Fan Expectations

[Husker from Kansas]

if he improves as much from year 2 to year 3 as he did from year 1 to year 2, i think we will have a quality qb.

Yep, that is the hope. If he does, we'll be in good shape.

Of course, that's presuming the Line is solid, and the WRs catch the balls thrown to them, etc. We have a lot of sloppiness from last year to clean up. But if we can, we have the horses to run with the top teams in the country. On offense, anyway.

I've said it a few times before - on a list of all the areas I think we need improvement, Taylor Martinez is near the bottom. You can play a lot of good football if you have really good lines, average skill position players, and one or two playmakers in the back seven on defense. Our lines have gone from playing football worthy of a Top 5 team, to football worthy of a bottom dweller, all within a matter of a few plays, sometimes. The lines are what worry me most every year, and as long as we continue to see average at best play here, we'll see 9-4 seasons, no matter what kind of playmakers we have.

this x 10! you can have all the playmakers in the world, but if the qb doesnt have adequate time to get them the ball on most plays then they cant succeed, its amazing that rex did what he did last year with the blocking he had last year. rex would run for 1.500+ if he had a line like wisconsin has. i know people have said this over and over and people get tired of reading it. but football starts in the trenches, and if you dont have a solid line then everything else goes down hill in a hurry. i think (hope) that this is the year barney finally gets it right and the line starts to make strides. when that happens then you will see t-mart and co explode! :smokin

 

[Excel]

If we lose more than 2 games I will be disappointed. I think we have a shot at 11-1. OSU and Mich. worry me the most.

I agree, a lot of people will still be worried about Wisconsin but honestly I think we get revenge, shut down ball and obrian will be flustered after the first quarter playing in the biggest stadium in his career

Won't be the biggest in his career...he played at Doak and FedEx field last year which at the time was larger than Memorial.

Doak is smaller (and much quieter) and the game at Fedex barely broke 70k.

Doak is larger than Memorial. 82k > 81k. If we're talking noise I'd being willing to bet that CU is far louder than NU.

 

[Saunders]

If we lose more than 2 games I will be disappointed. I think we have a shot at 11-1. OSU and Mich. worry me the most.

I agree, a lot of people will still be worried about Wisconsin but honestly I think we get revenge, shut down ball and obrian will be flustered after the first quarter playing in the biggest stadium in his career

Won't be the biggest in his career...he played at Doak and FedEx field last year which at the time was larger than Memorial.

Doak is smaller (and much quieter) and the game at Fedex barely broke 70k.

Doak is larger than Memorial. 82k > 81k. If we're talking noise I'd being willing to bet that CU is far louder than NU.

I've been to both. Doak is smaller in size. They might say they have 1,000 more seats but it's never been full when I've been there. Our average attendance is more than Doak's record attendance.It's built like a wok on stilts, and the wide open space makes it hard to trap noise.

P.S. If we're talking noise, there's nobody at CU games. That's why they had to put cardboard cutouts in the freakin' stands.

 

[knapplc]

Last year's average attendance at Memorial in Lincoln was 85,267. Capacity may be listed at 81K, but we can put (and always do) put more in the stadium.

Who knows if this will be the largest crowd O'Brien's played in front of. Frankly, who cares? He doesn't worry me as much as this other guy, he's kinda good, a real baller... name of Montee Ball. You all may have heard of him.

I'm pretty certain Ball and the rest of the Badgers have played in front of larger crowds than we'll have in Memorial Stadium.

What we need to do is make it the loudest crowd they've played in front of. I plan on doing my part.

 

[NebraskaHarry]

Last year's average attendance at Memorial in Lincoln was 85,267. Capacity may be listed at 81K, but we can put (and always do) put more in the stadium.

Who knows if this will be the largest crowd O'Brien's played in front of. Frankly, who cares? He doesn't worry me as much as this other guy, he's kinda good, a real baller... name of Montee Ball. You all may have heard of him.

I'm pretty certain Ball and the rest of the Badgers have played in front of larger crowds than we'll have in Memorial Stadium.

What we need to do is make it the loudest crowd they've played in front of. I plan on doing my part.

This. This + 85,000 more.

 

[Excel]

Last year's average attendance at Memorial in Lincoln was 85,267. Capacity may be listed at 81K, but we can put (and always do) put more in the stadium.
Who knows if this will be the largest crowd O'Brien's played in front of. Frankly, who cares? He doesn't worry me as much as this other guy, he's kinda good, a real baller... name of Montee Ball. You all may have heard of him.

I'm pretty certain Ball and the rest of the Badgers have played in front of larger crowds than we'll have in Memorial Stadium.

What we need to do is make it the loudest crowd they've played in front of. I plan on doing my part.

I was simply nitpicking at what I thought was a nitpicky point to begin with.

I, like you, see Ball as being far more important to UW's success than O'Brien who, like all Badger QBs not named Wilson, will be a game manager. We will not depend on him to be a game changer.

If NU shuts down the run they win. End of story.

 

[kchusker_chris]

Last year's average attendance at Memorial in Lincoln was 85,267. Capacity may be listed at 81K, but we can put (and always do) put more in the stadium.
Who knows if this will be the largest crowd O'Brien's played in front of. Frankly, who cares? He doesn't worry me as much as this other guy, he's kinda good, a real baller... name of Montee Ball. You all may have heard of him.

I'm pretty certain Ball and the rest of the Badgers have played in front of larger crowds than we'll have in Memorial Stadium.

What we need to do is make it the loudest crowd they've played in front of. I plan on doing my part.

I was simply nitpicking at what I thought was a nitpicky point to begin with.

I, like you, see Ball as being far more important to UW's success than O'Brien who, like all Badger QBs not named Wilson, will be a game manager. We will not depend on him to be a game changer.

If NU shuts down the run they win. End of story.

we're screwed...