Alaric Jackson, what are you hearing

[thewop]

I see on Twitter now supposedly Michigan swooped in with a Jackson offer, and he's now following the UM OLine coach on Twitter.... FWIW, which is probably nothing.

 

[Dauminator]

Ames and Iowa City have very different feels. Even the landscape is drastically different. Ames is flat and open. Iowa City is hilly and kinda feels cramped. Personally, I'd rank Michigan State a notch above both, despite being a bit too spread out. Note: NOT East Lansing the city, just the MSU campus. I'd rather put on the Cy costume for the Iowa game next year than live in EL.

How much did campus weigh into my decision for undergraduate or graduate school? None, consciously.

I can believe a kid taking a visit and feeling at home in the environment, and that being a major draw toward that school. The campus is a part of that, though a part the program and coach has 0 influence over. So I guess I'm not sure why so much attention is being put on it, except that it's been awhile since Iowa and State have butted heads on the field of play and we're feeling midwinter boredom.

 

[rivercityjazzman]

Ok so it's easier to find a book club meeting at a coffee shop then. Cool. Also it's not necessary for students to drive down to DM for a good time but it's a very convenient option that many take advantage of. It's a 43 minute drive tops.

Always interesting to hear the folks from Ames claim that their nice little town hardly differs at all from Iowa City. What a joke. The two are as different as the universities they house, and that's not a knock on either, just an acknowledgement that their core missions and fundamental purposes differ. Ames is certainly a nice, clean college town with a beautiful campus. But the comparisons pretty much end right there. While Iowa City is certainly Iowa at its core--the state's first capital city, after all--it has a very different feel from Ames, which is very "Iowa rural." Iowa City has a much more cosmopolitan feel, thanks in part to its extraordinary literary heritage and the liberal arts/humanities focus of its its university. Ames, besides being literally smaller (quite a bit smaller when you factor in Iowa City's growing and hefty contiguous neighbors, Coralville and North Liberty), Ames oozes a cozy smallness that some people love but others find confining and short on sophisticated appeal. We could go on and on about the differences but maybe the fact that ISU students find it necessary to drive an hour to Des Moines for a good time says something about the appeal of Ames?

I, too, think the towns are not the same. Both have a lot of neat features. Both are very different from the typical Iowa town. Both have things the other doesn't.

I like the fact they're different ; )

 

[His Hawkness]

What time is he supposed to announce?

 

[Hawk-A-Loogey]

Who cares? Do they have any confirmation on whether Ames or Iowa City is a better college town?

Seriously though, that is great and expected news.

lol mr hawk correctly called 21 out of our 24 current verbals at least 5 days before any other recruiting service, but you can believe what you want to believe. i believe jackson to iowa is a done deal.

 

[MitchL]

lol mr hawk correctly called 21 out of our 24 current verbals at least 5 days before any other recruiting service, but you can believe what you want to believe. i believe jackson to iowa is a done deal.

Steven Patrick??????????????????/

 

[Birky]

lol mr hawk correctly called 21 out of our 24 current verbals at least 5 days before any other recruiting service, but you can believe what you want to believe. i believe jackson to iowa is a done deal.

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Yes, I agree. I think most everyone agrees he will likely be a Hawk.

 

[Rustys Dad]

I'd rather put on the Cy costume for the Iowa game next year than live in EL.

Okay, that's freaking funny ...

 

[redout]

Okay, that's freaking funny ...

I guess I know what's happening with Jackson now. He will be a Wolverine. Damn meechicken

 

[hawkeyeskin]

He's going to Michigan. Bad feeling about this

 

[coasterhawk75]

...And Harbaugh will have to chase away another verbal to make room for him. Definite win at all costs attitude in place at Michigan now.

 

[Gopher Dano]

i believe jackson to iowa is a done deal.

Both Farniok & Jackson to Iowa, done deal.

(LOL)

 

[Curt Furence]

Both Farniok & Jackson to Iowa, done deal.

(LOL)

He was like 21 of 25 on this years class 4-5 days before they committed on every one.... right.

 

[redout]

He gone. Meechicken has him locked in. Insiders all have him Meechicken bound. Time to offer a walk on a scholly.