2025 Badger Football Thread

Mark87 said:
In no way is it a good thing. To play power 5 opponents you need top-tier level talent across your first 23. I have yet to see anyone in the past 12 years be able to do it with FCS/ d2 talent. We have Bama, Oregon, USC ,etc on the schedule and those teams don't play with their food.

As to the why I think our transfer and academic requirements are a big reason but and we have debated this before, I can go to Madison WI or...... a school thats warmer, more culturally friendly,better NIL $ and less of a hassle to get into...etc and so on. UW is a tough sell. Even if you fired Fick, I am not sure it matters in this era of college FB.

Bucky is in trouble.
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I'm worried about that as well, but then I look at a team like Indiana, who made it to the playoff this year with a bunch of kids from James Madison along with a bunch of other low level transfers. They mixed in a handful of P-4 kids as well. Now, I realize they kinda backed in with a soft schedule, but they also beat and sometimes dominated solid programs like Neb, Mich, UCLA and Washington. At this point I'd be happy if the Badgers could at least accomplish that.

Hell, with the challenges Wisconsin, and schools like it, have in this NIL world the formula to make the playoff the first time might just be the Indiana formula. Get a bunch of try-hard, focused kids together on a team with a light schedule (like 2026 for Wisconsin) and win 10 or 11 games and sneak in. Not a long-term answer for success but maybe a building block start to get started. In Wisconsin's case, they likely will never really compete directly with the likes of Bama, Oregon and USC for the same kids.
 
57packer said:
I'm worried about that as well, but then I look at a team like Indiana, who made it to the playoff this year with a bunch of kids from James Madison along with a bunch of other low level transfers. They mixed in a handful of P-4 kids as well. Now, I realize they kinda backed in with a soft schedule, but they also beat and sometimes dominated solid programs like Neb, Mich, UCLA and Washington. At this point I'd be happy if the Badgers could at least accomplish that.

Hell, with the challenges Wisconsin, and schools like it, have in this NIL world the formula to make the playoff the first time might just be the Indiana formula. Get a bunch of try-hard, focused kids together on a team with a light schedule (like 2026 for Wisconsin) and win 10 or 11 games and sneak in. Not a long-term answer for success but maybe a building block start to get started. In Wisconsin's case, they likely will never really compete directly with the likes of Bama, Oregon and USC for the same kids.
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There just aren't enough playmakers on this squad, as to the Indiana question I think Notre Dame answered it the other night. Fluke
 
Just my two cents. Mac is involved in this whole mess and is in over his head. Yes, talent matters. No, we don't have enough. A bigger issue is the boosters and alumni are waffling and with them goes our NIL funding.
 
FlaPack said:
Just my two cents. Mac is involved in this whole mess and is in over his head. Yes, talent matters. No, we don't have enough. A bigger issue is the boosters and alumni are waffling and with them goes our NIL funding.
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Good to hear from you FlaPack. Yup, Mac is involved and maybe he's in over his head, but I don't see the evidence of that just yet. Had he hired Leonard, then I'd say he's in over his head and can't swim with the big boys and get a high level coach. He surprised everyone by getting the hottest name. As for the boosters, they weren't waffling when Fick was hired. That's now on Fick and his lack of results. If that continues, it'll get worse. That's when we'll see if Mac is destined for nothing more than wading in the kiddie pool.
 
WI needs to get a super rich booster like Oregon has Phil Knight and willing ot give them blank checks to fund the program.
 
Badger roster today...includes portal guys in/out and incoming class of freshies

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Badgers got a commitment from CB Geimere Latimer who played last year at Jacksonville State. Another kid from a smaller school. Fits a position of huge need.

He's from Georgia (Sandy Creek HS). Mark, do you have any insight on this kid.
 
57packer said:
Badgers got a commitment from CB Geimere Latimer who played last year at Jacksonville State. Another kid from a smaller school. Fits a position of huge need.

He's from Georgia (Sandy Creek HS). Mark, do you have any insight on this kid.
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yeah know about him and his brother who WI is recruiting heavy.... he's okay, a little stiff in the hips. Average coverage guy... a hair small 5'10 187. We needed the depth... could start early until the RS freshies get time
 
Crazy the badgers had 25 guys hit the portal. Think they had like another 15 graduate. When you have over 1/3 of the team leave the program in a year that is a heavy hit no way you are replacing talent for talent. The Badgers were bad in 2024 and will even be worse in 2025 due to the mass amount of kids they lost and the diffcult schedule. With how the B1G is expanding and probably will do again in the future WI has become a mid-major team in it's own conference.
 
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