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UW needs to be recruiting Kansas more....I watch HS ball there every week. They have kids that fit UW to a tee but with more skills than some of the homegrown natives. Yes, that is consider sacred in the state but WFCA needs to be told to sit down and shut it already.
I've watched a few of their games out there. I saw a couple when Mertz was a senior. That's why I was so excited about seeing him choose Wisconsin. My cousin, who lives out there, and played college football and ended up not playing in the NFL because of stenosis knows their family, and Wisconsin has always been on of Graham's favorite teams. The family still spends summer vacations in Door County, and there's a lot of relatives of his Mom up in Green Bay.
From what I've been told, when he decided on Wisconsin, it was like him choosing to go back to his family roots, even though his Dad played for Minnesota.
Now he has to fulfill the promise of what we saw in his first game. This could be the start of something big, or it could fizzle. I do know one thing. Teams will no longer be able to sell out on defending against the run. They need to worry about his being able to find the open receivers. This is such a departure "at this point," from previous Badger teams. I saw a little bit of what we saw when Russell Wilson was under center. Though, Graham is not as good a runner.