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Adam Rittenberg says the suspension is through the end of the regular season (5 games). If true, he would be back in time for the Big 10 tournament.

There is a pretty good chance that those of us that lived in Milwaukee area during the 90s knew a speed skater. It was the training grounds for the US with Dan Jensen and Bonnie Blaire headlining it there. I knew someone at the very lower levels, but mainly because we would go to the free skates open to the public. Knowing a speed skater was like finding a burger&custard restaurant...they were on every corner. [laughing] I moved away in the mid-90s, so I'm not sure what that scene looks like anymore. My daughter played a hockey game at Petite in the early 2010s. We arrived a couple of hours before the game, and when we arrived a speed skating competition was in progress. I have no idea what level, but my wife and I got to watch them up close for an hour or so while my daughters team got ready to play. It was pretty fun, and even though I have no idea how skilled they were it was pretty impressive. The hockey game was played on a rink inside of the speedskating track. By the time her game started, the competition was over and they had an open skate taking place on the track. It was just a bit before Christmas, and they were playing Christmas music over the sound system for the skaters on the track. It was one of the most memorable games I remember watching because it was so weird to hear Christmas music playing while this fast-paced, physical hockey game was going on.

Wisconsin adds UCLA WR transfer Keontez Lewis. He is a former three star recruit with nice size (6' 3", 195).

As of this post, I am not entirely sure what I think of the Bucks chance to repeat. I read somewhere the Bucks are 15-3 when they start Giannis, Portis, Middleton, Holiday, and Allen, which is encouraging. That makes them 12-16 in the rest of their games, which isn't great, but some of those games they may have only had 1 or 2 preferred starters. I suspect they won't win 83% of their games when they play their preferred lineup, but I also think they are better than 12-16 when they are missing a piece or two, and hopefully we won't see a Jrue and Giannis plus the Herd when the playoffs start. I am very curious to see how this team plays post-All Star Break, specifically down the stretch. I think I'll have a much better feel for the teams chances in the playoffs as they get closer to them. I will for sure feel a lot better if they are on a bit of a roll when the playoffs start.

Let's compare Rodgers and Brady by rate stats instead of counting stats. Brady has 169 more attempts, so he should have more counting stats. Completion Percentage: Rodgers: 68.8 (4th) Brady: 66.9 (t-13th) Touchdown Rate: Rodgers: 6.8% (leads the NFL) Brady: 5.9% (4th) Interception Rate: Rodgers: .8% (leads the NFL) Brady: 1.8% (t-9th) Yards per Attempt: Rodgers: 7.8 yards (t-5th) Brady: 7.3 yards (12th) Adjusted Yards Per Attempt: Rodgers: 8.8 (2nd) Brady: 7.7 (t-8th) Adjusted Net Passing Yards per Attempt: Rodgers: 7.99 (leads the NFL) Brady: 7.27 (5th) Yards per Completion: Rodgers: 11.3 (10th) Brady: 10.9 (16th) Passer Rating: Rodgers: 111.1 (leads the NFL) Brady: 100.5 (8th) QBR: Rodgers: 79.9 (leads the NFL) Brady: 66.7 (2nd) Sack Rate: Rodgers: 5.0 (10th) Brady: 3.0 (leads the NFL) Looking at all the rate statistics, Rodgers has been better, significantly so in some, less so in others. Brady does a better job not getting sacked (best in the league), but in every other area Rodgers is more efficient. Rodgers leads the league in 5 different rate/efficiency stats to Brady's 1. Rodgers it top five in 8 rate/efficiency stats to 4 for Brady. If we want to have a little fun, let's compare Rodgers' and Brady's counting stats per 513 and 682 attempts. 513 Attempts: Rodgers: 352/513 68.8 3,977 YARDS 35 TD 4 INT Brady: 343/513 66.9 3,754 YARDS 30 TD 9 INT 682 Attempts: Rodgers: 468/682 68.8 5,287 YARDS 47 TD 5 INT Brady: 456/682 66.9 4,990 YARDS 40 TD 12 INT EDIT: Fixed a few numbers I transcribed incorrectly.

Not to stray too far from the topic of the HOF members, but I believe the Fielder/Weeks home run game BF.net game. Does anyone else recall for sure?

What a weird way to play an NFL Championship game. 60 yard field with condensed endzones? Let's do it! Because of the limited dimensions of the indoor arena, special rules were adopted for the game: The tanbark-covered field itself was only 80 yards long (60 yards between the goal lines)[19][20] and 45 yards wide, 10 yards narrower than the regulation width at the time.[11] - The goal posts were moved from the endlines to the goal lines (the NFL itself would move the goalposts to the goal line from 1933 to 1974).[21] - Every time a team crossed the 10-yard line, the ball was moved back 20 yards to allow for the shortened field.[9] - For the first time, all plays started with the ball on or between the hash marks, which were ten yards from the sidelines.[21] - It was also decided that due to the smaller field and indoor stadium, drop kicks and field goals would not be used in the game.[22] Fun note, with their win the Bears finished 7-1-6, while Portsmouth finished the season 6-2-4. Green Bay was 10-3-1 in 14 games, but Chicago and Portsmouth had better regular season winning percentages and therefore faced off for the title. What a weird year EDIT: Even weirder; after 4 games the Bears were 0-1-3, with all three ties being 0-0, and their lose to Green Bay 2-0. Even though they didn't score a point until game 5, the Bears led the league is scoring that year.

That would be the title of my autobiography if I could convince publishers there is a current underserved market for books like that.

I didn't see yesterday's game, but it looks like Chris Vogt played well considering his hometown was devastated the night before by tornadoes. I'm not sure how he did it.

That was incredibly efficient. Four guys with 15 or more points, and out of that group Davis had the most shots with 14.

I concur. I'd like to see them be able to move the ball and score points against teams they don't physically out-match. I think a new offense can still take advantage of the skillset of players the Badgers are able to recruit while offering more answers when they can't knock guys off the ball three and four yards every play.

Corporate ownership of an NFL team is against the rules. An ownership group must have no more than 32 owners and at least one owner whom owns at least 30% of the team. Among other things, non-corporate ownership means teams don't have to release financial information like the Packers. As Homer mentioned, Green Bay has been grandfathered.

Ok. But I still don't see how current players could or should be allowed to own these shares. It seems like a conflict of interest. Players could vote for people who would act solely for the benefit of the player and not the organization. With all the rules the NFL comes up with I can't believe they would allow anything that could even give the impression that players might somehow have a controlling interest in a team while they are an active player. You mean they could demand the team trade for a friend or else?

So if these are legitimate owner shares aren't the players going to have to sell them if they play for a different team? They are "legitimate shares" but they come with limited power, especially in the numbers a single person can own. Power-limited doesn't make them illegitimate, it just makes them limited. Anyway, as has been said a number of times, shareholder privileges are limited to voting rights, an invitation to the corporation's annual meeting, and shareholder-only merchandise. So while shareholders vote to determine who sits on the board of directors, the individuals with power are those who have been nominated and elected. My single share of stock limits my ability to influence how the organization is run to voting for folks whom will wield real power. As such, I suspect any active player who were elected to the board of directors would likely have to resign from the board if they moved to another team, but I doubt they'd have to give up their shares. Also remember when the 1997 sale took place the original shareholders stock split spilt 1000-1, meaning the original shareholders hold more interest in the team than anyone who bought stock in 1997, 2011 or this year. Player who own stock hold considerably more sway as player than they ever will as shareholders.

I have3n't looked at any stats...I assume he won a lot of games? Many more than Corbin? Vukovich was 18-6 in 30 starts in 1982.

I'm waiting for a team to call themselves something like the "Cash Registers". I think there are lots of opportunities which lend themselves to creative marketeers everywhere. First off, you need a catchy logo for everyday use on the standard home and away unis. This type of logo is serious, like our team is about maximizing our revenue. Of course, you need some alternate logos. What team could exist without an alternate. Maybe something a bit on the fun-side, like this: And you can't forget throwbacks. What old-timer won't be temped to purchase a uniform from the teams glory days of 1926 when Lefty Harris, the right handed pitcher from Toldeo, pitched a complete game in 28 consecutive starts on 2 days rest. But, wait! There is more. You need to have a day for the kids; they will be season ticket holders some day, and today they can cry really loud to their parents if they don't get there way. Who wouldn't want to get their toddler a hat with this logo. If the team plays their cards right, they can even sell toy Authentic Cash Registers in their team store. Need something patriotic? We've got that! Imagine what you could do; Game-used, authentics, replicas. Jerseys and hats and tees. Bats and balls. We haven't even gotten to things like in-stadium entertainment. Who wouldn't enjoy hearing the cash register sound effect from Pink Floyd's "Money" each time an opposing hitter strikes out? Or "Money, Money, Money, Mon-ey" when the latest hot prospect homers to left. Best of all, there really is nothing to tie the team to the Cash Registers name, so they can make change when the revenue from team merch starts to turn dry. They can always switch to something catchy like the "Benjamins". Important Legal Note: I don't own any of the images posted here, so you'll need someone to create logos which capture the essence of what was posted here. Use the logos here at your own risk. I do think this is an excellent idea, however. So, to any enterprising team out there looking to ca$h in on my idea, I only ask for two things: 1. Season tickets for as long as the team is named "Cash Registers" 2. One at-bat in some meaningless April game. I'm pretty sure I can take a HBP or draw a walk or something, and then you can pinch run for me.

Unsurprisingly, Love's performance was a mixed bag. I don't remember him doing anything blooper worth, like running into a back or lining up under guard. The botched snap appeared to be on Patrick, not him. He moved around better than I thought, even if he sometimes moved a bit prematurely. His accuracy was not great outside of a couple of throws, but I think he really only made two questionable throws (the scrambled throw to Cobb and the one to Dillion that almost got picked). The one which was actually picked was more a poor throw than a poor decision, I think. For the most part he did a decent job throwing the ball away rather than forcing things. All that said, I don't think we learned a ton about what Jordan Love will become if/when he becomes a full time starter; I think he flashed enough both ways that whatever you thought he was going to be before the game you probably still think he will be after. If you compare his play to Rodgers in year 1 and 2, Love wasn't any worse or any better. In Aaron Rodgers first extended action as a Packer, as a rookie in 2005, he was 8-15 for 65 yards, 0 TDs and 1 INT and a sub-40 passer rating. As a second year player, Rodgers second game of extended action he was 4-12 for 35 yards, 0 TDs and 0 INTs. The game everyone remembers came in year 3 against Dallas, and it is clear Love isn't there yet.

I'm not a big "fire x" "hire y" guy because coaches have more roles in college than the NFL. I don't want to hire an offensive genius who can't recruit, for example. What I would like to see, especially from the offensive coaches, is more adaptability to their personnel on the field and a little less "this is how we play football at Wisconsin, and we are going to do that no matter what". It's great when you have 3 or 4 future NFL players on your line, and you have Melvin Gordon or JT in running 25 times a game, but when you don't winning is harder. If you watch the early Packer teams under McCarthy, their offense looked different each year 2006 thru 2011 as they transitioned from Favre to Rodgers to peak Rodgers. They did an excellent job figuring out who did what well and they game planned and schemed to fit their personnel. It got a bit stale from 2015 onwards, but early on the scheme did a lot to make the players successful. I think MLF and Hackett have also done a good job in their first three years as well. 2019 was a blend of McCarthy's offense and the one he wanted to run, which I think helped Rodgers buy into MLF. In 2020 and 2021 MLFs offense has continued to evolve and adapt as players have come and gone. MLF also does a nice job from game-to-game, especially as personnel changes due to injuries (7-0 without Adams), and I suspect they will adapt again after Rodgers departure, whenever that is. I know they have less time available to football in college, so it isn't as easy to be so adaptable. However, other than the short time Gary Anderson was the coach, the offense has largely been the same with the same play-calling philosophy. When Wilson was QB they probably threw a bit more and perhaps had more QB runs, but the superior results were not because of changes in play-calling so much as Russell Wilson was the quarterback. What I haven't seen so much of are tweaks to the game-plan when they can't run the offense as they'd prefer. If you can't run against 9 in the box, find ways to throw on early downs that give you four, five, or six yards to keep you ahead of the chains so you don't have a lot of 3rd and 6+ situations. I'd love for them to run screens besides the tight end middle screen they seemingly run two or three times a game. It would be nice to run some action off the fullback dive they like to run as a short yardage play, whether that is a run or a pass. It wouldn't take massive changes to bring a little less predictability to the offense while still remaining true to their identity as a smash mouth, run first, second, and third offense.

Stability is the key to weathering down years, and each time the Badgers have dipped for multiple years since 1993 they have rebounded well. Previous staffs have done a great job correcting issues and not letting the lean years last more than 2 or 3 seasons. From 1995 - 1997, Wisconsin was 20-15-2, before going 21-3 with 2 Rose Bowl wins in 1998-1999. From 2001 - 2003, Wisconsin was 20-20 prior to going 31-7 over the next three years. In 2007 and 2008 Wisconsin was 16-10 before going 10-3, 11-2, and 11-3. I also think Iowa is a great comparison, and if you look at their yearly records the ebbs and flows are similar to Wisconsin. With that said, I think it will be important for this team, both the coaches and the players, to make some corrections in the coming weeks. I don't expect they will win-out or anything, but this team should be able to play much better than they have. If we don't see those things, my trust in the coaching staff will waiver.

Was he the guy from like new Mexico or something that Anderson recruited? Whatever happened to him? Did he even end up coming here? Per sports-reference, after he left WI, he ended up in Nevada. After not seeing any action in 2015, he transferred again, this time to BYU. He got some time at "QB" in 2017 (0-1 passing, 41 rushes and one catch). After 2017 he moved to defense where he had 20 tackles and a sack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Kafentzis https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/austin-kafentzis-1.html

I am not taking this laying down. In the last hour I have: - Quit my job without giving 2 weeks notice. - Purchased a DeLorean - Contacted some Lybian's about some plutonium - Found a nice back road where I can comfortably hit 88 Of course, when I change history and Williams is fine to pitch in the postseason none of you will know what I did and how much I care, but I care so much. By the way... anyone know where I can get a radiation suit? I don't want to come out of this on the other side with a ring and an extra eye... the ring is good enough.. thanks!

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The run-first doesn't seem to hinder Michigan and their recruitment. In 2017 they averaged 27 pass/41 rush, in 2018 27/42, in 2019 32/38, 2020 36/29 (and subsequently 2-4, their worst year), and 2021 so far 16/46 (their best start in years). Ohio State leans run - in 2017 31/42, in 2018 40/41, 2019 29/47, 2020 28/43 (in the national championship game), 2021 32/33 (their worst start in years). In the year that Russell Wilson was QB UW averaged 23 pass to 44 rush, and Wilson still threw for 3000 yards and 33 TDs. The running game threat opened up the passing game. I don't recall seeing one jet sweep yesterday; I don't recall them even faking it (but they did run some motion across). They have the perfect guy to run it - Guerendo. They don't stack two WRs out wide and do any quick WR screens like they did with Cephus and even going back to Abby/Toon. Looked like ND had a triangle 2nd level defense with the safety up behind the ILBs because there was no threat to the outside. I don't know if Chryst is over his head with HC/OC-playcalling/QB coach on his plate. That might be why they tried Rudy as OC/play-calling; Rudy is still listed as the run game coordinator, so maybe the lack of jet sweep is on him? But they can be a run-first team and succeed if they go back to what made them successful which was motion and shifts to confuse the defense. Maybe the solution is to bring in a full-time OC, but they are only allowed 10 coaches in FBS so someone will need to be replaced. Their WR and RB coaches are new so maybe there is some adjustment going in there. What we don't know is if the play-calling is holding back the players, or if the players are holding back the play-calling (and they have to simplify the playbook because the players are having difficulty with it). I have thought a lot about the offense, and I agree with a lot of Loooooooouisssss Ely's post. I really do wonder about the bolded line especially. Running the ball 40+ times a game is fine. And in those years where the OL on top of its game and you have back like JT, you can telegraph plays and still get 5, 6, 7 yards because your talent is superior to the opposition. This years team isn't as good at the OL and RB position as it has been recently, so they can't be predictable and count on their physical dominance to win the day. I'd like to see more creativity from the run game, and I'd like to see more pass plays that are just an extension of the running game called on early downs. There are a lot of ways to get 4, 5, 6 yards without lining up a back 8 yards behind the quarterback. And you can throw the ball on early downs without trying to push the ball downfield. Play-action shot plays are fine, but 2nd-and-10 has been a killer for them this year because that turns into 3rd-and-7 or worse most of the time. I wonder if the lack of adjustments and creativity are due to the coaching staff not adjusting or the players not allowing the coaches to adjust.

Brewers are the current leader to win the WS per baseball reference. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2021-playoff-odds.shtml It wasn't all that long ago the only way to see something like this was photoshop.

He has 26 catches and 5 TDs as a junior. Not Brian Calhoun territory, but pretty good for a run heavy team.