With Iowa 's 40-16 Black Friday win over Nebraska in the books, the Register's Chad Leistikow and Tyler Tachman evaluate the 8-4 regular season and look ahead to the state of the football roster going into the 2026 season.

Plenty of talk on the Hawkeyes' offense, especially, when it comes to positioning for a possible run with better results in 2026 .

Basketball chatter is also on the menu for this extended Hawk Central episode, as Chad breaks down the men's Big Ten-opening loss to Michigan State. And then Dargan Southard joins the show for 15 quality minutes to discuss the unbeaten Hawkeye women, who open Big Ten play on Saturday at Rutgers.

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