Knight78
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No, there has never been a repeat Mackey Award winner. But Iowa is the only school with two Mackey Award winners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mackey_Award
No announcement from TJ yet?
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No, there has never been a repeat Mackey Award winner. But Iowa is the only school with two Mackey Award winners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mackey_Award
If he stays, there will be two records at Iowa.
Some Twitter account called Iowa Football Roster Breakdown says that "inside sources" told him Hock met with KF on Wednesday, and plans to return. Not sure if legit or not, as apparently TJ isn't showing up in the student directory yet. Take it for what it's worth...
GotTimDodge
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He back
The battle of the head and the heart. Head says yes, heart says no.
Probably tougher to stay if others are jumping off the ship.
1017HAWKSQUAD
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I'm not convinced that the person with that account has any real inside info. Very recent account. Seems quite odd that he would wait this long to announce it if he is leaving. He truly must be torn between the 2. Maybe he feels overwhelmed and should just come back another year and mature mentally and physically to get ready for professional life on the big stage. Much different than he is used to. Needless to say we will find out soon.
SmokeTownHawk
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Wow even with the SEC?
SomersHawk
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Personally I hope he is coming back and doesn't make a big formal announcement. Its refreshing when someone avoids the spotlight while everyone else tries to find one at every opportunity.
I agree, it’s the ultimate Ferentzian disciple move. Make no announcement, just keep plugging on and show up at spring practice.
smitharooney
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Does he have some hot girlfriend in Iowa City making his decision a little tougher?
Hot girlfriends in IC will happily move to any NFL city for a multimillion dollar guaranteed NFL contract.
So that is how you get a hot girl friend in Iowa City to follow you around. Why didn’t I think of that. DOH!
Just guessing here, but i would think that him coming back to Iowa City for Kittles engagement has some influence, most specifically what George would have to say about it. And if i was guessing further, i would say his advice would be "being a pro is cool and everything, but its nothing like being in college, its more like a business, and the money is nice but not everything, so i would say dont grow up until you have to." I think George would have the most valuable input because all the agents and nfl people dont care about him and he knows that, and the coaching staff is too "parent like" although they care deeply for him, but George has it all right now and i doubt he is saying it is everything it is cracked up to be. Like i said, just guessing.
homes
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Agree. Pure guess - he doesn't want to go, but he knows he should.
Maybe so, but then again, maybe that is not what it is all about. I would venture to say that most of us on this board have made decisions to move up or to move out due to tangible circumstances (mostly money, or advancement) and only when we have achieved the perceived goal that we had can we reflect on those decisions on whether or not they were the right ones or not. For example, so many of us wished we were 16 so we could drive, or wished we could speed up high school to go to college, or try to graduate college early so we could start making money, or to move away from friends and family to a job that paid more money or had more opportunities. But only now can many of us look back and see how foolish we were to have squandered our youth. Imagine that we had someone, a peer that was close in age that we respected to have imparted some wisdom on us at the time to value some things in life more than money.
Case in point is if the NFL is so grand, and being a pro bowler and in some circles the best at your position in the world or one of them, and living in a city like San Francisco with money and a lot of it, many would say an engagement party in California is better than one in Iowa City in January. Just shows me that Kittle gets it and truly values his life as a Hawkeye, and I bet he conveyed that to TJ. I know I would.
Not saying you are wrong, but I suspect if he decided last minute to come back, they could figure out a way to get him back into a couple art and exercise science classes for eligibility purposes. In the grand scheme of things, I think class enrollment would be a pretty small impediment.
