you "guess" that its a good thing for the badgers?....not exactly a ringing endorsement for his return 😆

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With these productive players from FCS and lower that we are adding can those players step up to the speed of the game at the division one level is always my big question with them? Wisconsin players usually look like turtles trying to chase those rabbits from teams like Ohio State. We can't match their speed and our corners play 10 yards off their man and because of that makes for easy catches on crossing routes across the middle and then we are chasing that speed trying to make a tackle and just can't keep up Xavier Lucas seemed like he was a guy that might be able to match up with those receivers and now he is gone. Same goes on the offense side of the ball we usually don't have the speed at WR to really spread out teams or threaten them deep. No wonder we face so many 8 to 9 man boxes making it tough to run the ball.

Heiberger will be a great linebacker but way too small for an edge rusher.

100% correct Zach a cornerbacks best friend is a good pass rush. Corners can only cover for so long.

You don’t think a court will be sympathetic to XL? Do you live under a rock lol? The courts have ruled in the athletes favor in every NIL case. What a dumb take.

Great News regarding Ricardo especially since the secondary has taken a big hit in the offseason.

Hallman was likely a mid day three pick, which at that point it’s better to come back to school.

Guy on the left is not very smart. Your rationale is XL’s attorney hasn’t filed suit therefore he doesn’t have a strong case. Then you immediately say that WI has a strong case. If that were correct, why hasn’t Wisconsin sued Xavier Lucas for breach of contract? This is such a dumb ass Homer take, as a licensed attorney, it’s mind numbing. Don’t you think it’s possible that XL hasn’t filed suit becuase it’s going to cost a lot of money and take a lot of time? Have you considered that time is of the essence for XL and he likely doesn’t have money until he can sign a NIL deal with his new school? Btw I’m from Wisconsin and went to UW for school. I’m just not a brain addled Homer that can only view things from one perspective.

I do know the U has added several other Db's, so there is no gty the U would even take him now at what they were originally offering. I expect this to drag out into the summer. Then hopefully for XL's sake he can enroll there in the fall, albeit for less cash. It definitely would be great if the UW sets a precedent in this case. For collective bargaining agreements at the very least.

Contracts, collective bargaining, pay infrastructure. Hold both sides accountable. It’s the only way.

He may end up going to Miami. But, he may owe Wisconsin money, which ultimately will be paid by the canes. Will Miami be in trouble for recruiting a guy and encouraging him to break a binding contract? Rabbit hole after rabbit hole...

Really glad to see WI taking a stand . The NCAA should be ashamed of how they rolled out NIL. Player tampering is out of control. Need 2 year contracts, salary caps X University. Also, need to aggressively litigate tampering. WELCOME TO THE NFL. Destroying college athletics and destroying connferences like the Pac 10 that started in the early 1900's. What is happening to the STUDENT athlete model? MONEY GRAB.!!!

Excited at Hallman's decision. Keep adding talent baby! Hoping that A. Witt has a solid year.

This is a veteran team, that added a 6th year player. Blackwell is finding his groove. I still feel they are a top 25 but need more quality wins.

Rutgers D in the second half gave the Badgers fits, resulting in 16 turnovers in the game. That wont be the last time we will see that so hopefully we can respond with the offense to overcome all the points given up off turnovers. That was really the only darkside of that win other than giving up 18 offensive rebounds and second chance points. Have to clean that up.

Re: WI D LINE: I kept thinking was it our D schemes ve our talent? Clear... that we were not very good. Can only get better.

Please more swing episodes and less camp. Would much rather listen to a show about a program that is actually successful.

I watched two freshman QBs play this year. The QB for Nebraska & the QB for North Texas. If UW has a great QB who will be a freshman this year, there might be a consider to use him. Or they could watch him play for somewhere else next year through the portal.

Jesse and Zach. Please explain why Grimes our OC is not able to get his guys he wants as coaches? I have no problem retaining Blazek which is mandatory. Everyone else might need to be flushed.

Blackwell playing with so much confidence.

Love the camp and the swing! Keep it up, guys!

I bought Fran's DVD clinic on building a championship D. It was 75 min of 'never gonna give you up'

15:41 dude stepped into him bc he shot the ball after the whistle!!!!

Those defensive stats were horrible, so at what point does that fall on Tressel , Whitlow and Mitchell as coaches?

134 in tackles for a loss out of 134 .... any you still have your job i think tressle sucks balls he needs to be fired

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Hope all the newcomers on the DL work out better than all the guys they brought in last year at LB. Remember all that hype. Not getting excited this time until I see it happen on the field.

So much turnover with players and coaches either leaving, getting fired or moving to another position within the current staff. I guess its the world of college football we live in these days but I have a hard time getting excited right now for the future. I had high hopes for Fickell coming in and realized the cupboard of player talent was pretty bare when he came in. However I drank to much of the Kool-Aid the first two years that Fickell could do no wrong. I really need to see it on the field going forward before I can get excited again. I didn't expect great results the first two years from a wins and losses perspective but I expected a well coached team on the field that would be ready to play every week. I saw that in the first two years when Barry took over. Have not seen that in the Fickell era which is my big concern. Hearing Fickell in press conferences after some games saying he had no answers does not inspire a lot of confidence that he has a handle on the team. I said I was giving him 3 years to see improvement on the field and I am sticking to that but their is heat in the kitchen. Player wise because of the transfer portal this is pretty much Fickell's team now so we can't blame Chryst anymore for that.

Javier ...the J sounds like an H 👍

Ped State is going to name the Press Box after Sandusky.

Willor Jr. (and Dillan Johnson) are built to be edge rushers.

#FreeYAC

Hallman probably took notice of what happened with K King in the draft.

This football program feels so dysfunctional right now. You can cover all the various position rooms and the obvious intrigue in each of them and potential fixes but then you have the continuing coaching turnover and questionable hires on top of those. How can they have an identity when there is no personnel consistency to have an identity with? Fickell himself feels rudderless.

Fickell (knowing Kenny was an option) probably searched for both a QB and WR coach, and likely has identified better WR coaches available so that's why he decided to go with Kenny.

Press box rankings!!!!

Best QB coach in the Big Ten now! On Wisconsin!

Jesse Temple is a low energy, negative, piss poor on podcasts - a waste of my time... good luck - Out

Zach, Don't take that shot back. It was a legit comment. And don't change.

I hope I am wrong on this and they do have a balanced offense between run and pass which is really needed in this day and age of football but do people really think they are going to throw the ball that much? For that reason I am not as worried about who is going to be playing wide receiver as others are. I fear they are going back to the days of run heavy offense and that will make it harder to recruit top flight QB's and WR's if the majority of the time you handing the ball to a running back. Hope I am wrong but the big offseason story for me is what is Jeff Grimes offense going to look like? We have a talented TE now via the transfer portal and some young TE's with loads of potential so I do hope they throw the ball and run a diversified and balanced offense.

College football players have the attitude that if they're not playing, they're not staying.

Wow! Just living out every D3 players dream. Unreal! Imagine turning on your phone after an exam and seeing all these D1 programs reaching out.

The playoff seeding needs a lot of work. Oregon gets “rewarded” for going 13-0 and winning the Big 10 by having to play Ohio State while Penn State loses the Big 10 championship game and has a cakewalk draw. People might claim the bye is worth it but it sure as hell didn’t look worth it for Oregon when you compare to Penn St. Hopefully it changes next year

My question is; how long will the boosters put up with Gard's marginal record in the Big, at mid pack, and getting diced in the 1st rd of the ncaa, if they even get in? When will 20-11 seasons not be good enough? For me i'm thinking after next year, when his buy out is only 2 years. And if say Coach Chambliss gets the oppty to go back to his alma mata Penn St and coach that will seal the deal, because he is the only coach on staff recruiting the good athletic players in HS or the Portal.

The other WR will either be Hilton jr, Hamper, or Griffin Jr.

Happy New Year guys! As a decades long Badgers fan and given the current state of college football, your Matt Jung story is beyond great to see. It does matter to us out here to have kids like him in the program!

There should be no more than 8 teams in the playoffs. No byes, no home games, all neutral sites. This is going to drag on too long also. And who ever did the seeding must have been drunk totally absurd.

Happy New Year! What happend with the QB coach? I like the additions made thus far from the portal. As U stated, we need those DB's. Thank you for 2024.

didn't discuss new coach(s)