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Washed Up Walkons

James Morris(E179 Throwback) | WUW 403

Washed Up Walkons

Tyler Kluver

Hawkeyes, Sports, College Football, Big Ten, Nfl Draft, Ncaa Team, Athletes, Iowa

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

James was a 4 year starting Middle Linebacker for the Hawkeyes from 2010-2013. After a historic prep career at nearby Solon, he quickly started making an impact in Kinnick Stadium. One of the best leaders and mentors of our first year in the program, James provides some insight on his 4 years. There are tons of stories including the Rhabdo workouts, hosting Nate Meier for an official visit, A fight in practice with Scherff, How he approached leadership as an older guy, who he looked up to, His crazy 3 years in the NFL, A Superbowl after party, a blood clot, and more.If you love the show and want to show support, tell your friends! And, check out our exclusive content at Patreon.com/washedupwalkons where you can find extra podcast episodes, exclusive merchandise, Merch discounts with every tier, private Walkon discord channel access, and more!

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0:00.0

The boys are still on break so we're flashing back again.

0:03.2

Another rebroadcast episode this time to 2021.

0:07.4

January that is just over two years ago with episode 179.

0:11.6

James Morris joins the show, all-time Iowa Hawkeye

0:15.2

linebacker. It is 90 minutes of gold from the jump. I'll see what I mean in a

0:20.4

second. Enjoy the episode. Let's have a day. Let's go. Oh, I Hey guys, good morning. I decided to come on the show today because I have had a number of Hawkeye fans reach out to me in the last 48 hours and frankly they're confused

1:07.2

and they don't know who to trust because they're hearing stories from mainstream Hawkeye news media saying things that just sound crazy to them, like how I got T-Cattle by Chris Kirksey in a one-on-one drill. And so I heard that and I knew I had to come on the

1:26.9

podcast and set the record straight and let them know that at no time did I ever get flat backed, teacled, laid out, or baptized by Chris.

1:40.0

Now, nothing against Chris, excellent player,

1:43.7

but definitely has the ability to do that to me.

1:46.7

No question, but I'm here to vehemently say

1:49.1

that it did not happen, and so I'm gonna put out a challenge because here's where my mind's at.

1:55.1

Every single rep of every single play or every instance in practice going

2:01.1

back to 1999 when coach Ferren started was recorded.

2:04.1

There's videotape of it and they've got like 10 or 15 video students interns that

2:10.1

manage all that stuff. So I'm throwing out the gauntlet

2:14.2

that if somebody can go out and dig up that video clip

2:18.3

of me getting teacled by Chris Kirksey

2:20.4

in this one-on-one drill,

2:22.4

then I'll shut up up I'll eat crow and I'll I'll make a

2:26.2

donation to the UI Children's Hospital I'm texting Coach Woods right now yeah so that's

2:32.0

my gallon I want someone to go dig this up. I have no memory of it. I'm not saying it. Well, I am saying it didn't happen, but if somebody can prove me wrong, then I will definitely come out of pocket to to make this right.

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