2021 Badgers Football Thread

TW said:
He hurt his shoulder in the Michigan game. That screwed him up for the rest of the season. I guess they didn't trust Wolf enough to have him start in his place.

I think we're going to see a pretty good QB under center when this season begins. Going on a healthy Mertz against Illinois, and what he did, if he's 60% that effective, he'll be in the top 3 in the Big 10.

I have a hunch we're going to see a pretty darned good mix of passing and rushing out of this team this year. I have a lot of confidence in their personnel to do a solid job. Not having OSU on the regular season schedule doesn't hurt matters either. They, as usual, are going to be a national power.
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Post Michigan is also where he hit the Covid list. Did not practice for what 2-3 weeks. Illinois was just awful in the secondary so that’s a small small sample size. I am not saying our WR group is strong but compared to last year Pryor, Davis and Dike are not awful so that alone gives me hope.
 
TW said:
The problem with RS and a solid player is that they jump to the NFL draft after their 4th year anyhow, not taking that 5th.
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Yeah that’s a risk for sure but a 4 star kid with that much hype is not sitting. I would be shocked
 
TW said:
The problem with RS and a solid player is that they jump to the NFL draft after their 4th year anyhow, not taking that 5th.
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True he's gone after 3 years if he's any good
 
Packinatl said:
You don’t RS a kid who i am 95% sure he will be in the 2 deep rotation. Starting and # of snaps is not the same thing
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Yeah with hype coming in if he's good as advertised he will play a bunch
 
Another ugly win and crappy play calling and QB play. I don't think Badgers finish better then 6-6.
 
GBP4EVER said:
Another ugly win and crappy play calling and QB play. I don't think Badgers finish better then 6-6.
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I told you before the game defending the flexbone is a chore and it would be ugly. If they don't get the strip-sack score Army may have won the game because UW D was gassed.

Offensively UW has issues at WR, can't get separation and they run sloppy routes. Kudos to Army, a very well-coached program that gives 100% for 4 Qtrs.
 
Mark87 said:
I told you before the game defending the flexbone is a chore and it would be ugly. If they don't get the strip-sack score Army may have won the game because UW D was gassed.

Offensively UW has issues at WR, can't get separation and they run sloppy routes. Kudos to Army, a very well-coached program that gives 100% for 4 Qtrs.
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Yeah agree. Right now if Purdue plays like they did yesterday UW can't beat them. UW losses to Iowa and also I think MN. Meaning UW needs to beat Rutgers, NW, and Nebraska to get to a bowl game.
 
Nothing in this game changed my mind about this Badger team. Mediocre OL. Mediocre QB. Mediocre (or worse) WRs. On top of that, they allowed Army to complete 5 of 6 passes to keep drives alive. If they can't cover the so-so receivers Army threw out there what happens next week against Purdue. I know Army's offense presented a unique challenge but still, the CBs don't seem able to cover in one-on-one situations.

I also wonder about toughness and conditioning with this team. Yes, the defense was gassed at the end, but this is a recurring pattern. The offense gets worse as the game moves along as though they are gassed, and despite rotating guys in, the defense also plays softer and slower. A strength and conditioning problem? Army was playing as tough and fast at the end as they did to start the game, on both sides of the ball. UW . . . not so much.

Right now Purdue and Iowa both look like losses. The rest of the schedule is against a quartet of crappy teams in Rutgers, Northwestern, Nebraska and Minnesota but with the way the Badgers are playing, a couple of bad breaks in one of those games could mean another loss. 7-5 looks like the most likely finish and 6-6 is not out of the question right now.
 
57packer said:
Nothing in this game changed my mind about this Badger team. Mediocre OL. Mediocre QB. Mediocre (or worse) WRs. On top of that, they allowed Army to complete 5 of 6 passes to keep drives alive. If they can't cover the so-so receivers Army threw out there what happens next week against Purdue. I know Army's offense presented a unique challenge but still, the CBs don't seem able to cover in one-on-one situations.
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With all due respect, the scheme causes that issue on the passes, my goal in that O is a steady dose of dive and midline at 2-3 yards until we lull you to sleep and you are tired of tackling then you go with a play-action pass or blast left/right. Both TD for Army was the product of over pursuit by a tired defense.

Frankly Army missed on some play calls that were there IMHO.

UW doesn't have a conditioning issue as much as depth. At some spots the drop-off is big. OL is still a mess under Joe and they really need more weapons at WR to be effective.
 
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