Scholarship table
Iowa's QB TOTALS over the last 3 games. 23/62 for 262 yards. 3 Wins
They played 3 chumps.
Like most, I like Caleb a lot, but I’m concerned the empty calories style of Lincoln Riley is getting to him.It’s interesting flipping back and forth with Maye playing at the same time. I think it’s going to be a lot closer than people think as to who goes first overall. That’s not a jab at Caleb, I think he just takes too many hits, and that’s going to get worse at the next level.
Lincoln Riley is at a crossroads. He needs to drop his friend and get a real defensive coordinator in there. Otherwise the B10 is gonna kill him.
I think it’s possible he never coaches a game in the Big Ten
I'm sure Rico is thinking that Riley may either be fired or might look elsewhere because there are possibly 2-3 more losses on the schedule with Utah, Washington, Oregon and UCLA left to go.But there is a lot of time and money left on that contract.
I guess anything is possible but that seems like a dire reaction. Although, I saw some Bucky fans post yesterday that they have seen enough of Fickle and are ready to move on.
Fickell doesn't have what he needs to run that offense. I knew they were going to be in for a longer rebuild when they brought in that OC. I'm sure the AD is on the same page.
Bold prediction: they never have the pieces to run that offense. High schools in Wisconsin don’t run that kind of offense generally and finding linemen from the state, a staple of the last 30 years, becomes harder to fit the scheme. Guys need to be nimble, quicker and more agile in this offense than simply maulers.
Very bold. I like it.The thought Fickell could have a Sonny Dykes type effect on Wisconsin was fanciful (1st year Championship game appearance). 1. Dykes is a better coach and 2. even schools like TCU get better athletes than most BIG schools (see TCU v Michigan).That said, I like Fickell and I think he will do very well. Maybe not CFP great but very good.
He’s not going to limit his recruiting to Wisconsin.
Badgers established Nebraska offense system when Barry Alvarez ( who was a Nebraska assistant) came on board . Fits the core recruiting well. Get in state lineman walk ons , give the best a scholarship when earned . Allows the school to save more scholarship for skills players from major metros. That is why Badgers had non stop flow of great running backs and linebackers That formula worked in its day. Now with NIL it may need to be updated but not wholesale changed .
No, he wasn't. He was a Notre Dame assistant. He played at Nebraska...23 years before he got to Wisconsin and before Tom Osborne took the helm in Lincoln. Alvarez never coached above the high school level in the state of Nebraska.