAS I’m ashamed that ISU is ranked higher than Iowa but not surprised.

TEXAS Cyclone winning streak dies in Austin.

TEXAS Zach Smith’s tweets can’t beat Tom Herman & Texas, so Iowa State definitely can’t.

TEXAS No. 2., if they’ve got a cool mascot, pick them. For example, I’d always pick Akron over Northwestern. Go Zips.

TEXAS Austin is cool. Ames is Ames.

CINCINNATI

CENTRAL FLORIDA MY National Champions.

CENTRAL FLORIDA Can’t wait to hear Central fans complain more when they miss the playoffs … again.

CENTRAL FLORIDA The Knights are staring down back-to-back national championships.

CENTRAL FLORIDA Are Nebraska fans still claiming Central Florida victories?

CENTRAL FLORIDA No. 3, if you can rhyme the team name with the word “poo,” do not pick them, amirite?

CENTRAL FLORIDA Cue Jim Mora’s playoff rant.

PURDUE Wisconsin’s only road win this season is at Iowa; so much for that Kinnick magic.

WISCONSIN PJ Fleck beat Purdue by 31 & that’s elite.

WISCONSIN Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

PURDUE Years later, historians won’t remember the 2018 Big Ten West race.

No. 19 Cincinnati at No. 11 UCF Wisconsin at Purdue

To all the Central Florida supporters demanding national respect … your strength of schedule ranks 80th in the country.

WISCONSIN My heart’s been in downtown Madison since last season. So has my dignity.

PURDUE Purdue Pete has a really cool name.

BY THE NUMBERS:

ILLINOIS

BY JORDAN ZUNIGA | jordan-zuniga@uiowa.edu

After a string of tough losses to some of the best teams in the Big Ten, Iowa now gets a chance to face off against a cellar dweller in Illinois.

For the Illini, it’s been a season that their fans have come to expect. There’s not much Illinois has done well this season, but that doesn’t make it a complete pushover. The Illini have had an explosive offense that has shown itself at times, such as its output against Minnesota.

WISCONSIN Welcome to the Big Ten West runner-up contest.

2,628

Illini rushing yards

The best thing that Illinois has done this year has been run the football.

The Illini are second in the Big Ten with 2,628 rushing yards this season, and that’s also good enough to rank them 11th nationally. Illinois’ leading rusher is Reggie Corbin, who has 1,011 yards on the ground.

Part of the reason Illinois is so effective at running the football is the numerous ways it gets yards on the ground.

Five players have at least 100 yards on the ground, which includes quarterback A.J. Bush, who has 659 rushing yards; 187 of those yards came from last week’s game against Nebraska, in which he torched the Husker defense.

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Touchdowns allowed

When Lovie Smith coached in the NFL, he was praised as a defensive coach. He cannot be proud of the way his Illinois defense looks this year.

The Illini have allowed at least 40 points in their last five games and six times this season, and they rank dead last in the Big Ten in points allowed, yards allowed, and touchdowns allowed per game.

To put into perspective just how bad this Illinois defense has been, it’s allowed nine more touchdowns than the team that has given up the second most touchdowns.

After a rough showing last week against Northwestern, Nate Stanley and Co. should be able to put up some solid numbers this week.

BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS The two teams that should be playing in the Big Ten Championship are both in the East. This conference is weird.

ANNA KAYSER anna-kayser@uiowa.edu

1) Michigan (9-1):

8) Purdue (5-5):

Can we skip everything and fast forward to Michigan vs. Ohio State?

Minnesota took its boat and rowed it all over Purdue’s gross school colors.

2) Ohio State (9-1):

9) Indiana (5-5):

See above.

3) Penn State (7-3):

A season in which Penn State is irrelevant is a good season in my book.

4) Wisconsin (6-4):

Remember when we all thought Wisconsin was good? Wow, that took a hard turn.

5) Michigan State (6-4):

Michigan State and Iowa State have the “little brother” complex in common.

6) Northwestern (6-4):

I vaguely remember calling Indiana irrelevant once. I enjoy being right.

10) Nebraska (3-7): Is Nebraska … good?

11) Maryland (5-5):

A clear guideline for any team with scandals in the future should be to just fire the head coach.

12) Illinois (4-6):

Lovie Smith is a pretty cool name for a pretty bad head coach.

13) Minnesota (5-5):

I guess sacrificing the nerds to the Big Ten East isn’t that bad of an idea after all.

I would like to take this time to formally apologize for putting Minnesota at No. 4 of these rankings in Week 1. Can everyone let it go now?

7) Iowa (6-4):

14) Rutgers (1-9):

Has anyone seen a running game? Brian Ferentz has lost his.

I honestly forgot Rutgers existed.

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BIG TEN SCHEDULE Ohio State vs. Maryland 11 a.m. | ABC

Maryland’s been having a rough go of it — are we really going to force them to play Ohio State? Why don’t we just give them pancakes and put D.J. Durkin’s face on a dart board?

Penn State vs. Rutgers 11 a.m. | BTN

This game is at home for Rutgers, and there will probably be the same number of people in red there as there would be on the road. At least the Scarlet Knights won’t have to go to Happy Valley.

Northwestern vs. Minnesota 11 a.m. | BTN

Fun fact: Stephen Colbert went to Northwestern, and that’s a big reason that I’m not mad it won the West. Watch the Wildcats lose out now.

Michigan State vs. Nebraska 11 a.m. | FOX

I could see Nebraska beating Michigan State just because it seems as though Scott Frost’s luck is getting better the frostier it gets outside. That was a bad pun.

Wisconsin vs. Purdue 2:30 p.m. | BTN

This game means absolutely nothing. Wisconsin is bad, Purdue’s winning streak came to a screeching halt, and Northwestern won the West. It’s all over.

Urban Meyer, Ohio State head coach

Iowa vs. Illinois 2:30 p.m. | BTN

I’m not even mad that I can’t watch this game on Saturday because it’ll probably end up being a one-score game through the whole thing. At least Illinois is bad enough that Iowa could maybe actually pull off the win.

Maybe.

Indiana vs. Michigan 3 p.m. | FS1

There’s a Wolverines website called “Maize ’n’ Brew,” and that’s the most Michigan thing I think I’ve ever seen. Besides khakis. And Jim Harbaugh being cocky.

Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatch/TNS

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