Longtime Iowa football analyst Ed Podolak leaving radio booth
"Sharing my perspective for the incredible Hawkeye fans from coast to coast has been a thrill."
"Sharing my perspective for the incredible Hawkeye fans from coast to coast has been a thrill."
"You demeaned her and made it about Caitlin Clark. That's trash."
"The betting handle just follows wherever [Clark] goes."
With electrifying calls like "From the future!" Ryan Ruocco seized the spotlight and elevated the women's National Championship.
"Who TF @ESPN thought this podcast commentary is a good idea??!!"
"She carried a heavy load for our sport."
Author and prominent women's sports voice Howard Megdal has announced a new book exploring Caitlin Clark and Iowa's rich basketball legacy.
Friday's Iowa-UConn Final Four matchup reached incredible new heights for women's college basketball.
"If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play. That's my opinion."
"I don't even know if I can say this on TV."
"I guess we just gotta get better at not setting illegal screens."
"When you accidentally scheduled the scheduled tweet to run at halftime."
"But I think it's more important for the game to share the spotlight to grow the game and show all the stars of college basketball."
"OutKick, a 'National Media' outlet, is pushing a narrative that LSU is protesting the anthem. That’s not true."
FanDuel and BetMGM even reported the most bets ever on a women's sports event.
The 6.2 million average viewers for the Elite 8 marked a 184% increase over 2023.
Iowa-LSU set incredible viewership numbers for ESPN.
"She didn’t do this to some other little white girls that were over in Colorado or wherever. She did it to some girls from LSU who we thought were some dogs!"
"What did Albany ever do to Rebecca Lobo?"
"You can't show up in this rematch and stick up the joint. Caitlin Clark has to show up and has to play at an elite level."
Will Iowa-LSU break a ratings record for ESPN?
While everyone has their rightful attention on Caitlin Clark, the Women's NCAA Tournament is seeing increases in ratings everywhere else too.