College Football 2014 Thread

midranger · Post #61 » by **midranger** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:33 am

Bert had very good results, surrounded himself with great assistants, and had very few problem players. Sure he was a dumb ****, but he was a good CEO of a program.

midranger · Post #62 » by **midranger** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:44 am

GA making an early push to finish the recruiting class. With the 3 OL verbals this year and the class of signees last year, I have to think that a prime RB is next to commit.

Kerb Hohl · Post #63 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:03 pm

Yeah I was reading that they're pretty much right up against the threshold of total schollies they can have. I'm sure they'll have decommits last minute and there is that James kid that is as soft of a verbal as it gets.

I don't think that Weber kid is coming and it seems like all other RBs are off their radar, maybe Scarlett. I'm sure they'll get back in on a few.

Sitting at #14 in the 247 rankings. They're bound to drop as other teams fill out their classes and the big dogs commit. They'll probably end in that real nice #30 realm.

Agree on Beilema. I was on here kinda playing the angle that he was a bit under appreciated results-wise when he left. Personally, GA was one of the few guys that I was immediately happy to have for the "upgrade" though we'll need to see more years of results to confirm that.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #64 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:51 am

Since I'm long overdue for a Gopher post. 8-)

Kerb Hohl · Post #65 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 10:14 pm

Jaden Gault, the top 2014 recruit for the Badgers, who had enrolled early, is taking a leave and likely redshirting 2014 to get over depression issues.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #66 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:58 pm

BB discussing one of his favorite recruits. Don't you guys miss him? :lol:

Also, when is he going to stop packing on the lbs., wow.

trwi7 · Post #67 » by **trwi7** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:47 pm

Newz · Post #68 » by **Newz** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:23 pm

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jakecronus8 · Post #69 » by **jakecronus8** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:13 pm

Newz wrote:
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Kerb Hohl · Post #70 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:38 pm

He has gotten closer and closer to matching the picture since that came out.

chuckleslove · Post #71 » by **chuckleslove** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:11 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SesbcXSEvU8[/youtube]

Kerb Hohl · Post #72 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:25 pm

Badgers lost 4-star WR Dareian Watkins (personal) and Chris Jones (didn't make UW's admissions, going to Toledo).

No reason to think the sky is falling but this past class has hit with a bit of a thud.

Sounds like Watkins moved out of his family's house and in with friends when he turned 18 and it turned into a ****.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #73 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:22 pm

Wow that Watkins story is bizarre.

midranger · Post #74 » by **midranger** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:21 am

It'd be great to never have another recruiting class like last year's.

The Badgers have been snakebitten lately with the underclassmen. In the last year, lost two OL to concussions, 1 OL to depression, 2 DT recruits to academics, 1 WR to freakout, 1 WR to academics, and 1 ILB recruit to rape. I think we also lost a couple DB recruits to academics, one was a JUCO and one was a 4 star who ended up at Nebraska IIRC, but I don't remember those details exactly.

Additionally, our 2 deep DT Gilbert has graduated and has left the team. Front 7 is THIN. Really thin.

EDIT: the kid who went to Nebraska was 2 years ago, DJ Singleton.

Crazy stat.... including Evans and Keels, 6 or our top 8 verbal commits will not be with the team next year. Insane.

LarryFlanders · Post #75 » by **LarryFlanders** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:12 pm

UW just secured a oral commitment from Davon Crookshank, a RB from Texas. UW's fourth commtiment from Texas

midranger · Post #76 » by **midranger** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:14 am

New verbal Dominic Sheppard out of Miami. He reports offers from Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Miami among a host of others. Not sure how valid or commitable those offers are. Not because I don't think that a kid could pick Madison over Tuscaloosa, but because I don't see Alabama, Ohio State, and Notre Dame extending early offers to 3 star out of state LBs very often.

Good news nonetheless, as defensive recruiting has been lagging this year.

Mags FTW · Post #77 » by **Mags FTW** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:29 pm

Almost unfair what Oregon can do with all of that Nike money.

http://www.stack.com/2013/08/02/univers ... -facility/

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #78 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:59 pm

Yeah I've seen those pictures before. I'd guess their facilities are probably nicer than just about every NFL team.

midranger · Post #79 » by **midranger** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:48 am

Didn't you guys hear? College sports are destitute and if they had to pay players the end would come swiftly....

... oh never mind.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #80 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:36 pm

You know this is a "must win" for Bielema. :lol:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/504335334956879872[/tweet]