Jake Locker is a pretty good guy BTW

[Jack_John_Mark]

Shatel: Omahans get quality time with quality guy

My opinion of Washington quarterback Jake Locker changed during the weekend. I now have more respect for him.

An hour or so after the worst game of his career, on a day when the kid's Heisman Trophy and NFL draft status took major hits, Locker showed class and sportsmanship under a different kind of pressure. The story comes from a friend of mine from Omaha, Dave Hickey, who sent me an e-mail on Sunday about an encounter he and his wife, Ann, had with Locker after the game on Saturday. Hickey also sent a photo of Locker posing with him and Ann.

“We met Scott Locker (Jake's dad) on the sidewalk when we were walking back to our hotel after the game,'' Hickey wrote. “We struck up a conversation with him while we were walking (not having any idea who he was). Before you knew it, he invited us to his family's tailgate party after the game, where we met Jake, his family and quite a few friends and relatives from his hometown.

“We spent two hours with them. Great people! Jake was a very gracious young man and had wonderful things to say about our team and fans.''

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

I was gonna post this the other day, but forgot. Takes a pretty good guy to come out to a tailgate party and smile with Husker fans after the Nebraska defense just rattled the hell out of the kid's career.

I personally hope he has a good season from here on out.

 

[HawkeyeHater]

He still sucks..........


Just sayin....

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Yea. I hope he torches every single team he plays from here on out though........cuz it makes Nebraska look that much better.

 

[UTVolCountry]

That's nice to hear. Seems like a cool guy.

I hear so much hype about him and how good he is, but I've never really seen him play.