2019 Wisconsin Season Thread

[847badgerfan]

Good news for D'Cota Dixon. Great kid.


https://www.buckys5thquarter.com/2019/2/12/18222853/wisconsin-football-dcota-dixon-jason-witten-collegiate-man-of-year

[FearlessF]

well done, Son

[FearlessF]

Former Iowa recruiting coordinator left to open a Culver's, and now he's joining Wisconsin football

https://amp.jsonline.com/amp/2979199002

[bayareabadger]

Hornibrook transferring. 

WHAT IN THE HELL?!??

[SFBadger96]

Wow. I guess we know there will be a battle in the spring and summer for the starting QB spot.

[847badgerfan]

This is not surprising at all really. Given Chryst's comments after the bowl game.. I would have been shocked to see him come back. I mean, he literally said "We have to get better at the quarterback position."



There will probably be other stuff that comes out too.

[Anonymous Coward]

Hornibrook transferring.

WHAT IN THE HELL?!??

Not yet official, though, right? For maximum cliché:
"The writing is on the wall" but "he's not past the point of no return," "just checking his options."

[Anonymous Coward]

Anyway, a split could be good for both sides. And if Mertz stays healthy and if UW's WR troubles were a one-year thing, then Wisconsin could even be better off.

[847badgerfan]

It's official. Paul Chryst announced that Alex left the program. He's gone, regardless of transfer. 


With a UW business degree and academic all-B1G credentials, I could see him play in the Ivy, or some such, for one year. If he can pull that off, it's an awesome thing.


I wish him well.

[847badgerfan]

Anyway, a split could be good for both sides. And if Mertz stays healthy and if UW's WR troubles were a one-year thing, then Wisconsin could even be better off.

UW's troubles were more than QB play. Injuries took a major toll.

I doubt Mertz is ready, even as an early enrollee. My predictions??

It's gonna be between Jack Coan, Chase Wolfe and Danny Vanden Boom this Spring, with Mertz getting reps for sure.  Coan and Wolfe will emerge and Vanden Boom moves to S, where his Dad was an all-American for UW.

[Anonymous Coward]

It's official. Paul Chryst announced that Alex left the program. He's gone, regardless of transfer.


With a UW business degree and academic all-B1G credentials, I could see him play in the Ivy, or some such, for one year. If he can pull that off, it's an awesome thing.


I wish him well.

Thanks for the correction. V. fast developing.

[Anonymous Coward]

Injuries and suspensions seemed to hit the WRs hard. If that's the right interpretations (that the WRs would have otherwise been a top 1/3 group in the Big Ten), then everything will sort itself out just fine.

[Anonymous Coward]

As for Coan, could be, but given his 5.5 YPA in 100 attempts, I won't be surprised if Mertz becomes the golden boy through camp.

[847badgerfan]

Injuries and suspensions seemed to hit the WRs hard. If that's the right interpretations (that the WRs would have otherwise been a top 1/3 group in the Big Ten), then everything will sort itself out just fine.

Lost their best blocking TE too, and they didn't get what they needed from Fum's replacement (who is also in the portal now). Ferguson will be a star though. As for Coan, it was his first real action and he was limited in both play calling and the WR/TE situation. He was in to manage the games, but he did better as the season went on. In his last two games, he was more like 7 YPA.