No way Jack even remotely considers Iowa. First, if he is that good as a high school freshman that the academy reached out to the middle of the country to him, he's Florida-Alabama-Auburn-Ohio State-Texas caliber material, not Iowa. Second, I'm guessing he would come to Iowa City over his parents' dead bodies (figuratively speaking); I don't think the Iowa experience went well for them or their family.
Found the last part of the story interesting:
This turn of events will certainly draw scrutiny from many people and, of course, this is nothing new for the Wegher family.
It may not be the intense microscope Jodie Foster voiced resentment toward during her Golden Globes acceptance speech Sunday night, but the family of Rick and Cathy Wegher have probably wanted to tell plenty of people to mind their own business these last few years.
They’ve been getting more attention than they’d prefer, I’m sure, ever since Brandon’s record 3,238 yards rushing as a senior for Heelan in the fall of 2008.
Of course, Brandon went on to set a freshman rushing record at Iowa and has not played since then, making some decisions, it would appear, that he’d probably like to have back.
Brandon is currently working at the Masaba Mining Equipment factory in Vermillion, where his girlfriend, Megan Glisar, the mother of their son, Brody, is enrolled at the University of South Dakota. Megan, a former state champion high jumper for Sergeant Bluff-Luton, won the NAIA indoor national title for Morningside last winter and now listed as a junior on the USD roster.
“Brandon is toying with trying to make his way back on the field somehow,’’ said Rick, who played one season with the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders. “He’s growing up, realizing the mistakes he’s made, I think. He would have one year (eligibility) left unless the NCAA gave him another one.’’
