Iowa Head Coach Kirk Ferentz was a guest on Fox Sports Radio’s ‘Petros and Money’ show on Friday night. His comments sparked a debate late in the evening on whether or not Brandon Wegher had returned to practice this week.

Ferentz said this, when asked about Wegher’s status: “He came back and practiced a couple days and his heart wasn’t into it. We visited a couple times since. He is going to be in school, at least his intentions are to be in school this Monday and start classes. I’ve encouraged him to do that first of all, to get back in class and stay in good standing academically and continue to pursue his degree and take whatever time he needs to work through whatever it is he’s working through.”

Some, including me, heard this and at first blush believed that Wegher had returned to the practice field for a second time. But after listening to it a few more times, and going off of people I trust in telling me that Wegher had not returned to practice this week, I believe Kirk was telling Petros & Money the same things he told the Iowa media last Saturday, the 14th, when he said Brandon practiced a few days at the start of camp and left…and that Kirk had spoken with him a couple of times since that point in time. Being that this was the first Kirk had spoken with Petros and Money on the situation, I believe they were hearing the same things Kirk told the Iowa media six days prior, and that this is NOT a case of Wegher having come back to practice and left a second time. Petros even said, in the setup question to Ferentz, “Wegher is not currently with the team, what is his standing?”

You can listen to the audio for yourself at this link. Ferentz’s comments on Wegher are at the 6:00 minute mark.

That being said, it’s clear from Ferentz’s comments on 8/20 that Wegher is NOT back in practice nor with the team, and he believes it’s Wegher’s intention to start school on Monday…

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