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Iowa athletic director Gary Barta expressed disappointment Friday over a series of pictures posted on the Internet of Hawkeye football radio announcer Ed Podolak during the team's recent trip to the Outback Bowl. Three pictures of Podolak, 61, including one in which he is looking down the blouse ...
What Happens is Florida, Doesn’t Always Stay in Florida
What Happens is Florida, Doesn’t Always Stay in Florida
totalprosports.com — Total Pros Sports- Everyone gets a little crazy during college bowl season, some a little more than... others. Take Ed Podolak for example, the star of these pictures. You see he looks a little tipsy and that's not a big deal, but when your affiliated with the University of Iowa, it can be. ... (more) What Happens is Florida, Doesn’t Always Stay in Florida
How 'bout Those Hawkeyes?
How 'bout Those Hawkeyes?
thewizofodds.com — Iowa fans are a fun-loving bunch, and nobody has more fun than Ed Podolak, the former Hawkeye... and NFL player who has been a color commentator on Iowa radio broadcasts since 1982. Podolak, who was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame ... (more) How 'bout Those Hawkeyes?
Podolak Reportedly Off Iowa Broadcasts
Podolak Reportedly Off Iowa Broadcasts
thewizofodds.com — Ed Podolak, the popular color commentator on Iowa radio broadcasts since 1982, is stepping down from the... post as early as today, according to WHO-TV in Des Moines . The move comes after three unflattering photos surfaced of the former Hawkeye and ... (more) Podolak Reportedly Off Iowa Broadcasts
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Hawkeye Radio Announcer in Hot Water After Partying at The Outback Bowl
The Big Lead — ... Needless to say, the Iowa AD isn’t impressed. This wasn’t Podolak’s first alcohol-related incident since he’s been on the air at Iowa. ...

Reporters Notebooks
The Wiz of Odds — ... Tom Witosky, Des Moines Register: Iowa athletic director Gary Barta expressed disappointment over photos that were posted online showing Ed Podolak, who has been a color commentator on Hawkeye radio broadcasts since 1982, having a good time during Iowa's trip to the Outback Bowl. Podolak, 61, has issued an apology. ...

Iowa Football Radio Analyst Under Fire For Bar Photos
AwfulAnnouncing — So, former Iowa Hawkeye and Kansas City Chief Ed Podolak is in a spot of trouble with the university regarding his position as one of their radio announcers. The Wiz of Odds found pictures of him earlier this week boozing it up in Tampa for the Outback Bowl, and they involved looking down a lady's shirt. Now, Iowa AD Gary Barta is not amused, according to the Des Moines Register: "I have had a chance to see them and I am deeply disappointed," Barta said in a prepared statement. "The pictures do not represent the image and expectations of ...

Podolak Reportedly Off Iowa Broadcasts
The Wiz of Odds — ... "I am embarrassed by the pictures," Podolak told the Des Moines Register over the weekend. "It was late in the evening at the hotel. But I am responsible to represent the university and I am embarrassed by my actions." ...

On Private And Public Behavior
Signal to Noise — ... In Podolak’s case, this incident came after he got arrested for public intoxication previously with a .23 BAC a few years back in Iowa City. I don’t think it would have come to “resigning” had this been a first-time incident.  I hesitate to say Gary Barta has any real right to determine what Podolak can and cannot do with his off hours, but ultimately, media figures give up certain things when they sign on the dotted line — even in cases where the goalposts have moved. Iowa officials in 1997 said “charges” were necessary to trigger ...

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Ed Podolak Fired for Enjoying Women, Beer
ncaafootball.fanhouse.com 1/14/2009 — by Brian Cook Hawkeye football announcer Ed Podolak likes Budweiser and, er, the inside of ladies' shirts. As you can see above, there's now photographic proof thanks to some Iowa State fan who took the above photo and a couple others and posted ...
The Internet Cesspool Claims Another Victim [Duan!]
deadspin.com 1/15/2009 — The man in the above photo is Ed Podolak, longtime radio man for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Ed apparently was forced to retire thanks to photos like the one above surfacing on some sports blogs. Podolak was embarrassed by the pictures and apologized for ...
Ed Podolak "Retires" After Those Drunk Pictures Surface
blackheartgoldpants.com 1/15/2009 — Sad day . As Marc Morehouse put it , "Ed Podolak is the best football analyst I've ever heard. No gimmicks, just football. With Ed, Iowa broadcasts have been an education." But he drank got drunk got demolished in front of a camera and a pair ...
Dropping the Axe: Other People Who Should Be Fired
blackheartgoldpants.com 1/15/2009 — As OPS detailed below, Ed Podolak has "retired" (cough, cough) after pictures of the 61-year-old Iowa radio football analyst getting drunk and flirting with a blonde in Tampa were posted by the assbags at CycloneFanatic and published to a wider ...
Iowa Broadcaster Loses Job Over Internet Photos
mouthpiecesports.com 1/14/2009 — Last week, Iowa radio broadcaster Ed Podolak — someone I hadn’t heard of until this mess, but someone who, I am assured, is relatively beloved around Iowa — got in a little trouble over photos of him drinking, carousing, and peering ...
BHGP Video Tribute: Ed Podolak
blackheartgoldpants.com 1/15/2009 — It hasn't been easy saying goodbye to the Galloping Polishman. We've ranted, raved, cried and cried. Sure, he's in his 60s and had to commute from California to Iowa games every week during the season , and sure he was bound to leave soon anyway. But ...
Ed Podolak's Departure May Not Have Been Necessary, but It's Sad Anyway
ncaafootball.fanhouse.com 1/15/2009 — by Mark Hasty Look, let's get one thing straight right up front: The University of Iowa did not just discover that Ed Podolak, its longtime radio analyst, liked a good party. Mike Hlas of the Cedar Rapids Gazette confirms that Podolak's good-time ...