Longtime Iowa football radio analyst and legendary Hawkeye Ed Podolak has announced his retirement.
The university released a joint statement stating that Podolak says he has wrestled with retirement through the fall and moved his real estate business to northern California.
Ed Podolak, 62, who played for Iowa and the Kansas City Chiefs, says the time seems right because his contract with Learfield Sports has expired.
Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta says Podolak’s knowledge, insight and wit will be missed.
The retirement announcement comes after photos circulated on Web sites of Podolak drinking with a woman in a Florida bar during the Hawkeyes’ trip to the Outback Bowl.
Three pictures of Podolak, including one in which he is looking down the blouse of an unidentified woman and another in which he appears to be intoxicated, started making the rounds on the Internet last week.
“In 36 years of play-by-play broadcasting, I’ve heard most of the good ones who’re college football analysts,” Dolphin said. “Eddie is in his own area code. He’s the best at painting the picture a fourth grader or senior citizen can understand with ease.”
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