Legends & Listeners

Legends & Listeners

The Des Moines Register's Chad Leistikow and Scott Dochterman of The Athletic talk all things Hawkeyes and the Big Ten once a week on Iowa Everywhere.

Football is back, potential CFP expansion, and Hawks in the NFL

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August 21, 2025

Football is back, potential CFP expansion, and Hawks in the NFL

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What we learned from Iowa's Kids' Day

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August 11, 2025

What we learned from Iowa's Kids' Day

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Kids' Day preview, projecting depth by position, and Big Ten Heisman contenders

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August 07, 2025

Kids' Day preview, projecting depth by position, and Big Ten Heisman contenders

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Legends & Listeners: Big Ten Media Days Recap, Petitti Doubles Down on CFP, Ferentz High on WRs

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July 25, 2025

Big Ten Media Days Recap, Petitti Doubles Down on CFP, Ferentz High on WRs

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Big Ten Media Days Preview, Predicting Iowa's Depth Chart

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July 21, 2025

Big Ten Media Days Preview, Predicting Iowa's Depth Chart

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Live from Big Grove Brewing with Ben McCollum, Big Ten Football outlooks, and more

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July 16, 2025

Live from Big Grove Brewing with Ben McCollum, Big Ten Football outlooks, and more

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Dochterman ranks top CFB rivalries, where Iowa's big games stand, and more

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July 10, 2025

Dochterman ranks top CFB rivalries, where Iowa's big games stand, and more

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Media Day selections, Ferentz not slowing down, and EA Sports ratings

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July 03, 2025

Media Day selections, Ferentz not slowing down, and EA Sports ratings

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with Pat Angerer: Life in the booth, Hawkeye memories, and more

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June 25, 2025

with Pat Angerer: Life in the booth, Hawkeye memories, and more

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Ranking biggest gut-punches, remembering biggest a** kickings

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June 17, 2025

Ranking biggest gut-punches, remembering biggest a** kickings

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Award-winning sports writers Chad Leistikow (Des Moines Register) and Scott Dochterman (The Athletic) are bonafide experts on the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Big Ten Conference. If you want the inside scoop on the happenings in Iowa City and the entire Big Ten, you won’t find a better spot than Legends and Listeners.

Chad Leistikow

Chad Leistikow

The Des Moines Register’s Chad Leistikow has been covering the Hawkeyes for parts of four decades, dating to the start of his career at the Iowa City Press-Citizen in 1991. He is also an alum of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and USA TODAY. He returned to the Hawkeyes beat at the Register in late 2014 and has served as the newspaper’s Hawkeyes columnist for the past nine years. In addition to Legends & Listeners, Chad hosts the Hawk Central podcast, which airs three times a week during football season.

Scott Dochterman

Scott Dochterman

Scott Dochterman grew up in Burlington, Iowa and graduated from Western Illinois University. He worked at papers in Burlington, Muscatine, Fort Dodge, St. Joseph, Mo., and Cedar Rapids and has covered Iowa football and college sports for The Athletic since 2018. In 2023, Scott was named national Beat Writer of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America.