2020 Badgers Football

tski1972 · Post #181 » by **tski1972** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:02 pm

Reports Mertz has Covid

Kerb Hohl · Post #182 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:07 pm

Kerb Hohl wrote:I think a good point was made that the worst part about this is we are now one COVID wave away from being down to Wolf/VandenBoom for 21 days. Hopefully Mertz has already gotten it...

Beyond that, I have always been accepting of the job Coan did but don't have any problems getting to see what Mertz can do.

Well, looks like this maybe came true...

skones · Post #183 » by **skones** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:16 pm

Faaaaaaaaaack

StickeeFingaz · Post #184 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:26 pm

Report I read said they still need to confirm it with a nasal swab test so I'm hoping it was a false positive.

Kerb Hohl · Post #185 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:17 am

Wolf is maybe the best 3rd string QB would ever be left with given they usually don’t have a high 3 star recruit with 2 years in the program in that position usually. But 3 games with @Neb and Michigan (Milton looked really good) makes it unlikely they’d keep winning without him.

chuckleslove · Post #186 » by **chuckleslove** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:33 am

StickeeFingaz wrote:Report I read said they still need to confirm it with a nasal swab test so I'm hoping it was a false positive.

Yeah I believe college is using the same fast saliva tests as other sports and the standard is then to verify with a nasal swab test which take 12-24 hours or so to get a result from.

I just had my 8th negative nasal swab test on Thursday :rock:

Post #187 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:15 am

They've apparently had several false positives. Hopefully this is just another one.

chuckleslove · Post #188 » by **chuckleslove** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:16 am

humanrefutation wrote:They've apparently had several false positives. Hopefully this is just another one.

My understanding is the oral test is around 60-70% accurate and the nasal swab around 95%. They almost never produce false negatives but will produce false positives more frequently. So those are basically the odds we are looking at of it being a false positive I believe.

HKPackFan · Post #189 » by **HKPackFan** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:23 am

This is like a very Bucks thing to happen.

Of course he's positive.

Kerb Hohl · Post #190 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:21 pm

There were 4 guys out on Friday, none of them had reasons listed. Coan we know, Krumholz was on the field in sweats so likely not COVID. The other 2 guys are apparently Mertz's roommates and I don't think there is any report of them being on the sidelines...

Sky Bucks · Post #191 » by **Sky Bucks** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:46 pm

Spencer Lytle was confirmed on the sidelines by one of the Badger reports, so COVID for him seems unlikely unless recent. Also he’s been dealing with a hammy apparently, so based in that it checks out.

chuckleslove · Post #192 » by **chuckleslove** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:42 pm

It's been about 24 hours since the initial report we should be getting close to the time for the nasal swab test results to be available. Getting nervous here.

tski1972 · Post #193 » by **tski1972** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:13 am

Not ideal....

Read on Twitter

Lippo · Post #194 » by **Lippo** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:18 am

Groshek was a former QB plan C...

Kerb Hohl · Post #195 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:02 am

Sounds like DVB is our guy...

jakecronus8 · Post #196 » by **jakecronus8** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:25 pm

At least the Badgers didn’t prolong our heartbreak this year.

MikeIsGood · Post #197 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:07 pm

Outstanding.

Groshek was a QB in high school. Just saying...and I'm not totally joking. It's a weird season - let's get weird. Run some fun stuff.

Kerb Hohl · Post #198 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:22 pm

We'll see what happens on Saturday if the game plays, I think this is the most confident one could be in a 4th QB for Wisconsin. The last few years with rebuilding the QB group, there was not great depth for Chryst. DVB is generally labeled as a decent QB given walk-on status. I think in most years he'd have been their #3 type and #4 might've been an assumed practice squad guy.

All of that said, winning @Nebraska will be tough. Even if they find their way to wildcat/Vanden Boom their way to victory over @Nebraska and Purdue, I think Michigan will kick the **** out of them. Our defense is great like Michigan's, but Milton looked very good for Michigan.

I'm not sure on technicality of when Mertz/Wolf can come back, but at the very best case (which I don't suspect is accurate), they could be activated literally on the Michigan game day, which probably would not go that well if Chryst/UW even agree to allow them to just be thrown right into the fire.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #199 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:41 pm

Drop the Boom, bring in Groshek for 8 - 10 wildcat plays, score 20 points, win by 3. Done Deal.

Only question is how many times will Adrian Martinez fumble? I'll set the O/U at .5

Post #200 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:52 pm

Mertz tested positive a second time. He's out for Nebraska, Purdue, and Michigan.