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Nov 4, 2026
Trent CondonGUEST
Iowa's got a couple of bruisers back there now.
Trent CondonGUEST
They got Xavier Williams, who got the start.
Trent CondonGUEST
Also, L.J. Phillips, a transfer from South Dakota.
Trent CondonGUEST
Both of those guys are more of that physical type, not the big play threat.
Trent CondonHOST
But a lot of neutral court affairs.
Trent CondonHOST
Then it's Xavier after that.
Trent CondonHOST
So we got a three-game stretch where we're going to learn a lot about this Iowa basketball team.
Trent CondonHOST
Got the game against Eastern Illinois.
Trent CondonHOST
Creighton, we know, good, solid team.
Trent CondonHOST
Definitely a team that beat Iowa State in an exhibition game and definitely could shoot it from the outside.
Trent CondonHOST
And then a road trip to Xavier.
Trent CondonHOST
Never easy to win on the road those three games.
Corey BrattaGUEST
I mean, that's the biggest injury of the season so far.
Corey BrattaGUEST
And Xavier Williams did not protect the football well Saturday.
Corey BrattaGUEST
He's at the top of the depth chart.
Corey BrattaGUEST
I don't believe Kirk was asked about his status today.
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Corey BrattaGUEST
when you're down your top playmaker in the backfield, find different ways to get the running game going.
Corey BrattaGUEST
So they also had the...
Corey BrattaGUEST
I'm trying to think of what you call it, the pitch back to quarterback, right? It wasn't a traditional flea flicker, but I think it was a handoff to Xavier Williams, and then he flipped it to Reese Vanderzee.
Corey BrattaGUEST
Vanderzee flipped it back to Brown, and then Brown had options.
Trent CondonHOST
Another component that stood out, the running game still wasn't excellent.
Trent CondonHOST
And really, at this point, when you're going with two bruising running backs in Xavier Williams and in LJ Phillips, when you're playing both of those guys at the running back spot, you're not thinking about a bunch of big play threats.
Trent CondonHOST
You're not thinking about against good Big Ten defenses.
Trent CondonHOST
These are going to be guys that are going to be ripping off 50, 60, 70-yard runs.
Trent CondonHOST
Struggled a bit in coverage according to their marks, but overall a really good performance out of this Hawkeye defense.
Trent CondonHOST
Over on the offensive side of things, of course, Hank Brown played all 69 snaps offensively.
Trent CondonHOST
Three running backs, 34 snaps for Xavier Williams, 23 for L.J. Phillips, and Braden Jackson played 12 in the game.
Trent CondonHOST
Vander Zee with 55 snaps, a wide out, 46 for Diaz, 19 for Dayton Howard, saw a little bit more of him.
Zach HeineHOST
Only averaged 3.3 yards a carry, though.
Zach HeineHOST
Xavier Williams went out of the way with 20 carries for 78 yards, 3.9 yards a carry.
Zach HeineHOST
Jose Phillips had nine carries for 27 yards, three yards a carry.
Zach HeineHOST
Tony Diaz had the end of the round that went for 20 yards.
Zach HeineHOST
Their longest run of the day was that Tony Diaz end around at 20 yards.
Zach HeineHOST
And then Hank Brown had a 15-yard scramble.
Zach HeineHOST
And then Xavier Williams had one 13-yard run.
Zach HeineHOST
And that's it.
Lucas StrainHOST
This is kind of nitpicky.
Lucas StrainHOST
It's Xavier Williams.
Lucas StrainHOST
Just the running back room in general.
Lucas StrainHOST
Obviously, they don't have Kamari Moulton.
Lucas StrainHOST
Xavier Williams has a good game statistically, but he had those two fumbles.
Lucas StrainHOST
I think it's very clear that Xavier Williams, the team is trying to make him the guy.
Lucas StrainHOST
The team is trying to make him the leader because we thought LJ Phillips was going to be good coming into the season, even coming into this week.
Lucas StrainHOST
He wasn't on the depth chart going into the game, but we all thought he's still probably going to be there, right? He's not being very productive whenever he's on the field.
Spencer WagonHOST
I mean, those are the three guys you want to have making plays for you.
Spencer WagonHOST
Running back-wise, Xavier Williams had a solid day.
Spencer WagonHOST
Run game still wasn't great.
Spencer WagonHOST
They got 140 net yards on the day.
Spencer WagonHOST
And yeah, so even on the play that's, that's Hank Brown making plays, right? Give credit to Brown for making the plays, but credit for the offensive line.
Spencer WagonHOST
Again, the run blocking, they need to get better there.
Spencer WagonHOST
The run game needs to get better, and again, they're down to Xavier Williams.
Spencer WagonHOST
LJ Phillips played, wasn't terribly effective.
Zach MitchellHOST
Just looking on the Iowa side on Wednesday, we talked about it on the recap.
Zach MitchellHOST
Xavier Williams was the guy.
Zach MitchellHOST
It was not LJ Phillips.
Zach MitchellHOST
It was Xavier Williams on a lot of those runs for them.
Zach MitchellHOST
Was it pretty? No.
Zach MitchellHOST
The average 3.3 yards of carry.
Sarah EggeHOST
With the final outcome still in the balance, Wisconsin had an opportunity to begin turning the momentum back in its favor.
Sarah EggeHOST
The Badgers stacked up Xavier Williams short of the goal line on first and goal from the eight.
Sarah EggeHOST
Then Brown threw his first incompletion of the game on second down from the four.
Sarah EggeHOST
Facing a third and goal from four yards out, I went back to the air and Brown found Vanami for the score.
JRHOST
I do think Jeremy Heklinski helped with that with his aggression down the field, but you don't have that now.
JRHOST
And now you got Xavier Williams, who is capable.
JRHOST
I think Iowa has some good running backs behind Moulton.
JRHOST
But expecting one of those guys to immediately replace everything that Moulton provided isn't realistic.
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