GT: Bucky at Rutgers - 10/12/24 - 11:00 - BTN

midranger · Post #41 » by **midranger** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:33 pm

Jake Butt either really hates UW or really loves Rutgers.

My guy, the score is 28-0 and even that paints a rosy picture for Rutgers. They are not “beating themselves” because they have 4 drops.

PintSizedBox10 · Post #42 » by **PintSizedBox10** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:35 pm

How does Rutgers have 4 wins

TroyD92 · Post #43 » by **TroyD92** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:35 pm

Locke is good for 2-3 tips a game.

Post #44 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:59 pm

Not going to nitpick anything, this is a very nice road win

TroyD92 · Post #45 » by **TroyD92** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:04 pm

Feel theres not much to nitpick. Second quarter wasn't great, but every other quarter has been very well played.

Post #46 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:11 pm

Best Badgers performance in a long time. Super impressive.

TroyD92 · Post #47 » by **TroyD92** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:16 pm

Defense is much faster too. Been pretty good the whole year

MVP2110 · Post #48 » by **MVP2110** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:29 pm

This is the best the Badgers have looked in years. Braedyn Locke throwing dimes, Tawee Walker running for 198 yards and 3 TD, Oline has improved, defense only allowing 7 points. What a fun game

midranger · Post #49 » by **midranger** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:43 pm

Thorough ass beating.

Locke looking much better than I thought possible.

MikeIsGood · Post #50 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:48 pm

Dominant game. Could not be happier to eat crow after calling out Locke.

Zachman was great today. All over the place.

coolhandluke121 · Post #51 » by **coolhandluke121** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:58 pm

It's hard to top any secondary headlined by Jamar Fletcher and Mike Echols, but this group is at least close just on the strength of their depth. It feels like UW could be a true DB school now, which makes sense considering Fickell's background with Cincinnati. He brought a strong reputation for developing CBs with him, which probably also helps him recruit DBs.

Rutgers might be more of a dud than we thought going in, but it's really hard to make some of the throws Locke made regardless of who you're playing. Heck, it's probably hard to make some of those throws even in practice. I didn't get to see the whole thing, but what I saw was fun to watch today.

Post #52 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 8:53 pm

Locke looks night and day better than he did last year. Badgers can win with that dude.

MVP2110 · Post #53 » by **MVP2110** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:50 pm

It's almost as if we shouldn't be writing QBs off after a few starts as a freshman.

*and for what it's worth I thought Locke absolutely showed flashes as a freshman too.

That said I'm not ready to jump all the way on board, I want to see him do this consistently week in and Week out. Defenses will adjust to him and I'm curious to see how he responds

BUCKnation · Post #54 » by **BUCKnation** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 10:53 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:Dominant game. Could not be happier to eat crow after calling out Locke.

Zachman was great today. All over the place.

They’ve been amazing since I called him the worst qb since mcavoy. :lol:

MikeIsGood · Post #55 » by **MikeIsGood** » Sun Oct 13, 2024 2:26 am

MVP2110 wrote:It's almost as if we shouldn't be writing QBs off after a few starts as a freshman.

*and for what it's worth I thought Locke absolutely showed flashes as a freshman too.

That said I'm not ready to jump all the way on board, I want to see him do this consistently week in and Week out. Defenses will adjust to him and I'm curious to see how he responds

Yeah, props, you've had his back - and had the advanced metrics on your side, too. I stand by my takes (broadly shared, to be fair), but he has substantially improved and is showing his worth the past couple weeks. I hope he keeps it up, obviously. I am never happier to eat crow than for the Badgers.

trwi7 · Post #56 » by **trwi7** » Sun Oct 13, 2024 3:13 pm

One of my takeaways from the game yesterday was how much the announcers were blaming Rutgers receivers for not bringing in some horrible throws from Kaliakmanis and every time they would call them "drops."

tski1972 · Post #57 » by **tski1972** » Sun Oct 13, 2024 3:17 pm

Nice to see back to back dominant wins, but until they beat a “good” team I’ll reserve judgement.

midranger · Post #58 » by **midranger** » Sun Oct 13, 2024 8:06 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
MVP2110 wrote:It's almost as if we shouldn't be writing QBs off after a few starts as a freshman.

*and for what it's worth I thought Locke absolutely showed flashes as a freshman too.

That said I'm not ready to jump all the way on board, I want to see him do this consistently week in and Week out. Defenses will adjust to him and I'm curious to see how he responds

Yeah, props, you've had his back - and had the advanced metrics on your side, too. I stand by my takes (broadly shared, to be fair), but he has substantially improved and is showing his worth the past couple weeks. I hope he keeps it up, obviously. I am never happier to eat crow than for the Badgers.

Same.

Ayt · Post #59 » by **Ayt** » Sun Oct 13, 2024 9:21 pm

Locke has a legit NFL arm so it is great to finally see him settling in.

Kerb Hohl · Post #60 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Mon Oct 14, 2024 1:19 pm

Yeah I echo the Locke stuff. Good stuff for him looking like a very good QB for a few games now - but still cautiously optimistic because the bottom can fall out at any point, of course.

Honestly, I thought Tawee Walker was just a short yardage guy from the looks of him coming in + early in the year - that was a great performance as well.