Saunders Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Quote CollegeFootballNews: 2024 Wisconsin Preview This is where the pivot to Luke Fickell has to kick in because, to go full cliché, the goalposts have moved—in a good way. For the last 30 years, Wisconsin has lived in the world of the very, very good. (As someone who was there during the very, very bad, to this day, the idea of the Badgers going to a bowl game still seems a tad far-fetched.) Winning 16 bowl games since that breakthrough run to the Rose Bowl to end the 1993 season, six Big Ten titles during the era, 13 seasons of ten wins or more, and five more seasons with nine wins—the program enjoyed as much success as it could possibly have in college football without playing for something truly massive. Not that the Rose Bowls weren’t nice, but let’s just say Y2K was a thing the last time the Badgers won in Pasadena. https://collegefootballnews.com/news/wisconsin-college-football-preview-2024-key-players-game-schedule-season-predictions More to come... 1 Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 2 hours ago, Mavric said: This is a W for the rest of the B1G 1 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Van Dyke has a huge arm and is going to throw bombs throughout the year. More often than not, a lot of those will connect. He was fascinating to watch at Miami, Fl. I say fascinating because he could throw 450 yards and several TDs one week, carry the team and win the game, and the following week throw multiple interceptions, get sacked a lot, and overthrow his receivers and lose. So yeah, Wisconsin feels like 8-5. Quote Link to comment
deedsker Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 1 hour ago, Red Five said: This is a W for the rest of the B1G Personal stuff aside, he has been a pretty good coach for absolute train wrecks of franchises. Hence why he is in Wisconsin now? Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Van Dyke is 17/29 for 153 and a whopping 5.3 avg so far against WMU, halfway through the 3rd. I just don't see throwing the ball 40 times working at Wisconsin. Feels like a very dumb (Callahan esque) decision for them to flip a 180 from what they were before. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
hskrpwr13 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 11 hours ago, runningblind said: Van Dyke is 17/29 for 153 and a whopping 5.3 avg so far against WMU, halfway through the 3rd. I just don't see throwing the ball 40 times working at Wisconsin. Feels like a very dumb (Callahan esque) decision for them to flip a 180 from what they were before. I think Fickell is way ahead of Callahan as a college HC. They still haven't found a QB to really implement what they want to do on offense. Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 42 minutes ago, hskrpwr13 said: I think Fickell is way ahead of Callahan as a college HC. They still haven't found a QB to really implement what they want to do on offense. I agree there, my comment was about the philosophical change similarity. I don't think they're going to get the QB they want up there if they have two years of meh results, and their historical reputation. Last night was 100% meh. 25 point favorites and they slogged to a 2 td win by scoring late. Less than 400 yards of offense in 80+ plays against a G5 team that went 4-8 with the 89th ranked defense last year. Quote Link to comment
caveman99 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 7 hours ago, runningblind said: I agree there, my comment was about the philosophical change similarity. I don't think they're going to get the QB they want up there if they have two years of meh results, and their historical reputation. Last night was 100% meh. 25 point favorites and they slogged to a 2 td win by scoring late. Less than 400 yards of offense in 80+ plays against a G5 team that went 4-8 with the 89th ranked defense last year. I agree, they were down to a G5 school a fair bit into the 4th qtr, only a luck play on a punt saved them. Had that punt not hit a WMU player, I am not sure Wisky wins, or at least it is a very close win. Got bailed out IMO. 2 Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 I didn't think Fickell is going to work out at Wisconsin. Going to the air raid is a huge mistake. 3 Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Alvarez retiring as AD is probably the worst thing to happen to Wisconsin in a long time. He was able to keep a decently consistent identity for them across multiple HCs. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 On 8/31/2024 at 9:50 AM, hskrpwr13 said: I think Fickell is way ahead of Callahan as a college HC. They still haven't found a QB to really implement what they want to do on offense. QB is an issue, I think the bigger one offensively is they can't recruit WRs. They do have a couple of slot guys who are good for volume, but no outside WRs + an unspectacular run game is how you average 4.7 yards per play against a bad defense. They'll improve over the course of the year, but it's just not an explosive offense. Meullusi will break a few runs and occasionally the slot receivers will make it over the top but it's going to be more dink and dunk than fans here want. 1 Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 I am of the opinion that letting the OL block 3 yards downfield on a pass is excessive, and it should be 1 yard like the NFL or 2 at most. Hard to blame the defense giving up on the WR when the refs let you go 5 full yards: 2 2 2 Quote Link to comment
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