BigAppleBucky

Wisconsin is pretty good this year. Probably better than last year's team mainly because of the improvement of the offensive line. Problem is the schedule is so hard we'll probably do worse than last year's 10-3 record. Good luck the rest of the season. I still like Bowden as a coach. Needs to lose some weight though.

Has 71 at the half. Good running back. His fumble was the kind of thing Wisconsin players routinely did back when I was in school in 70's.

PureBwa

Some odds and ends. o WARF - Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. I worked there four years back in the 1970's. (Actually the WARF institute, but we just called it WARF) One of their products is Warfarin - the blood thinner and rat poison. I see it's also a local Akron radio station. o Say something nice about Akron or the Zips That's a tradition of Buckyville. Some comments are straight and some a little off center. o IMO, the AP with Wisconsin at #10 is too high. The coaches' poll has the Badgers at 16, which seems about right to me. o Terry Bowden was always a favorite of mine. Couldn't say why, but I always liked him on TV. Thought he got a raw deal from Auburn. I think he's doing a good job for Akron. o The Wisconsin band will play your school fight song twice. Once at the Union South pre-game concert and once at the stadium before the game. o Badger YouTube preview: Happy trails to those of you making the trip.

Not relevant to this thread or anything in particular, but why does a 31-13 score sound more like a blow-out than 21-3? Maybe that's just me. ** One of the threads on the Badger board mentions that Wisconsin hasn't been tested by a competent QB yet. True. And it looks like the UW defense will get a nice test from Thomas Woodson. 407 yards and 6 TDs is impressive. (The MAC has had a surprisingly high number of excellent QBs. I remember the kid from BGSU who carved up the Badger defense pretty well in 2005 - 42 points in a 42-56 loss. And the Zips also had a 100+ yard rusher to go with. Good offense. I understand it's a spread system. Is that correct? Is it also no-huddle? Before Dave Aranda, the Badgers were very vulnerable to that type of offense. He did some things with his 3-4 scheme that neutralized at least some of the spread's effectiveness. Don't know how well Wilcox's scheme will work. We'll all find out.

They have the most played rivalry in big time college football. Only Lehigh-LaFayette has been played more often.

The biggest non-conference, non-bowl win for Wisconsin probably came in 1974 against Nebraska. It came off nine straight losing seasons. The biggest NC win ever for Wisconsin would probably be the 1994 Rose Bowl. Several other bowl wins and two Big Ten Champion games would probably be considered bigger than beating LSU. We also should have defeated LSU down in Dallas in 2014. Still, beating LSU was a big feat and felt very good. There are several state of Ohio players on the Badger roster: Michael Deiter from Curtice, Ohio Griffin Grady from Dublin, Ohio Kraig Howe from Dayton, Ohio Robert Wheelwright from Columbus, Ohio Deiter and Wheelwright are starters. I suppose Vince Biegel should be the most well-known Wisconsin player. He's made a few all Big Ten teams. Since 1993 the tradition on the Wisconsin offensive line, barring injury, has been for the same five guys to start every game of a season, sometimes two seasons. That stability was shattered last season due to injuries and less than stellar play. In 2015 the Badgers used 8 different starting combinations on the offensive line. Finally, for the last game of the regular season a line including four redshirt freshmen was settled upon. They performed well and did well enough against USC in the bowl game. Those are the four starting sophomores this season. The line should continue to improve, but is very decent already. Pretty much everyone is predicting a worse record this year than last year's 10-3. Even though the team might actually be better. The schedule is brutal. I have seen Wisconsin teams have a let down game after a big win and I've seen the team up its level of play. Who knows? Happy trails to those travelling to Madison. I'll post something later.

If by Jack you mean Chris Jacquemain, I think he could have gotten a much better result. Barely overthrew two passes and had two passes dropped. Mid-season those are likely to be completions.If three of those four passes had been completed on Saturday, the game would have gone down the wire. Good luck the rest of the season. And have fun.

http://buckyville.yuku.com/topic/9592/t/Ma...-Predicton.html Badger Bob usually does a good write-up and he's pretty knowledgable. But he's not God and, IMO, the Zips always have a shot. This is a thread we do for good luck. Say something nice about the opponent. Sometimes folks get a bit left handed on this one, but often a bunch of really nice stuff is said as well. http://buckyville.yuku.com/topic/9537/t/Sa...bout-Akron.html Have a great week and here's to no further injuries for either team.

That's just bull. Your coach and players don't feel that way. I guarantee.Also, UW doesn't seem to play well in the first game of the season. In recent years Bowling Green (twice) and Washington State both have put up some very decent scores before losing. It's sports. Anything can happen.At the very least your #1 unit needs to get the reps.I don't bet, but if I did, I think I might take the Zips getting almost four touchdowns.

Lance Smith will be missed by Wisconsin. He would have been the fastest of our four top running backs. Probably the best pass receiver as well.But he really wore out his welcome in Madison. Good luck to him after his 20 day jail time.