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No pass rush from the dline. The only time they have been able to provide some pressure is on blitz's.

Yeah no the Badgers are not Northwestern right now they are better than them and by a lot. If the Badgers go back to someone like Leonhard they should just get out of the Big Ten and go to conference USA or something like that. The recruiting would return to PC levels of well we tried to get a 3-star recruit but we couldn't get them. We also tried for a 4-star recruit but we gave up after saying hi to them. The HC that the Badgers should have kept was Bielema but the Wisconsin wasn't willing to pay the assistants enough. Which is the reason the Badgers have lost some good assistants. So why wasn't Leonhard offered a HC position? The answer is obvious he didn't want to do the recruiting similar to PC. The changing of the offense wasn't good but the recruiting has been far better under Fickell than it ever was under PC. Again losing Bielema who was and is still able to recruit in the current environment. You have to be able to recruit to be successful in college football. Leonhard wasn't going to do that. You can't win by getting in state 1-3 star players. I don't see how Leonhard would be any better than Fickell. Defensively maybe but offensively it would be the same boring run ball down the middle of the line play after play after play. There had to be a change and Leonhard wasn't going to change. They needed to go back to the Bielema offense where they actually did more than run straight down the middle. You see it at Illinois now with Bielema they do more than what Leonhard would have been comfortable with. I hate this stupid it is Wisconsin football you have to run the ball and that is all you can do. It is just stupid.

This is not Fickell’s last year. There is a reason no other team offered Leonhard a HC position. He is not a HC and would be a terrible HC in college. Recruiting wise if this was the 90’s sure he would be fine but now no. He is a relic of the past recruiting wise. If you want the team to be Northwestern sure go with someone like Leonhard.

The refs on the take and stupid penalties. Yeah this one is over.

Two late hits on the QB and no penalty. The refs look to be on a take for Alabama.

That was a BS roughing the passer call.

Giants walk off the Dodgers. I don't really care about clinching more want to see the Dodgers sweat this out. The Giants have 6 more games against the Dodgers after today's game. Would love to see the Giants sweep the Dodgers this weekend. The Dodgers could be looking at not making the playoffs if the Giants can sweep this weekend and then take 3 of 4 next week.

Giants have the tiebreaker I believe and that is why the Brewers haven't clinched a postseason birth. The Brewers would have to lose every game from here on out and the Giants would have to win every single game here on out. It is possible that could happen but highly unlikely to actually happen.

Can’t complain too much on the position players. Though I still wish Burke would have been on the roster.

Tucker going in the IL hurts but Ballesteros is a really good hitter. Defensively he is not a catcher but offensively he fits anywhere the Cubs want to put him. Kind of a Schwarber type where his bat will be what keeps him in the majors. I am not sure he will hit as well as Schwarber but the potential is there. Probably the best Cubs prospect in a long time. Though he may eat himself out of baseball.

The ball is considered part of the body. Knee was down so any contact makes the player down by contact.

Still down by contact.

That is a lot of rambling to say what exactly?

The Dodgers are closer to missing the playoffs than they are catching the Brewers. Would be crazy if the Padres and Giants passed the Dodgers. Though I think the Giants are sinking faster than the Dodgers are.

I really want to see Burke in the AFL.

When does the Cubs easy schedule start again?

Not a mental thing. Like all pitchers it comes down to repeating their mechanics. This has always been a problem for Miz. It is also why scouts believe he is a reliever over a starter. He has a hard time repeating his mechanics to stay consistent. Mostly due to his height. It is far harder for taller people to repeat their deliveries on a consistent basis. Randy Johnson took about 2-3 years in the majors to finally figure out his mechanics. Probably going to take Mis that long or longer to figure that out. Having him in AAA doesn’t really help with that. He needs to be with the big league club. Probably one or two more starts before they move him to the bullpen.

For the 2024 class you can blame that on PC as the recruiting for that class is usually started two or three years prior. Strebig wouldn’t have signed with UW regardless. Like I have said previously PC set this program back by at least 10 years. He should have been fired earlier. He really killed the program’s recruiting both in state and out.

Much better in the 2nd half.

I thought the Cubs were supposed to be in 1st place by now and the Brewers would be far in their rear view mirror? Why are the Brewers still in 1st place? Is this a conspiracy by MLB to keep the Cubs down and not allow them to be in 1st place? What is going on?

There really hasn't been many good lineman in the state in the past few years let alone players that want to stay in state and play for the Badgers. There have been a lot of 1 star and 2 star players in the state. Do we really want to covet those players just because they are from WI? This just doesn't make any sense.

Oh man loving some of these play fakes. I don't think PC was smart enough to do these type of plays.

The passing game looks very far ahead of the running game and Trech looking good but not sure he was inbounds on that catch but what a catch with Trech!