Off the Air with Matt Randazzo
A daily, streaming Quad Cities sports podcast hosted back long time TV Sports Director Matt Randazzo. This is more than a show – it’s a community where the Quad Cities can talk sports and so much more. Think local focus, national buzz, and plenty of familiar faces along the way.
Episodes

Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
OTA is back in our normal time slot! We'll have a brand new "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" LIVE at 10am this morning with a TON to get to as always!
It's a Bye week for @CycloneFB but NOT our ISU insider Jake Brend! We'll talk Clones around 10:05
The Iowa Women's Basketball are getting ready for year 2 under Jan Jensen! Kyle Huesmann sat down with @goiowa recently and joins us in hour #1!
We'll start getting ready for Week 4 of the High School football season in the TRAC with Ty Taylor from WRMJ
And it's Ness Guess week 3 brought to you by The Hungry Hobo! Ness and I talk winners and losers in hour #2

Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Better late than never!!! Your Tuesday edition of "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" goes LIVE at 1pm on YouTube and X and as always we go plenty to get to!
We'll chat with Tom Kakert LIVE in Iowa City as the Hawkeyes meet with the media before their Friday night game at Rutgers
We've got our weekly chat with Iowa Radio Analyst and former All-American linebacker Pat Angerer
We'll talk Bears, Cubs, AND Illini with our good friend Larry Hawley as well!
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Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Happy Monday!!! We've got a LOADED "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" to start your week off right! We go LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! History was made at Kinnick Stadium with Kirk Ferentz earning career win #206! Former Hawk Julian Vandervelde reflects on KF and an Iowa win My friend Mike Cagley from @Illini Guys joins us to chat about the 9th ranked Illini and HUGE showdown with Indiana this Saturday night! Week 3 of HS Football saw record shattering performances! @orion_football duo Kale Filler & Owen Voorhees join us in hour 2! Bear ! We'll of course chat about the Lions dismantling of Ben Johnson's boys and other Monday thoughts with my friend John MarxWe go LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! Hit the link ASAP and join in on the fun!

Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Matt Randazzo and Tom Kakert breakdown an historic night at Kinnick Stadium as Kirk Ferentz becomes the winningest coach in B1G history. Iowa wins 47-7 thanks to plenty of offensive

Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
A Football Friday edition of "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" comes your way LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X! Feeling better after dealing with pneumonia this week but playing it safe and staying in studio--- but we are loaded!
The United Township Panthers are 2-0 entering WB6 play! Head coach Nick Welch joins us on OTA!
It's a HUGE week 2 all over the area! Greg Armstrong from View From The West Podcast breaks it all down!
Riverdale and Rockridge headline a HUGE night in the TRAC! Rams head coach Guy Dierikx will join us as well
Our good friend Don Umland will hop on as well and we chat Iowa side football and a little wrestling as well

Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
We will have a brand new (maybe a bit shorter) "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" coming up LIVE at 10am! A trip to the doctor discovered pneumonia. Meds are amazing and feeling a little better:) ✅ It's a good time to be an Illini fan! $100 million donation and a Top 10 football team. We talk about it all with Jim Mattson WEEK 25 Sports Director✅ The Hawkeyes have turned the page to UMass and what should be an historic Saturday at Kinnick-- Tom Kakert from Iowa Hawkeyes on HawkeyeReport.com joins us!✅ We'll also preview Bears and my Lions this weekend AND Rizzo retires✅ Lastly - what's too old to wear you hat backwards??? We'll explain LOL

Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Another jam-packed show on "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" this morning! We go LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X!
We'll talk about the 14th ranked Iowa State Cyclones fresh off a Cy-Hawk win with our Cyclone expert Jake Brend from CycloneFanatic
We'll hear from Josh Whitman about the newly named Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign
Ness Guess is BACK! We'll look ahead to week 2 with the one and only Marc Nesseler
WRMJ's Ty Taylor breaks down week 3 of HS Football season in the TRAC
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Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Happy Tuesday morning! We got a TON to talk about and a LOADED "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo" coming your way LIVE at 10am on YouTube and X!
Game 1 of the Ben Johnson era was disappointing for Bears fans --- Caleb's up and down night, Ben's questionable decisions, and a Viking crazy comeback. We'll talk all about it!
Our good friend Pat Angerer joins us with his thoughts of Cy-Hawk loss and Kirk Ferentz's legacy as a huge record approaches
The Illini are ranked 9th in the nation with QC kids making big plays on both sides of the ball in Cole Rusk and Matthew Bailey! We'll talk about Bielema's boys
Moline Football had one of the craziest wins of week 2! Head coach Mike Morrissey joins us as well
It was an historic night on the pitch for UT soccer with Brodie King becoming school's all-time leading goal scorer---- breaking Dad's record in the process! Both join us on OTA!

Saturday Sep 06, 2025
Saturday Sep 06, 2025
The HawkeyeReport's Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo breakdown Iowa State's 16-13 victory in Ames. Also QC kids shine in Illini win at Duke! Cole Rusk catched 1st TD with Illini and Matthew Bailey makes big plays on Defense!

Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
We take "Off the Air" on the road for the 2nd straight Friday! Today we were live from Bob Reade Field in Geneseo for a unique FIRST time matchup! The Maple Leafs host Assumption tonight and we have you covered!
- a chat with AD Joe Nichols on how the matchup happened, gameday in Geneseo, and more
= Mitch and Greg from View From The West breakdown ALL the week 2 action
- Geneseo players sneak out of school to join us as well!
- Geneseo head coach Matt Furlong joins us to talk about being a former Assumption alum and more!
- Former Assumption Track coach Tim O'Neil picks some games and grills us some steak!



