Well, I guess it's time.
New offense and defense in Madison. What will we see?
On defense, UW will not stray too far from what they've been doing since 2013. DL will eat up space and let the LB's make plays. There will be some new wrenches too, based on the talent at hand. UW is thinnest at the DL position, so we'll see a lot of 2 DL's, 4 LB's, 2-3 S's and 2-3 CB's. The secondary is very deep - flush with transfers. LB is a position of strength.
On offense, well, it will be a lot different, but in Coach Fickell's words in an interview on CBS yesterday, it will NOT be an air raid. It will be far more balanced than we've been used to. No more 9-man boxes, for sure. I expect big things from the tailbacks and WR - a room also flush with transfers - a room that's as deep as I've ever seen in Madison. We'll see sets with 2 tailbacks as well. UW has two of them who could start on almost every B1G team. The QB will be interesting. 3 transfers will do that.
What I would like to see early is the balance I've been hearing about.
First half:
UW 150 yards passing, 100 yards rushing.
Second half:
UW 60 yards passing, 200 yards rushing - starters out by first series of Q4.
I do not know much about Buffalo, other than they won 7 games last year to finish 7-6, with a win over Georgia Southern in the bowl game. No idea what they lost or gained. Could not find a message board to gather anything.
I did find this on their website:
Bulls Open 2023 Campaign at Wisconsin on Saturday - University at Buffalo (ubbulls.com)
