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Topic: #15 Wisconsin (8-2, 5-2) at Nebraska (4-6, 2-5) Post Game

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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2019, 12:09:10 PM »
hah, Baylor might be an even better example than Minnesoota

2017 they had one win

look at them go this season
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2019, 06:22:43 PM »


#14 Wisconsin Badgers (4-2, 7-2) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-4, 4-5)
NOON - Lincoln, NE - BTN
In a moment of honesty, you know the Chicago offices would love for this to become the marquee game annually in the West Division race.  For that to happen, the Huskers need to start winning some games.  Wisconsin has won 6 in a row, and 7 of 8 overall in the series, with 5 of those 7 wins being by 3 scores, and three by over 30 points.  You know what Wisconsin is by now, an efficient Jack Coan under center, and an elite rushing attack.  But are they?  The Badgers rank #23 nationally, at 5.1 ypc.  That is certainly plenty good, but it also signifies a drop off over over a yard per carry from their 2018 mark.  It was worth wondering whether the workload on Jonathan Taylor was starting to take its toll, after having three consecutive efforts of 3.1 ypc against Michigan State, 4.7 ypc against Illinois and 2.6 ypc against Ohio State.  The Ohio State and Michigan State totals were the worst and third worst of his whole career.  But then Taylor showed what puts him in the discussion with Travis Etienne of Clemson for best running back in the nation, going for over 8 ypc against Iowa.  And Coan is efficient in the sense that he's leading the Big Ten in completion percentage, and has a strong 12:3 TD:INT ratio.  But 7 of those touchdowns were thrown in their nonconference cupcake schedule.  He has just 5 touchdown passes in 6 Big Ten games.  He suffers from a lack of good red zone targets, and defenses know that.  Of the 11 Big Ten teams with at least 15 red zone trips, only Iowa has a lower touchdown percentage.  It's clear for Nebraska that Adrian Martinez is not 100%.  How close is he?  And how much is him simply not taking the sophomore step forward we all expected.  There is zero hint from Scott Frost of going to Vedral or McCaffrey as the starter, so it seems like he is going to get every chance to play through it.  The defense is just as bad as a year ago, and they are worst in the conference at 5.3 ypc allowed.  Frost is struggling on that side of the ball to adjust from the move from the American to the Big Ten.  At Central Florida he relied upon covering up a lot of holes with a super aggressive style, to generate sacks and turnovers, even if they weren't winning many 3rd downs.  In the Big Ten, if you want to play that way, teams will just keep running it down your throat, and that's exactly what opponents have been doing.  When teams are playing with a lead, they aren't going to make the types of mistakes that Nebraska's defense relies upon.  The result is a defense where only Rutgers has forced fewwer turnovers.
WISCONSIN 34, NEBRASKA 17

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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #30 on: November 14, 2019, 07:55:26 PM »
Notre Dame's streak of 273 home sellouts is expected to end with Saturday's game against Navy, according to the school.

The streak -- the second-longest active run to Nebraska's 373, according to the South Bend Tribune -- dates back to the final game of the 1973 season, when Notre Dame beat Air Force on Thanksgiving Day in a game that was moved from Saturday to accommodate an ABC telecast. Notre Dame Stadium then had a capacity of 59,075 and the turnstile count was 57,236. The current capacity is 77,622.

"Based on ticket sales through Wednesday, we do not anticipate sellouts for our games against Navy and Boston College [on Nov. 23]," Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement. "That this comes during a time of sustained success for our football program reflects both challenges impacting the ticket market nationwide and the unique dynamics of this year's schedule."

Swarbrick told the Tribune that holding three home games in November -- including a 21-20 win over Virginia Tech on Nov. 2 -- was a factor in the streak likely coming to an end.


Saturday's meeting will be the first time since 1978 that both Notre Dame (No. 16, CFP and AP) and Navy (No. 23 CFP, No. 21 AP) are ranked by The Associated Press.
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #31 on: November 14, 2019, 09:04:22 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 14, 2019, 07:55:26 PM
Notre Dame's streak of 273 home sellouts is expected to end with Saturday's game against Navy, according to the school.

The streak -- the second-longest active run to Nebraska's 373, according to the South Bend Tribune -- dates back to the final game of the 1973 season, when Notre Dame beat Air Force on Thanksgiving Day in a game that was moved from Saturday to accommodate an ABC telecast. Notre Dame Stadium then had a capacity of 59,075 and the turnstile count was 57,236. The current capacity is 77,622.

"Based on ticket sales through Wednesday, we do not anticipate sellouts for our games against Navy and Boston College [on Nov. 23]," Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement. "That this comes during a time of sustained success for our football program reflects both challenges impacting the ticket market nationwide and the unique dynamics of this year's schedule."

Swarbrick told the Tribune that holding three home games in November -- including a 21-20 win over Virginia Tech on Nov. 2 -- was a factor in the streak likely coming to an end.


Saturday's meeting will be the first time since 1978 that both Notre Dame (No. 16, CFP and AP) and Navy (No. 23 CFP, No. 21 AP) are ranked by The Associated Press.
Go, Middies!
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #32 on: November 15, 2019, 10:20:38 AM »
ELA...   I would be shocked if UNL's D held wisc to 34 points.  
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #33 on: November 15, 2019, 10:42:11 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on November 14, 2019, 09:04:22 PM
Go, Middies!
I'm not an Irish-hater, but my default is to root for any service academy team unless there's a compelling reason to do otherwise.
I generally root for Navy in 11 of 12 games per year.
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #34 on: November 15, 2019, 12:09:11 PM »
I think I've said this before, and I'll probably say it again...

The service academies get a lot of mileage out of providing officers to our nation's military. Oddly, as a former officer, I have almost no affinity for the service academies. Every year I wonder whether I should cheer for the Naval Academy, where a great grandfather and (much more recently) a second cousin graduated, or the Military Academy, where several of my friends/brothers-in-arms graduated. On the other hand, I knew a bunch more colleagues who graduated at West Point who did their college football team no favors in helping me support it. I tend towards supporting the Middies, but--in all honesty--I've been happy to see the Cadets win a couple lately (part of that is because I typically like the underdog).

My grandfather was an Army ROTC grad and wore his UC-Berkeley class ring his entire life, I suspect in response to the Military Academy graduates who wore their class rings (derisively referred to as "Ring Knockers"). He made his career in the Army, and while his status as an ROTC, rather than West Point, grad didn't stop him from rising to the top, I'm sure it was a source of tension/concern for him. Nonetheless, he was a big advocate for West Point. There was always a funny tension for him about it.

Anyway, I've grown tired of the overblown, and in my mind faux, patriotism attached to the Army-Navy game, and the service academy football teams, generally. It's a long time since SLA George Marshall (*may have*) wanted an Army football player for tough missions.

Bah humbug.
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #35 on: November 15, 2019, 01:07:47 PM »
I always root for the USNA because I'm grateful they were able to give my son many rides to and from his places of business.
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #36 on: November 15, 2019, 01:10:52 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on November 15, 2019, 12:09:11 PM
 It's a long time since SLA Marshall (*may have*) wanted an Army football player for tough missions.

Bah humbug.
SLA Marshall was primarily a journalist I believe,much less a soldier.He was the one who stated  something along the lines that only 15% of soldiers on the front fired their weapons.When 70% of Riflemen in the ETO were casualties alot of people called his work suspect
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #37 on: November 15, 2019, 01:20:08 PM »
well, I'm off to the Sharkwater party weekend

meeting my brother in Lincoln this afternoon for happy hour - in the Haymarket - usually Buzzard Billy's

wish me luck - I'm much too old for this crap

as always, GO BIG RED!!!!
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #38 on: November 15, 2019, 01:21:16 PM »
Damn it--I always mix up SLA and George Marshall--and it was George--the Chief of Staff--that allegedly said that of West Point footballers.

Unfair to George, for sure, to mix him up with SLA...
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2019, 01:27:07 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on November 15, 2019, 01:10:52 PM
SLA Marshall was primarily a journalist I believe,much less a soldier.He was the one who stated  something along the lines that only 15% of soldiers on the front fired their weapons.When 70% of Riflemen in the ETO were casualties alot of people called his work suspect
To be fair, I think he said that only a small percentage of soldiers on the front fired their weapons with the intent of killing (not that they didn't fire them at all). And his work was suspect. And the military converted from training on traditional targets to training with silhouetted targets to break down soldiers' hesitation to shoot at real people. To train effective soldiers, that was an improvement, regardless of the accuracy of SLA Marshall's work.
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2) at Nebraska (4-5, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2019, 01:46:22 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on November 15, 2019, 01:21:16 PM
Damn it--I always mix up SLA and George Marshall--and it was George--the Chief of Staff--that allegedly said that of West Point footballers.

Unfair to George, for sure, to mix him up with SLA...
There was a Great Man,had no intentions on blowing his own horn by writing his memoirs(Nimitz same thing) in deference to those who served/sacrificed.He simply authored the Marshall Plan and the rebuilding a ruined Europe perhaps even saving it from falling into Stalin's Soviet sphere
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Re: #15 Wisconsin (8-2, 5-2) at Nebraska (4-6, 2-5) Post Game
« Reply #41 on: November 17, 2019, 09:21:01 AM »
With his big rushing day in Lincoln, Jonathon Taylor passed Herschel Walker as the all-time rushing leader through junior season.

I think if bowl games counted, he'd still be behind Herschel and Ron Dayne. The NCAA needs to fix that, by the way. 

Dayne is the all-time leader, period.
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