Iowa Nice Guy

Iowa Nice Guy: Sweet 16 Special

March Madness has arrived, and for the first time in decades, Iowa is back in the Sweet 16. And somehow… Nebraska is too. This episode of The Iowa Nice Guy covers: • Iowa vs Nebraska in a rubber match that feels both historic and deeply unsettling • Fred Hoiberg’s complicated legacy in Iowa and his current reality in Nebraska • Court-storming chaos, strange explanations, and rivalry tension at its peak • Ben McCollum’s reset of Iowa basketball and why it finally looks different • Iowa State vs Tennessee and the impact of Joshua Jefferson’s injury • Why March is less about the best team and more about the team that survives It’s rivalry. It’s chaos. It’s March. And somehow, it’s Iowa vs Nebraska with everything on the line. 🍺 Presented by Modelo

Iowa Nice Guy - Week 21 (2025) | Season 3 Finale

This is the Season 3 finale of The Iowa Nice Guy — and the end of one of the strangest, loudest, most revealing seasons college football has ever produced. This episode explores: • The quiet collapse of SEC dominance • How parity finally broke the sport’s old hierarchy • Why the national championship between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Miami Hurricanes tells us everything about where college football is headed • Miami’s long-buried swagger and why it still rubs people the wrong way • Indiana’s rise from polite indifference to the most compelling story in sports • Curt Cignetti’s blunt, joyless, relentless approach — and why it works Indiana isn’t nostalgia. Indiana is possibility. And that idea should make every fan in America uncomfortable — and hopeful — at the same time. 🍺 Presented by Modelo

Iowa Nice Guy, Week 20 - 2026 | CFP Semis, Indiana’s Moment & The Transfer Portal Era

The College Football Playoff semifinals are here — and the sport has officially entered its weirdest era yet. In this episode of The Iowa Nice Guy, we cover: • Ole Miss vs Miami and the “someone has to win” semifinal • Oregon vs Indiana and the pressure on Dan Lanning and Curt Cignetti • Why Indiana’s run is already one of the most remarkable stories in modern college football • The transfer portal: who it helps, who it hurts, and why fans are losing their grip on rosters • How the SEC lost its stranglehold on the sport • Why the NFL may be the next unintended victim Pandora’s Box is open. Hope is still inside. And college football isn’t going back. 🍺 Presented by Modelo

Week 19 - 2025 | Bowl Season, Nebraska Reality & CFP Quarterfinals | Iowa Nice Guy

Week 19 is here, and it’s time for bowl season, Bugeaters, and the College Football Playoff Quarterfinals. This episode covers: • Iowa vs Vanderbilt and the clash of values vs vibes • Nebraska vs Utah in a Las Vegas Bowl that won’t be competitive • Why Nebraska’s struggles aren’t bad luck — they’re identity • Miami vs Ohio State and the illusion of being “back” • Oregon vs Texas Tech and résumé math • Alabama vs Indiana and the greatest Hoosier season ever • Ole Miss vs Georgia fueled by ex-coach hatred It’s bowl season. It’s playoff season. It’s college football — for better and worse. 🍺 Presented by Modelo

College Football Week 17 - 2025 | The Iowa Nice Guy

It’s College Football Playoff week — and already, the product isn’t matching the promise. This episode of The Iowa Nice Guy covers: • Alabama vs. Oklahoma and the art of the 13–10 slog • Miami being “back” (again) and Texas A&M spending its way to confusion • A first-round playoff slate that feels recycled and uninspired • Why Tulane–Ole Miss and JMU–Oregon aren’t what we were sold • Fernando Mendoza winning the Heisman the right way • Diego Pavia turning a Vanderbilt fairy tale into a social media meltdown • Michigan firing Sherrone Moore — allegedly — and the suspicious timing behind it • The new NCAA transfer rules and what Michigan really bought itself • And the uncomfortable question: is Michigan closer to Nebraska than Ohio State? It’s playoff week. It’s messy. It’s loud. And it’s college football in 2025. 🍺 Presented by Modelo