2023 Wisconsin Season Thread

[847badgerfan]

I think this was how we got grade inflation.

I'm not saying this was some monumental great outcome, only that in aggregate it was beside the point given the context. UW was a BAD passing team. UW was a slightly above average rushing team, which is flat bad, considering the talent and O-line pedigree. These are spots to focus on.

The fact Graham Mertz was slightly below average on third and long, that's actually pretty surprising. He didn't look nearly that good (The fact UW was ever so slightly better on 3rd and short than third and long, that is a failure well below a C)

It's the system I was told when I hit grad school. You get a C, and you're out. B's are looked at cross-eyed.

[FearlessF]

Is fifth in the big ten "bad"?

If you consider maryland and nebraska bad, then yes. An almost 4 points better jump from 4th to 3rd
and then consider that the B1G isn't known for being a great offensive conference
Also consider the loss to the Gophers and a 1 point win vs the Huskers converting 8/15.

[bayareabadger]

If you consider maryland and nebraska bad, then yes. An almost 4 points better jump from 4th to 3rd
and then consider that the B1G isn't known for being a great offensive conference
Also consider the loss to the Gophers and a 1 point win vs the Huskers converting 8/15.

I consumed a lot of alcohol to avoid considering those game, Fearless. 

[FearlessF]

then you might have a slight idear of how much alcohol I've been drinking the past 7 or 8 seasons

my liver is black as duck eggs

[bayareabadger]

It's the system I was told when I hit grad school. You get a C, and you're out. B's are looked at cross-eyed.

That only matches this case if 60 percent of the school failed out on grades alone, which I'm guessing it did not. 

So hey, we found some of the roots of grade inflation! 

[bayareabadger]

Unrelated, looking at the 3rd down history is interesting because it points to a real schizophrenia when it comes to UW QBs and third downs.

Tolzien was insanely good on third down, top-10.
Wilson was obviously unreal
The Stave years were all not good
The first Hornibrook year was relatively good (especially because the run game was low-key middling), and the second was unreal
The last Hornibrook team was about at the level of this team, though it was odd because that run game was insane and pass game was very, VERY bad
Coan was back to top-10
And then Mertz, which peaked this year at 51st being one of the high points of a not-good offense

My kingdom for a game manager. 

[Cincydawg]

It's the system I was told when I hit grad school. You get a C, and you're out. B's are looked at cross-eyed.

We had an H P L F system, which was odd, because they didn't give H's, almost ever, and it didn't matter if you got one.   If you got one L outside your "major", it was "OK", not great, but survivable.  Any F meant you were gone.  The first year some students asked what they could do to get an "H" and the professor said "nothing" ...

I had all Ps as I dimly recall.  I don't think many flunked out because of grades.  The oral exams were a different thing of course.

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin undergrad scale:

A   4
AB 3.5
B   3
BC 2.5
C   3
D   1
F   0

[FearlessF]

Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns are adding a prominent ex-Big Ten coach to their football coaching staff.

Paul Chryst, a former head football coach at the University of Wisconsin, is joining the Texas football program, according to multiple reports.

Chryst is expected to serve as an offensive analyst to Sarkisian and Co.

[847badgerfan]

Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns are adding a prominent ex-Big Ten coach to their football coaching staff.

Paul Chryst, a former head football coach at the University of Wisconsin, is joining the Texas football program, according to multiple reports.

Chryst is expected to serve as an offensive analyst to Sarkisian and Co.

I heard about this about a week ago. His house is up for sale, which is why the "rumor" started. Now it's the truth.

I remember back in 2010 or so when Texas tried to get him as their OC, but PC decided to stay in Madison.

[MrNubbz]

PC's tenure is a head scratcher seemed he had the "IT" factor like Scottie at UNL

[bayareabadger]

PC's tenure is a head scratcher seemed he had the "IT" factor like Scottie at UNL

He was boring and didn’t like the front facing part of the job. He got away with it for a while with good teams. Then not. 

[847badgerfan]

JT23 help a lot.

[bayareabadger]

JT23 help a lot.

So did Hornibrook when he was good, and Cephus and Fum and AJ Taylor and some good OLs and Coan. 

Of late they've had a couple good WRs, plus Allen and Chez, but less good OL play and less consistency from QBs or pass catchers.