2022 Wisconsin Season Thread

[Honestbuckeye]

That sucks.  

[Cincydawg]

I had never heard of an "analyst" in CFB as part of a team until 2-3 years ago.

[847badgerfan]

Depth chart is out, and Wolf is on it. Not sure why this is.

No huge surprises here, but Logan Brown not grabbing the starting RT spot probably solidifies his status as a ratings bust. 5* OT's don't end up as career backups.

Look at that OL. Shortest guy is 6-5 and the lightest is 310.

I think Peterson is going to pass Goetz at the OLB spot sooner than later.

[847badgerfan]

Time to circle the wagons here.

Since 2019, this Wisconsin program is in decline. Those kids did not even belong on the same field as Ohio State last night. It looked like 2014 in Indy - after which UW started to make a climb as a program.

The standard is 10 wins and a NYD6 bowl game. That seems so unattainable at this time it's not even being discussed. 

Fans are hoping for 7 wins.

And here we are.

Changes need to be made. If not, UW will fall back to what it was prior to what King Barry built. 

Not Don Morton bad, but a perennial 6-6/7-5/8-4 team.

[Mdot21]

Bert should’ve never left Wisconsin. 

[FearlessF]

he might come back

[847badgerfan]

Not a chance.

[FearlessF]

desperation makes for strange bed fellows  

[Brutus Buckeye]

Bert was willing to take Berry's foundation and build on it. The Russell Wilson era, with a mobile QB who could throw as a primary example. 

With Chryst the plan seems to be to get back to exactly what they had under Alvarez, and just kinda keep it there in that same space. No innovation necessary. 

[MrNubbz]

Bert should’ve never left Wisconsin.

With prudent scouting/recruitng and the portal UW can get back to the thick of things. The conference is better when the Camp is rocking, late student section an all. If PC doesn't work,maybe Canada,Aranda or Leonard. Not sure running PC off right now is the answer,the program needs shrewd recruiters and keep corraling the big uglies - IMHO

[MrNubbz]

he might come back

Robinson tried it at USC and Bill Snyder at K-State. But they didn't torch bridges on the way out

[847badgerfan]

desperation makes for strange bed fellows 

Trust me. It will never happen. He did himself no favors on the way out, and the big money didn't like him from the beginning.

[CatsbyAZ]

Time to circle the wagons here.

Since 2019, this Wisconsin program is in decline.

I'm with you, and was bored by last nights game Vs Ohio State until turning to other games once the score was 21-0. I believe the decline since 2019 has been masked in the W/L column by beating up on outmanned West division opponents.

It’s one thing to for Wisconsin to lose to Ohio State. Pretty much everybody in the Big Ten is several notches behind what the Buckeyes put on the field. I’m strongly opposed to heating the seat of a Big Ten coach who doesn’t beat Ohio State; similarly I don’t believe an SEC coach should lose their gig because they can’t beat Alabama. Both Alabama and Ohio State are on different playing fields.

But it’s another thing to begin losing to Michigan and Penn State, which happened twice last season. Wisconsin should be able to break even Vs both, which the Badgers have mostly done under Chryst.

What's even more alarming is Minnesota looking like the better program now, beating Wisconsin last year and playing well this season.

An obvious missing piece these last few seasons is at RB. The Badgers don’t seem to have a backfield beast in the likes of Montee Ball, Melvin Gordon or Jonathan Taylor. All those guys dating back to Ron Dayne were key pieces putting Wisconsin over the top and into Rose Bowls.

[FearlessF]

I'd guess the young Badger RB is damn good, it's the O-line that's slipped