2023 Wisconsin Season Thread

[bayareabadger]

I'm sure I've said this before but Bollinger is my most irrational favorite player for a team I don't root for.  I loved finding out a crappy Wisconsin-Indiana game was on espn2, back in such days, so that I could watch him

He was before my time, but he felt like a guy that was at times challenging to root for. Not as a person, but just that his game was up and down. 

[bayareabadger]

Bollinger had 1 season of double-digit TD passes.  Good runner, though.

I think I'm going to replace Hornibrook with Wilson.
Dayne, Taylor, Ball, Gordon.  I want to include Ameche, but Dayne and Taylor are automatic, Gordon averaged 7.8 ypc on 600+ carries(!!!!) and Ball had ALL the TDs. 

That feels right for me at QB. Stocco, Tolzien, Bevell, Wilson. Some people like the Bollinger grit factor and the fact that he got a Rose Bowl winner on track. But he sputtered later. Bevell did too, but his best season was really efficent for that time. 

I think that's fine for RB. Taylor is the top one in my mind, and Gordon burned so bright. Dayne is the Heisman winner. I could go either way with Ball or Ameche. Alan is more nostalgia. Ball was really effective despite not being THAT talented. Then again, he was a high functioning alcoholic while running for 3,700 yards in two years, which I suppose takes some talent. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

That's all I'm going for - what feels right.  If 1,000 Badger fans voted, am I getting 4 of the top 5?  

The new group of 4 all-time teams is UW, Oregon, GT, and Syracuse.  SU RB was tough to choose from. Oregon QB as well.  

[847badgerfan]

Since King Barry showed up:

1. Jonathan Taylor
2. Melvin Gordon
3. Ron Dayne
4. Montee Ball
5. Brent Moss
6. Anthony Davis
7. Braelon Allen
8. James White
9. Cory Clement
10. Terrell Fletcher

[bayareabadger]

Since King Barry showed up:

1. Jonathan Taylor
2. Melvin Gordon
3. Ron Dayne
4. Montee Ball
5. Brent Moss
6. Anthony Davis
7. Braelon Allen
8. James White
9. Cory Clement
10. Terrell Fletcher

I assume Brian Calhoun isn’t on there because he was only there one year. If he did count he’ll probably be between White and Clement.

It’s also wild that the list doesn’t include a big 10 offensive player of the year and the national freshman of the year, but also fair to say that neither probably warrants inclusion.

[OrangeAfroMan]

There's that much daylight between Moss and Fletcher?

[847badgerfan]

Yeah, Calhoun only one year, but he was great.

Clay is 11 on this list.

PJ Hill is 12 (don't think he was national freshman of the year - Big Ten only).

[847badgerfan]

There's that much daylight between Moss and Fletcher?

Could probably put Fletcher up a bit. It's a tough list to come up with after the first four.

[SFBadger96]

What up, fellas? Less than 48 hours for a Wisconsin offseason comment.

Pretty confident that the top 4 all-time Badger quarterbacks will have a lot of turnover in the next few years (also Randy Wright?).

And changing just as fast, the all-time Badger WRs. Loooking at the current all-time list, Lee Evans might be the only safe pick to remain for very long. There are seven guys on the current roster who look like they might have top-10 all-time chops (for the Badgers). That's crazy town. In a good way. 

[847badgerfan]

What up, fellas? Less than 48 hours for a Wisconsin offseason comment.

Pretty confident that the top 4 all-time Badger quarterbacks will have a lot of turnover in the next few years (also Randy Wright?).

And changing just as fast, the all-time Badger WRs. Loooking at the current all-time list, Lee Evans might be the only safe pick to remain for very long. There are seven guys on the current roster who look like they might have top-10 all-time chops (for the Badgers). That's crazy town. In a good way.

Howdy!

I was going to mention Randy Wright. He was pretty good, on a pretty good team that lost more games than it should have.

As for WR, yeah, that's tough. Pat Richter? Al Toon? Kinda slim pickings. Abby?

[SFBadger96]

Tony Simmons, Chris Chambers, Abredaris, both Toons, Lee Deramus...all of those guys will probably be displaced in the next 2-4 years. The team has had a couple of moments where it had a good WR room--2003, with Evans, Orr, Williams, and Daniels at TE was a solid group; same for 2010 with Abbrederis, N. Toon, Gilreath, Anderson, and Byrne and Kendricks at TE (and Kendricks was really more of an oversized WR). But those guys pale in comparison to this group.

Clay, White, and Ball in the backfield, Tolzien having a solid year. No wonder the 2010 team put up a bunch of points.

[OrangeAfroMan]

I went with Abbrederis, Evans, Lil Toon, Beckum (try to include a TE if I can), Big Toon, and DeRamus.

Richter was my first one out.

[bayareabadger]

What up, fellas? Less than 48 hours for a Wisconsin offseason comment.

Pretty confident that the top 4 all-time Badger quarterbacks will have a lot of turnover in the next few years (also Randy Wright?).

And changing just as fast, the all-time Badger WRs. Loooking at the current all-time list, Lee Evans might be the only safe pick to remain for very long. There are seven guys on the current roster who look like they might have top-10 all-time chops (for the Badgers). That's crazy town. In a good way.

Haaayy, what's up, sir!

[847badgerfan]

I guess I'll put this here, since it happened to a student - and my studio apartment was 2 blocks from where this atrocious crime happened. Used to be a nice, quiet area, but I guess that has changed.

'Defunded' Wisconsin police to increase patrols after young woman brutalized in college football town attack | Fox News
'Defunded' Wisconsin police to increase patrols after young woman brutalized in college football town attack | Fox News