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Wisconsin did attempt to mimick NU under Alvarez. He tried but never has been able to do it really. You might want to think of Wiscy as "Little Red" as opposed to Big Red. After 2000, we have never really been Big Red. There were brief glimpses and perhaps 20% of that time we've been comparable to Little Red. Offensive line play and playcalling have been, in my view, the biggest reasons why we can't get over the hump and back in the top ten in the standings. We have not played great defense many years since then either, except for Suuuuh. Bo was a dam good defensive coordinator and game strategist. Had he been a D coordinator for Tom, he would have been just as good, if not better, than McBride. He just didn't find an offense.
We had some fun offensive plays, etc with Crouch and a few games a year were exciting with TMagic but he was not consistant and his locker kicking fit ruined his career and took away his speed advantage which was tremendous. He was not even an average QB without his electrifying speed. Callahan was perhaps one of the best ever at play calling in the two minute offense each half. The rest of the time, he was mediocre. I don't think any other offenses by NU since Devaney (Osborne was his O.C. for his national championships as well btw.
Defense is easier, in my view, for Frost to restore to a champ competitive level than offense, simply because you need fewer big guys and speed can make up for a lot of other weak points.
Frost needs to find 4 great offensive line recruits each of the next three years if we are going to get back to Big Ten challengers.
We had some fun offensive plays, etc with Crouch and a few games a year were exciting with TMagic but he was not consistant and his locker kicking fit ruined his career and took away his speed advantage which was tremendous. He was not even an average QB without his electrifying speed. Callahan was perhaps one of the best ever at play calling in the two minute offense each half. The rest of the time, he was mediocre. I don't think any other offenses by NU since Devaney (Osborne was his O.C. for his national championships as well btw.
Defense is easier, in my view, for Frost to restore to a champ competitive level than offense, simply because you need fewer big guys and speed can make up for a lot of other weak points.
Frost needs to find 4 great offensive line recruits each of the next three years if we are going to get back to Big Ten challengers.