Way to go, Jake!

One more year!

Ya beat me to it. I say good choice Jake!

Yeehaw!!!

beat me to it too

it's going to be a fun season with practically the entire team returning next year

Wow. That is pretty cool, not only is it a great choice, now we don't have to hear about it every day on the sports radio stations. We can hear about the Seahawks vaunted punting game.

Good move on his part...

Good news.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

It's not gonna matter.....They'll be improved for sure and may finish near the top of the Pac 10, but near the top will be as close as they get.

Anyone wanna put early money on the Ducks v Huskies game next year in Eugene? I hear Oregon's returning a pretty good QB and RB as well.....
JD

Good for him -- I think there's a good chance he'll have a happier life by making this choice, but it's hard to know of course...

I wonder (hope?) if it's possible and NCAA legal to get a comprehensive insurance policy on his physical well-being for the next year (insuring his considerable ability to secure some ~$20M in guaranteed money). It seems like it's in *everyone's* best interest to insure kids in this situation (parents, kids, NFL teams, and even the insurers who make a buck), but still I wonder how the premium payments would work, and what they'd run.

IR,

I think I recall that Lloyd's of London does issue just that kind of policy for athletes with bonafide offers.

Sg

brian- tebow, mccoy, and bradford all had that insurance, but i don't think it was 20 mil worth...something more around the 3-5 mil range

Was there an offer? What was it worth. With an offer and without INS you would be a fool to stay. Always One play away from being a nobody. He should be offering bonuses to his O line if he makes it without injuries next year.

What do you know, they do this ALL the way right it seems (rare for the NCAA)

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32142025/ns/sports-college_football/

* You get to pay the premium AFTER you get drafted
* The NCAA apparently is one of the providers

All good, and keeps kids in school. Wow. This seems to be the right system, I wonder how that happened?

so what if he get's hurt, he'll still have a degree and better job than a coog

so where does that put the cooooger then? the part-time evening janitor?

School is for pussies.

This proves that Jake Locker is suffering from brain damage. Too many hits to the head.

Cool.

Paul Wolff coming back too.

Mf

Good on him; I think it shows a lot of character on his part. If he wanted a pro deal, he could have had one long ago in baseball. I think they should really start promoting the H word.

And all you Coog fans who disagree can get bent. If there was a player good enough to be an H candidate go to WSU, I'd sure get behind him...if only that were possible.

No doubt $ is not the end all but stupid IMO...I mean cmon, going back to help the UW go 7-5 and to the Burrito Bowl in El Paso??

I just picture Burfict laying the wood to him, putting him on IR and then fighting for a late first round slot in 2011 with a limited rookie salary pool...not worth giving up 45 million guaranteed.

Burfict will be academically ineligible by then, so no worries.

or he will be suspended for too many cheap shots

...or forced to go the NFL cause he is too tough for the Pac 10:)

Why would Locker come back to help UW get beat 8 straight times by ASU and Oregon? Cmon Man, it just doesn't add up!

It'll be fun playing Cal or Stanford, though

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. Even though the Noners still suck, they sure impersonated a good team tonight...damn, Warner looked like crap.

Pride? Loyalty? Something to prove? A will not to quit or give up? Competitiveness?

Or don't those words mean anything to you?

Tell em, DaveD!

LOL...any UW fan should be very happy right now. I fully understand why he came back and agree with alot of the reasons, dont see it too much anymore and it is pretty cool actually.

IF the NFL wasnt going into a restricted rookie pool in 2011, it was a no brainer to stay. He needs more time in the pro style O that Sark is a master at teaching. Not ready for the NFL right now anyway but I would love to see him in Seahawk blue in 2011.

the more you say fawks, the lamer it gets

just sayin

fawks

Fawk you Marky Mark

What?

He has an uncashed lottery ticket in his pocket and you think he should tear it up and hope to draw another one next year?

Brilliant.

Like he can't finish his degree when his NFL career is over?

+1

The "self-respect" facet does add brilliance on one's life regardless of the path....












Oh, almost forgot.... fawk!

There wasn't a wrong decision in this one. Glad he's coming back, but not sure I would have done the same had I been put in that position.

Hank,

UW is a state school. Costs wayyyyy less than $100K for a 4-year degree there. Should be less than $60K for 4 years. Don't confuse it with that private U down the street from you. My oldest graduated there when it was $125K/year, and it's gone up considerably.

Jake has no obligation to play (for education received) that he hasn't already paid back each year he's played. I speculate that he wants to play his final year of collegiate eligibility so that in the future he won't have any regrets about what might have been. Naturally that opens up the potential to regrets should he be injured next year, and what that might do to his professional career, but then, life is always uncertain. It's a calculated risk.

Sg

Classy decision by Locker. May have a shot at the Heisman Trophy. Probably help the Huskies in recruiting talent for next year. Might allow Montana kid to redshirt. Should enable the Huskies to make more progress in bringing the football program back. Looks like a "team first" decision, rather than a "me first" choice. Those athletes who stay and finish the deal earn a special place in hearts of fans, and a permanent place in Husky legend and lore. Can't say that for those who leave early. Thanks Jake, and thanks to all past and present Husky athletes who have stayed and played, whether it was on the starting team or the practice squad.

Holy Fawk, Mountlake Jake in 2012......book it

Huh? Bro you got to be kidding.

Jake chose w, I gotta give him props. He chose to stay in STATE . Unlike a couple of brother's who I watched play (and grow up) ball @ Art Fiker stadium, and chose to play for Myrens team....

Now you have Mr. Heaps committing to BYU...weak .

Jake Locker will pay for for not going pro, but still has my respect.

Mf

not surprised. He was dumb enough to go to the UW to begin with.

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