For the first time in 2026: Touchdown #Hawkeyes! Hank Brown to Tony Diaz for 5 yards. Extra point is no good. Iowa leads 6-0 with 9:52 left in the 1st.

It's one drive, but I'm sold on Diaz. Looks like the hype was legit. #Hawkeyes

I am way more excited than this match up deserves but it's the first game!!!! Let's go #Hawkeyes!

I didn’t know I was even going to be here for this season. I’m planning to enjoy it. #Hawkeyes

Game time! 🖤🏈💛

NIU at Iowa, Big Ten Network

Let's Go #Hawkeyes!

LET'S GO #HAWKEYES!

What Marc said. Steve Batterson (who was also a long-time valued Hawkeyes Mic contributor) was an old-school journalist and one of the nicest persons I've ever met let along had the privilege to work with.

#Hawkeyes

The entire Nebraska Football Program over the past several years has been defined by two things (well, three if you count losing): a lack of discipline and a shitload of penalties - and apparently with no end in sight. #B1G #Huskers #Hawkeyes

Wow, just realized this thread took more than two hours. Still don't know what "failed to load blob" means. Sincere thanks for following me & our #Hawkeyes coverage, whether you started 15 years ago at the old place or today on Bluesky, from Hawkmania to Hawkeye Headquarters. See you at 3:15!

My role has changed a bit in 2026, but I'll still play some of the hits here. Like posting this 2011 Kinnick Stadium seating chart to remind you to wear the right color to today's #Hawkeyes game. (Though I'll never forget the guy winning "fan of the game" wearing white at a goldout.) Enjoy the ride!

Here's the full schedule so you can make your own game-by-game predictions. I've got the #Hawkeyes going 10-2 – 11-1 if they can duplicate the Woodshed miracle. You have a few more hours of full optimism before we start nitpicking every 3rd and long draw or kneeldown with 3 timeouts before the half.

My PS2 still works, but I retired the Totally Irrelevant Prediction after 10 years. My prognosis is a #Hawkeyes win today, but a close Iowa opener is as likely as 40-0. I was there for the (TIP-predicted) 24-3 win against Wyoming, 7-3 with no TDs & even an unbearably hot goldout loss to NIU in 2013.

Happy #Hawkeyes game day!

Joel Kellar and Evan Denton go game-by-game and predict each outcome for the 2026 #Hawkeyes season: www.facebook.com/share/v/1cTg... That excerpt from Hawkeye Headquarters Weekly is on Facebook, but the full show is available on YouTube & the free OurQC+ streaming app. Latest episode link:

Evan Denton took a closer look at the #Hawkeyes depth chart and found only three first-year players listed in Iowa’s two-deep. Not surprisingly, Kirk Ferentz sees the new five years of eligibility as a good addition to college sports. www.ourquadcities.com/sports/hawke...

Staying in the HawkeyeHQ.com home base of the Quad Cities, Bettendorf’s Caden Buhr is listed as the starting kicker for the #Hawkeyes. His coach says he has "a very strong leg, and someone who is very focused on not only his technique but his finish." www.ourquadcities.com/sports/hawke...

One place that has raised more than $100,000 for the children's hospital is Public House in Davenport. Joel Kellar & I were there as they kicked off #Hawkeyes football season and their 10th year of fundraising through merchandise, reserved gameday tables & more: www.ourquadcities.com/sports/hawke...

Meet Harlow Taube, today's #Hawkeyes Kid Captain. This 6-year-old started weekly enzyme infusions at 7 weeks old at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Today, she'll lead the greatest tradition in sports: Waving to the kids in that hospital. www.ourquadcities.com/sports/hawke...

First up: It's been "246 days, 5,902 hours, 354,180 minutes, or 21,250,800 seconds" since the last #Hawkeyes gameday. I am not checking his math, but he accurately notes that all that time was still not enough to pick a QB. Here's his preview of today's game: www.ourquadcities.com/sports/hawke...