Wisconsin Football 2024

[homer]

Badgers land linebacker transfer from USC. Was a top 50 recruit in 2023. Apparently another transfer or commitment is coming later on tonight.

 

 

[LouisEly]

Wow, they restocked that LB room quickly.  I know they wanted to rotate their LBs in/out a lot more than they did.  Going to be some competition in the ILB room.

Guessing;
1st string: Jaheim Thomas, Tackett Curtis
2nd string: two of Jake Chaney/Sebastian Cheeks/Christian Alliegro (Alliegro may move to OLB)
3rd string: Bryan Sanborn, Tyler Jansey

OLB:
1st string: Darryl Peterson, Aaron Witt
2nd string: John Pius, Jeff Pietrowski (or Alliegro)
3rd string: Leon Lowery, Lafaele/Heiberger

I could see Witt putting on 15 lbs now that he's healthy and moving to DE, given the shortage there.

[Jim French Stepstool]

6 hours ago, LouisEly said:

 (Alliegro may move to OLB)
 

IMO that would be a wise move, both for him personally & to help fill a void. QB pressure was sorely lacking, and I think Alliegro could make a difference there. Curtis is a big addition that I didn't see coming.

[Jim French Stepstool]

The other addition today was Elijah Hills, a 280lb defensive lineman that had solid numbers for FCS Albany. Obviously lots of opportunity at his position.

[BrewerFan]

12 hours ago, LouisEly said:

I could see Witt putting on 15 lbs now that he's healthy and moving to DE, given the shortage there.

That'd still make him a pretty small DE...but I assume you're talking about when they're in their sub packages? 

I'm not sure why they even say they run a 3-3-5. It's pretty much always a nickel front or more of a 4-3 look with a safety up near the LOS. He's work well as an edge in any of those. If they are going to play more stack, they need big bodies up there. A big ole' nose tackle and a couple of big DEs.,

In any event, they got two big time transfers for that front 7 in 24 hours, so IDC where Witt plays, just hope to see the kid healthy and rushing the passer.

[Samurai Bucky]

A good transfer portal tracker:

https://wisconsin.rivals.com/news/wisconsin-badgers-transfer-portal-tracker

[homer]

Owen Riese approves of the new O Line coach:

 

 

[RedStickBrew]

11 minutes ago, homer said:

Owen Riese approves of the new O Line coach:

 

 

I like it also. Get these coaches on their way up in the business

[Samurai Bucky]

A much different storyline for the the Alabama / Wisconsin game this fall now that Saban is gone.

[nate82]

Badgers losing Greg Scruggs to Michigan.

[RedStickBrew]

I’m guessing we will see some more players portal once the depth chart shakes out this spring but I really wanted to see this one play for UW

 

[stoutdude04]

Me too, bummed about that one.

[LouisEly]

If you don't put in the work to learn the offense and can't run it correctly, you aren't going to see the field.

[Jim French Stepstool]

On 4/13/2024 at 5:34 PM, RedStickBrew said:

I’m guessing we will see some more players portal once the depth chart shakes out this spring but I really wanted to see this one play for UW

 

"With utmost respect", instead of "With that being said". Gotta give the kid points for originality.

[MrTPlush]

90% of the time I see these posts, does the kid actually think anyone cares about his copy/paste I am leaving sob story?

[Fear The Chorizo]

3 hours ago, MrTPlush said:

90% of the time I see these posts, does the kid actually think anyone cares about his copy/paste I am leaving sob story?

At this point there's probably a few journalism undergrads who have NIL deals and market these template posts to tranfer portal athletes on taskrabbit and Craigslist.

 

It's insane.

[homer]

UW just got a commitment from 4 star WR Eugene Hilton. He is the son of former Colts WR TY Hilton.

[yourout]

On 1/12/2024 at 10:37 AM, RedStickBrew said:

I like it also. Get these coaches on their way up in the business

It's in the hole!

[Samurai Bucky]

20 hours ago, homer said:

UW just got a commitment from 4 star WR Eugene Hilton. He is the son of former Colts WR TY Hilton.

At least for one year...

Longo has coached some of the best Wide Receivers in the game.  Hopefully that is what brought Hilton to Wisconsin.

Picking up Hilton gives Wisconsin the #12 recruiting class.  That is "only" 4th in the Big Ten, though.

[HarryDoyle]

I'm sure Hilton will transfer after a year or two anyway, just like everyone else.

[stoutdude04]

On 6/15/2024 at 1:00 PM, Samurai Bucky said:

At least for one year...

Longo has coached some of the best Wide Receivers in the game.  Hopefully that is what brought Hilton to Wisconsin.

Picking up Hilton gives Wisconsin the #12 recruiting class.  That is "only" 4th in the Big Ten, though.

Pretty sure they are number 4 in the nation as of today. Kind of wild. Hopefully they can put it together this year.

[Samurai Bucky]

14 hours ago, stoutdude04 said:

Pretty sure they are number 4 in the nation as of today. Kind of wild. Hopefully they can put it together this year.

I saw that they were #4 overall on Rivals.  That is crazy.

247 Sports has them at 12.  on3.com has them at 19.  Not much consensus, but it is much better than the ~40-50 rankings we had before Fickell came in.

 

[Samurai Bucky]

I really haven't paid attention to the new "Bat Signal" until now.  It is pretty cool.

 

... and then they get ...

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

 UW beat out USC & FSU among others for Clayton. I commend him for getting in the obligatory "That being said" already. Usually that's reserved for when someone leaves.

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

Can't deny Fickell & his staff are killing it in recruiting these days. But with the current climate I can't help but think "OK, we got so-and-so, but between now & when he shows up for his first practice, will someone offer him more?" Not to be a downer, but I'm seeing kids flip back & forth 2 or 3 times before setting foot on campus. When someone announces they're going to a certain school, what we need to do is come up with a different term. "Commitment" doesn't really fit anymore.

On the plus side, Clayton sounds like a heck of a good edge rusher.