'He's a f****** killer.'.'One of the best basketball minds in America.'. Eickholt: Why Ben McCollum was and is still my top choice to take over the Iowa program:.

RT @SBock247: It was a busy Friday at #Iowa Football Media Day in Iowa City. Here are the top takeaways from the day, via the HawkeyeInsi….

Iowa Football: Hawkeye head coach Kirk Ferentz gave an in-depth look into his 2025 team. Lots of optimism with Mark Gronowski, WRs and more .

RT @SBock247: One of #Iowa basketball's top targets in the 2026 class has scheduled an official visit to Iowa City. More here: https://t.….

RT @DavidEickholt: Iowa Men's Basketball Coach took about 45 minutes with me this morning to talk about his coaching journey, why he came b….

RT @DavidEickholt: HawkeyeInsider got about 15 minutes of audio-only conversation with Iowa head coach Ben McCollum for our VIP members. He….

Tim Lester says that Hank Brown has had “an unbelievable camp.” . Really high praise for Mark Gronowski as well. Especially the level of improvement from practice 1 to now.

A lot of questions about cornerback heading into this camp and now there are even more. Tomorrow’s going to be interesting.

Kirk Ferentz says that the LB competition is “wide open” right now.

Kirk Ferentz on WR play: it’s too close to call right now. We’ll see how the next three weeks play out. It’s a good healthy competition right now. Can see how much more optimistic he is with the potential of this year’s group.

Kirk Ferentz said that the left tackle spot is wide open. He said that compared to April, it's a much healthier competition.

Kirk Ferentz on passing game now versus last year: It’s been good…. We saw some things two nights ago and this morning. Says that it looks like they might have a chance to make some tough plays on third down. Believes Iowa has a chance for good OL play and good QB play.

Kirk Ferentz says that former Iowa DT Noah Shannon has been hired as an Assistant in Player Development. Great landing spot for Shannon, who was beloved by teammates and coaches during his time at Iowa.

Kirk Ferentz set to begin his 27th season at the helm of the Hawkeyes:

1,000 tickets left for Penn State and Oregon. 3,000 tickets left for Michigan State.

Iowa Men's Basketball Coach took about 45 minutes with me this morning to talk about his coaching journey, why he came back to Iowa, how he establishes culture, his offseason, how the weight room has elevated his players and more. Great insight: .

HawkeyeInsider got about 15 minutes of audio-only conversation with Iowa head coach Ben McCollum for our VIP members. He talks about establish his culture at Iowa, why he turned down multiple power-4 opportunities to come here and more. VIP: .

I asked Ben McCollum about the notion that Iowa is going to play the slowest pace in the country like they did at Drake. I also brought up how fast they played at Northwest. "Did people look at the previous 15 teams (I coached)?" . Me: I did, I had some time on my hands. Him:.

Ben McCollum: If (my career) was all about jumping and trying to move levels, then I would have done that a long time ago. Sure, it had to be the right situation with the right platform.”. Called Iowa a “destination job”.

Ben McCollum confirmed he was offered multiple power-four opportunities this offseason but he told them he wasn’t interested. “I love the University of Iowa…” . “It was one of those things that was the right fit.”.