Wegher headed to Oklahoma

thinking it was based on wanting to be closer to his girlfriend and his kid.

Again, we never really knew what his issues were, nor why exactly he wanted to transfer away. There have been lots (and lots) of rumors (and, no, we’re not going to dredge them up now).

It didn’t work out for him at Iowa and that’s a shame. It’s a little unfortunate that he kind of left the team in the lurch during fall practice, but I obviously don’t know the details of his situation so I’m not going to judge him too harshly.

Wegher is now rated a unanimous 5 stars no matter where he plays for Oklahoma. Yup, he’s even a 5 star kicker now that he left Iowa.

I wish he’d have transferred to the University of Central OK.

It’s “the University of Kansas,” but they go by “KU.” Colorado’s the same way. So’s Nebraska.

And pretty much every other school?

And U of O is too many letters.

For such a highly rated recruit who was beloved for spurning the bigger programs to come to play for the Hawks and a kid who was very productive as a true freshman, it just feels meh that he is going elsewhere. I feel like I should be pissed, but I’m not.

But he’s not and I’m not going to spend much time crying over “the one that got away.” Plus, he’s an Iowa running back — it just doesn’t pay to get too attached to them. Although the Insight Bowl made it very hard to not get smitten with Coker.

and make you jittery and energized

At least until we find another little RB to do that.

That he is still a talent who will play somewhere else than here for reasons we won’t ever really know? I’d say no.

That it truly is a private issue and it seems illogical for him not to continue here unless there were some significant things we simply won’t ever know? I’d say yes. We still do respect private issues and the prerogative that they be kept that way, as well as the fact that this kid lost a lot that he worked hard for until last year’s events, whatever they were. At a baseline level, I think we still trust that some level of logic and sense figured into the decision. Also, going to OU and considering the warm relationship between Stoops and Ferentz, there may have been some reaching out between them, and possibly Wegher and/or his father, to get the kid back on track. Ferentz has always cared about his guys, even after they are gone, and I have the sense that it may have played a role in this.

For some reason that was funnier than it should have been. I’ll rec this.

Bloomer Spooner, not Boomer Sooner.

Why would he want to go to some tiny school and pass up the opportunity to compete with D1 talent and earn a degree from a major university? No one is completely sure as to why he left Iowa, but it’s not as if he’s transferring to rival for the opportunity to beat the Hawkeyes.

Between the disdain for Wegher’s transfer decision and the vitriol that DJK received for wanting to wear an Iowa helmet in whatever showcase game he’s participating in, I’m completely blown away by some fan’s ability to hold a grudge. These are such petty things to “hate” someone for, especially considering both players busted their ass for the Hawkeyes while they were here and have never, to my knowledge, said anything to disparage the University, or the program.

Lay off the kid. It’s football. Last I checked, family > football. If BW can make it big in the future, and maybe even go to the NFL, then that’s great, as far as I’m concerned. It’s a comeback story for the ages, almost reminiscent of Shonn Greene. Of course, Greene was awesome because he came back to Iowa, but Brandon Wegher is a “bastard” because he’s taking his talents elsewhere, perhaps to a school where he feels he will perform better and not detract from the team’s performance by being a distraction.

We are in a better position, despite the work of AIRBHG this year.