I consider Iowa football like I consider the Chicago Cubs. Cubs fans are always there, and we're the same way here.

It just melts my heart to have that, especially since our stadium is named after him. I have people come down here all the time and look at it.

Four or five of us guys got to go into the dressing room with (coach) Hayden (Fry) and hand them out to the ballplayers. That's my top memory.

There was no way I was going to leave the University of Iowa.