2018 Badger Football Thread

Mags FTW · Post #41 » by **Mags FTW** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:44 am

I genuinely believe Wisconsin is the place where Mertz wants to be. He has a great relationship with Jon Budmayr, who was promoted to quarterbacks coach when Wisconsin added its 10th assistant. The value of those relationships can’t be overstated. Wisconsin was one of the first schools to identify Mertz’s talent and he really could be a game changer for the Badgers, who rarely land a quarterback of his caliber.

https://www.landof10.com/wisconsin/wisconsin-badgers-mailbag-2019-recruiting-class-graham-mertz-comparing-admissions-standards

Turk Nowitzki · Post #42 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:20 pm

We'll see. There's a lot of time until he can actually sign for these other schools to work their magic. If Alabama really wants him that's such a hard offer to pass up imo.

Post #43 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:38 pm

Turk Nowitzki wrote:We'll see. There's a lot of time until he can actually sign for these other school to work their magic. If Alabama really wants him that's such a hard offer to pass up imo.

If Tagavailoa looks like a star, future 1st round QB next season, Alabama is gonna be that much more appealing to college recruits. QB is the one position they've never really brought in NFL caliber talent.

Mags FTW · Post #44 » by **Mags FTW** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:58 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
Turk Nowitzki wrote:We'll see. There's a lot of time until he can actually sign for these other school to work their magic. If Alabama really wants him that's such a hard offer to pass up imo.

If Tagavailoa looks like a star, future 1st round QB next season, Alabama is gonna be that much more appealing to college recruits. QB is the one position they've never really brought in NFL caliber talent.

On the flip side, it won’t be appealing because you know you’ll proabably have to sit behind him for at least a year.

Kerb Hohl · Post #45 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:06 pm

Mags FTW wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:
Turk Nowitzki wrote:We'll see. There's a lot of time until he can actually sign for these other school to work their magic. If Alabama really wants him that's such a hard offer to pass up imo.

If Tagavailoa looks like a star, future 1st round QB next season, Alabama is gonna be that much more appealing to college recruits. QB is the one position they've never really brought in NFL caliber talent.

On the flip side, it won’t be appealing because you know you’ll proabably have to sit behind him for at least a year.

Unless Mertz is a HOF talent, he's probably sitting a year behind somebody anywhere. Depending on how next year goes, he'd probably be stuck behind a few years of Coan or one year of RS senior Hornibrook.

Post #46 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:50 pm

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2018/03/12/badgers-face-questions-defense-spring-football-practice/412117002/

Turk Nowitzki · Post #47 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:11 pm

Definitely going to be some pressure on Hornibrook and the offense to be more consistent, the defense isn't going to be able to totally bail them out next season.

Sky Bucks · Post #48 » by **Sky Bucks** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:20 pm

Turk Nowitzki wrote:Definitely going to be some pressure on Hornibrook and the offense to be more consistent, the defense isn't going to be able to totally bail them out next season.

Obviously expecting Hornibrook to play like he did against Miami is unrealistic, but if he can cut back on the INT’s, this could be the best offense since the Wilson year.

Bernman · Post #49 » by **Bernman** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:53 am

MickeyDavis wrote:https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2018/03/12/badgers-face-questions-defense-spring-football-practice/412117002/

Will the Badgers have enough options at tailback? He proceeded to list 6 guys, so I'm going to go with yup. That was never a question.

Cornerback deserved its own category, maybe 2. That's the real big question. Don't know if they solved the problem. It's going to have to come out of the blue and they might have to get creative (give Bondoc a shot there, he's getting no love as a walk-on safety while the poster child is our current OC). Really wished they'd have gotten the CB transfer from Utah that went to Michigan instead.

Kerb Hohl · Post #50 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:37 pm

Mertz stopped by Georgia when he was at a camp in Atlanta. Not a paywall site member but people are suggesting it's not a huge deal, but it's news nonetheless.

Post #51 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:16 pm

According to Greg Johnson of NCAA.com, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a new rule for kickoffs, with fair catches anywhere inside the 25-yard line resulting in touchbacks and the football being placed at the 25-yard line.

Previously, touchbacks only occurred when the kickoff was fielded in the end zone.

Mags FTW · Post #52 » by **Mags FTW** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:35 pm

Every time this thread gets bumped I brace myself for bad Mertz news.

MikeIsGood · Post #53 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:21 pm

Former SS recruit Colin Wilder is transferring to UW, where he'll start off as a walk-on. We offered him in 2015, but he went to Houston.

jakecronus8 · Post #54 » by **jakecronus8** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:58 pm

Bumping this thread just to say I'm pumped for this season and to freak out mags RE: Mertz

Kerb Hohl · Post #55 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:17 pm

As one that has always trusted the UW football/basketball process, I think they'll be good, of course, and that they will always reload at positions where a lot of talent graduates...but, I do worry that CB will be the downfall. They've got several good, young prospects but I do think that they're an injury or underperformance away from being a trainwreck.

The somewhat lack of grad transfer-type activity makes me somewhat optimistic that they still like what they have but also could be that in college sports if you aren't Bama or OSU, you probably just have to roll with some weaknesses/risks some years.

Mags FTW · Post #56 » by **Mags FTW** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:50 am

Kerb Hohl · Post #57 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:50 am

Mags FTW wrote::uhoh:

You scared me. I had to see if there was any Mertz news.

Kerb Hohl · Post #58 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 8:18 pm

Yesterday's news, but Mertz got a Clemson offer. We'll see how the next few weeks go as maybe he will decide to do some visits, but if he doesn't do one soon, I think he's staying with UW. He could go probably to literally any school he wants to play football and he's yet to take a visit elsewhere other than stopping by Georgia while he was in town. Seems like if he was being pulled away he'd be flirting with those other schools already.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #59 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 8:22 pm

Kerb Hohl wrote:Yesterday's news, but Mertz got a Clemson offer. We'll see how the next few weeks go as maybe he will decide to do some visits, but if he doesn't do one soon, I think he's staying with UW. He could go probably to literally any school he wants to play football and he's yet to take a visit elsewhere other than stopping by Georgia while he was in town. Seems like if he was being pulled away he'd be flirting with those other schools already.

Yeah, like you said, he hasn't done anything that would give the impression he's even considering any of these other schools, and basically almost every relevant power conference school has offered at this point. It's actually pretty crazy.

midranger · Post #60 » by **midranger** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:55 pm

Nelson and Cichy made a mistake. Could have been part of a really special year and bumped their draft status.