Wisconsin 2018 Season Thread

[MarqHusker]

She shouldn't have fallen for the Sharkwater in Iowa City.  Stick to the Schlitzes.

[FearlessF]

Hawkeyes can't handle the Sharkwater!

[847badgerfan]

I used to have a "no drink" policy before games, so those late starts were a real challenge for me. I've relaxed a little bit, but I don't go to nearly as many games as I used to. The old back doesn't much care for bench seating.

[847badgerfan]

[FearlessF]

plenty of R-FR on the defensive 2-deep

young team, not as young as UNL

[Anonymous Coward]

(1) What's with the OR between Dietzen and Van Lanen?

(2) Until the Badgers find a kid named Cheesecurd, I'm not gonna believe there's a more Wisconsin name than Loudermilk

[847badgerfan]

(1) What's with the OR between Dietzen and Van Lanen?

(2) Until the Badgers find a kid named Cheesecurd, I'm not gonna believe there's a more Wisconsin name than Loudermilk

1. Respect for Deitzen, who has played through every injury he possibly could during his time in Madison. Everyone knows Van Lanen is better. Deitzen will be a starting guard next season.
2. Loudermilk is from Kansas. 

[MarqHusker]

Yeah,  Loudermilk doesn't scream Wisconsin to me.
Here's a fun breakdown, of select people in Wisconsin with the following surnames and of that total number the % of those surnames nationwide which are found in Wisconsin.   This is funny to me, as I know people with these names. I cut it off at 50%

Dantoin	58	100.00%
Druwiski	2	100.00%
Samorske	7	100.00%
Schadrie	84	100.00%
Skaletski	82	94.25%
Debauch	70	90.91%
Hockers	161	89.94%
Davister	79	89.77%
Dequaine	103	89.57%
Lasee	188	87.85%
VanDreel	121	86.43%
VanLannen	96	85.71%
Szprejda	20	83.33%
VanPay	174	81.31%
Alsteen	276	80.70%
Scray	109	80.15%
Duquaine	212	80.00%
Mancheski	148	80.00%
VanElzen	67	79.76%
Rentmeester	382	79.42%
Debraske	11	78.57%
Denil	83	77.57%
Laluzerne	199	76.54%
Williquette	244	76.25%
VanEgeren	102	76.12%
Skenandore	378	76.06%
Vandehei	310	75.79%
VanLanen	362	75.10%
Delveaux	124	74.25%
VanVonderen	75	73.53%
Watermolen	154	73.33%
Metoxen	196	73.13%
Ditzman	21	72.41%
Derpinghaus	36	70.59%
VanEnkenvoort	24	70.59%
Debauche	314	70.40%
Lecaptain	82	70.08%
Eisch	168	70.00%
Witbro	14	70.00%
Dachelet	100	69.93%
VanSistine	74	69.16%
Lemerond	170	68.00%
Baeten	311	67.90%
Zimonick	37	66.07%
Golueke	51	65.38%
Xolot	13	65.00%
Pamperin	258	63.70%
Delaruelle	54	63.53%
VanLaanen	168	63.40%
Kazik	118	63.10%
Seroogy	50	61.73%
Tappa	116	61.70%
Luchterhand	106	60.57%
Gigot	78	59.09%
Truttmann	64	58.72%
Smet	331	57.97%
Peot	178	57.23%
Joppe	27	56.25%
Detrie	74	55.64%
Puissant	19	54.29%
Denamur	81	54.00%
Mooren	80	52.29%
Keuler	144	51.99%
Gossens	61	51.69%
Berken	199	51.69%
Torinus	18	51.43%
Trinkner	57	50.89%

[847badgerfan]

The Cephus case is now going to trial. He'll never suit up as a Badger again now - no way they allow it. Kid f'd up big time. Cost himself a great education and possibly an NFL career. That's what thinking with the little head will get you. STUPID.

[Brutus Buckeye]

I'd like to think BYU is better than last year, but beating Arizona only means they beat Kevin Sumlin...

Maybe both? 

[bayareabadger]

At least we can put to bed this stuff about the offensive line.

Hornibrook wasn’t consistent enough. Taylor had a not special game when it turned out it was needed. But those are smaller things. 

Defense couldn’t hold up against the run. run game couldn’t be better than slightly functional. Don’t win against solid teams that way. 

[847badgerfan]

That was a complete failure from top-to-bottom. UW was outcoached and outplayed, period. BYU punched them in the mouth and they couldn't punch back. This has to get fixed, quickly.


Losing Van Gickle really hurt the defense and losing Neuville really hurt the offense. Hopefully they can come back quickly. Gink was in a walking boot after halftime. Not good.


I expected a much-improved BYU team to show up. I certainly didn't expect a loss. One of my friends who watched it with me said he was shocked. I was not - more disappointed in the effort than anything else. Probably the worst loss of PC's career at UW.

[847badgerfan]

At least we can put to bed this stuff about the offensive line. 

Too early to think that way. UW was not prepared yesterday, and that's on the coaching staff.
I'm much more worried about that DL than I am about the OL.

[bayareabadger]

It’s interesting, UW often has this game. I’ve watched it through the years. One that’s just not great. One where they’re behind the 8 ball against a team with think is worse. And most of the time they win ugly, and maybe it means something, maybe not. And sometimes, that game comes on a day where the other team makes enough plays and UW doesn’t.

It does remind me that the whole “going vanilla” thing is usually a way to excuse angst about not looking great rather than actual reflection of game plan. Those late 2000s teams had a few slow starts I dismissed that way, and it was a good lesson.

(FWIW, offensive plays work like this most often. You have your base plays. That’s over 80 percent of your in-game scheme. The stuff that changes game to game is smaller and subtle. Your base is what wins most games. The extra stuff is trying to get small edges here and there. There’s a few exceptions, but you need a good coach for it to work. Chryst vs OSU in 2016 was about the most extensive expansion of things, and it left Urby impressed)