Friday Night Hawkeye Football? Scott Dochterman joins from LA, Iowa Baseball in the B1G Tournament

though the Iowa football schedule is set we're trying to start to figure out some kick times Kirk Faris said last week I was going to be playing a Friday game and no not just that Black Friday game against Nebraska when is shawk going to be played we break it down plus Scott docman joins us from media day over in La all coming up today lock down Hawkeyes you are locked on Hawkeye your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes part of the locked on podcast Network your team everyday I'm Trent Condon and this is the lock down Hawkeyes podcast thanks for making lockdown Hawkeyes your first listen every day we're available wherever you find podcasts and you can also find us on YouTube while you're there make sure you hit the Subscribe button helps us get in front of more Hawkeye fans today's episode is brought to you by LinkedIn these days every new potential High can feel like a high stakes wager for your small business that's why LinkedIn jobs helps find the right people for your team faster and for free post your job for free at linkedin.com lockon colge terms and conditions apply well as we get ready for the football season yes we are still months away from it but we are inside of triple digits now inside of 100 days until the kickoff of the 2024 college football season Iowa will get things started in week one against Illinois State then of course the big instate rivalry matchup against Iowa State in week number two speculation is bounding right now as we are getting closer and closer to finding out when exactly these games are going to be played and a little nugget last week as Kirk fence was in West de Mo for his annual stopover during the cold chicken tour as they made their way around the I Club Circuit and made their way to West de and a full house it was great to see that lot of excitement obviously building of blutter also made an appearance there which uh came as a surprise to a lot of people because the day previous she had announced her retirement but um heard a lot of good things uh from the event I wasn't over in Iowa City at an event of my own but um heard some good things and some nuggets that always come out of those and one of the biggest I thought was coach fence mentioning that the potential and the likelihood that they're going to be playing another Friday night game this season not just the Black Friday game against Nebraska which has become Tradition now since them joining the Big 10 and putting that at the end of the season it's something that frankly I think is a good thing for Iowa football getting that National Spotlight it's also helped that Iowa has been the plus side of this rivalry as of late and have had so many of those games go their way throughout the year so you got that component to it but uh you look through the schedule all right Black Friday against Nebraska sure makes sense it's going to be there it's always going to be there in this year game back in Iowa City and one that very well could decide a lot in terms of not just the potential for these teams U making their way into and moving up the the pecking order if you will for blll games because I do believe both these teams are going to be bold teams this season it could mean a little bit more for Iowa you go through the schedule and something we've talked about in the past throughout this spring this is as advantageous of a schedule as you're going to find in the Big 10 yes you have to go to Ohio State that's going to be incredibly difficult but you're going to draw somebody good you're going to draw the best of the best and that is the Buckey in my mind this season however even you play them in kinck I don't think I was beating this Ohio State team at least the way that they look on paper what they did in the transfer portal if they can figure out that offensive line and exactly what they're going to do at the quarterback position I think that's going to be a whole lot about this team that's going to be contending for a national championship is it will Howard is it one of the guys that have been around for a while what direction do they go there because all the other parts that defense is a leap and a whole lot more so yes that is incredibly difficult matchup but the rest of the Big 10 slay in fact the week before or the game before I should say they take on Minnesota they go up to Minnesota revenge on their mind this Minnesota team the odds makers do not have a whole lot of Hope for Minnesota at this point in time you kind of look through at the numbers that are out there right now in terms of win totals and certainly one of the lowest that we've seen in a long time for Phil Flex Squad up in Minnesota that's a matchup then you get the byee going into that matchup against Ohio State after that you come home for Washington Washington some some of the lowest numbers of returning starters in all of college football yes they played for the national championship a year ago but what this Washington team's going to be kayin dor now getting his mail obviously in Tuscaloosa um just a lot of change there and it's going to be I think a level up if you will a step up for them and a change going into the Big 10 I think I was certainly the favorite in that game after that it's a road trip to Michigan State home for Northwestern in Wisconsin after that then the road trips back to back UCLA Maryland and finishing up Black Friday against Nebraska so when you're looking at this schedule what are the games that make the most sense for a Friday night matchup what make the most sense uh I think there's two that probably make the most sense first of all mentioning Ohio State Ohio state has made it known in no uncertain terms they will not play Friday home games in Columbus they won't do it Iowa has used the excuse and it's a very good one with the hospital there and parking how difficult it is to pull something like that off they said they'd be willing to do it on Labor Day weekend luckily that hasn't come to fruition I I hate Friday night games I work Friday nights I'm calling High School football here across the state and because of that I despise them but I know the way that things are done anymore it's about TV and TV dictates what's going to be done so let's cross that one off now the potential Minnesota they played there a few years ago that was the infamous Le the T timeouts and take the pig moment from Kirk fence rubbing it in a little bit against PJ Fleck oh that was so good i' would love to have another opportunity for that that could be a possibility for Iowa that would be on September 20th that game then would be played on a Friday night if they go that direction some other potential games at Michigan State again a potential one Iowa would have played at home the week before that's a potential but I think the ones that make the most sense are the last two Road games of the year first the trip out to UCL much easier to put them in a late window and you're trying to find new TV Windows you put that as a 9:00 Central kickoff on like an FS1 something like that if they have a double header of football one starts at six this one well probably more like 9:30 before it gets going I know a lot of people already making plans to go out there uh let's see because it sounds like this news is potentially going to come out this week if it is UCLA might have to be changing around your travel plans just a little bit in order for that to happen and then the following game against Maryland Iowa will be coming off a bye they do have a bye after that game against UCLA at the Rose bow that is scheduled right now for November 9th with a byee there don't have to worry about the quick turnaround and then I on top of it would also get a full week to prepare for the matchup against Nebraska something that they obviously don't always have playing Saturday and then coming back on Friday on a short week so I guess if everything goes according to the way that we would want it I think the Maryland game would be the one that makes the most sense rest component coming off of what they have with the bye after the UCLA game I think that's one that you potentially certainly would be circling but we should find out here pretty soon this is the time late May that normally we start to get these schedules we get to find out a little bit more of about exactly what it's going to look like as it pertains to the TV schedule the other note on shawk so week two scheduled for September 7th uh for that one couple of big 10 games have already been announced in week two the first one the big one Texas going to Michigan how about that matchup a potential top 10 matchup early in the season with the Wolverines the defending national champion Texas comes to town with qu newers and Company a lot of returning Talent on that longhorn team and a lot of Buzz about Texas in their first year in the SEC that has already been designated as the big noon kickoff it'll be 11 o'clock Central Time on big fox they will have that one the other game also scheduled already in week two is the Colorado Nebraska game that game being played in Lincoln this season that'll be the NBC game 6:30 kickoff for that one so when you're looking around obviously the biggest window still remaining would be the 230 kickoff on CBS uh that would be what you're looking at some other good games that weekend in the Big 10 you have an all big 10 matchup with Michigan state of Maryland you those teams anticipated to be great certainly of this season another one to keep an eye on potentially would be Boise State at Oregon fan base of Boise what kind of generation are you gon to get out of eyeballs now Oregon likely a preseason top five team so that could certainly drive drive some viewership there Kansas goes to Illinois on the surface Kansas Kansas a lot of people's top 25 in the preseason two teams from the power structure a potential there but those are who here kind of fighting with right now that 230 window which would be great 230 kickoffs for me are absolutely perfect he's still got your evening got a chance to get back watch the late games if you're making your way back from Iowa City so you have all that that's my hope is that what we're going to get we'll get that 230 kickoff with shawk coming up this season well Scott dman he is in Los Angeles right now as there are big 10 meetings happening we'll talk with Doc a little bit about what's going on there break things down and get you ready for the big 10 baseball tournament right around the corner Iowa was qualified as the number five seed what's the path for Iowa Baseball but coming up next we with Doc Scott Doan joins us this is locked on Hawkeyes when you're hiring for your small business you want to find quality professionals that are right for the role that's why you have to check out LinkedIn jobs LinkedIn jobs has the tools to help find the right Professionals for your team faster and for free I'm a small business owner it is 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linkedin.com lockdown col to post your job for free terms and conditions apply Los Angeles Big 10 meetings in La as the footprint for the Big 10 has expanded to the Westcott do Min is there doc Trenton Ken uh thank you for coming on Doc how are you and what are you attending here uh that takes you to Los Angeles well it's a big 10 meetings this week uh through Wednesday and so there's a lot to discuss here uh as as you probably know the the house uh case the the settlement is in in kind of prime position for H you know for that to happen plus there's all kinds of issues regarding travel and you know whether it's TV how things are going to get set up and the future and stuff so um this is a at this Resort here they uh it's the first time I can remember they have the men's basketball women's basketball and football coaches all here along with all the administrators so there's a lot going on and uh you know they haven't quite started yet but they'll start this afternoon so as we talk about the house case I mean what are you unearthing what are you kind of waiting for and and an opportunity to talk to these people we know it's huge and the impact is going to be immense when it comes down what's kind of the latest on that front and how close we are to getting some kind of settlement it appears that the votes uh for uh will happen on Thursday as to whether not this goes through uh you're looking at $2.7 billion uh settlement and this will come kind of in parcel where about 40% of it or so will will come from the NCAA itself the r remaining like 1.6 billion will come from um future against future revenues from the NCA tournament um which is where they NCA primarily gets its Revenue so means every school will lose money on the well not lose money but lose make less money I guess on the NPA tournament and uh it doesn't damage these schools nearly as much as it will say the uh the group of five teams you know a draker in Northern Iowa where you know if you take a you know $100,000 out of their budget that's huge so uh there's that there there's also the opportunity and probability that schools will have the will be able to pay for um student athletes up to 20 million per year um the the split right now it appears to be based on percentage of female and male athletes so if it's your 50% 52% female 52% of that money will go to female athletes so um it's a very complicated case I I don't know that I could go too far in depth in detail on a lot of the other topics but it is uh vastly important um is big I think this is probably even bigger in the big picture as what we saw with three years ago with nil and the alustin case uh doc Tony Pati you've been on the job I think essentially about a year now right I think it was middle of May last year they got what would uh how would you not great but some of the highlights of PA's first year as Big 10 commissioner how do you think it's gone oh wow well it's uh it's certainly been impactful let's what it that way I mean when you look at everything that has changed I mean being able to get you know watched in Oregon uh going with uh what's going on here I mean he's basically hopped on the treadmill at 12 and hasn't really slowed down over the course of this year I mean you know the the TV contracts were you know finalized uh so there there's a lot um you know in this league and then trying to figure it out you know whether it's you know non-divisional play in football uh figure out travel that's going to be a major factor here this week and and so yeah he's I I mean it's hard to give him a grade but I I'll say that his short Reign thus far has been one most impactful that I've ever seen so our first opportunity to talk to you doc since the surprise announcement a week ago in the afternoon the subter is retiring and very quickly 23 minutes later Jan Jensen has been named the head coach something that came together very quickly for Beth gets though she had a little more thought time than just a press release that we saw there uh take us in a little bit your thoughts on the retirement Jan getting the job and the job that Beth gets did in order to make this happen very quickly yeah it happened all it came together very quickly and it's funny you bring that up because I uh when I was actually talking to Jan Jensen here while you when you called um there's uh you know this was something that uh she had to be prepared for but also you know happen very quickly and that was um you know you you've got to look big picture Iowa you know is is Jam the best fit or you could probably get all the maybe 10 15 or so coaches in the country that would be interested in coming to Iowa so she had to really hone in on that I mean you know it it looks like a no-brainer to elevate Chan but you gotta do your due diligence and so when Lisa mentioned that then she had to figure it out very quickly you also had it was a dead period so they had to wait on on Lisa's announcement because you didn't want to the the recruits stranded because they' have a lot of questions you can't talk to them so they they had to be very strategic because you you imagine if uh that would have happened say a week ago W Thursday and then you had to wait till Monday to contact them that been tough on them and their families and you probably have to try to go through a third party but even then they're G then then you know that everybody's going to be gunning for them that you know that maybe they they're not allowed to talk but some coach might call their High School coach and say oh by the way you know so you know there there's a lot there and uh but I think it best handled it about as well as he possibly could and um and here we are Scott dman from the athletic is our guest doc I do you know the an I'm Pat Fitzgerald if he was still at Northwestern would his kid be playing for him or was he looking to get out from Dad's Shadow do you know I I don't know but I I would my guess is you would probably play for him as a walk on um you know it is interesting Drew McBarron uh who also goes to Bola and his dad was an associate head coach for pits and and now pitts's son and they're both going to Iowa and I was there when they visited last year um against the Michigan State game and it was kind of a surprise to see Pat on the sideline but but overall it was um you know they they have the one the one thing with with Pat and Pat the Gerald and and with uh Kirk you know they have great respect for one another so I think that's uh that's apparent and so um you know Brian feral will come on as as a walk on of course if he does get uh a few more offers um Power five offers then maybe that will change but but Ryan was certainly wanting to to come to Iowa and and from what I was told by you know somebody very close to pits and then and then also uh Iowa was really interested in getting him in the program as a walk well I mean there's a bil analys or analyst out there in college football I mean can't Kirk find a spot maybe for him get cool his heels a little bit and and come in I they don't need a ton of help on the defensive side of the football but getting him in the building wouldn't be a bad thing right I wouldn't do it right now I mean not until after this case is settled I think I think you really want to make sure that you know they've had there's been enough issues around all the programs you just want to avoid that now if he comes back and he's um considered you know nothing he did nothing and was found you know not guilty but not liable for any of that then sure you know but he probably will have some other offers as he goes I would think so Scott doc doc so uh you'll be there covering it for the three days uh what can we look forward to as far as far as subscribers to the athletic what are you planning on doing well I'm gonna really just try to hone in on on what happens here I have a lot of questions about the Big 10 moving forward I mean how are they going to manage this I mean being on both coasts uh how are they going to handle travel how are they going to handle be in a new league with four main Brands coming into it and everything from tiebreakers in football to what may be the future of uh you know championship games and vocation so I think there's a lot here and uh you know and then and there's probably a lot that I haven't even thought about happen uh good stuff Scott dockman from the athletic doc thank you uh have a safe trip home enjoy your stay out in the west coast and we'll talk to you in a week thank you Scott dockman all right thank you appreciate it see buddy Scott doerman as he joins us from the Big 10 meetings that are taking place thanks as always to Scott doerman for joining us great information from him and should be a lot of news making its way through the Big 10 landscape a lot of changes continue on the horizon coming up this week it's the big 10 baseball tournament Iowa has qualified but the schedule makers did the Hawkeyes no 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find exactly what you can for find with FanDuel it's America's number one Sportsbook Trey Conor back with you one final time on the lockdown Hawkeyes podcast thanks for making locked on Hawkeyes your first listen every day so here we are on the Big 10 tournament and though this Iowa Baseball season has been a disappointing one certainly for the Iowa baseball program preseason top 20 and have not come close to those Heights there's been frustrations really up and down this team so many different angles early on in the season it was the bullpen issues not being able to find the right guys at the right opportunity and though the excuse me Bullpen certainly improved throughout the course of the year it was not at the level that we thought I think it was coming into the season the starting rotation had a set of issues Brody Breck was struggling with a lot of different things early on in the season and has really turned it around here over the last month plus and we're seeing the best of Brody bre but it also went arai his last start on Thursday night here in De Mo at principal park in that game against Florida International we knew BR wasn't going to throw a ton in that game but struggled with his command and something that we see certainly from time to time with him Kate over Mueller the way that he has stepped up this year and been maybe the most consistent of the starting pitching as frustrating at times as bre season has been Marcus Morgan has been just absolutely terrible and it's been an awful year for him the injuries that have been sustained to the offense that's been a big part of it this season it's just been a year that has not gone according to plan and not only that but remember Iowa Baseball Rick Keller had put a ton of work into the fundraising for rebuilding if you will Dwayne Banks field and putting in everything to make it up to code for a big 10 baseball stadium it looked like the funding was there and then that was pulled away as some of the financing that was looked to be delivered by some investor here from De Moine fell through didn't guy didn't have the money and with it uh now they're back to the drawing board on that one so there's just been so many hiccups that have happened in this baseball season you know a coach at a a non-revenue sport like baseball at a place like Iowa you have to wear a lot of hats speaking of what we talked about earlier with LinkedIn that's Rick hel he has to do so much and to have that and feel like you have things close to the Finish Line at minimum for the rebuild of Dwayne banksfield and then have that pulled out I mean that frustration coupled the way the season has gone has been there but now Iowa gets ready for their first matchup now the schedule is not great for Iowa so they will play they'll be the only team well them in Michigan that will not get to play on the opening day on Tuesday they have to wait until Wednesday to play their quarterfinal round matchup against the Wolverines so they play at two o'clock that means that their schedule's compressed even more that means more taxing under Bullpen Iowa has to win the Big 10 tournament to be an NCAA tournament team there's no if ins or butts about it there is no path for this team to get in as an at large team with what their record and RPI is at this point in time it's just not going to happen so you have to do it and the obviously the easiest way to do it is winning that opening game you lose your first game of the Big 10 tournament coming back and even getting to a championship game is just so incredibly difficult so they're the four five matchup Michigan won the season series both these teams tied with 14- 10 records in the Big 10 this year Michigan gets to be the home team as the higher seed as they won the series earlier this season in Iowa City on two games to one Illinois the top seed is also on their side of the bracket the eight seed Penn State is the other one they will play the late game Illinois and Penn State will on Tuesday night it'll get started on Tuesday Morning the Battle of Indiana it'll be the hooers against the boil makers followed up by Nebraska Ohio State that'll be 2 o'cl on Tuesday afternoon if Iowa wins their first match up against Michigan they will come back then the next day on the 23rd play at six o'clock against the winner of Illinois Penn State likely the top seat line ey in that one if they lose though they will drop down and they will play then at 10 A.M a quick turnaround again into the 23rd the morning of the 23rd is when they will play in that one and then that means winning one two three four games in a row to get to the Big 10 championship game if they would fall early on the path is incredibly difficult bre's going to get the ball in game now one the other component speaking of Brody breckton getting him out there you know if they would have been able to play on Tuesday if the schedule would have went their way or tiebreakers would have went their way whatever it was even got another win in there at some point Brody BR wasn't going to be able to come back and pitch in a championship game and give you 110 pitches but he could probably give you a couple innings and that likely is completely off the board now if that does play out and that's another disappointing way this went they did in the past try to play four games on that first day where we had games that were ending was it Iowa Indiana won here I can't remember who it was against that thing went late late into the night and then you turn around the next day and you got to play again so they decided to move off of that don't love it because it hurts the Hawkeyes in this instance but it's the reality and that's what it is baseball coming up and we get ready for the off seon of most everything right around the corner putting a cap on all the spring Sports and then it'll be a leadup in the football season we got you covered every day here on locked on hawyes thanks for making lock 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