2005 Capital One Bowl Dolphin and Podolak's Radio Call of Hail Mary

Video of "The Miracle at the Magic Kingdom" with Gary Dolphin and Ed Podolak's classic call of one of the best finishes in the history of Iowa football.

[@chadrowland6129]

One of the Greatest plays in Iowa Hawkeye history! What a time for Warren Holloway to catch his first touchdown for Iowa!

[@nicolepetersen2784]

it is

[@stevensmith8923]

Epic. As a senior, what a way to go out

[@startervisions]

They got lucky

[@reeceoverstreet4538]

Still watching this in 2023...I remember being sick, home alone for this game (the rest of my family were at a party)...in the midst of puking every other minute, I ran outta the house screaming "IOWA WINS!", did laps around the yard and finished it off with a healthy barf...one of the best days of my life

[@ryanmcadams1737]

Now that's funny go Hawkeyes

[@DealerCamel]

I feel like in the pantheon of insane endings to football games, this one gets lost in the shuffle sometimes. But damn, what an ending.

[@SuperfanDK]

Never got lost in Iowa.

[@RobertNielsen1970]

@@SuperfanDK Just like when Kirk Gibson hit that home run in the World Series, Podolak's "I _DON'T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!"_ was a perfect call! And, even now, _16 years later,_ I still shake my head as Holloway goes into the end zone.

[@Dietpepsivanilla]

TOUCHDOWN IOWA! Two of the greatest words in the English language.

[@Shablimbles]

Brings tears to my eyes

[@aaronglanville7991]

I remember this game like it was yesterday....Dad and I were watching it in the living room and were kind disappointed Iowa was about to lose and then...BAM! We started jumping around, dog barking at us screaming "HOLY SH!T!!!!" then I ran outside swinging my Iowa jersey around screaming "TD IOWA, TD IOWA!!!".

[@jnmwtkns]

My son and I have a tradition of running outside and spiking a football after every iowa touch down and it's so much fun watching my boy be so proud of his iowa team,we live in a prodomately Cornsuckers fan base only 1 hour from stadium in Lincoln we have been doing alot of spiking footballs outside these last years our neighbors are mostly neb fans so it's great especially when we've spanked the suckers as of late!Go hawks!

[@lincolns8770]

Best execution of worst clock management ever!

[@Sploooshen]

Lincoln Settles for real 😂😂

[@joshgardner6363]

There's no way it wasn't intentional. Everyone was expecting typical, conservative and reliable Ferentz-ball. Get down field enough with some first downs and timeouts in order for a long field goal. Everyone was expecting a timeout on 2nd and short on the Iowa 44, most importantly LSU. It created enough confusion to wreak havoc on LSU's prevent attack. Let's not forget: there was only 14 seconds left and over 20 yards to go for any real chance at a field goal.

[@randyblythe6163]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

[@nonnyj81]

That's Iowa for ya!

[@jtoenges999]

I'm watching this in 2016, more than a full decade after this Hail Hawkeye, and I STILL experience the full roller coaster of emotions as I did back on that New Year's Day of seeing the live broadcast!

[@gthegod81]

2019! Love it every time, go HAWKS

[@jnmwtkns]

@@gthegod81 that's what makes us a great Hawkeye Nation we don't forget what we've done, where we're going, and what can be done as long as there's no quit. Go Hawks Black and Gold forever

[@hawkeye946]

Go hawks

[@hawkeyetrickshots2921]

Go Hawks!

[@destroyermonki302]

Gooo Hawkeyes!

[@jonkimmel]

Brings tears to my eyes nearly 20 years later 😂❤

[@chazdad]

I never tire of watching this.

[@danielroth7377]

I'm 28 years old now, and I still remember vividly being at this game up in the top rows at the end zone. 😢😊

[@vicodumb]

Warren Holloway will never have to buy in beer in Iowa City for the rest of his life.

[@mueggenbergr]

still get chills watching this...amazing.

[@chazdad]

This play and the way Gary and Ed call it never gets old.

[@1trumantucker1]

Posted 10 years ago...I wonder how many times I've come back to watch this...

[@waynegoin5534]

That was an incredible memorable play but it showed just how inept our coaching staff was and is at clock management and managing drives.

[@TexasSiege]

I’m a Texas High School Football junkie. Drew Tate is a legend in Texas. I watched this game with my dad & we both jumped off the couch when Holloway scored!! Unbelievable moment

[@charlespage8692]

We were watching in the basement of the house. I got there Late. DIdn't see much of this game. BUT I SAW THIS. BEST HAWKEYES PLAY EVER.

[@bacardilvr]

Nick Saban's last game as LSU's coach.

[@samcorbin6744]

That was a magical end to a great season. The look on Saban's face after Tate connected with Holloway for the long TD was priceless.

[@autoplexdesmoines4958]

Still gives me chills to this day.

[@wolverinefangowings]

What an ending. I remember watching this and then turning on the 2005 Rose Bowl between Michigan and Texas which was another instant classic.

[@kee7678]

I stood up from my chair so fast and screamed so hard, at the same time, that I literally passed out and fainted. Came to and started screaming some more!

[@RobertNielsen1970]

I remember this game like it was yesterday...I was at my sister's house, sitting in her living room, complaining to the high heavens about how Tate's mismanagement of the clock was about to cost Iowa the game...and then he fired that 60-yard thing of beauty...my mother looked at me, and I said, "Um...yeah...I'll have the extra-super-sized helping of CROW, please!!" That was absolutely unbelievable....even seven years later!

[@jakeic1]

This game was a rollercoaster, Iowa came out hot, then got jerked around a bit, and finally fell behind. When it got to the end of the game, I remember sitting there and thinking, "wtf are these idiots doing wasting all this clock" then the ball snapped and I was like, "he’s running free, hopefully he sees him" and finally jumping up on my seat and banging on the glass between the coaches booth and the stands as Norm Parker giggled and the other coaches celebrated. Tiger bait my ass.

[@anthonylandis7250]

I remember yelling at the TV "need to take a timeout!" followed by OMG!!

[@baseballsoccer71]

R.I.P. Bob Brooks

[@jjustice8825]

Over 20 years at the wheel and for all the good he has done, Ferentz STILL can’t manage a clock to save his life.

[@dannyd1572]

Still get chills. Seen Drew at the game this year. I got to thank him for this play.

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Phenomenal radio narration...

[@matthewbless3335]

"9 seconds to go and Drew Tate doesn't know that!" live rent free in my head at all times lol. Gary Dolphin is the man

[@VancouverChokers]

Yep. I say this as a die hard Cornhusker - this is a top tier radio call right here.

[@tylerbogaard375]

I still remember sitting watching this game with my dad at like 9 or 10 barely knowing anything about football but just kind of hoping something would happen. I remember literally jumping off the couch with my dad celebrating, not fully comprehending how amazing the play was. So awesome.

[@FantasyHawkeye]

2:00 my favorite part of this video:)

[@TheBobbyLau]

Never forget

[@maxmitch_21]

Those 6 dislikes are LSU fans

[@savagetigerfbfan6673]

2014 outback bowl

[@Ronnoc0925]

I was there at this game was only 7 years old and remember the craziness of that play. All hawkeye fans lost their minds it was amazing. My second favorite sport moment behind the cubs winning the world series

[@lh1678]

Just a matter of time before we are "National Champs".

[@augustm5268]

BEST PLAY EVER

[@mygetrichslowplan]

My dad and I were watching this game, huddled around my grandparent's TV, he was stressing so hard. He was certain we were throwing the game away, and I said, "It's okay dad, Tate could throw a bomb downfield, it could be caught, run into the endzone, it's not over yet, it's not over yet." He wouldn't hear any of it. To this day I give him shit about not believing me, I had faith that day.

[@Antbeast23]

I remember this when I was 8 watching the last play at mom bedroom lol

[@brianlong1681]

I still remember screaming WTF are we doing to my head almost hitting the ceiling. Best Hail Mary bailout of terrible clock management ever. 😂

[@author]

I was outside taking Christmas lights down when I heard this on the radio. What a victory for the Hawks!

[@gabemd1237]

Greatest video on KZbin.

[@Auvioh]

Saw this live. Now it’s a classic

[@billynoecker7519]

I remember i didnt get to watch this live, but was privy to watching a replay. A friend and I were believing that Iowa probably lost this one. I have never been so surprised...

[@ChannelOne-1]

Gave me chills to hear this awesome call by GD!

[@ChrisBeck-j7u]

One of the greatest hawkeye comebacks ever what a way for holloway to end his college career

[@heathbar74]

It was not a Hail Mary. That was a strike delivered in stride on a called play.

[@jonkimmel]

“All Up” was the name of the play

[@mike7696]

Love that Holloway covered the ball with two hands crossing end zone!

[@gthegod81]

2019! Who's with me?? Lol awesome!!!!

[@highmountainrealty9826]

Amazing win!

[@jnmwtkns]

watching this in 2016 on the eve of hawks vrs Wisconsin, and still so amazed at these kids, there was just NO QUIT! luv the hawks,or not what a great ending to an awesome win,I believe LSU were defending national Champs in this game? IOWA played Florida following year and won as well ? my memory isn't the best anymore,but I think Florida were defending Champs as well? GO HAWKS!

[@Wulfe_12]

Josh Watkins Iowa lost the 2006 Outback Bowl to Florida because of the worst officiating job in football history

[@jnmwtkns]

@@Wulfe_12 oh yes I remember that game! Facemask on wrong team several QUESTIONABLE CALLS

[@quincee33]

Drew Tate did the same thing for Calgary last Sunday November 111th...His grandmother just passed away, he got a cheap shot to the head in the 1st half and he was down to Saskatchewan with 52 seconds! Calgary 36 Saskatchewan 30. Great CFL QB!

[@RobertNielsen1970]

True...I guess it just looks like Hinkel got away with a push from the first camera angle...but when you look at the other angles, especially toward the end of the clip, it looks like Hinkel had a hand on the shirt, but like you said, he didn't have a hold of the defensive guy. Don't get me wrong--I'm a huge Iowa fan, and glad that the play turned out the way it did. :)

[@ChrisBeck-j7u]

The story i heard about the play was holloway and soloman lined. Up wrong holloway was supposed to line up on the outside and soloman was to be on the inside but in the end it was awesome

[@looksitsme007]

Agreed... Chills... Every time

[@chopseh]

Iowa football at its best. The problem with the 2013 squad isn't the coaching, its the execution.

[@joshholmes4731]

This was a Hail Mary play against a zone play, this was genius!

[@SeanBeckwith92]

Grew up watching Drew Tate play at Baytown Lee; he was a marvel of a quarterback. He used to do these throws every week - hence why we was highly recruited and Texas Gatorade Player of the year in 2002 (Might be 2001). It sucks that he didn't stick in the NFL, he would have done work in this day and age of NFL. He did some great things in the CFL though.

[@johnr7048]

One of the best Hawkeye radio callsof all time

[@nonnyj81]

Drew Tate is a unique QB. We had no running game that season, and the passing game stepped up. And did very well.

[@David_Theisen]

no if u watch it closely he didn't get the guy from behind he didn't even have a grip on the guy's shirt, he was mainly running next to him and blocking without grabbing anything! but the other defender was behind his man might have pushed him from behind but not hard enough to knock him down!

[@kingbingentertainment9628]

TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA!

[@thomaswenndt3690]

The 2021 season is about to begin. In some ways it's unfortunate I still have to use this game to get me fired up. But I remember it like it happened yesterday, right down to having thrown a set of keys just as Tate was throwing his pass, I was so upset at how badly we mismanaged the clock. And even when Tate went into the end zone, my eyes were having a hard time accepting we had just done that.

[@TheWOLFMAN6220]

Holloway will never buy another drink for himself for life!!

[@random__itch]

THE FORGOTTEN MAN!

[@MegaChampion24]

Iowa beating LSU. I wish that could happen today. (Sigh)

[@_Hamraz]

foreshadowing.:.

[@RobertNielsen1970]

He was a Freshman...not sure if he got much playing time his freshman year, but he earned more after that. :)

[@chadrowland6129]

The Play!

[@jbmasongator]

The forgotten man. Safety gotta stay deepest

[@mitchanderson55]

Can someone make a compilation of gary dolphin's best calls? Please im begging

[@RobertNielsen1970]

Ferentz. :) He's getting an awful lot of heat right now, because the team hasn't played up to its potential.

[@stevencoffman7683]

Great Iowa moment

[@sykosocial9]

It's not a Hail Mary....... Halloway was the target and he threw it directly to him. It's called a bomb. How do people not get that?

[@Sploooshen]

J0oboi omg does it matter. Lsu lost Iowa won. Get your foot out of your ass because drew tate threw a Hail Mary touchdown

[@sykosocial9]

LUCIEN33LULU yes it matters lol.

[@gavinthatcher9307]

It's a hail mary it's the last play pf the game he doesn't catch it they lose

[@SuperfanDK]

Actually at FryFest this past fall, they had a panel discussion with members of the 2004 team ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKatZISfm7x6nJI ), and during that panel Sam Brownlee (running back) said that Drew told him later "I was actually trying to throw it to HInkel", Warren just got to it first.

[@debbryant2402]

I was on pins and needles !!!

[@MonteMolencamp]

I was there!

[@jeremymcaleer1288]

Brian makes a cameo at 4:58!

[@61locdog]

everytime I see this I just put up my middle fingers in the air and dance um up and down at the thought of LSU thinking they won that game only to lose it in the final seconds lol

[@kfdyy]

GOAT

[@Flipper4Dayz]

Gary's my uncle

[@marcuspoe9242]

LETS DO IT AGAIN!!! GO HAWKS!!!

[@mattalbrecht7471]

Still confused why they wound the clock. Didn't the spike stop the clock, and even the penalty?

[@Leamax33]

The penalty was before the snap so the spike didn't count and since the clock was moving, when the ball is ready for play, the clock will start back up.

[@bigoldinosaur]

"I DON"T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW. TOUCHDOWN IOWA!!!"

[@HawkeyeJeffrey]

one of the two greatest calls in hawkeye history the other : "Superman wears number 6 and he plays for the Iowa Hawkeyes"

[@SuperfanDK]

Zabel and Ed's call of the Houghtlin field goal to beat Michigan in '85 is better than the Superman one.

[@mattalbrecht7471]

i never understood why they wound the clock. was it not an incomplete pass /spike that stopped the clock?

[@buckrog64]

+Matt Albrecht Here's my general understanding of the rule....The ball was not blown 'ready for play' prior to the spike and the clock was properly running because the previous play did not result in a first down or any other reason to stop the clock. Iowa committed a penalty while the clock was running for not being set, therefore the spike never legally occurred meaning that play never happened and the clock was stopped for a non legal purpose. Generally the clock cannot be stopped for an illegal purpose. Therefore I believe the clock was properly started on the ready for play following the assessment for the penalty. I am a high school official and there are many differences between high school, college and pro, but I believe I'm on the right track there. In high school, I would have said something to either the coach and/or both the offense and defense about when the clock would start. I could say, 'the clock will start on the ready for play...' which makes perfect sense, but the kids wouldn't normally understand what it means. In college, probably not. Coaches should know that rule, so should announcers for that matter. Hope this helps.

[@crowtservo]

I hope Iowa can beat LSU today too.

[@scothowe539]

One of the most exciting plays in Hawkeye history but I’ll never call it a Hail Mary.

[@stevencoffman34]

Kirk is the most underrated coach

[@nonnyj81]

It's the players who made it happened.

[@quincee33]

i really like Iowa's coach.. Ferenc??? spellcheck please,lol.

[@toddm9501]

Let's Go Hawks!!

[@jaydmorales23]

haha at 4:24 the ticker at the bottom shows N Iowa losing in a basketball game. Im a freshman there now ahah

[@Sploooshen]

Jay Morales so are you a junior now?

[@justinlundy1831]

I still think Saban ran to the SEC to get away from Iowa a team he struggles to beat. This game is probably why his precious Alabama doesn't ever play them.

[@jeffreykitchen6205]

I actually shit my pants.

[@BruiserKC]

The two dislikes were LSU fans apparently

[@Sploooshen]

The original “Minneapolis Miracle” but worse clock management - missed tackle - only needed a field goal - both clocks were under 11 seconds - both were post regular season

[@zachlamere117]

Such a clutch play Petras could never lmao Petras is the worst Iowa QB in over 20 years

[@ryanhuisman5381]

Criminally negligent clock management bailed out by a miracle. I'll take it but you have to know what the fuck you're doing, and our coaching staff screwed the pooch on this big time.

[@Antbeast23]

Yea miracle but that was some bad clock management especially the 2nd and third plays could of got closer and got better field position

[@IowaHawks023]

2:24

[@kurtjohnson3917]

Ok, so it's not a hail mary, but fun nonetheless.

[@quincee33]

Was Shonn Greene the RB when Tate was QB?

[@Leamax33]

No, he was two years after Drew

[@srwilmarth]

where is bob brooks what is gary talking about

[@SuperfanDK]

The video is from the original ABC Sports coverage, so Gary and Ed were going off of what they were seeing with there own eyes when describing Bob Brooks, this was before phones had video cameras in them to capture those kind of moments.